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Finding Tourism in South Sudan’s New Wildlife Park

Gazelles on the Road © Gopal Vijayaraghavan It’s home to the world’s second largest migration of animals, an epic movement of antelope through some of Africa’s most pristine wildernesses. South Sudan, which will become the world’s newest nation on Saturday, is opening up after decades of brutal war, which killed some two million people and [...]

Photo of the Moment: Bridge Out – Due for Repairs, South Africa

© Pieterjan Grobler

Encounters with the Dinka People of Sudan [Gallery]

Herds with Majestic Lyre-Shaped Horns © Carol Beckwith / Angela Fisher Award-winning photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher have just wrapped an extended stint photographing the Dinka people of South Sudan. The results are dramatic, poignant and truly captivating.

150 Meter-Tall Camel Menaces Tourists in Egypt [Photo]

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! AAAAAAHHHHHH!

The Blue Town of Morocco [Gallery]

Shefshauen is a little town located on the slopes of Reef Mountains in the north-west of Morocco. First of all the town is famous for its ancient part, where almost all houses are painted various tints of blue. Besides, nearly half of all Moroccan grass is grown here. Full gallery at Wonder a Day. Gorgeous!

Going Nose-to-Nose With a Great White: Shark Diving in South Africa

Joshua Hammer gets up close and personal with great white sharks off the coast of South Africa. And lives to tell the tale. A great read. I’m reminded of this post from years ago.

Photo of the Moment: Kids in the Water, Mozambique

© Geert Schneider

Photo of the Moment: Running for Myself in the Dunes of Morocco

© A~~~

Journey to the Center of the World

In June 2010, a team of scientists and intrepid explorers stepped onto the shore of the lava lake boiling in the depths of Nyiragongo Crater, in the heart of the Great Lakes region of Africa. The team had dreamed of this: walking on the shores of the world’s largest lava lake. Members of the team [...]

Egypt, 1920s, in Colour [Gallery]

Egypt. 1920s. In color. A simply gorgeous gallery.

Egypt: The Wait Is Over [Gallery]

For 17 days, tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in Tahrir Square calling for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, 30 years in power. They had been acting out of passion for their country and dedication for change. They had protested and waited for a response. The response came in an address from Mubarak [...]

A Harrowing, Historic Week in Egypt [Gallery]

They have been days of chants and chaos, bloodshed mixed with moments of breathtaking solidarity between the protesters and the soldiers sent to subdue them. The flame of social unrest that first flickered in Tunisia has spread to Egypt, culminating with the announcement Tuesday by President Hosni Mubarak that after three decades in power, he [...]

Photo of the Moment: Somali Boy from Above, Mogadishu

© John Martinez Pavliga

Photo of the Moment: Sunset Over Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

© Stig Nygaard

Photo of the Moment: Deserted in Kenya

© Chubby Chandru

The Spirit of the Running People: Three Cultures You Should Know

Turner Wright explores three “running cultures”, in which running is life, deeply ingrained in the hearts and minds of the natives.

Photo of the Moment: On the Road to Gambella, Ethiopia

© T U R K A I R O Love the haunting feel of this one.

Photo of the Moment: Lost Desert Artifacts, Africa

© mamnaimie

Photo of the Moment: Deserted in Eastern Kenya

© lensbug.chandru Love, love, love the vivid colors here.

South Africa Buckling Under Massive Monkey Crime Spree

© Bradypus Cape Town officials can’t catch a break. First they land in global hot water for World Cup-related mass animal sacrifices. Then they have to go out of their way to promise athletes that they won’t get raped and murdered in the streets. And now they’ve got to deal with a crime wave being [...]

Photo of the Moment: Sunset at Shira Huts Camp, Kilimanjaro

© Stig Nygaard

Charming: South African Leaders Want To Bless 2010 World Cup By Soaking Stadiums With Blood of Sacrificed Animals

© legio09 The high point of the ancient Greek Olympiads is said to have occurred on the third day of each Games, when 100 oxen were killed in honor of Zeus. So on one hand this idea of inaugurating the 2010 South African World Cup via ritual animal slaughter – the stated goal of the [...]

Photo of the Moment: The Other Side of the Lake, Tanzania

© fdecomite

The Peace of Negele Borena, Ethiopia

Yesterday morning I had three breakfasts. One, a cup of sweet, spiced tea at a restaurant with interwoven branches for a ceiling, colored umbrellas mounted on the walls, and birds chirping overhead. Two, more tea and spicy scrambled eggs, served under the faded awnings of a once-luxurious hotel.

Photo of the Moment: Elephant Sunset on the Chobe River, Botswana

© jonrawlinson

Photo of the Moment: Glimpse of a Cairo Market, Egypt

© T U R K A I R O

Photo of the Moment: Mountain Panorama, Cape Town

© coda

Redefining Kenya

A small boy outfitted in an oversized, threadbare t-shirt grabbed my sleeve. “Nipe, Mama,” he begged. Give me. Street orphans abound in Kenya. They crowd nearly every corner and vacant space in Kenya’s largest cities. Nobody knows for sure how many homeless kids roam the country, but estimates range from 20,000 to 60,000 street children [...]

Photo of the Moment: The Happy Bicyclist, Congo

© Ana_Cotta

Photo of the Moment: There is No Africa, Ethiopia

© T U R K A I R O

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