Angles on Tanzania in the days surrounding 21 December, 2012.
In the town of Longyearbyen, on the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, one rarely goes more than a day without hearing the boast “world’s northernmost”.
Tourists and tourist attractions compete for camera time in Rome, Italy.
Of the not-insignificant number of events around the world billing themselves as “the greatest show on Earth”, the Rio Carnival has a thicker-fingered hold on the title than most.
Kabul, rebuilt since 1992 to a reasonable facsimile of its pre-war shape, is a functioning city first and a fortified war hub second.
