
The Diagonal's Human-Shaped Tumour: A silhouette looks out over the buildings of an island in the Tiber River.

Christmas Races the Colosseum to the Sky: Duelling icons of millennia-old events separated by ten metres and eighty years. If Christ had lived out a 21st century lifespan, he may have been alive to attend the Colosseum's inaugural games.

M Marks the Spot: Two women watch the departures board for trains to the provinces at Termini Station.

Trinket Tykes: A Russian family browses the wares from one of dozens of carts selling identical souvenirs to brisk business along the main corridors of Rome's Old City. The 3rd most-visited city in Europe, to walk Rome is to be assaulted by a panoply of languages and accents -- geographic distances be damned.

Tip the Season: Buskers unleash smooth jazz Christmas carols on unsuspecting passer-bys in Rome's Old City.