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Pope Benedict has called for world peace and condemned inequalities between the rich and the poor in a New Year's Day Mass.

Sankore mosque in Mali’s fabled city of Timbuktu.

The European Union has received this year's Nobel Peace Prize for turning Europe "from a continent of war to a continent of peace" in the six decades following World War II.

Ethiopia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, but remains one of the poorest countries at the same time. It might take years before the majority of people benefit from the growth.

A scientist at a greenhouse of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, doing research on a particular variety of wheat.

2011 by SO Rampete / Bakgatla ba KgafelaThe Pot Master, Mmasekgwa Motlhware, instructring her granddaughter, Tumediso Motene on the smoothening of the pot.

Opening session of Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage meeting in Paris

A new documentary from the Arab world focuses on Muslim and Jewish musicians who reunite thanks to their common passion, after being torn apart by war 50 years ago.

A performance of 'Casa M' - a social theatre play, which aims to raise public awareness of and help prevent domestic violence in Moldova. Chisinau, 8 November 2010.