CNN Site Map (Galleries) for April - 2016
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- 2016-04-30Anthony Bourdain and Chicago blogger and Old Town Ale House owner Bruce Cameron Elliott pick their pleasure at cafeteria-style Valois Restaurant.
- 2016-04-29Oh month of May how we heart thee, and not just because there are great new streaming options, including season 2 of the hit Netflix original series "Grace and Frankie" starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Here are a few other streaming goodies
- 2016-04-29The good news: Americans are consuming fewer calories. The bad news: Americans still have a long way to go in how they divvy up calories.
- 2016-04-29Ick. No one wants to encounter a wad of someone else's hair in their hotel room. Another horror? Grisly grout. Thorough housekeeping is non-negotiable.
- 2016-04-29Customers queue up to use Fourex's currency machines in London's King's Cross station.
- 2016-04-29A boy is comforted as he cries next to the body of a relative who died in a reported airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, April 27. At least 148 civilians have been killed in Aleppo over a six-day period, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human
- 2016-04-29Tiger Beer's Labor Day weekend pop-up bar rewards those who climb one of its two mock scaffolding set-ups with free beer.
- 2016-04-29This is the world's longest and tallest tunnel slide.
- 2016-04-29Kenneth Langley looks at what he believes to be a cattle mutilation near the gate of Area 51, the remote U.S. Air Force facility near Rachel, Nevada. Area 51 has long been a topic of fascination for conspiracy theorists and paranormal enthusiasts. Langley
- 2016-04-29Rapper Kendrick Lamar, bottom right, inducted N.W.A. into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday, April 8. Around Lamar, from left, are DJ Yella, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and MC Ren.
- 2016-04-29Three decades after the nuclear disaster there, guided tours take increasing numbers of tourists deep into Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone. Pripyat, the town built near the Chernobyl power plant, lies abandoned. This ruined swimming pool stands empty unde
- 2016-04-28Music, especially his beloved harmonica, helped Bryn Thomas through an unusual drug reaction. His mom, Millie, wrote a song about the frustration and desperation she felt while dealing with the mysterious illness. Bryn, who has nonverbal autism and cerebr
- 2016-04-28Temperatures are rising and airfares are falling in Chicago. Fares to O'Hare International Airport are down 41% compared with last year, according to Cheapflights.com.
- 2016-04-28European Space Observatory's Paranal Observatory turned on four powerful lasers during a special event on April 26. This photo shows four beams coming from the new laser system on Unit Telescope 4 of the Very Large Telescope.
- 2016-04-28The casket is lowered at a funeral for a 49-year-old sugar cane worker in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua. Mortality rates from chronic kidney disease in La Isla community are so high that it is now called La Isla de Viudas, or "The Island of Widows."
- 2016-04-28Will Ferrell is famous for playing former President George W. Bush on "SNL" and now he is reportedly on board to play President Ronald Reagan in a planned motion picture. Check out a few of the other actors who've portrayed commanders in ch
- 2016-04-28What the '80s really looked like
- 2016-04-28Life and tines of the rich and famous
- 2016-04-28Bamboo bikes are one of the many products made from the sturdy plant which is seeing an economic boom in Asia and Africa. Here UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Christiana Figueres of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change test bambo
- 2016-04-28Barbra Streisand performs on the set of her first television special, "My Name Is Barbra," on April 28, 1965. Streisand was 22 years old when it was filmed. The hourlong show won five Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, and the album that came with
- 2016-04-28British couple Richella Heakin and Ben Marlow recently booked flights from Birmingham, Alabama rather than Birmingham, UK, meaning they were stranded in their home city. Here's how they could have made the most of it, with a staycation in England. Fi
- 2016-04-28Built in 1931, there's still a glamor and authenticity to the Sea Cloud, bringing a sense of open-sea adventure for its 64 passengers.
- 2016-04-28The man behind the "world's best restaurant," El Celler de Can Roca, offered a few cooking demonstrations at this year's Madrid Fusion Manila. On the menu: cochinillo con tamarindo, featuring green papaya, pipino, calamansi, cashew and
- 2016-04-28Biancoshock is an urban artist based in Milan.
- 2016-04-28Guo Jing's picture book is based on her own experiences as an only child.
- 2016-04-27In 2015, Caitlin and Jeff Morton struggled to find the answer behind why they encountered infertility, even as they felt perfectly healthy.
- 2016-04-27Beyond the iconic sights of Chicago's Loop, there are 77 neighborhoods brimming with great eats, cultural sights and eye-catching art.
- 2016-04-27Egyptians protest in front of an army tank in Cairo in January 2011. Inspired by protests that ousted Tunisia's oppressive leader, tens of thousands of Egyptians demonstrated for an end to the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak.
- 2016-04-27Season 5's Ali Vincent was the first woman to win the weight-loss competition. She slimmed down to 124 from her starting weight of 234, a journey she reflected on in her book, "Believe It, Be It: How Being The Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life.&
- 2016-04-27After more than 50 years, the Ford Mustang has made its way to the UK. Here are some of history's other landmark Mustangs.
- 2016-04-27Two F-35C Lightning fighters are set for launch from the catapults of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean. The F-35C, the Navy's newest fighter jet, began testing aboard the carrier on November 3, 2014. It is expected to be deployed
- 2016-04-27Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic were awarded Best Cabin Crew in AirlineRatings.com's 2016 Airline Excellence Awards. AirlineRatings.com praises them as a "benchmark of what cabin service should be."
- 2016-04-27Five candidates are contesting the 2016 Philippines presidential elections. From left to right: Jejomar Binay, Rodrigo Duterte, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Grace Poe and Manuel 'Mar' Roxas.
- 2016-04-27Kia Ora is a perfect location for newbie divers, who can stay within the shallow confines of the atoll, as well as more aggressive sub aquatic explorers.
- 2016-04-26Two boys attend class at a military-style boot camp in Jinan, China. Photographer Lorenzo Maccotta spent about a week at the treatment center, one of hundreds for young people who are addicted to technology -- mostly online gaming.
- 2016-04-26This year is a big one for the United Arab Emirates, not least because of the opening of the Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi. The museum, dedicated to the history and culture of the UAE, is modeled on a bird's wings. It was designed by Pritztker P
- 2016-04-26Professor Chris Toumazou pioneered a wave of multidisciplinary study and discovery within electronics, biology, genetics and health care -- including his "lab-on-a-chip," pictured.
- 2016-04-26First spotted in 2003 in Tanzania, the Kipunji monkey -- one of Africa's rarest primates -- was once believed to be a myth. Tim Davenport of The Wildlife Conservation Society in Tanzania was the scientist behind the find.
- 2016-04-26Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets supporters at a Philadelphia campaign stop on Wednesday, April 20.
- 2016-04-26"What I like most about working with drones is we can see things we normally don't have access to," photographer Andy Yeung tells CNN. Click on to see how the Hong Konger has managed to capture the familiar in an original light.
- 2016-04-26Sotheby's Paris is set to auction a previously unpublished autograph diary belonging to Surrealist artist Salvador Dali. The diary, predicted to sell for $45,000-$56,000, contains original drawings, artistic observations and expenses.
- 2016-04-26Air Koryo flight attendants walk near an Antonov An-24 at North Korea's Wonsan Airport in September 2015. Juche Travel's upcoming aviation tour of Belarus and North Korea offers opportunities to fly on a variety of rare Soviet-era aircraft.
- 2016-04-25Hoteliers do their share of aggravating guests, but guests are not perfect angels either. Expedia's Hotel Etiquette Study ranks the most annoying hotel guests. No. 10? The elevator chatterbox.
- 2016-04-25Because rice takes up arsenic more readily than other grains, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking at the effects of long-term exposure to very low amounts of arsenic in rice and rice products. Rice's importance as a staple in regions aro
- 2016-04-25British artist Peter Blake has given a new look to a Bentley Continental GT V8 S Convertible.
The car will go up for auction on June 24 at the Goodwood Festival. Blake is not the only artist to have been commissioned by a car marque. Swipe though the gall
- 2016-04-25"Infertility is such an unspoken disease; people feel shame and hide it. I did too at first, until I met the women in my 'support group' and they made me realize I wasn't alone. It's such a terrifying and lonely experience -- but
- 2016-04-25From left, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, U.S. President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande sit together at Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover, Germany, on Monday, A
- 2016-04-25There's more to African masks than you might think, suggests a new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. "Disguise: Masks and Global African Art" combines traditional creations with contemporary approaches by 25 young artists from the continen
- 2016-04-25Italy's northern capital may be all about fashion but there's more to Milan than the famous brands. Take men's clothing store N.H Sartoria, N.H Sartoria, founded by Federico Ceschi.
- 2016-04-25Under Operation "Lafiya Dole" -- meaning "peace by any means" in Hausa -- the Nigerian army is working under intense scrutiny to locate and return the stolen Chibok girls to their parents.
- 2016-04-25In Hong Kong, bamboo is often used as scaffolding for construction of new buildings around the city.
- 2016-04-24Voices from the Rust Belt
- 2016-04-22For three years photographer Niels Ackermann followed the life of Yulia, a 23-year-old he met in 2012. The young woman lives in Slavutych, Ukraine, a town near Chernobyl built for disaster evacuees. "These essentially are the children of Chernobyl,&q
- 2016-04-22President Barack Obama, Prince William and first lady Michelle Obama talk with Prince George at Kensington Palace on April 22, 2016, in London.
- 2016-04-22A year after protests shook Baltimore, the city is searching for a new mayor and unity. A woman lights a candle at a vigil marking the anniversary of the protests, which erupted after the death of a young black man in police custody.
- 2016-04-22Musician and artist Prince died Thursday, April 21, at age 57. Click through the gallery to look back on the performer's album cover art through the years. Here is his first album, "For You" (1978).
- 2016-04-22From skyscrapers to shantytowns, Manila's neighborhoods reflect the city's diversity. More than 12 million people call the capital of the Philippines home.
- 2016-04-22The apartment building and its roof terrace -- completed in 2000 -- were the final flourish in the career of one of Austria's most famous artists, Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
- 2016-04-22A rainbow appears over Paisley Park Studios near a memorial for Prince in Chanhassen, Minnesota, on Thursday, April 21. The legendary musician died at his home in Minnesota. He was 57.
- 2016-04-22The Empire State Building Run-Up is quintessential New York. Everyone is in a hurry. The race is over in a matter of minutes. And there's a party afterward.
- 2016-04-22Artist Federico Babina uses illustrations to depict different architectural styles.
- 2016-04-22The UK has seen a staycation explosion during Covid-19, leaving some areas overwhelmed. There are still plenty of options though. Here are some of England's most beautiful locations:
- 2016-04-22A Mundari man guards his precious Ankole-Watusi herd with a rifle. Photographer Tariq Zaidi visited the Mundari tribe in South Sudan twice in 2016 to document the lives of these fiercely protective herdsmen who face war, rustlers and landmines as they car
- 2016-04-22The Middle East is home to some of the world's most lavish hotel rooms. The Royal Suite at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, priced from $20,000 a night, comes with a revolving bed.
- 2016-04-21Hollywood went to extremes with Cold War themes in the '80s. Imagine a Soviet invasion of an American small town. That was the idea behind 1984's "Red Dawn," starring Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell and Charlie Sheen. Click through t
- 2016-04-21Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahad Mahmoud Al Said, left, President Barack Obama and Saudi King Salman gather for a group photo at the Gulf Cooperation Council summit on Thursday, April 21, at Diriyah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Obama is i
- 2016-04-21The Bo-Kaap area of Cape Town, South Africa, is best known for its history and colored homes painted from lime green to bright pink. VoiceMap provides tours of areas such as this from a local's perspective. The aim is to give visitors a more genuine
- 2016-04-21Smoke billows into the sky after a deadly explosion at a petrochemical plant in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, on Wednesday, April 20.
- 2016-04-21In April, Joe Walsh of The Eagles nixed participating in a planned July concert in Cleveland, Ohio after he said he learned it was in fact "a launch for the Republican National Convention." It's not the first time the party, or one of its c
- 2016-04-21Health care company Medical Realities is using virtual reality to transport people directly into an operating room to watch surgeons as they operate. Dr. Shafi Ahmed's operating theater held the world's first live surgery in virtual reality last
- 2016-04-21 A 16-panel comic book-style poster that's been widely displayed across Beijing tells the story of an attractive young female civil servant -- Xiao Li or "Little Li" -- who is wooed by a red-haired foreigner posing as a visiting scholar --
- 2016-04-21Flying into London City Airport on a clear day, those in window seats get views of the Thames and London landmarks. For pilots, it's challenging. PrivateFly says the glide path is set at stomach-churning 5.8 degrees as opposed to the usual 3-degree g
- 2016-04-21This Four Seasons Hotel Seoul is located in the north bank, the city's seat of power. The best rooms offer views of the entire Gyeongbokgung Palace.
- 2016-04-21Queen Elizabeth II's relationship with Land Rover extends back to 1948, when her father King George VI was presented with the 100th production vehicle. Pictured is Her Majesty in 1956 at the Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire, England.
- 2016-04-20Soldiers move an injured person onto a military airplane at an air base in Manta on Tuesday, April 19. A magnitude-7.8 quake struck off Ecuador's central coast on Saturday, April 16, flattening buildings and buckling highways. It's the deadliest
- 2016-04-20Fans love Tina Fey and Amy Poehler starring together as they did as siblings in the film "Sisters." It's not the first time these "First Ladies of Comedy" combined their talents. Here's a look at their partnership over the ye
- 2016-04-20Fashioning a Reign: 90 Years of Style from The Queen's Wardrobe, a new three-part exhibition, will show over 150 of Queen Elizabeth II's most memorable outfits. Here are some of the highlights on show.
- 2016-04-20"The Endless Table: Recipes from Departed Loved Ones" includes recipes and personal memories from top chefs in the United States, including Ina Garten, Christopher Kimball and Jose Andres. Many are sweet remembrances, like Amanda Hesser sharing
- 2016-04-20The mantua was worn for court occasions and was designed to be a luxurious garment, often decorated with opulent embroidery incorporating gold or silver thread, to display status and wealth. This example, brocaded in gold and trimmed with gilt lace, is th
- 2016-04-20Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch, turns 90 on April 21. She is seen here with her parents, the Queen Mother and King George VI, (then the Duke and Duchess of York) on May 1, 1926, at her christening. Take a look at other images from the Qu
- 2016-04-20As the market expands--last year Americans spent $16 billion on yoga--more businesses are marrying yoga with vacations. In a Guatemalan forest, The Storyteller Within is a womens-only storytelling yoga retreat that helps participants find their voice. Smo
- 2016-04-20Tamila lingerie set from the Agent Provocateur Soire collection, SS 2015, Model Eniko Mihalik
- 2016-04-20Liu Chengliang was shortlisted for a series titled "Bulguksa."
- 2016-04-20Max's fried chicken has long been a staple of Filipino family celebrations, along with other homegrown favorites such as (clockwise from top) lumpiang ubod, tokwa't baboy, sinigang na hipon, pancit, and kare-kare.
- 2016-04-20Dan Giannopoulos has been photographing discarded drug bags in London since 2013. He plots the exact location of each one on a map in an attempt to chart patterns of drug use across the city. He focuses on areas close to where he lives, on the outskirts o
- 2016-04-19Rescuers prepare to remove the body of a woman found in a house destroyed by a mudslide in Minamiaso on Tuesday, April 19, in the aftermath of a 7.0-magnitude quake on Kyushu Island. The same region was hit by a 6.2-magnitude quake on Thursday, April 14.
- 2016-04-19Anne Hathaway and James Franco are two of the most awkward hosts in the history of the Academy Awards. Hathaway got flak for trying too hard, while Franco was criticized for having his head in the clouds. "The worst Oscarcast I've seen, and I go
- 2016-04-19Brazilian lawmakers shouted, scuffled and even sang as they debated whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff on Sunday. Over a period of six hours they eventually voted 367-137 to impeach the president.
- 2016-04-19Britain's Prince Harry and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, try out light sabers during a tour of the Star Wars set at Pinewood Studios outside of London on Tuesday, April 19.
- 2016-04-19The Platz des November 1989, where thousands of people breached the Berlin Wall 25 years ago, is among destinations on a cycle tour of the Cold War frontier in Berlin.
- 2016-04-19With 8,000 balloons along the former Berlin Wall, "Lichtgrenze" (Border of Lights) marks the 25th anniversary of its collapse. The one-time installation will end in November 2014 with the balloons released into the sky.
- 2016-04-19Guests ride a special cable car down a dramatic cliff face to arrive at the brilliantly engineered Rock Bar, perched 46 feet above the Indian Ocean.
- 2016-04-19Palmyra's ancient Triumphal Arch, destroyed last year during the conflict in Syria, has been resurrected in London's Trafalgar square.
- 2016-04-19AC/DC has been one of the hardest-rocking -- and longest-lasting -- bands on the scene. The group formed in 1973 in Sydney, Australia. Here's a look back at the rockers through the years:
- 2016-04-19Before their May 24, 2014 wedding, lovebirds Kim Kardashian and Kanye West pretty much took over Paris. Here, the couple -- who often enjoy matching one another -- took a pre-wedding stroll in the City of Light on May 19. This moment's pretty kute, b
- 2016-04-19Element 117 was formed by firing beams of calcium particles at a layer of berkelium inside a particle accelerator, which fused their nuclei to create the new product.
- 2016-04-19Iconspeak T-shirts are decorated with symbols aimed at helping travelers communicate. Don't let the preposterous hat distract you. It's fashion at its functional best.
- 2016-04-19The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology's name pays homage to Joseph Tyyrell, who discovered the Albertosaurus in 1884.
- 2016-04-19 Artist Edoardo Tresoldi creates extravagant sculptures using metal wires.
- 2016-04-19When Martin Frey climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, he didn't realize it'd set him on a momentous path. After climbing Denali (pictured) he decided to scale the highest peak on each continent.
- 2016-04-18CNN's Brooke Baldwin onboard her first aircraft carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman.
- 2016-04-18Jack Nicholson stars as Jack Torrance, a writer who loses his mind, terrorizes his family and encounters paranormal activity in "The Shining" which was released in 1980.
- 2016-04-18Introduction
Earthquakes today are more commonly measured by moment magnitude, a scale based on the amount of seismic energy released by the quake. In the magnitude scale, each increase of one whole number translates to 32 times more energy.
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- 2016-04-18Photographer Malick Sidibe, famous for capturing the transition between colonial and post-colonial Mali, died Friday, April 15. He was 80. This self-portrait dates back to 1956.
- 2016-04-18Jean-Francois Rauzier developed the concept of the "hyperphoto" in 2002, a technique which involves digitally "stitching" hundreds of images together. Scroll through the images to hear about his work.
Horizons, 2015 -- "This pho
- 2016-04-18A gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country holds natural resources worth trillions of dollars but the population is blighted with extreme poverty and violence.
In a new edition of his book 'The Looting Machine,' investigative
- 2016-04-18Blackwater dives take place in the dark of night. Diving photojournalist Doug Perrine took these incredible images during a dive off Kailua Kona on the coast of Hawaii's "big island."
- 2016-04-18Riding the waves at a top speed of around 15 knots, long-tail boats can carry up to 20 passengers. Not a luxurious mode of transport, they're still seaworthy and give a surprisingly smooth ride, even in rough weather.
- 2016-04-18A woman waits outside her house in Diyarbakir, Turkey, in October. The wall was riddled with bullet marks during clashes between Turkish armed forces and Kurdish rebels.
- 2016-04-17Maddie and Conal McArdle walk down a snow-covered street in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday, April 17. A snowstorm that brought heavy snow to parts of the state and Wyoming and rain to Oklahoma and Texas is dumping more snow in the Rocky Mountains.
- 2016-04-17Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders take part in a CNN debate in New York on Thursday, April 14. Six takeaways from the debate
- 2016-04-16Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, sit in front of the Taj Mahal on Saturday, April 16, in Agra, India. Princess Diana was photographed in the same spot in a famous photo from 1992. This is the last engagement of the Royal co
- 2016-04-15Inyan Pedersen, 34, holds her newborn daughter Sincere. Two of Inyan's younger children were born on a scheduled Cesarian, because the closest birthing center is two hours away.
- 2016-04-15ChaCha, a male chimpanzee, screams at a worker in Sendai, Japan, on Thursday, April 14, after fleeing from a zoo.
- 2016-04-15A boy looks out of a bus window as migrants from Syria and Iraq are transferred to a facility in Skaramagas, Greece, on Monday, April 11. See Europe's migration crisis in 25 photos
- 2016-04-15Liveaboard diving experiences allow easy access to ocean exploration. Among the best luxury options is the 125-foot Carpe Vita, which sails around the Maldives.
- 2016-04-15Vietnamese girls as young as 13 are taken to China by human traffickers, to be sold as brides. Pictured, girls reading leaflets designed to educate them about the threat of sex trafficking at a market in Northern Vietnam.
- 2016-04-15"Where am I? Why am I here?" asks Sarah, a 24-year-old Syrian refugee who was recently photographed by Charlotte Schmitz. Schmitz used a Polaroid camera so her subjects could write their thoughts directly onto the photos. "Everyone could te
- 2016-04-15Elsinore castle, where Shakespeare's Hamlet was set, is available to rent for one night.
- 2016-04-14The Blue Ridge Parkway tops National Park Service's list of most-visited sites in 2015, drawing more than 15 million visits. Fall foliage on the parkway's Linn Cove Viaduct in North Carolina is shown here. Click through the gallery to see the n
- 2016-04-14Fan favorite Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) is in danger of seeing her empire crumble in season 6. She was last seen in perilous circumstances, surrounded by a Dothraki horde, although Jorah -- and possibly a dragon or two -- may be coming to her aid.
- 2016-04-14Building a school in Jacmel, Haiti, isn't what David Palmer had in mind when he started teaching children across the border in the Dominican Republic five years earlier. Palmer, not pictured, studied in the Dominican Republic while in college and was
- 2016-04-14The black rhinoceros is at the center of a conservation debate in southern Africa. On the black market, pound for pound, rhino horn is worth more than gold or cocaine. Those who purchase it believe it is an effective medicine or a status symbol.
- 2016-04-14The Brooklyn Bridge is viewed from a park in DUMBO, an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, on August 19, 2014, in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, once a quiet and affordable borough across from Manhattan, is now home to some of the most ambitious pr
- 2016-04-14SkilledAfricans is a social network, recruitment and training platform built for Africa. Its co-founder and CEO, Dr Nicolas Bussard, was an e-commerce university lecturer by the age of 21.
- 2016-04-14Revelers take to the streets in Bangkok for a water fight on April 13, 2016, the first day of the Songkran festival that marks the traditional Thai New Year.
- 2016-04-14Would you believe me if I told you that this life-size wooden car fits together without the use of nails or screws? Like a puzzle, the Toyota Setsuna wooden car uses a technique called okuriari to join all the wooden pieces together. Kudos to Kenji Tsuji
- 2016-04-14Wen, 18, touches the pregnant belly of his 13-year-old wife Jie. They live together in Tangzibian village, Mengla county in Yunnan.
- 2016-04-14Model and actress Anjelica Huston lights a cigarette in front of a large mirror in 1972. This is one of more than 30,000 unseen photos released by Conde Nast, the magazine house behind Vogue, GQ and Vanity Fair.
- 2016-04-14The striking Taichung Metropolitan Opera House, designed by Japanese architect Toyo It, will open this year. It's just one of many reasons Taichung is among Asia's most liveable cities.
- 2016-04-13Aid worker and photographer Fati Abubakar captures the portraits and stories of those living in Nigeria's Maiduguri -- the heart of Boko Haram territory -- in her Instagram and Facebook series, "Bits of Borno." The city is also her home tow
- 2016-04-13Hajar Adamu spent three weeks as a prisoner of Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group in Nigeria. She is one of dozens of survivors who posed for photographer Andy Spyra.
- 2016-04-13In 2008, Gwyneth Paltrow launched Goop, a weekly lifestyle newsletter, and she has written a few cookbooks. Her latest, "It's All Easy: Delicious Weekday Recipes for the Super-Busy Home Cook," was released in April.
- 2016-04-13Vuk Jeremic, Serbia's former foreign minister, is no stranger to the United Nations. He served as the U.N. General Assembly president from 2012 to 2013. He called the secretary-general candidacy "a great honor" Tuesday.
- 2016-04-12New terms are entering the cultural lexicon as people endeavor to codify their sexual orientation or gender. These definitions, which have been edited, are primarily from the LGBTQ advocacy group The Trevor Project. The gender fluid definition is from Dic
- 2016-04-12In "Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive," writer Allison Gilbert explores projects and plans for people to grieve, celebrate and share memories of friends and family who passed away.
Working with photos sent to her, Dutch a
- 2016-04-12John Green's "Looking for Alaska" led the American Library Association's list of most challenged books of 2015. The 2005 novel, Green's debut, was singled out for offensive language, sexual explicitness and unsuitability for its a
- 2016-04-12Traditional Amazonian ayahuasca ceremonies, like this one in Colombia, use a hallucinogenic plant as part of a spiritual healing ritual.
- 2016-04-12Lance Armstrong: On reflection
- 2016-04-12Teatr Rekwizytornia, 2006. Designer: Tomasz Boguslawski
- 2016-04-11Beverly Cleary's first book, "Henry Huggins," was published in 1950 and quickly became a hit. Click through to see early-edition covers of other Cleary hits.
- 2016-04-11So much joy! Rory (Alexis Bledel, left) and Lorelai (Lauren Graham) are back for Netflix's revival of "Gilmore Girls." Here are some of the first images from the new episodes.
- 2016-04-11Consultancy firm Mercer has published its annual list of the best cities for expat quality of life. Toronto, Canada comes in at number 15 -- one of only two North American cities to make the top of the list.
- 2016-04-11Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar is the first Middle East airport to crack the top 10 on SkyTrax's annual best airports list. The facility, built to replace Doha International Airport, opened in 2014.
- 2016-04-11Universal Studios Hollywood opened its Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction on April 7. The new addition took five years to create.
- 2016-04-11Brooke Shields set the tone for Calvin Klein's long history of controversial, raunchy advertising at the beginning of the 1980s.
- 2016-04-11Kendall Jenner arrives at the MTV Movie Awards at Warner Bros. Studios on Saturday, April 9, in Burbank, California. The show was taped Saturday but aired on Sunday, April 10.
- 2016-04-11Hassan Abdul Gafur, one of the few thousand Muslims in Cuba, converted to Islam in 1994. Photographer Joan Alvado said the Muslims he met in Cuba were converts. "Many of them were Christians before or some other religion, or a few of them were atheis
- 2016-04-10People search through the debris of a a collapsed building after a massive fire broke out during a fireworks display at the Puttingal temple complex in southern India on Sunday, April 10. Scores of people were killed and hundreds more injured in the fire
- 2016-04-10CNN invited readers last year to share photos of children with their new siblings. Here, Cecelia, 2, meets baby Sullivan. "Cece is very possessive of her little brother. 'He's mine' or 'my brother' or 'my Sully' are
- 2016-04-10Life as they knew it quickly changed for the Shepard family in 2009 when their son, Maddox, was diagnosed with leukemia at age 2. After being isolated in the hospital for five weeks, he was allowed to go home and receive treatment there. Maddox's tre
- 2016-04-10GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz wears a "Cruz 2016" yarmulke as he speaks to Jewish community leaders in New York on Thursday, April 7.
- 2016-04-09Inductee Robin Zander of Cheap Trick performs at the 31st Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony on Friday, April 8, in New York City. When Cheap Trick cut its first album in 1977, it established a signature sound, the Hall of Fame said. "It h
- 2016-04-09 Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, John Kasich, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders,
- 2016-04-09Brussels attacks suspects: What we know
- 2016-04-08All of the 2015 CNN Heroes show how one person can truly make a difference. Cathy Heying helps the needy repair their vehicles at low cost so they can continue on the road to success. Heying has provided affordable car repairs to hundreds of low-income in
- 2016-04-08Damien Hirst, The Immortal, 1997 - 2005, Shark, steel, glass, silicone and formaldehyde solution 102.75 x 202.5 x 96 in (2610 x 5142 x 2438 mm)
- 2016-04-08Finally, there will be a "Gilmore Girls" sequel! Series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is filming a four-part reboot for Netflix. Since the series ended in 2007, star Lauren Graham, who played Lorelai Gilmore, went on to star in NBC's "
- 2016-04-08Tracey Emin, 2016
- 2016-04-08People wait in line to buy fuel at a gas station in Lagos on March 9, 2016, due to an ongoing fuel scarcity crisis in Nigeria.
- 2016-04-08Would you visit a village without any cars? That's the vision for a new $900 million project to be built on the existing Blue Rock Resort in Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa.
- 2016-04-08An Austrian police officer uses pepper spray to ward off protesters after violence broke out at a pro-immigration rally near the Italian border on Sunday, April 3.
- 2016-04-08The Abramović Method is a series of exercises designed by the artist over the course of 40 years.
- 2016-04-08After it was revealed that David Cameron's father, Ian, had set up a Panamanian-based trust, the UK Prime Minister told broadcaster ITV he and his wife had profited from shares held in the trust, but denied he had attempted to conceal it or avoid tax
- 2016-04-08Wakayama has plenty of ancient onsen spots. Saki-no-yu in Shirahama, south of Wakayama city, is a public bath right on the shore of the Pacific.
- 2016-04-07The spiritual Sisters of the Valley grow medical marijuana in California. They use it to make lotions, tinctures and other products. Although they wear habits and modern clothing, the sisters have no official connection to the Catholic Church.
- 2016-04-07The community of Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, shown here in 2015, is disappearing in part because of poor river management and climate change.
- 2016-04-07Chadwick Boseman stars as Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play for a Major League Baseball team, in Brian Helgeland's "42." Harrison Ford plays Branch Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager who made history signin
- 2016-04-07Hamburgers are a summer classic, the go-to cookout food. A typical burger patty and bun will be about 390 calories. To work that off, a 35-year-old, 150-pound person would need to spend about 30 minutes on an elliptical machine.
- 2016-04-07Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, has a pint of Guinness beer at a pub in Youngstown, Ohio, on March 12.
- 2016-04-07Charlie Sheen has been in the public eye almost as long as the 50 years he's been alive. The actor, seen here in 2013, has appeared in dozens of films, headlined a hit TV show, battled substance abuse, dated porn stars and made numerous headlines for
- 2016-04-07A black hole obscures the face of a North Dakota farmer in this photo taken by Russell Lee in 1937. Lee was one of many famous photographers who were commissioned by the Farm Security Administration to document poor farmers and their lands during the Grea
- 2016-04-07Paris Jackson wanted to honor her father Michael, so she did it in a way that will last: She got a tattoo of the phrase "Queen of My Heart" in his handwriting. Later, she tweeted, "Never apologize for art."
- 2016-04-07Los Angeles has leaped 19 places to become the world's joint eighth most expensive city in the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest Worldwide Cost of Living survey.
- 2016-04-07The Grand Hotel on Michigan's Mackinac Island opened in 1887. It was the result of a partnership between two railroads and a steamship navigation company.
- 2016-04-07Elizabeth I, 2007 -- The Regal Twelve by Alexia Sinclair
- 2016-04-07The winners of the 2016 Crystal Cabin Awards were announced in Hamburg, Germany on April 5. U.S. firm B/E Aerospace won the Cabin Systems award for its Viu LED lighting system. Flexible LED elements make it possible to illuminate almost every space in the
- 2016-04-07Scientists at Kings College London have tested ways to prevent food allergies using food. The idea is that exposure enables a child's immune system to recognize and tolerate the allergens.
- 2016-04-07Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has shared a sneak peek at its new concept vehicle which is constructed primarily out of wood.
- 2016-04-06As CNN looks back at "The Eighties," we asked our anchors and hosts to share photos of themselves from the era. Here, Alison Kosik is ready to "Pump Up the Jam" at a homecoming dance in 1986.
- 2016-04-06Kerry Washington took to Instagram to criticize the April 4 AdWeek magazine cover, on which she appears. "It felt strange to look at a picture of myself that is so different from what I look like when I look in the mirror. It's an unfortunate fe
- 2016-04-06The Bavarian Motor Works, aka BMW is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. It may not be the oldest automaker out there, but its longstanding history of creating beautiful high-performance vehicles is certainly worth a toast.
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- 2016-04-06A new TLC show, "Two in a Million," introduces pairs of people who share rare medical conditions. Giovanni, 7, left, and Owen, 9, have Schwartz-Jampel syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by abnormalities of the skeletal muscles, incl
- 2016-04-06The Nigerian government has announced plans to launch an astronaut into space by 2030, as part of an ambitious space program.
- 2016-04-06During the 1992 campaign, an Arkansas state government worker named Gennifer Flowers told reporters she had a long-time affair with Democratic candidate Bill Clinton. Clinton aggressively denied Flowers' allegation and went on to defeat President Geo
- 2016-04-06Baskets of steaming dim sum. Fragrant tea. These conjure our favorite images of Hong Kong. Fook Lam Moon (pictured) is one of HK's best dim sum restaurants.
- 2016-04-06Pammy is one of the women with alopecia who posed without a wig for photographer Christoph Soeder. His "Unfading" series gave them confidence, he said: "It really emphasizes people's individuality. It just increases their uniqueness.&q
- 2016-04-05In 2010, first lady Michelle Obama started Let's Move!, an initiative to address childhood obesity and help all our kids grow up healthy. Here she participates in musical activities with students in an event at Orr Elementary School in Washington in
- 2016-04-05Poppies have been used for medicinal purposes for centuries by ancient civilizations all over the world. Today, they are the primary source for many painkillers.
- 2016-04-05Virtual reality could help tackle acute pain, a new study has found. Could doctors soon start prescribing video games?
- 2016-04-04Protesters packed the streets outside Iceland's parliament Monday, calling for the prime minister's resignation.
- 2016-04-04The Airline Quality Rating, released Monday, rates the United States' 13 largest airlines. From last to first, here's the lineup. No. 13 overall, Spirit had the worst on-time performance and the highest complaint rate.
- 2016-04-04Brad Pitt and Christina Applegate: The actors dated briefly in the late '80s. Apparently, Applegate ditched Pitt during the MTV Movie Awards for another actor whose identity she wouldn't reveal, even when pressed by Andy Cohen on "Watch Wha
- 2016-04-04Phillip Sweet, Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town arrive for the the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3.
- 2016-04-04During the days of the Soviet Union, the Kremlin constructed hundreds of sanatoriums.
- 2016-04-04A refugee at the age of seven, Sebastian arrived freezing in Zaire. "It was cold, and my father gave me his jacket to keep me warm," he remembers 60 years later. "When I see that suit... I think about Angola. The day I can cross back into A
- 2016-04-04Dallas Fort-Worth International welcomed 64 million passengers in 2015 -- a 0.9% increase over the previous year, according to Airport Council International's preliminary 2015 passenger traffic results. The Texas facility dropped from ninth place to
- 2016-04-04British artist Bruce Munro has covered an Australian desert with over 50,000 light bulbs.
- 2016-04-04Portuguese street artist Vhils has taken over a Hong Kong streets and rooftops to display his 'Debris' exhibition.
- 2016-04-03U.S. President Barack Obama watches Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, shake hands with South Korean President Park Geun-hye during a meeting in Washington on Thursday, March 31. The meeting looked to reinforce an alliance that has stabilized Asia
- 2016-04-02Wounded passengers are treated following a suicide bombing at the Brussels Airport on March 22, 2016. The attacks on the airport and a subway killed 32 people and wounded more than 300. ISIS claims its "fighters" launched the attacks in the Belg
- 2016-04-02Armed security officers in Garissa, Kenya, stand guard at the entrance of Garissa University College on Monday, January 11, after it reopened under heavy security. On April 2, 2015, more than 140 people were slain by Al-Shabaab gunmen.
- 2016-04-01Jerkiness may be in the eyes of the people sitting around you, but there's usually no shortage in the skies. Click through the gallery of 20 top irritating air plane behaviors.
- 2016-04-01For locals it's a hell-chariot locked in a never-ending loop between dull jobs and dull homes. For tourists, it's a Wonka-esque boat-ride around the dream factory.
- 2016-04-01Rescue workers and volunteers work through the night to free people who got trapped under a collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, on Thursday, March 31. At least 24 people were killed.
- 2016-04-01Ken Burns' documentary "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" chronicles the story of U.S. national parks. Soon he'll release a children's book on the U.S. presidents, and he talked to CNN about how presidents have worked
- 2016-04-01An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Sunliners of Strike Fighter Squadron 81 taxis onto a catapult before launching from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
- 2016-04-01Renowned architect Zaha Hadid has died at 65. We look back at some of her most memorable buildings.
- 2016-04-01Women try to comfort a mother whose son was killed in a bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday, March 27. A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, saying it had targeted Christians.
- 2016-04-01Thailand triathlete Panupong Luangsa-ard traveled 12,000 kilometers through Thailand wearing Google Street View's "Trekker" camera. "The tea plantations in Chiang Mai were a real highlight because the views are the most stunning I&apos
- 2016-04-01Donald Trump on Donald Trump
- 2016-04-01Between 1982 and 1987, David T. Hanson photographed toxic-waste sites across the United States. The photos in his new "Wilderness to Wasteland" book include this Superfund site that he shot in Tucson, Arizona, in 1985. The Superfund program is r