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Advertising is missing Black women. This photographer is on a quest to change that, both in front of and behind the lens

By Kaito Au, CNN (CNN) — Whether she’s shooting an advertising campaign for Nike or a photo spread for Vogue, photographer Bassie Maluleka’s images will likely have a common theme. That’s by design. By highlighting Black women, she seeks to bring an often-underrepresented demographic to the forefront. “I feel like Black people are always shown

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The big business of brows

By Claire Coleman, CNN (CNN) — Once, if you were talking about going to the salon for a trim, a restyle, color or shape, you’d have been talking about the hair on your scalp. But in 2023, it’s just as likely to be your eyebrows. That’s because brows are big business and growing — not

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Afghan women once worked in this popular national park. Now they’re not even allowed to visit

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — Afghanistan’s Band-e-Amir National Park was known for having employed the country’s first-ever female park rangers. Now, women won’t even be allowed to visit, let alone work there, as the Taliban deepens its repressive rule over the country. Afghanistan’s Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Mohammad

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About 2,000 items were taken from British Museum and their recovery is underway, chair says

By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — The British Museum has begun recovering some items that were taken from the prestigious institution and sold online, museum chair George Osborne said on Saturday. Osborne’s comments follow revelations that the museum failed to properly heed warnings that items purportedly from its collection had been appearing for sale online.

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The last photos of John Franklin’s doomed polar expedition party sell for over $545,000

By Issy Ronald, CNN London, UK (CNN) — Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition to the Arctic captivated the Victorian public with its mysterious disappearance, fruitless rescue missions and gory tales of cannibalism. On Thursday, a set of photographs depicting Franklin and his fellow senior officers taken in May 1845, just three days before they set

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