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Ago 04 2011 Prague: of ring of Kafka

For: Ricardo Coarasa (text) and Javier Brandoli (photos)

It was both his prison and inspiration. Of the atmosphere oprimía, but also gave vent to his literary talent. Praga y Kafka. Kafka y Praga. No means the one without the other. Its streets are the ring where the tormented writer himself settled accounts in search of a reason to redeem the absurdity of existence.

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Jul 25 2011 Kumari: the loneliness of the girl goddess

For: Ricardo Coarasa (text and photos)

The carriage is ready. Within hours, la Kumari, the girl goddess, leave in procession through the streets of Kathmandu, a strong tradition that even the Maoists have dared to liquidate. But the small awaits a bleak future when his divine halo fades.

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Jul 18 2011 Patan: penance unfortunate goat

For: Ricardo Coarasa (text and photos)

Languish at the gates of the temple as rags. It looks hungry and look, sad. No caress, no hand to lengthen them some food. Starve or sacrificed to Shiva. These goats wandering like lost souls bear the sins of devotees are Hindus and considered impure.

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Jul 12 2011 Tales from the Bronx: Apache District graffiti

For: Ricardo Coarasa (text and photos)

It is one of those names that could be heard swallowing. The Bronx. For those who have grown up with movies like "Fort Apache" or watching Charles Bronson pursue criminals through the streets, this New York neighborhood was synonymous with danger. Now, marginal stories are told in graffiti from their buildings.

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Jul 11 2011 Bhaktapur: Sunday dishes Kathmandu Valley
For: Ricardo Coarasa (text and photos)

The immaculate Bhaktapur is the darling of the Kathmandu Valley. There are no trash on the street, street or sticking your shadow, motorcycles or pedestrians dodging between horns. It happens that if you've traveled before the center of Kathmandu, can not avoid a certain feeling of unreality neat.

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Jun 27 2011 Pashupatinath: the river of the dead
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Kneeling, head down, man waits patiently for his head shaved, a rite de duelo Hindu. His late father is now a handful of ashes, in the waning fire, about to join the current holy Bagmati River. A few tourists aim their telephoto lenses from a nearby bridge. Can you imagine a group of Japanese poachers shooting his family during the funeral of a loved?

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Jun 23 2011 Istanbul: tea among the graves on the hill of Eyüp
For: Ricardo Coarasa (text and photos)

Istanbul is a city without parallel, with countless reasons to visit. With one foot in Asia and one in Europe, is full of tourist postcards. But without detracting from its popular mosques and the Grand Bazaar, my predilections point in another direction: the Asian district of Uskudar and Eyüp Cemetery.

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Tordesillas: the demise of Queen Jane