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Europe

Swedish king critical of country’s COVID response; Albania protests; UK lockdown treasures.

Stranger’s Guide

A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.

  • Albania
  • Asia
  • Brazil
  • China
  • Europe
  • South America
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • Public Health

COVID on a cruise to nowhere; Philippines won’t cane social distance violators

Stranger’s Guide

A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.

  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • South Africa
  • Public Health

North Korea tightens restrictions; Fire in Indian COVID hospital; Korea bans end-of-year parties

Stranger’s Guide

A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.

  • Denmark
  • India
  • Italy
  • North Korea
  • South Korea
  • Public Health

Disorganized Crime

Alex Hannaford

How the Albanian mafia went global

  • Albania
  • Europe
  • Mediterranean
  • Crime

The Keepers of Flamenco

Christina Zanfagna with Anya de Marie

How a Roma tradition became one of Spain's most famous exports

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  • Mediterranean
  • Spain
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  • History
  • Music

Hat’s Off

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Paris’s famous milliner on her three-decade career designing headwear

  • Europe
  • France
  • Fashion

Meet Panti Bliss

Stranger’s Guide

Ireland's most famous drag queen and LGBTQ activist

  • Europe
  • Ireland
  • LGBTQ

Did You Know?

Quarantine at Malta

  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • Public Health

Did You Know?

Russian Cholera Epidemic

  • Europe
  • Russia
  • Public Health

Readings

Tiniest Watering Hole

  • England
  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • Drink

Portrait of a Pub

photography by Dara Gannon

Progress and procrastination at Dublin's infamous Grogan’s Castle Lounge

  • Dublin
  • Europe
  • Ireland
  • Culture

Pony Boys: Irish horse culture in the inner city

Rian Dundon

In council estates from Dublin to Limerick, young men are growing up alongside horses, raising and racing them

  • Europe
  • Ireland
  • Animals
  • Gentrification
  • Photography
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