Yakawlang / AFP “I make my money for me,” declares Afghan beekeeper Jamila pointing emphatically at her chest. Her small honey-making business provides not only an income, but a sense of pride. In the mountainous central province of Bamiyan, one of the country’s least developed but most liberal regions, beekeeping complements its only other commercial crop, potatoes, and gives ...

  Washington / DPA There’s a certain desk on the right-hand side of the US Senate where a drawers is always stuffed with sweets and chocolates for the taking. Whoever has a sweet tooth or a craving simply has to stop by the ‘Candy Desk,’ though unfortunately for the Democrats, it’s on the Republican side of the chamber. The tradition ...

  London / DPA Almost as soon as Malcolm Kerr has thrown the mackerel, it has disappeared down Tiffany the pelican’s throat. It almost looks as if the bird has sucked the fish in as it passes – unchewed – down its neck, making a large bump as it does so. Tiffany is particularly hungry today and Kerr has to ...