Worldcrunch

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🇮🇳My Grand-Père's World: India's capital, New Delhi, has long been known for its over-the-top traffic jams and erratic drivers — here's how it looked 22 years ago.🚙🚕🚗🏍🚲🚖🚘🚗🚕🏍🏍 #travel #tourism #instalike #streetscene #trafficjam #instaroad #newdelhi #delhi #igersnewdelhi #1994 #igersindia #igersnewdelhi #igersdelhi #beautifulindia #retro #vintage #authentic #worldcrunch #mgpw (at New Delhi, India)

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🇩🇰My Grand-Père's World: There probably aren't that many places in the world where you can see a 2,400-year-old man in such an incredible state of preservation. The #Tollund Man was naturally mummified in a peat bog, and his body is now carefully placed in the sleeping position in which he was found. You can see all this ancient drama for yourself at Denmark's #Silkeborg Museum. #igersdenmark #igerssilkeborg #silkeborgmuseum #visitdenmark #retro #vintage #1979 #wanderust #culture #history #mummy #themummy #spooky #instaspooky #creepy #bogbody #peatbog #inyourface #authentic #folklore #Tollundmanden #jutland #museum #museumsilkeborg #visitsilkeborg #worldcrunch #mgpw (à Silkeborg, Denmark)

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My Grand-Père's World: Granted, it was the '60s — but of which century? #1966 #retro #vintage #authentic #kosovo #yugoslavia #history #Peć #igersPeć #igerskosovo #europe #instalike #horsedrawncarriage #carriage #cart #horsecart #streetscene #folklore #roadtrip #worldcrunch #picoftheday #mgpw (à Печ)

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🇫🇷My Grand-Père's World: To get from the foot of the butte Montmartre to the Sacré-Cœur basilica in #Paris, you can either go up the 300 stairs or, since 1900, buy a ticket for the funicular. #travel #tourism #vintage #authentic #1967 #retro #parisjetaime #igersparis #igers75018 #paris18 #montmartre #sacrecoeur #funiculaire #greatshot @paris_maville #pariscartepostale #basilica #wanderlust #timemachine #worldcrunch #picoftheday #beautiful #mgpw (à Paris, Montmartre)

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#TrumpUniversity isn't the only questionable American higher education institution. Other self-proclaimed universities are virtual scams and, as Dong Dengxin writes for #Caixin, China is a prime customer: “According to data published in March by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, out of 1.2 million international students in American colleges and universities, 353,000 are Chinese, making China the number one country of origin for foreign students. But two problems lie behind this figure: Chinese students are likely becoming the accomplices of America’s #Yeji universities — the Chinese term for so-called ‘diploma mills.’ (‘Yeji’ means ‘wild chicken.’) And these youngsters are unlikely to be integrated into America's mainstream society, and will instead remain isolated." Read the full article 🇺🇸How U.S. "Diploma Mills" Are Duping Chinese Students🇨🇳 LINK IN BIO #education #students #university #diploma #translation #guangzhou #instachina #igerschina #igersguangzhou #worldcrunch #bnw #bnw_life #blackandwhite #instabnw #fundanuniversity #iphonography #mobilegraphy #monochrome [Photo: Lawrence Wang]

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🇬🇧My Grand-Père's World: Britain is making the news today. Grand-Père took this shot in Edinburgh's Princes Street, just five years after #Scotland, as part of the UK, joined the European Union. #igersscotland #visitscotland #princesstreet #edinburgh #igersUK #britain #retro #vintage #1970s #1978 #authentic #scottmonument #sirwalterscott #unitedkingdom #streetscene #picoftheday #brexit #travel #tourism #timemachine #wanderlust #britain #mgpw #worldcrunch (à Princes Street, Edinburgh)

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🇫🇷My Grand-Père's World: Grand-Père is not the only one to find the Alyscamps, near #Arles in the south of France, picturesque. Both Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin immortalized the alley of sarcophagi in this great Roman necropolis. #travel #tourism #france #southernfrance #igersArles #igersFrance #instafrance #necropolis #alyscamps #BouchesduRhone #PACA #ProvenceAlpesCotedAzur #1969 #art #painting #sarcophagus #ruin #archeology #ruins #picturesque #retro #vintage #throwback #vangogh #gauguin #worldcrunch #mgpw (à Alyscamps)

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The fateful day has arrived. Voters in the United Kingdom go to the polls Thursday to decide if they should stay or should they go from the familiar but increasingly unpopular arms of the European Union. Check out our exclusive collection of the 27 best Brexit front pages from the UK and the world! 🇬🇧LINK IN BIO🇬🇧 [Photo: Regram @hyperism] #brexit #bremain #vote #greatbritain #uk #unitedkingdom #foot #unionjack #votingpoll #europeanunion #europe #highangleshot #lookdown #selfoot #selfeet #eureferendum2016 #euref #politics #worldcrunch

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🇨🇦My Grand-Père's World: When you travel as much as Grand-Père did, laundry drying in the heat is one of the sights you get to see around the world and through the ages. #travel #tourism #retro #vintage #1994 #canada #igerscanada #visitcanada #quebec #igersquebec #instamontreal #igersmontreal #laundry #streetscene #authentic #wanderlust #throwback #bluesky #worldcrunch #mgpw (à Montreal, Quebec)

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🇩🇰My Grand-Père's World: #Amalienborg, the winter home of the Danish royal family, is located next to a ferry docking point — very convenient for tourists. #authentic #paquebot #ferry #instadenmark #igersdenmark #igerscopenhagen #copenhagen #denmark #retro #1967 #vintage #retro #København #danmark #igersdanmark #danish #streetscene #dusty #statue #square #wanderlust #worldcrunch #mgpw

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🇬🇷My Grand-Père's World: Check out his Herculean skewer — a #souvlaki of epic proportions — near the ancient site of Mycenae in southern Greece. #mykines #1981 #retro #vintage #authentic #barbecue #skewer #instabbq #streetscene #mycenae #greece #instagreece #Ελλάδα #Μυκήνες #Αργολίδα #Πελοποννήσου #travel #tourism #wanderlust #instafood #worldcrunch #mgpw

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Writing for @lemondefr, Julien Bouissou spoke to Yunos Bakhshi, an astronomer who uses stargazing to give young Afghans some much-appreciated perspective, all the while taking care not to tread on anyone's religious sensibilities. "'Observing the stars and the universe broadens our inner horizons, prompts questions and helps fight religious fanaticism,' he says. Could stargazing really bring a little peace to #Afghanistan, a country ravaged by 36 years of war? That, in a nutshell, is Bakhshi's rather daring bet. The 'star fanatic,' a short, energetic and smiling man with a piercing gaze, is putting his hopes into practice in his new clubhouse, in one of Kabul's quieter districts. For now, he only has three telescopes — one donated by South Korea — a few books purchased in Iran, and, most importantly, a good Internet connection. Most Afghans discovered their first galaxies by downloading pictures from the #NASA website, well before the arrival of the first telescope in the country." Read the full article 🇦🇫In Afghanistan, Looking For Peace Through A Telescope🇦🇫brought to you in English by @Worldcrunch. ▶️LINK IN BIO◀️ [U.S. #helicopter under the night sky near Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod @usarmy] #chopper #nightsky #instanight #stargazing #starporn #astronomy #star_lovers #telescope #kabul #igersafghanistan #igerskabul #picoftheday #nofilter #longexposure #greatshot #lemonde #reportage #middleeast #worldcrunch (à Kabul, Afghanistan)

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🇩🇪My Grand-Père's World: The style of #mailboxes around the world varies considerably. This opulent one, in eastern Germany, looked like it could have been used by Kaiser Wilhelm II...! #retro #vintage #mail #post #deutschepost #postbriefkasten #youvegotmail #postcard #history #blue #instablue #letterbox #germany #igersgermany #sachsenanhalt #igersdeutschland #Tangermünde #SaxonyAnhalt #1975 #streetscene #authentic #wanderlust #postoffice #picoftheday #worldcrunch #mgpw (à Tangermünde)

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🇱🇰My Grand-Père's World: Straw hats, maracas, decoratives masks ... The ancient Sri Lankan city of #Anuradhapura is considered sacred to the Buddhist world, and a great place to buy just about anything! #travel #tourism #wanderlust #authentic #businessisbusiness #srilanka #asia #igersasia #strawhat #strawhats #souvenirs #1992 #ceylan #igerssrilanka #shotoftheday #worldcrunch #mgpw (à Anuradhapura)

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🇹🇳My Grand-Père's World: Grand-Père's faithful #Peugeot404 makes a cameo appearance, with the Ribat fortress of #Monastir in the background. #oldslide #vintagepic #1970 #vintagecar #maghreb #tunisia #igerstunisia #igersmonastir #fortress #cityscape #vintagecars #carsofinstagram #peugeot #404peugeot #authentic #retro #bluesky #beautiful #picoftheday @peugeot #مـنسـتير #worldcrunch #mgpw (à Ribat de Monastir)

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🇨🇳My Grand-Père's World: If you visit northern China's #XuankongTemple, the famous "Hanging Temple" built into a cliff some 75 meters above the ground, believe Grand-Père: You won't let go of the hand rail! #travel #tourism #china #retro #vintage #wanderlust #temple #hangingtemple #xuankong #1995 #monastery #hangingmonastery #MountHeng #Hunyuan #Datong #Shanxi #悬空寺 #懸空寺 #igerschina #visitchina #authentic #vertigo #cliff #precipice #picoftheday #worldcrunch #mgpw (à Hanging Temple - Datong China)

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Young fishermen in Nouakchott, #Mauritania [Photo: Michał Huniewicz via Flickr] For Italian daily la_stampa, Domenico Quirico went to #Nouakchott to speak to the Berber slaves of Mauritania, property of Arab masters despite their shared Muslim faith. "Nouakchott, the country’s capital, is eerily silent at night. The streets are empty and the city is asleep; the darkness punctured only by the odd bright light of a cafe. Child beggars roam the streets, silently following you at markets and intersections with their empty cans. They are children of slaves, the first I encounter on my visit here." Read the full article 🇲🇷Mauritania, The Last Stronghold Of Slavery🇲🇷 [LINK IN BIO] #berber #slavery #slaves #humanrights #reportage #haratin #haratine #haratins #Riyad #antislavery #abolitionism #BiramDahAbeid #domenicoquirico #africa #worldcrunch (à Nouakchott, Mauritania)