News by Lee Yu Kit

Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is an oasis in a wasteland littered with untidy cement-block buildings, industrial machinery and gritty towns with sad mini-markets. Except that it is not a wasteland.

More than a mere body of water, the Seine keeps life throbbing in the city.

The greatness of the past can be seen in this Bulgarian town on the hills.

In the remote steadfastness of Ethiopia, rock-cut churches bear testimony to an undiminished faith.