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Prince Harry and Meghan pose for photos with traditional Carnival dancers during a welcoming ceremony, at the Delia Zapata National Arts Center, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

More questions than answers from Harry and Meghan’s Colombian visit

Colombia is not a country in which the former working royals are well-known and their four-day quasi-royal tour had no clear thread, no obvious aim.

  • Victoria Ward

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Tourists buy souvenirs of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar, featured as a statue with a sign that says one will be charged for taking photos inside a store in Doradal, Colombia.

Colombia moves to ban souvenirs of drug lord Pablo Escobar

Shop owners oppose plans to outlaw the sale of merchandise depicting the dead cartel kingpin, but others believe the country should shed its image of being home to mafia bosses.

  • Manuel Rueda
Roger Guzman harvests coca leaves in the small town of Cano Cabra, in central Colombia.

Colombia is facing a new problem: too much cocaine

Unsold blocks of coca paste are piling up across Colombia and it’s the families that pick the raw coca leaves that are suffering most.

  • Genevieve Glatsky
Batu Cave houses a Hindu temple, statues and frescoes.

What lies beneath: 10 of the world’s most incredible underground structures

Put ordinary buildings underground and they transform into something far more interesting and otherworldly.

  • Brian Johnston
Norwegian Jewel passes beneath Centennial Bridge on the Panama Canal.

It’s one of the world’s greatest cruise experiences, but few Aussies do it

In the realm of amazing cruise experiences, a transit of the waterways and intricate locks of this engineering miracle is near the top.

  • Kristie Kellahan
Chiquita bananas are piled on display in a shop in Bainbridge, Ohio, US.

Chiquita banana company found liable for funding Colombian death squads

Chiquita bananas are famous all over the world. The company is the subject of a number of lawsuits brought by victims’ families in the US.

  • Jorge Valencia
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Khinkali, phali, chahokhbili, lobio, cheese and eggplant rolls: Georgia is one of the great food and wine destinations.

The world’s most underrated countries for food

If you’re looking for your next great meal in this moveable feast we call life, it might be time to head to these often-overlooked places.

  • Ben Groundwater
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World of photos, February 10, 2024

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Sofia Vergara as Griselda and Alberto Ammann as Alberto Bravo, the husband who introduced her to the cocaine business.

‘A complete sociopath’: the real woman behind the Netflix gangster series Griselda

The Sofía Vergara vehicle paints a sympathetic picture of the cocaine queen, but her story is as brutal as it is, at times, bizarre.

  • Tom Fordy
NSW Police found $1 billion in cocaine at a Ryde unit.

Break-in call leads police to $1 billion cocaine find

Police thought they were responding to a break and enter at a Sydney unit complex. Instead, they stumbled across an alleged kidnapping attempt and a 722kg drug haul.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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