ayyalah dance, al-wathba, united arab emirates. A cherished tradition of Emirati culture, this dance comprises chanted poetry, music, drumming and a dance that replicates a battle, with usually 20 people lined up 10 against 10

Horatio playing piano. We're standing outside his beautiful home in Vedado, Havana, Cuba. Horatio told us he was part of the military mission responsible in bringing back to Cuba the bones of Argentine hero Che Guevara from the jungle of Bolivia where had been tried and executed. Horatio is an engineer with a specialism in refrigeration, a critical role in that tricky exercise

A Somali or Ethiopian celebration in the garden of the Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, which is very rarely opened to the public, as in, I was told, never. This spot is right across the road from where live dear friends of ours ... Paola, Manu, Jacopo and Alessandro