What a wonderful world

The rainy season in West Bengal lasts from July to the end of September, with rainfall peaking in August. The rain does bring relief from the city's heavy pollution, which otherwise sees regular smog and haze.

These 3 tips will help you take better travel photos

Global - Travel Tips

Italian barbers, such as this shop in Syracuse that dates to 1895, have a history that goes back to the time of Ancient Rome, when a shaved face distinguished free men from slaves. "Il barbiere" is also a social space, where men can talk freely in a male-only setting.

People love showing off their country for your photographs

Sicily – Photo Tip

The Gloria Funicular, like its Bica counterpart, is a national monument controlled by Carris, Lisbon’s public transportation company. Built in 1885, the Gloria is the most frequented of the city’s three funiculars. Here it rolls through Bairro Alto, where it cannot be spared the rampant graffiti but can offer great views of the city.

Use a dominant hue to tie photos together

Lisbon – Photo Tip

As the tide starts to turn, two women on Arimba Island return from long hours foraging for seafood. The people of the Quirimbas have responded with enthusiasm to the setting up of fishing reserves, recognising that they act as a protected base from which fish stocks can expand.

The horizon is key to composition

Mozambique – Photo tip

Cusco has a fast-growing population of around 435,000, with around half of them indigenous people and another 37 percent mestizo – mixed Amerindian and white. The city's rapid growth is due to an influx of farming families from the impoverished countryside.

Have a purpose

Peru – Photo Tip

Wood Street is one of the most popular walls in Fitzroy for street art and new work can soon be painted over. The community has been encouraging legal street art to help discourage illegal taggers who will rarely deface work by major names.

It's not all about the equipment

Melbourne – Photo Tip

John Mulligan’s is another old Southside Dublin pub famed for the quality of its Guinness and has strong connections to James Joyce, a regular, who has the characters meet here at the end of a story in The Dubliners. The UK is the only country to drink more Guinness than Ireland and, surprisingly, Nigeria beats the US into fourth place.

Inside the pub that, in its way, changed fiction forever

Dublin – Been There

Groups of men carry the Ogoh-ogoh shoulder-high platform, bringing them to life by coordinated movements. The drinking of traditional arak has led to inter-village brawls in the past as excitement mounts during the evening.

How to make great photographs in twilight

Bali – Photo Tip

Cosplay, short for costume play, involves dressing up as characters, often but not exclusively, from animated films, video games or comics. While many fans make their own, the manufacture of Cosplay costumes is a multi-million-dollar industry in Japan.

The perfect place for street photography is Osaka, Japan

Osaka – Photo Tip

Perhaps the wings of this bird can provide some shelter at this stop near Karakol, Kazakhstan.

The strange charm of Kazakh bus shelters

Kazakhstan – Been There

Thousands of adult seals are killed annually by hunters such as this one near Tiniteqilaq in East Greenland but the large seal population is not under threat. Most remote communities depend on seals for survival, with the meat being the national dish and the skins sold for making hats, gloves and furs.

You need these Winter photography tips

Greenland – Photo Tip

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