World Population Day: Counting People, Measuring Possibility
Saturday 11 July 2026 World Population Day is not the easiest date to turn into a travel story. There are no fireworks, no fixed parade route, no single city that…
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What’s on in the World This Week: Spain, Japan, the USA, Slovakia, Croatia, the Netherlands and Canada
Monday 6 July to Sunday 12 July 2026 Some summer weeks feel almost too full to choose from. This is one of them. From Monday 6 July to Sunday 12…
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Independence Day: Fireworks, Founding Stories and the American Summer
Saturday 4 July 2026 To understand Independence Day, it helps to arrive in America in high summer. The air is warm, the evenings stretch, flags appear on porches, barbecues smoke…
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What’s on in the World This Week: Spain, the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy and the USA
Monday 29 June to Sunday 5 July 2026 Some weeks feel as if the world has decided to show off. From Monday 29 June to Sunday 5 July 2026, the…
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Pride and the Stonewall Anniversary: Where Protest Became Celebration
Sunday 28 June 2026 Few annual events carry quite the same mix of colour, defiance and remembrance as Pride. For many travellers, Pride means music, flags, parades, street parties and…
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What’s on in the World This Week: Spain, Peru and Canada
Monday 22 June to Sunday 28 June 2026 From Monday 22 June to Sunday 28 June 2026, the calendar seems to glow at the edges. In Alicante, midsummer is marked…
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World Refugee Day: A Day of Courage, Welcome and New Beginnings
Saturday 20 June 2026 There are international days that feel like a celebration, and there are others that ask us to pause. World Refugee Day, marked every year on 20…
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What’s On in the World This Week: Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany
Monday 15 June to Sunday 21 June 2026 I’ve always thought summer arrives twice. First it appears on the calendar, neat and official. Then it arrives properly, in the body:…
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7 Best Fun Cities Hosting Games at the World Cup
The 2026 World Cup is not just a football tournament. It is a continent-wide road trip through some of North America’s most sociable, high-energy cities, from tequila-soaked cantinas in Mexico…
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Experiencing Nature’s fragility
by Wu Yingyi PureTravel Writing Competition 2025 Please be kind to the mysterious nature Honestly, climate change is not new to me. However, nature is full of secrets. Sometimes it…
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