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Perfection is an illusion, but growth is a reality. Each mistake is a lesson, and every day brings a new opportunity to become a better person, one step at a time.

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The colors of Hormuz island, Iran 🛘🌊

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The beauty of Moroccan architecture.🧶

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In 1897, British soldiers looted 3,000 bronze artworks from Benin City, Nigeria and sold them to European museums.

They are currently spread across 160 institutions in Europe and America.

When Europeans first saw them, they refused to believe Africans made them. 🎭

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@vsrsus Is it an African designer?

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Today the Benin Bronzes are recognized as among the finest metalwork in human history.

Nigeria has formally requested their return for over 60 years.

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In 1897, British soldiers looted 3,000 bronze artworks from Benin City, Nigeria and sold them to European museums.

They are currently spread across 160 institutions in Europe and America.

When Europeans first saw them, they refused to believe Africans made them. 🎭

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thousands, they seized 3,000–5,000 bronze plaques, ivory carvings, and royal regalia as war spoils. These were sold to European museums. When European collectors first saw them, they refused to believe Africans made them.

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An entire city; every wall, stairway, and doorway, painted blue.

Nobody fully agrees on why.

Before Instagram existed, fewer than 10,000 tourists visited per year. Now it gets over 1 million.

📌Chefchaouen, Morocco. 💙

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@gimbakakanda 😂

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An entire city; every wall, stairway, and doorway, painted blue.

Nobody fully agrees on why.

Before Instagram existed, fewer than 10,000 tourists visited per year. Now it gets over 1 million.

📌Chefchaouen, Morocco. 💙

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South Africa is home to the world’s largest manually operated “green” urban forest.

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10 million+ trees, making it one of the largest urban forests on Earth.

From above, vast parts of the city look less like a metropolis and more like a continuous canopy of green.

I just think It’s fascinating how design and planning can completely reshape a landscape.

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South Africa is home to the world’s largest manually operated “green” urban forest.

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Johannesburg wasn’t originally a forested city.

When gold was discovered in the late 1800s, much of the area was open grassland. Over the decades, residents and city planners planted millions of trees to make the city more livable.

Today, Johannesburg has an estimated

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@YusufAsunmogejo Qatar was incredible 💯👌🏾

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Japan's Shinkansen has been running for 60 years.

Average delay: 54 seconds.

In 60 years of operation; carrying 10 billion passengers, it has never had a single crash fatality.

Infrastructure is a form of respect. ✅

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This mosque in Morocco is partially built over the Atlantic Ocean. Its 210m minaret is the world's tallest religious tower.

Every night, a laser beam shoots from the top pointing toward Mecca. 🕌

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Infrastructure is a form of respect for citizens. How does your country's transport compare?

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Japan's Shinkansen has been running for 60 years.

Average delay: 54 seconds.

In 60 years of operation; carrying 10 billion passengers, it has never had a single crash fatality.

Infrastructure is a form of respect. ✅

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operator. In the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake — the strongest ever recorded in Japan — the Shinkansen emergency system detected the tremor and stopped 27 trains before a single rail was damaged. No passengers were injured.