Strawberry Fields Forever

A woman visits illuminated decorations assembled ahead of Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, at a department store in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters.

Coming & Going Again

To quote Ambrose Philips, “The flowers anew returning seasons bring, / But beauty faded has no second spring”. Photos: Mado Flynn.

A Day in the Life

Sunday’s date — February 2, 2020 or 02/02/2020 — is a rare palindrome (that is, it reads the same backward and forward). The last time such a palindrome occurred was 909 years ago on 11/11/1111, and it will take another century before it will happen again on 12/12/2121.