Self Portraits of a Chaperone

A Menina figure inspired by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez’s 1656 painting Las Meninas. More than 80 such sculptures, decorated by different artists, have been placed around Madrid, Spain as part of an art installation. Photo: Zipi/EPA.

What You Can Do When You Can’t

Ukrainian Grandmaster Anna Olehivna Muzychuk (pictured above right) was awarded, among others, the “Mujeres que Brillan” (“Shining Women”) award — a prize offered by Iberdrola to women who fight for their rights and gender equality — during an awarding ceremony at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain on February 22, 2018. Last December, Muzychuk abdicated her double crown of Women’s World Rapid & Blitz Chess Champion by boycotting the King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships in Saudi Arabia over women’s right. Photo: Elisa Ventoso/The Luxonomist.

Since then, Muzychuk (seated left in the above pic) has picked up audiences and awards here and there in Spain, but still nothing substantial enough to change the chess world. Paradoxically speaking, at the end of her experience, she could even find out that changing the world is much easier than changing the chess world. Photo: Elisa Ventoso/The Luxonomist.

We Can, We Will

Pablo Iglesias raises a triumphant fist after being re-elected as secretary general of Podemos with 89% of the vote at the party congress in Madrid, Spain. Photo: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images.

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Madrid, Spain: A model presents a creation by designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada during fashion week. Photo: J.J. Guillén/EPA.

Ola de calor

Madrid, Spain: A woman carries a bottle of water at the end of another hot day in the city. Photo: Paul White/AP.

Brown Spider

Madrid, Spain: A brown bear waits for food at the zoo. Photo: Jorge Sanz/Pacific Press/SIP/Rex/Shutterstock.

Sine wave

A master class by London Royal Ballet’s dancers Ricardo Cervera and Laura Morera at the Danza Canal Centre in Madrid, Spain. Photo: J. P. Gandul/EPA.