EditorialGreece: Marble bust of Alexander the Great (356 - 323 BCE) at the Maritime Museum of Crete, Chania, Crete. The original artist is believed to be Leochares (active 4th century BCE)
EditorialKorea: Ureuk (6th century) playing the gayageum (kayakum), a twelve stringed instrument he is believed to have invented in the Gaya Confederacy under the control of King Gasil, seen on an information board in Mosan-dong, South Korea
EditorialSpain: 'At the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the Deathless'. Illuminated page from a copy of the 'Commentary on th
EditorialIndia: Abul Kalam Azad, (1888 - 1958), popularly known as Maulana Azad, an Islamic theologian, seen in a frieze at Maulana Abdul Kalam Memorial Park, Madanpura, Mumbai
EditorialSingapore: Mural of a Chinese shopkeeper sitting in her crockery and hardware store in mid-20th century Chinatown, Temple Street. Mural by Singaporean artist Yip Yew Chong