These Dudes Like To Get All Sweaty And Joust
by Awl Staff
It’s called “full contact medieval combat.” And it’s kind of hot? Or weird? Definitely awkward.
Inside the "Miss Africa Greece" Pageant
by The Awl
Miss Africa Greece is a beauty pageant; competing are women from Africa who live in Athens.
New York City, January 18, 2015
★ The curtains of rain billowed and never showed the slightest chance of parting. Mist gnawed on the tops of the buildings, devoured the river, chewed its way up 70th Street. Nothing would be done outside if there was a way not to do it. It was a little warm out, or unfreezing out, for the parka, but too cold for anything else as waterproof. Steam crawled out of a grate and stumbled low over the sidewalk. Even with rain boots on, it was worth finding the less flooded parts of the rain-dotted crosswalks.
Meet Xatar: Rapper, Producer, Former Iraq Prison Inmate
by Awl Staff
Giwar Hajabi — he goes by Xatar — is the star of Alles Oder Nix Records in Germany. He also spent time in an Iraqi prison when his parents fled Iran.
Meet the Most Expensive Dog in the World
by The Awl
What’s the most expensive dog in the world? SPOILER: A Tibetan Mastiff, sold for almost $2 million.
The "Disposables": Life in the Sewers of Colombia
by The Awl
Here is life, beneath the streets of Bogota.
Inside the Kingdom of the Little People
by The Awl
The “Kingdom of the Little People” is a theme park in China. It has a height requirement for its employees: 130cm. In this episode of The VICE Guide to Travel, Annette Lamothe-Ramos goes to see for herself.