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August 11, 2026

Indigenous Man From the Amazon Travels to Hong Kong and Experiences Modern City Life for the First Time

Before Wareka had ever seen a Hong Kong skyscraper, he lived deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Then an unexpected friendship took him thousands of miles from home and into one of the world’s busiest cities. Wareka is an Indigenous Waorani man from eastern Ecuador. He met Arieh Smith, the language enthusiast and YouTuber known as Xiaoma, when Smith traveled to the Amazon and spent time with his community.

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August 10, 2026

Casio’s First Smart Ring Turns Its Iconic Miniature Watch Into a Health Tracker

Watchmaker Casio is taking its tiny Ring Watch into the world of wearable technology. The new CRW-H001M-8 retains the playful design of the company’s miniature digital watch while adding health and fitness tracking, Bluetooth connectivity, and smartphone notifications. Casio first introduced the Ring Watch in 2024 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its iconic watches. The CRW-H001M-8 packs a functioning digital watch into a ring-sized design with a display, stopwatch, alarm, calendar, and LED backlight.

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August 10, 2026

Deserted Diners and Muted Pastel Scenes Captured on the Roadsides of the American West

For photographer Helene Havard, travel is a way of exploring how places shape us. Through her signature pastel color palette, she has turned very real and active locations into dreamy, Wes Anderson-like sites where time doesn’t seem to pass. Having captured the cheerful Santa Cruz Boardwalk and Santa Monica Pier, Havard has set her sights on a diametrically opposite subject.

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August 8, 2026

Photographer’s Lifelong Love of Flowers Blossoms in Exhibition Documenting Art and Horticulture

For Edward Steichen, the garden was never separate from art. The celebrated photographer, painter, and plant breeder spent much of his life cultivating flowers with the same intensity and curiosity that he brought to the camera. Now, Edward Steichen and the Garden at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, brings this lesser-known dimension of his practice into focus.

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