(RNS2-mar3) A phallic painting on a building in Wangduephodrang, Bhutan. Bhutanese believe the ‘scandalous’ yet the integral part of Bhutan’s phallic worship aid fertility, work as a talisman to protect themselves from evil, and dispel malicious gossips. For use with RNS-PHALLUS-BHUTAN, transmitted on March 3, 2014, Photo by Tara Limbu

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A generic map of the Arctic and North Pole showing North American, Asia and Europe continents. Countries of Greenland, Canada, United States, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Arctic Ocean sea ice is also shown. View from straight above North Pole.