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May 2020

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SOCIAL MEDIA - Soi Phet, a 12-year-old gelding, arrived last year at Old Friends in Georgetown, Kentucky, after earning $1 million on the racetrack.

When the Race Is Over

In Kentucky, an idyll for retired Thoroughbreds

SOCIAL MEDIA - Green patches of Nana Estate Winery in the arid desert.

Desert Wine

Overcoming scorching heat and little rain, experimental vineyards in Israel teach winemakers to cope with climate change

Winners (social)

Special Delivery

From Vietnam to Antarctica, this year's winners bring you amazing glimpses of a changing world—and the indefatigable human spirit

SOCIAL MEDIA - A billboard near Benton, Illinois. The rock n roller from Liverpool was un- known in the States when he visited the town in 1963.

Meet the Beatle!

On the brink of world stardom, George Harrison made a visit to small-town America he would never forget

social footpath weaves through ferns and trees on Denecourt Trail No. 6

The Invention of Hiking

Follow the Frenchman who remade the woods surrounding a royal estate into the world’s first nature preserve

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Prologue

Pacific Treasure

From kitsch to cool, the rise and fall and rise of a Hawaiian export is a shirt tale like no other

Prologue

Making Their Mark

When young women printmakers in Japan joined forces to create a strong impression

Prologue

Recipe for Fame

He was talented and prosperous, but the young Andy Warhol worried the art world had left him behind. Then he discovered soup

Prologue

A Half-Century of Trips

Americans have steadily become more dedicated travelers, despite historic setbacks

Ted Scheinman; Data by Matthew Browne
Prologue

Behind the Mask

Emmett Ashford’s courage on the baseball field made him an American hero

Neil Lanctot

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