We saw towns where hundreds of people stood on their balconies, recording the retreat of FARDC and their militia allies from the advancing AFC/M23 fighters or harassing civilians. During the ...

Celebrating 'ugliness' for the past 140 years, Piobbico, a town in Italy, has become renowned for being the world capital of ugly people. Now, its utopian idea has blossomed into a worldwide movement.

And I sometimes think that when I’m asked about it […] it’s really just because there is a kind of longing for outrage and ugliness, and people just bring it up because there’s almost an ...