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Faiza Shaheen is looking to win an East London parliamentary seat long held by Tories.

Faiza Shaheen likes to talk. Upon entering the café where we meet in Highams Park, a district on the outer edges of East London, she chats breezily with the staff, wondering aloud whether her new, bright purple coat is a touch obtrusive for someone running for Parliament.

“But do you know what?” she says to me later. “This is where I grew up, so I just feel like I can and will be myself. I can’t lie to my neighbors.”

For almost two years, Shaheen has been pounding the streets in her bid to win Chingford and Woodgreen, the constituency where she was born and raised, for the Labour Party. It’s turf long dominated by Conservatives, but her battle with the incumbent — and former party leader — Iain Duncan Smith has drawn national attention ahead of the U.K.’s Dec. 12 general election.

For decades, the region relied on its beaches to attract tourists. Now, it’s pitching an unlikely new attraction.

When the International Monetary Fund projected recently that Guyana’s economy could jump by 86 percent in 2020, it credited recent oil and gas discoveries. But a different buzz is exciting two of the South American nation’s premier industries, agribusiness and tourism. They’re looking to marry their sectors to offer a new attraction to visitors: bees.

Switzerland's Art Basel reached America's shores 17 years back, and these sand cars are part of the show's art installation in Miami.

Everyone hates being stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic — but it might not be quite so terrible at the beach. No, you’re not peering at a traffic jam cloaked in sand. Feast your eyes on the creation of Leandro Erlich for the 17th Miami Beach edition of Art Basel, a world-renowned modern and contemporary art festival that has been cropping up each December since 2002. This is the largest contemporary art fair across North America, featuring works created by more than 4,000 artists from 35 countries.