As all eyes turn to Brazil ahead of next week's World Cup draw, Gavin McOwan walks the streets, beaches, mountains and favelas of Rio de Janeiro – and bumps into a football legend along the way
Walking Shanghai: from the 14th century to the future
Mike Carter walks across Shanghai, from a 14th-century canal town to the futuristic waterfront packed tight with skycrapers, the most potent symbol of thriving, modern China
Luca Isola, an Italian, moved to Shanghai in 2004, and now calls the megacity of 25 million people home. His photographs document the city's daily life, capturing the everyday as well as the extraordinary
Continuing our series of intrepid metropolitan journeys, Kevin Rushby takes on New York, setting off from JFK airport to cross Brooklyn and Manhattan on foot … in silver flip-flops. How will they go down in Harlem?
Our new weekly series kicks off in the biggest city of all, with Marcel Theroux taking a 40-mile walk across Tokyo, revelling in its mix of modernity and tradition, and meeting some of its 30 million residents
