Rapa

Rapa Nui, the remote Chilean territory in the mid-Pacific widely known as Easter Island, is home to a Catholic church featuring artwork that reflects that islanders' ancestral culture as well as Christian beliefs. Among the eye-catching works are stained glass windows, created by a French-born artist, that portray figures resembling Rapa Nui's inhabitants.

Every day, fishermen are going out fishing in the Bosphorus to hunt veined rapa whelks, large sea snails that have been touted widely as an antidote to cancer and are popular in Far Eastern countries.

Taner Yıldız, an academic from Istanbul University, told daily Hürriyet that the rapa whelks were significantly valuable, saying their export market value is around $20 million.