They were a perfectly representative entrance to a sprawling capital of only 450,000 people, which on Sunday was particularly quiet.

The force of the blast could be heard across the sprawling capital, and Riyadh residents who lived miles away said they had felt their buildings shake.

Their function was to work, to procreate and to give place to the next generation; while the sprawling capital endured.

I am not suggesting you should spend your whole holiday in Jamaica's rough, tough, sprawling capital.

It is an open question whether a force that size could seize this sprawling capital.

Enormous blasts shook houses on the city's fringes and sent gusts of hot air across the sprawling capital.

Much like everything else in the sprawling capital, the operative word for the Festival de México is huge.

Farther south still, we stopped at a wonderful little hotel on the seafront of the sprawling capital, Ajaccio.

Getting around the sprawling capital is easy thanks to a subway that is modern, efficient and safe.

Port-au-Prince, a sprawling and chaotic capital of nearly two million people, has only one fire station.