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The castle was leveled after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region, destroying hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,000 people.

The glacier could be gone by 2050, along with a multitude of others that are vital for water supply and UNESCO world heritage sites.

Newsweek shares two success stories highlighting how just one meal can help the world's poorest children follow their dreams.

"Did they pay extra for this because I would pay extra for this," said one delighted commenter.

More than half of the estimated 259 million children who were not enrolled in classes before the pandemic began were boys, researchers said.

Ukraine is home to seven UNESCO World Heritage sites considered to be of universal human value, all of which could now be under threat.

In the past three decades, the GBR has lost more than half its coral cover, pollution has caused deadly starfish outbreaks and global warming has produced horrific coral bleaching.

Other reefs in deeper waters may also exist and offer opportunities for conservation.

In a time of rapid globalization, UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list serves to recognize and celebrate cultural diversity and highlights how traditional ways of life interact with the contemporary world. From the navigation skills of Micronesian wayfarers to a thousand-year pottery tradition carried by women in northern Peru, here's a snapshot of this year's list.

Park rangers found the construction tycoon in February of 2018 with guns and several slain animals, including the black panther that was butchered and cooked.

Around five billion pizzas are consumed worldwide every year, with around 350 slices eaten per second in the U.S. alone, according to Google.

The potential exists for the ICJ to set a precedent for the protection of cultural heritage.

2021 marked 20 years since the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas, two historic statues destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

Experts are referring to the remains as "one of the best-preserved skeletons ever found in the ancient city." The discovery also confirms for experts a long-held theory.

Plans to build a tunnel underneath Stonehenge were recently deemed "unlawful," but Highways England said it plans to move forward with the project.

Salonga National Park has been on the danger list since 1999, but has now been taken off following important conservation improvements.

"I agree that global climate change is the single biggest threat to the world's reefs but it is wrong, in our view, to single out the best-managed reef in the world for an 'in danger' listing," said Australia's environment minister, Sussan Ley.

It has been 35 years since a power plant reactor exploded at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant north of Kyiv, Ukraine, and country officials want the site of the world's worst former nuclear disaster to become a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The obliteration of the historical record is a fundamental feature of the Palestinian war to destroy Israel.

The silence and inaction of the international community in the face of Azerbaijan's shameless vilification and incitement of hate has left many fearing the worst.

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Researchers carried out field surveys at the ancient rift lake to better understand the phenomenon.

Google has teamed up with CyArk and the International Council on Monuments and Sites to digitally conserve five World Heritage Sites, including the Easter Island heads.

Six tourists at the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Peru are under investigation after local authorities were reported to have found feces inside a temple of the ancient citadel.

The young pair were reported to have carried a bag which they claimed would be used to pick up litter along the wall.

The picture shows the Daisenryo Kofun, which is believed to have taken 2,000 men an estimated 20 years to build.

According to UNESCO estimates, more than 69 million primary and secondary education teachers must be recruited by 2030.

It is clear that despite management efforts at local, regional and national levels, a significant number of threats to the reef are getting worse.

Scientists used muon radiography to scan a 12 meter building hidden beneath the ground in the fortress of Naryn-Lala.