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  1. High-angle panorama across Mexico City’s dense urban fabric, with buildings and towers beneath a hazy sky
    City

    Mexico City

    At UNAM in Mexico City, Crassulaceae grow in “la olla”; aquatic plants occupy 18 ponds, and the Interactions Garden sits on volcanic rock.

    Explore Mexico City

    Photograph: Schmachtin · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0

  2. A weathered wall of stacked dark basalt stones rising from a shallow canal at Nan Madol, covered in places by vines, with palms and leafy trees behind it
    Country

    Micronesia

    Basalt islets at Nan Madol on Pohnpei, a coral-built town at Lelu off Kosrae, and the land and reef sites recorded in Chuuk Lagoon in 2023.

    Explore Micronesia

    Photograph: Uhooep · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  3. Aerial view of the Svisloch curving past a cluster of red-roofed buildings, with tree cover and city blocks beyond under a cloudy sky
    City

    Minsk

    Belarus.by distinguishes stone rebuilding after Trinity Suburb’s 1809 fire from 1980s renovations intended to evoke a nineteenth-century Minsk look.

    Explore Minsk

    Photograph: Vadim Sazanovich · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  4. Small fishing boats in a bay beside a sandy beach, with weathered buildings along the shore and a crumbling structure at right
    City

    Mogadishu

    Lido Secondo’s coral-stone and reinforced-concrete lighthouse; Hamarweyne’s coral-cut harbour stair and sabatt-like passage.

    Explore Mogadishu

    Photograph: AMISOM Public Information / Stuart Price · Photo source · CC0 1.0

  5. A narrow river winds through a green valley below pale limestone cliffs; on a rocky promontory at right stands a small white belfry with a cross under a cloudy blue sky, and a black-and-white goat stands on the grassy slope
    Country

    Moldova

    Rudi’s drilled survey mark, quarry galleries reused for wine at Cricova and Mileștii Mici, and limestone cave shelters at Orheiul Vechi.

    Explore Moldova

    Photograph: Denissemihov · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  6. The pale stone entrance front of a museum with a pediment lettered INSTITUT OCEANOGRAPHIQUE above a tall arched window, sculpted figures on either side and street lamps in front, under a blue sky with streaks of cloud
    Country

    Monaco

    The museum’s limestone façade carries names of scientific ships; a 2008 Larvotto report describes a Posidonia meadow and 32 artificial reefs.

    Explore Monaco

    Photograph: Berthold Werner · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0

  7. Rock of Monaco above the harbour, with clustered buildings and boats seen from a distant hillside
    City

    Monaco

    The museum dates use of a monetary press at the mint in Monaco’s Princely Palace to 1837–38; the Exotic Garden occupies a cliff above a limestone cave.

    Explore Monaco

    Photograph: Tobi 87 · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0

  8. Reddish-orange sandstone cliffs and gullies rising from a flat, pale desert plain that reaches the horizon under a hazy sky
    Country

    Mongolia

    A 1993 Flaming Cliffs egg held a theropod embryo; Karakorum yielded a 1237/38 coin, while ICOMOS says Altai rock-art dates rest on style.

    Explore Mongolia

    Photograph: Bernard Gagnon · Photo source · CC0 1.0

  9. Central Monrovia street with multi-storey buildings and roadside stalls
    City

    Monrovia

    A 2006 Ramsar sheet records low-tide drying in Mesurado’s mangroves and a west-to-east soil transition within Monrovia.

    Explore Monrovia

    Photograph: Jefferson Krua · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  10. A river winds in a wide bend between green hills, with lake water and layered mountains in the distance
    Country

    Montenegro

    Skadar Lake’s 1885–1981 passenger route, Durmitor’s medieval markers and UNESCO’s account of Kotor’s earthquake damage and restoration.

    Explore Montenegro

    Photograph: Diego Delso, delso.photo · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0

  11. Palacio Salvo rising above Plaza Independencia in Montevideo
    City

    Montevideo

    Montevideo’s Museo Torres García sells Aladdin Toy facsimiles handmade at Taller Universal; the city’s tile museum and Teatro Solís add a collection and a building.

    Explore Montevideo

    Photograph: Mx. Granger · Photo source · CC0

  12. Earthen houses and towers of the ksar of Aït Benhaddou climbing a hillside above a dry riverbed with palms and a shallow pool
    Country

    Morocco

    Morocco’s UNESCO-listed places: Fez, the earthen ksar of Aït Benhaddou and the planned port of Essaouira.

    Explore Morocco

    Photograph: Draceane · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  13. The Old Friday Mosque at Moroni’s old harbour, with a moored ship and smaller boats.
    City

    Moroni

    Moroni’s currency museum displays old coins and banknotes; ICOMOS uses kalaweni for its dhow harbour and iko for smaller fishing ports.

    Explore Moroni

    Photograph: Daryl Wallace · Photo source · CC BY-SA 2.0

  14. Winter view of Moscow’s skyline at dusk, with towers, a river bend and steam plumes beyond bare trees.
    City

    Moscow

    The State Darwin Museum in Moscow lists African weaver nests at different weaving stages, a red wood-ant nest in section and cereal ears among its collections.

    Explore Moscow

    Photograph: Quintin Soloviev · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

  15. A weathered stone building with a row of pointed gables and a worn tiled roof stands at the water’s edge; a small sailing boat with three people lies on turquoise water, with a sandy beach, a sea wall and a long bridge in the background
    Country

    Mozambique

    Ilha de Moçambique’s stone-and-lime and macuti homes, Gorongosa’s changing wildlife mix in a 2019 study, and method-dependent 2008 dugong estimates.

    Explore Mozambique

    Photograph: Stig Nygaard · Photo source · CC BY 2.0

  16. Old Muscat rooftops between rocky hills and the sea
    City

    Muscat

    Muscat’s National Museum uses scaled ship models to explain sewn-plank construction; its gallery also lets visitors handle original objects with staff.

    Explore Muscat

    Photograph: Domenico Convertini · Photo source · CC BY-SA 2.0

  17. Red-brown brick temples and stupas rising above green trees on the Bagan plain, with hills and a grey, cloudy sky in the distance
    Country

    Myanmar

    Bagan’s brick temples after the 2016 earthquake, Inle Lake’s floating gardens and shrinking open water, and dolphins that signal fishers on the Ayeyarwady.

    Explore Myanmar

    Photograph: Jakub Hałun · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  18. Broad street in N’Djamena with low buildings and distant traffic
    City

    N’Djamena

    A first-hand account of fossil trunks set in a N’Djamena science garden in 1991 leads to a museum exhibition and today’s Talino Manu media library.

    Explore N’Djamena

    Photograph: Korom10 · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

  19. Nairobi’s central skyline photographed from the KICC rooftop at golden hour
    City

    Nairobi

    NMK places Nairobi Gallery at Kenya’s point zero; its botany timeline records a 1950 move to Nairobi, where the herbarium holds over a million plant specimens.

    Explore Nairobi

    Photograph: Lebu Ayiga · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  20. Aerial view of Gobabeb’s white buildings on a pale gravel plain beside the dark green Kuiseb River woodland, with orange dunes beyond
    Country

    Namibia

    Research at Gobabeb, survey scopes at Twyfelfontein and rare inundation at Etosha show how field records document Namibia’s arid landscapes.

    Explore Namibia

    Photograph: Hp.Baumeler · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  21. Long limestone staircase rising between rock walls and trees in Nassau
    City

    Nassau

    The Queen’s Staircase is known as the 66 steps; paving hides one. Vendue House became a museum in 1992; Christ Church was built from local limestone in 1841.

    Explore Nassau

    Photograph: Oscar Flowers · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0

  22. A jagged dark rock opening frames bright blue sky, a line of white surf and a shallow reef flat scattered with low rocks and pale sand
    Country

    Nauru

    Nauru’s low-cloud effect, reconstructed pre-mining soils on Topside, and Buden’s estimate of the endemic reed-warbler population.

    Explore Nauru

    Photograph: Angela Spalding, Australian adviser · Photo source · CC BY 2.0

  23. High view down a glacier-filled valley: grey debris-covered ice and pale ponds between brown slopes, turquoise Gokyo lakes on the right and snow-covered peaks beyond
    Country

    Nepal

    Lumbini’s timber shrine lay beneath brick temples; Kathmandu Valley’s seven UNESCO zones cover 167.37 ha; four lakes lie west of Ngozumpa Glacier.

    Explore Nepal

    Photograph: Megaurab09 · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  24. Concrete piers and gate structures of the Eastern Scheldt Barrier along the shore, with wind turbines behind and rock armour on the right
    Country

    Netherlands

    Afsluitdijk sluices carry surplus IJsselmeer water to the Wadden Sea. Oosterschelde’s gates preserve the tide; Kinderdijk’s windmills still back up water management.

    Explore Netherlands

    Photograph: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / “Vrouwenpolder (NL), Oosterscheldekering -- 2022 -- 5039” · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  25. Red curved stepped structure with pale edges at Jantar Mantar, surrounded by trees and lawn.
    City

    New Delhi

    Delhi Tourism dates Jantar Mantar to 1724; the temple’s architecture page ties its nine pools to the lotus design and building ventilation.

    Explore New Delhi

    Photograph: Alessio · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

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