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  1. Square brick mausoleum with arched galleries below a ribbed dome and a steel stair tower on one side, standing on desert ground among low excavated walls
    Country

    Turkmenistan

    Turkmenistan through three archaeological places: Merv on the Murgab delta, Parthian Old Nisa near Ashgabat and the old town of Kunya-Urgench in the north-west.

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    Photograph: P. Hughes · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

  2. Shoreline at Funafuti with turquoise water, a small boat, coconut palms and low buildings; a sloping concrete seawall runs along the right beneath a clouded blue sky.
    Country

    Tuvalu

    Funafuti’s 1896–1898 borehole tested an atoll theory; a 2010 survey found distinct lagoon fish communities across three Tuvalu atolls.

    Explore Tuvalu

    Photograph: Stefan Lins · Photo source · CC BY-SA 2.0

  3. A large conical building thatched with grass and topped by a small pointed finial, seen from a courtyard of red earth with a brick path leading to its low entrance, with trees and a fence of vertical stalks behind it
    Country

    Uganda

    A 2010 fire destroyed Kasubi’s domed tomb; a 2018 survey counted 459 gorillas across Bwindi–Sarambwe; a study compares Jinja outflow with the Agreed Curve.

    Explore Uganda

    Photograph: Z thomas · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

  4. A gravel courtyard lined with green leafy trees; on the left a red-brick domed church beside a tall evergreen, at the far end a crenellated red-brick building, under a blue sky with a white cloud and an ornate lamp at the upper left.
    Country

    Ukraine

    Chernivtsi roof tiles, 15 Ukrainian beech-forest components and a steppe plot protected at Askania-Nova in 1898 link architecture and ecology.

    Explore Ukraine

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

  5. City blocks and high-rises in Ulaanbaatar
    City

    Ulaanbaatar

    A Choijin Lama portal sample had a plant-fibre-reinforced base beneath its black layer and red finish.

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    Photograph: Alexkom000 · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

  6. A narrow water channel with concrete edges curves along a steep, rocky mountainside, with a strip of blue sky above the cliffs
    Country

    United Arab Emirates

    Two aflaj feed separate areas of Al Ain Oasis; Sheikh Zayed’s courtyard has floral marble inlays, while Faya preserves evidence from two prehistoric periods.

    Explore United Arab Emirates

    Photograph: Angela Manthorpe · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  7. Aerial view of the red railway span over the Firth of Forth, with road bridges visible beyond.
    Country

    United Kingdom

    The IERS meridian lies about 102 m east of Greenwich’s historic line; the Forth Bridge has two 521 m main spans, and Giant’s Causeway has basalt columns.

    Explore United Kingdom

    Photograph: Iain Douglas · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  8. Grand Prismatic Spring, a round turquoise pool ringed with orange and yellow, seen from a hillside under a stormy sky, with pine trees in the foreground and a boardwalk behind the pool
    Country

    United States

    Two U.S. water systems: Yellowstone’s hydrothermal features and measured sheet flow in the Everglades' Shark River Slough.

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    Photograph: NPS / Jacob W. Frank · Photo source · Public Domain Mark 1.0

  9. Silhouette of the former Anglo meat plant at sunset on the Uruguay River: a tall chimney at the left, a large dark industrial building in the centre and a crane at the end of a pier on the right, all above orange-lit water
    Country

    Uruguay

    Colonia’s streets have central or side drains; UNESCO dates Fray Bentos exports to 1865 and 1924; a 2001 Ramsar sheet describes the lagoon’s intermittent outlet.

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

  10. Looking down a narrow trench cut into pale earth, with two curved parallel stone-faced walls running along its floor and brick walls rising on either side
    Country

    Uzbekistan

    A buried 40 m-radius sextant scale in Samarkand, alongside NASA’s dated record of change in the South Aral Sea.

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

  11. Panoramic view across central and northern Vaduz
    City

    Vaduz

    Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein’s polished black façade mixes tinted cement, basalt and river pebbles. Read the building through its materials and gallery plan.

    Explore Vaduz

    Photograph: Lucas Kendall · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  12. Honey-coloured stone buildings, a church dome and a spire in Valletta, with the sea at left
    City

    Valletta

    The Foundation timeline pairs the start of a tombstone condition-mapping project with a later non-invasive survey of the nave and side-chapel floor.

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    Photograph: Björn S. · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0

  13. A dark, steep-sided volcanic cone rising behind a flat grey-black ash plain, with a thick plume of gas and cloud drifting across its upper slope and low green vegetation along the base
    Country

    Vanuatu

    UNESCO links three places with Roi Mata; VMGD places Yasur within the Yenkahe caldera; UNESCO says sand drawings served 80 language groups.

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    Photograph: Phillip Capper · Photo source · CC BY 2.0

  14. The grey-blue ribbed dome of St Peter’s Basilica with its lantern and golden ball, rising above dark green trees under a partly cloudy sky; a smaller dome stands at the lower left
    Country

    Vatican City

    The Vatican Library preserves loan records for 1475–1547; Vatican Museums describe the May 1504 Sistine ceiling crack, and the Observatory moved in 1935.

    Explore Vatican City

    Photograph: Jebulon · Photo source · CC0 1.0

  15. Paths and lawns in the Vatican Gardens, among trees and garden buildings.
    City

    Vatican City

    The Vatican Gardens’ Square Garden began as a 90-by-130-metre area with citrus-covered walls and pergola avenues, and was later enlarged into a square.

    Explore Vatican City

    Photograph: Krzysztof Golik · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  16. A tall, dark rock wall of a table mountain with two thin streams of water falling down its face, green forest in the foreground and low cloud under a pale blue sky
    Country

    Venezuela

    Canaima’s tepuis shape a vast park; earthen building methods remain in use in Coro, and art is integrated into Caracas’s university campus.

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

  17. A silver-grey clock tower on a street corner, with a tree hung with red lanterns, a colourful lettered sign and green hills behind under a cloudy sky
    City

    Victoria

    The National Museum of History lists a 1517 map; the clock’s nine pieces shipped in two batches in 1903, and Gran Kaz reports 2026 youth mosaic sessions.

    Explore Victoria

    Photograph: Vasilii Martynov · Photo source · CC0 1.0

  18. The Austrian Parliament building on the Ringstrasse, with the tower of Vienna’s Rathaus rising behind it
    City

    Vienna

    Vienna’s Ringstrasse largely follows the line of former walls; the historic centre brings medieval, Baroque and 19th-century architecture together.

    Explore Vienna

    Photograph: Isiwal/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA-3.0-at · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0

  19. A wooden loom with blue and grey warp threads and a shuttle on a tiled floor, with a basket hanging above.
    City

    Vientiane

    Murphy’s Vientiane account describes the Lao Textile Museum and compares its studio loom with one she used herself.

    Explore Vientiane

    Photograph: Mx. Granger · Photo source · CC0 1.0

  20. Dark green limestone islands rising from calm grey-green water in Ha Long Bay, with misty ridges behind, a pink-orange sky at the top and a small white boat in the distance
    Country

    Vietnam

    Caves connect some Ha Long Bay lakes with the sea; Hoi An’s old town was a trading port by a river, and Hue’s Kinh Thanh has three nested enclosures.

    Explore Vietnam

    Photograph: lumoplank · Photo source · CC0 1.0

  21. Vilnius roofs, a red-roofed church and a hill beneath a cloudy sky
    City

    Vilnius

    A restored wooden house in Užupis anchors a conservation centre; Vilnius’s first central power station now houses a museum of industrial machinery.

    Explore Vilnius

    Photograph: Brian Toward · Photo source · CC0 1.0

  22. A red-brick water tower rising above the grass-covered roofs of filters, with low industrial buildings and blocks of flats behind.
    City

    Warsaw

    At Warsaw’s Filtry, historic slow-filter buildings sit beside a later ozone-and-carbon facility with a roof garden.

    Explore Warsaw

    Photograph: Аимаина хикари · Photo source · CC0 1.0

  23. A fountain pool framed by trees in a paved garden, with a colonnaded classical building beyond.
    City

    Washington, D.C.

    Washington’s National Gallery Sculpture Garden pairs a designed landscape with Aurora’s three-support steel structure and House I’s parallax illusion.

    Explore Washington, D.C.

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

  24. Historic Grip Car No. 3 inside Wellington Cable Car Museum
    City

    Wellington

    Grip Car No. 3 places the operator’s cabin and main controls mid-car; Te Papa displays one Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni specimen from a collection of three.

    Explore Wellington

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

  25. Pedestrians on the floating Queen Emma Bridge with Willemstad’s colourful waterfront behind
    City

    Willemstad

    In Willemstad, the Queen Emma pontoon bridge opens for ships, the Queen Juliana Bridge is fixed over the bay, and a Scharloo museum features nautical charts.

    Explore Willemstad

    Photograph: Martin Falbisoner · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

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