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  1. Sandstone wing of Kronborg Castle with towers and green copper spires rising above a grass-topped brick rampart and gateway
    Country

    Denmark

    Harald’s runestone at Jelling, Kronborg at the Sound’s four-kilometre narrows, and starling flocks called Black Sun above Wadden Sea marshes.

    Explore Denmark

    Photograph: Giorgio Galeotti · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

  2. Pink Ahsan Manzil façade and dome framed by trees in Dhaka
    City

    Dhaka

    Dhaka’s Ahsan Manzil has a drawing room and Jalsaghar beneath vaulted wooden ceilings; Lalbagh Fort and Curzon Hall show other city plans.

    Explore Dhaka

    Photograph: Mahbub Hossain Shaheed (mahosha) · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  3. Shore of Lake Asal: clumps of white salt crust lie in shallow, wind-ruffled water, with a low line of dark hills and the sky in the distance
    Country

    Djibouti

    Studies trace Asal rift motion, Forêt du Day woodland change and whale sharks recorded at feeding sites in the Gulf of Tadjoura.

    Explore Djibouti

    Photograph: Mheidegger · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

  4. A corner building on Place Ménélik in Djibouti City: three storeys of yellow and white arcades and shuttered arched windows above covered ground-floor galleries, with a timber balcony and a tree-lined street
    City

    Djibouti City

    How the historic centre of Djibouti City was laid out on a marshy peninsula: a checkerboard plan, Yemeni and Indian building styles and the station of 1900.

    Explore Djibouti City

    Photograph: Francisco Anzola · Photo source · CC BY 2.0

  5. A wide view of Doha’s skyline along the waterfront.
    City

    Doha

    At Doha’s Radwani House, excavation traces earlier buildings and plaster samples distinguish two mixes used in different parts of the house.

    Explore Doha

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

  6. Steam rising from the pale, bubbling surface of Boiling Lake inside a steep crater, with forested slopes above and rocky ground with clumps of green plants with long narrow leaves in the foreground
    Country

    Dominica

    A lake that drains and refills, a fort inside a volcanic crater and sperm whale fieldwork from 2005 to 2018: three places on Dominica, not the Dominican Republic.

    Explore Dominica

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

  7. The Alcázar de Colón across a paved plaza: a two-storey pale-stone palace with arcades on both floors; palms stand to the right and a tall palm to the left beneath a cloudy blue sky, with a few people crossing the plaza.
    Country

    Dominican Republic

    The Alcázar de Colón’s restoration, reported in 2026, included archaeological research and correction of earlier work; Lago Enriquillo rose 10 m by 2013.

    Explore Dominican Republic

    Photograph: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  8. Tram rails and buildings along the Central Promenade in Douglas
    City

    Douglas

    Douglas Bay’s horse tramway opened in 1876. Its promenade route, the Summer Hill stables and the Manx Museum show three sides of Douglas.

    Explore Douglas

    Photograph: Chris Morgan / geograph.org.uk · Photo source · CC BY-SA 2.0

  9. Dublin’s urban area beyond Phoenix Park, with the Wellington Monument in the foreground
    City

    Dublin

    Dublin through three specific records: composite Blaschka models, nineteenth-century glassmaking on Marlborough Street and Marsh’s 1703 reading room.

    Explore Dublin

    Photograph: dronepicr · Photo source · CC BY 2.0

  10. White columned entrance and arches of the National Museum of Antiquities in Dushanbe
    City

    Dushanbe

    The clay Buddha from Ajina-Teppe was restored from 44 parts for Dushanbe’s 2001 museum opening; its paintings include a harpist from ancient Penjikent.

    Explore Dushanbe

    Photograph: Prince Roy · Photo source · CC BY 2.0

  11. The snow-covered cone of Cotopaxi rising above green pastures, with a wire fence and a few trees in the foreground
    Country

    Ecuador

    A Galápagos tortoise programme began in 1965; Yasuní’s forest study found terrain made a modest contribution to tree diversity.

    Explore Ecuador

    Photograph: David C. S. · Photo source · CC BY 3.0

  12. Four seated colossal statues of Ramesses II flank the doorway of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, set against a rock face under a clear blue sky; one statue is broken above the waist
    Country

    Egypt

    How Abu Simbel was cut into blocks from 1963, Philae moved to Agilkia island, and why an obelisk still lies unfinished in an Aswan quarry.

    Explore Egypt

    Photograph: Diego Delso, delso.photo · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  13. Wide view across the city of San Salvador to a lake in a broad basin, with a twin-peaked volcano rising behind it under a cloudy blue sky
    Country

    El Salvador

    Ilopango’s 431 ± 2 CE eruption, crops preserved under ash at Joya de Cerén, and hawksbill turtles nesting in Jiquilisco Bay’s mangroves.

    Explore El Salvador

    Photograph: Arne Müseler / arne-mueseler.com · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0 de

  14. Forested ridges behind palm fronds and a fruiting tree, under a partly cloudy sky
    Country

    Equatorial Guinea

    Explore Batete’s timber church, Annobón’s volcanic history and the 2019 camera-trap pilot reported from Monte Alén National Park.

    Explore Equatorial Guinea

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

  15. Rooftops of Asmara in clear light: a pale minaret with a green cap rises among low corrugated-iron and brick roofs, with a church spire, taller buildings and brown hills behind
    Country

    Eritrea

    From Asmara's 1893–1941 street plan to a cranium from Buia dated to about 1 million years and stone tools in a raised reef at Abdur dated to about 125,000 years.

    Explore Eritrea

    Photograph: Mheidegger · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

  16. Aerial view of floodwater in Soomaa National Park, with bare trees and shrubs standing in still water and patches of snow at the far edge
    Country

    Estonia

    Soomaa’s spring floods and dugout craft, Tallinn’s medieval upper and lower town, and Kaali’s nine-crater field on Saaremaa.

    Explore Estonia

    Photograph: Monique Mich · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  17. Rounded boulders are scattered across green grassland on both sides of a dirt track, with trees and a cluster of larger rocks on the right and low blue hills in the distance
    Country

    Eswatini

    Lion Cavern’s intensive ochre mining dates to about 48,000 years. The Ancient Gneiss Complex has tonalitic rocks with zircons up to 3.644 billion years old.

    Explore Eswatini

    Photograph: Bernard DUPONT · Photo source · CC BY-SA 2.0

  18. View from the highlands of Simien Mountains National Park: steep rock pillars and long ridges fall away into a hazy valley, with yellow-green grass and spiky plants in the foreground
    Country

    Ethiopia

    Northern Ethiopia through the evidence: rock and rainwater at Lalibela, the age of the Dallol salt dome and walia ibex counts in the Simien Mountains.

    Explore Ethiopia

    Photograph: Hervé Doulat · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  19. Múlafossur waterfall below Gásadalur’s coastal cliffs on Vágar
    Territory

    Faroe Islands

    Explore volcanic Faroe Islands, Múlafossur at Gásadalur, and Tórshavn’s red wooden Tinganes buildings and turf-roofed homes in á Reyni.

    Explore Faroe Islands

    Photograph: Felipe Tofani · Photo source · CC BY-SA 2.0

  20. A quiet street of weatherboard shopfronts with red corrugated-iron roofs in Levuka, with a feathery-leaved tree at the left and forested hills behind
    Country

    Fiji

    Levuka’s inland village sites, a modelled Sigatoka occupation gap, and a 2001 coral list covering both Astrolabe reefs.

    Explore Fiji

    Photograph: Anton Leddin · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0

  21. Low islands, vegetated shores and shallow water of the Kvarken Archipelago seen from an observation tower under a cloudy sky
    Country

    Finland

    Finland in three places: the rising Kvarken coast in Ostrobothnia, the Suomenlinna sea fortress in Helsinki and the Sámi Homeland in northern Lapland.

    Explore Finland

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

  22. A tree-lined reach of the Canal du Midi with a dark barge and a blue-and-white boat moored by the bank, green water reflecting the trees
    Country

    France

    The Canal du Midi reaches its summit level at Naurouze and needs water from higher ground: Montagne Noire streams, two supply channels and a dam at Saint-Ferréol.

    Explore France

    Photograph: Tylwyth Eldar · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  23. A black steam locomotive with a large front lamp and a red buffer beam inside a whitewashed museum shed.
    City

    Freetown

    At Freetown’s railway museum, No. 73’s mixed origins, Nellie’s harbour work and records from Sierra Leone’s railway.

    Explore Freetown

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

  24. Waves breaking on the ocean side of Funafuti, with a shore of coral rubble and low shrubs on the right.
    City

    Funafuti

    A 1996 study reports foraminiferal tests in Fongafale’s sediment and shoreline movement on Funafuti’s eastern reef flat in 1995–96.

    Explore Funafuti

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

  25. Patches of dense green forest and pale grassy savannah seen from a hillside, with a dirt track crossing the grass and hazy hills on the horizon
    Country

    Gabon

    A borehole-based age for Oklo reactor 2, Lopé-Okanda’s archaeological record and Loango’s coastal lagoons.

    Explore Gabon

    Photograph: Olivia Freeman / USDA Forest Service · Photo source · Public domain (USDA Forest Service)

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