UNESCO recently announced new additions to its list of World Heritage Sites. From a white sand cliff in Denmark to a coastal region in West Africa, the list includes stunning and important ...

From the Great Barrier Reef to the Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Sites include some of the most culturally significant and visually arresting locations on the planet. Following the first ...

New Delhi: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has added Diwali to the intangible cultural heritage list. On Wednesday, 10 December 2025, UNESCO released its ...

Africa currently hosts more than 100 World Heritage sites, featuring renowned locations such as the Okavango Delta in Botswana, the Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia, and Timbuktu in Mali.

Diwali or Deepavali, one of the foremost cultural and spiritual festivals celebrated by Hindus worldwide, has been included in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) list. UNESCO announced the ...

Seventy-three percent of all 1,172 non-marine sites on the UNESCO Heritage List are exposed to at least one severe water risk — including water stress, drought, river flooding or coastal flooding, ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List. The three ...

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On 27 -28 June 2022, UNESCO's World Heritage Centre organized an experts meeting on Modern Heritage of Africa and the 1972 World Heritage Convention, with the aim to integrate the modern heritage ...