Japan’s 500-year-old Shuri Castle engulfed by fire

Seventeen buildings by pioneering French architect Le Corbusier have been granted the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage status.

Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee, U.S. actor Meghan Markle, greeted cheering crowds outside Cardiff Castle in Wales.

Royal wedding flowers on display in Windsor's Castle's St. George's chapel.

Meghan Markle's couture wedding dress goes on display at Windsor Castle on Friday in a new exhibition about her May nuptials to Britain's Prince Harry.

The UN's cultural agency said reggae music has contributed to "international discourse on issues" such as injustice and resistance. Kingston has described the music tradition as "uniquely Jamaican."

UNESCO adds the sprawling Mesopotamian city of Babylon to its World Heritage List, boosting Iraq's hopes of revived tourism nearly two years after jihadists ravaged other celebrated sites. Iraq had been trying since 1983 to have the site -- a massive 10-square-kilometre complex of which just 18% has been excavated thus far -- recognised by UNESCO.

A major fire has broken out at a 500-year-old castle on Japan's southern island of Okinawa. Authorities say much of the World Heritage-listed Shuri Castle has now been reduced to a charred skeleton.

Clutching to pickaxes and shovels, dozens of volunteers clear grass, shrubs and dead trees growing up the centuries-old walls of one of the world's most famous Crusader castles, Krak des Chevaliers, to protect it from forest fires that have ravaged the region.

Dutch ice skaters gather at dawn for one last glide at Kinderdijk frozen dike near Rotterdam, as temperatures are set to increase.

Only 30 people, including his widow Queen Elizabeth, were allowed to attend, due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The ceremony saluted both his service to the Navy and support for the UK monarch.

Historical treasures worth more than a million dollars have been looted in a raid at Arundel Castle in England. The burglary took place within days of reopening.

Ethiopia's Tigrayan rebels have seized the UNESCO World Heritage site Lalibela. The town, located in the northern Amhara region, is known for its rock-hewn churches dating from the 12th century. Some residents claimed fighters from the TPLF, Tigray's ruling party, entered Lalibela without a fight on Thursday, as security forces withdrew ahead of their advance. The United States has urged the TPLF to protect the historic site.