The coastal Danish city of Aarhus loves to honor its Viking history. It already has a Viking museum and hosts an annual Viking festival. But what if that’s just not enough? Luckily, city officials on are the case. They are displaying their lineage of seafaring conquerors in a very special and ubiquitous way: by turning them into crossing signals.
Bursts of violence marked an uptick in tensions between protesters and riot police in Hong Kong during the twelfth consecutive weekend of pro-democracy demonstrations.
Hong Kong has been transformed for months by the enormous, constantly evolving pro-democracy protests.
Veterans from several countries were honored today (June 6) near the beaches of Normandy, France for the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the massive Allied land invasion that turned the tide of World War II in Europe and led to the downfall of Hitler’s Third Reich. US president Donald Trump was joined by French president Emmanuel Macron, German chancellor Angela Merkel, British prime minister Theresa May, as well as Queen Elizabeth and several other world leaders.
During a press conference today (June 4) with UK prime minister Theresa May, US president Donald Trump was quick to dismiss protests against his visit throughout London. Using his favored term “fake news,” Trump said that he didn’t see much beyond a small gathering of protestors. Instead, he only recounted streets full of clamoring supporters.
The Scripps National Spelling Bee wrapped up in historic fashion last night (May 30), crowning eight co-champions. After 20 rounds, a single overall winner couldn’t be determined, and the competition almost stretched into the next day. While several years’ Bees have ended with two contestants splitting the title, the competition has never concluded with an eight-way tie.
After years of speculation and hype (and reportedly a $1 billion investment), media and fans were finally invited to tour the first of two new Star Wars theme parks opening on Disney properties on Wednesday (May 29). “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge,” is an addition to the Disneyland resort that transports visitors into a vision of a galaxy far, far away.
A long and severe episode of destructive weather has struck an enormous swath of the US, stretching from Texas to New Jersey. Over the past 12 days, the US has experienced an average of 27.5 tornadoes per day, NBC News reports. So far, destructive storms in Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, and Ohio have left at least seven dead and many more injured.
Three people have died and more than a dozen have been injured after a series of tornados ripped through parts of Missouri. The deaths were reported in Golden City, Missouri. The tornado was part of a severe-weather system that has stretched across central US states this week, bringing heavy rainfall and flooding to Oklahoma and Kansas.
Abortion-rights supporters across the US demonstrated today against a series of severely restrictive laws recently passed by state legislatures.
Flying! Not great, huh?
Smoke from a series of wildfires have reached Mexico City, where officials have declared a state of emergency and are urging people to stay indoors. The level of PM 2.5—the measure of particulate matter in the air per cubic meter—reached 158 yesterday (May 14), far above what is considered safe. Reuters noted that one of the most polluted major cities in the world, Delhi, India has an average level of 113.5.
Akihito, emperor of Japan for the past 30 years and the head of the world’s oldest continuous dynasty, will abdicate on April 30, at the age of 85. He’s the first emperor in two centuries to give up the throne. His son, Naruhito will assume the throne, marking an end to the Heisei era, and the beginning of the Reiwa era.
Those raised in the era of digital photos may not know what a contact sheet is, but for photographers in the age of film, there was nothing as exciting or stressful. A print of all the images on a roll of film, it showcased an artists’s process and progression, but it also showed all the glitches and failures, outtakes, and goofy moments of a photo shoot.
It’s tulip season in the Netherlands, when fields of the bulb that gently screams “spring is here” bloom in a vast array of colors.
China’s propensity for over-the-top amusement parks and gimmicky tourists destinations is well-documented. While some seem like more of a dare, like a giant glass-bottom bridge suspended over a deep canyon, many of China’s tourist traps are designed to transport the visitor, whether it be to Europe or back centuries of Chinese history.
Now that the flames have died down after the devastating fire at Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, investigators and are getting their first glimpses to assess the damage done. The spire and roof are gone, but many artifacts of the centuries-old cathedral appear to have survived.
The startling images of the fire at Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral today (April 15) have captured the world’s attention.
A far reaching storm system that brought powerful winds and rain across the southern US has been blamed for at least eight deaths over the weekend, NBC News reported.
An image of terrified child crying at the US-Mexico border has won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award, the international competition announced on Thursday.
Israel’s Beresheet space lunar lander is expected to land on the far side of the moon tomorrow (April 11), aiming to be only the second spacecraft to successfully do so. (A Chinese lander became the first, in January.)
A new frontier is opening in Greece for archaeology lovers—under the sea.
The Trump administration’s decision to shift hundreds of customs agents to processing asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border is creating huge traffic jams at US ports of entry.
A beautiful image just released by the Hubble Space Telescope shows Gault, a very small (by galactic standards) asteroid furiously spinning through the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and coming apart in the process.
