Flags originated on battlefields ... Pearson, who noticed that during World War I, many Canadian battalions included a maple leaf in their insignia. The flag in its current form was adopted ...

Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is flattened to fit on a piece of paper it is distorted. This makes some ...

Britain and its Empire lost almost a million men during World War One; most of them died on the Western Front. Stretching 440 miles from the Swiss border to the North Sea, the line of trenches ...

and their lived experience as an Indigiqueer transfemme. This text and the language in the corresponding map was updated in consultation with a world gender expert* in October, 2023. NOTE to ...

We asked some well-travelled travel professionals for their views on the world’s most supreme scene ... but you don’t need a trail if you can read a map. THE DESTINATION Kun Peak, Ladakh ...

More than a billion people across the world depend on wetlands for their livelihoods – that’s about one in eight people on Earth. Check the Ramsar’s official website, leading entity for this ...

They’re proud of their roots, and want to talk about them. Here are the women using flags to fight for freedom around the world. Women in Australia use the flag to protest against genocide ...