The Royal Naval Hospital | United Kingdom

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The Royal Naval Hospital in Greenwich, designed by England's most famous architect, Sir Christopher Wren, was built to house naval pensioners, retired veterans of Britain's navy. The hospital was founded in 1694.

Maritime Greenwich is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Saipan | Northern Mariana Islands

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Saipan is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean.

Saipan is the second-largest island in the Mariana Islands archipelago, after Guam.

Shirakami-Sanchi | Japan

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Shirakami Sanchi refers to the massive 130,000ha mountainous land extended over Aomori and Akita prefecture in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū, Japan. This mountainous area includes the last virgin forest of Siebold's beech which once covered most of northern Japan.

Shirakami-Sanchi is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Cirque de Gavarnie | France

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The Cirque de Gavarnie is a cirque in the central Pyrenees, in Southwestern France, close to the border of Spain. A cirque is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.

Pyrénées - Mont Perdu is a UNESCO world Heritage site, shared by France and Spain. This outstanding mountain landscape is centred around the peak of Mount Perdu, a calcareous massif that rises to 3,352 m.

Flags of the World | Papua New Guinea

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The flag of Papua New Guinea was adopted on 1 July 1971. In the red upper part a raggiana bird-of-paradise is silhouetted. Please mind the matching stamp.

Stari Most | Bosnia Herzegovina

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Stari Most (literally, "Old Bridge") is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city. In the 1990s conflict most of the historic town and the Old Bridge, designed by the renowned architect Sinan, was destroyed.

Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Flags of the World | Iraq

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The flag of Iraq includes the three equal horizontal red, white, and black stripes of the Arab Liberation flag.

This tricolor flag has been in use since its adoption on 31 July 1963.

Sirgenstein Cave | Germany

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Modern humans first arrived in Europe 43,000 years ago during the last ice age. One of the areas where they took up residence was the Swabian Jura, a mountain range in southern Germany.

Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Excavated from the 1860s, six caves have revealed items dating from 43,000 to 33,000 years ago. Sirgenstein Cave,  located in the Ach River valley, is one of three caves that bear evidence of prehistoric human presence.

Bamako - capital of Mali

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Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a population of 2 million. The name Bamako stems from the Bambara word meaning "crocodile tail". Bamara is one of the laguages spoken in Mali.

City of Cuzco | Peru

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The City of Cuzco is situated in the Peruvian Andes, at 3,400 m above sea level. The city was the capital of the Inca Empire in the 13th century, conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century. Cuzco is home to a variety of well-preserved Inca and Spanish structures.

City of Cuzco is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Tomb of Jam Nizamuddin | Pakistan

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The vast necropolis of Makli is among the largest in the world. Kings, queens, governors, saints, scholars, and philosophers are buried here in brick or stone monuments.

Jam Nizamuddin was the most eminent and popular leader of Sama Dynasty, with their capital at Thatta in modern Pakistan. His tomb is located in Makli near the city Thatta. Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Archaeological site of Mycenae | Greece

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The Lion Gate was the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae, southern Greece.

The archaeological sites of Mycenae and Tiryns are the imposing ruins of the two greatest cities of the Mycenaean civilization, which dominated the eastern Mediterranean world from the 15th to the 12th century B.C. and played a vital role in the development of classical Greek culture.

Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Piazza San Marco - Venice | Italy

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The Piazza San Marco is the principal public square in Venice, Italy. The city is built on a group of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. Here you see another view on Piazza San Marco and the Saint Mark's Basilica with the bell tower.

Venice and its Lagoon is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Flags of the World | Saudi Arabia

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The flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is in use since March 15, 1973.

It is a green flag featuring in white an Arabic inscription and a sword. The inscription is the Islamic creed, or shahada: "There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of God".