A man with henna-dyed hair rests on a road near the port area in Karachi, Pakistan on July 3, 2019. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)

When a French politician remarked that a monument should be raised in honour of American independence at a dinner party in 1865 he probably didn't imagine that the result would become an international icon of freedom. ...

Tara West signals to her partner Natalie Cook during the Bronze final match during the Australian Beach Volleyball Championships at Glenelg Beach on March 13, 2011 in Adelaide, Australia.

A penitent flagellates himself during a Holy Week procession on April 21, 2011 in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, Spain. The penitents called Los Picaos flagellate themselves during the Holy Week processions. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

A general view of the Cathedral on the Blood on November 2, 2011 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Yekaterinburg is one of thirteen cities proposed as a host city for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. (Photo by Harry Engels/Getty Images)

Here’s a series of imaginary island illustrations created by concept artist Pierre-Antoine Moelo aka Péah.

Is it worth eating live beings? This is a philosophical question: the history of our species and the ontology of being are saying that it's more likely yes, and on the other hand your mind and empathy are more likely to be against this idea. Or at least like in this Korean clip – eat, but with tears in your eyes.

A baby hippopotamus lies next to its mother on the first day it was presented to the public at the Zoo Berlin zoo on November 1, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The baby hippo was born at the zoo on October 23. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)