The peace symbol was designed in 1958 by the British designer Gerald Holtom for a march from Trafalgar Square to the Aldermaston nuclear weapons research site. It superimposes the flag semaphore signals for N and D, which stand for nuclear disarmament, inside a circle. Holtom said he also drew on Goya's painting The Third of May 1808, where a figure raises outstretched arms in despair, though he later regretted that the symbol expressed despair rather than celebration. The designer Ken Garland simplified it in the early 1960s into a single-weight line, and that version was copied around the world.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.