Louis Mountbatten, a British naval officer and member of the royal family, was the last Viceroy of British India and the first governor-general of independent India. He oversaw the partition of British India into the Dominions of India and Pakistan in 1947 and the integration of the princely states into India. Later he served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Defence Staff until 1965. In August 1979 the Provisional IRA killed him with a bomb on his fishing boat off Mullaghmore in County Sligo. His assessment of partition remains debated by historians.

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.