Bachata began in the 1960s as heartbreak songs played in Dominican brothels and shantytowns, and was looked down on by the country's elites. Musicians later rebranded it as música de amargue, or music of romantic bitterness, which turned a stigmatized genre into a shared feeling of longing. A 1990s crossover by Juan Luis Guerra and the 2002 hit Obsesión by the Bronx group Aventura carried it into the mainstream. In 2019 UNESCO added bachata to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, alongside reggae and mariachi.

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.