The Finnish sauna is a steam bath at the heart of Finnish and Northern European life, and the word sauna itself is Finnish. UNESCO added Finnish sauna culture to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list in December 2020. Finns used saunas for far more than washing: they lived in them, ate in them and even gave birth in them, since the heated, smoky space was nearly sterile. Wood was plentiful across the forests, so building one was cheap. Sauna culture spread through Scandinavia during the Reformation, partly because European public bathhouses were being destroyed amid widespread syphilis.

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.