For centuries in medieval and early modern Europe, courts tried animals as if they were people. Pigs accused of killing children could be sentenced to the gallows, sparrows could be prosecuted for disrupting church services, and a gang of rats was once acquitted on a technicality. Animals were given defence lawyers and trials that followed legal procedure, because the courts believed a creature could be guilty of a crime. These cases were usually about public order, property and the need for justice to be seen to be done. The records show a legal system trying to make sense of responsibility in a world where animals lived alongside people.

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.