On 12 November 1912 a search party found the frozen bodies of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his companions on the Ross Ice Shelf, months after they died. They had reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, less than five weeks after Roald Amundsen's team, and died on the way back. A planned meeting with supporting dog teams had failed, despite Scott's written instructions. They were 162 miles (261 km) from their base at Hut Point and about 12.5 miles (20 km) from the next supply depot. Among their belongings were the first Antarctic fossils ever found, of the Glossopteris tree, which showed that Antarctica had once been forested.

Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka handed his resignation to parliament after questions were raised about his eligibility for office and his academic credentials. Gibran is the son of former president Joko Widodo, and his resignation came as Widodo publicly backed the president, Prabowo Subianto. Gibran had been elected vice president in 2024 as Prabowo's running mate. His candidacy was made possible by a 2023 Constitutional Court ruling on the minimum age for candidates, which was itself controversial. Parliament will now consider the resignation.

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.