In 1795, the radical writer Mary Wollstonecraft travelled through Sweden, Norway and Denmark with her infant daughter, searching for a cargo of stolen treasure that she hoped to recover. The trip was partly a business venture and partly a personal journey, and it took her through a region that was less familiar to British readers at the time. Her letters describe the landscapes, the people she met, the customs she observed and her own shifting feelings, including grief and independence. She wrote them with the same direct, reflective style she had used in her political works. The result, published in 1796, is one of the most vivid travel books of the period by a woman. It combines observation of the wider world with close attention to her inner life.

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.