Photos of the United States (April 2018)

Images of Miami, the Everglades and the Keys in Florida. April 2018. “Miami is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States. It is nicknamed the ‘Capital of Latin America’ and is the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality. The Miami area was inhabited for thousands of […]

Photos of Italy (March 2018)

Images of Rome and Ostia Antica. March 2018. “Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome […]

Photos of the Netherlands (December 2017)

Images of Amsterdam. December 2017. “Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands. Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands, although it is not the seat of the government, which is The Hague. Amsterdam has a population of 851,373 within the city proper. “Its name derives […]

Photos of the United States (October 2017)

Images of Los Angeles. October 2017. “Los Angeles (Spanish for ‘The Angels’) is the cultural, financial, and commercial centre of Southern California. With a US Census-estimated 2016 population of 3,976,322, it is the second most populous city in the United States (after New York City) and the most populous city in the state of California. […]

Photos of Canada (October 2017)

Images of Niagara Falls. October 2017. “Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States; more specifically, between the province of Ontario and New York state. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. “From largest to smallest, the three waterfalls are the […]

Photos of England (August 2017)

Images of Oxford. August 2017. “Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire. The city is known worldwide as the home of the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Buildings in Oxford demonstrate notable examples of every English architectural period since the […]

Photos of Denmark (June 2017)

Images of Kronborg Castle, the M/S Maritime Museum and Frederiksborg Castle. June 2017. “Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør. Immortalised as Elsinore in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. The castle is situated on the extreme northeastern tip of the island of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Øresund, the sound […]

Photos of Morocco (April 2017)

Images of Marrakesh. April 2017. “Officially known as the Kingdom of Morocco (Arabic: al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah, lit. ‘The Western Kingdom’), is a sovereign country located in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Geographically, Morocco is characterised by a rugged mountainous interior, large tracts of desert, and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. […]

Photos of Hong Kong (January 2017)

Images of Hong Kong. January 2017. “Hong Kong (literally: ‘Fragrant Harbour’ or ‘Incense Harbour’), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, is an autonomous territory on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia. Macau lies across the delta to the west, and the Chinese province of Guangdong borders the […]

Photos of Canada (December 2016)

Images of Toronto in Canada. December 2016. “Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. With a population of 2.7 million it is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City and Los Angeles. Toronto is the centre of the Greater Toronto Area […]