Washington Monument

Hundreds of people participated in a yoga session organised by the Indian Embassy at the iconic Washington Monument ahead of the International Yoga Day (June 21).

Earlier this week, Venice faced another monumental "acqua alta," or "high water," this time coming just inches shy of the 1966 record. Dispatches from the scene described people tromping around in cheap rain boots as they walk single-file on footbridges elevated over flooded piazzas or wade through knee-high water.

First lady Melania Trump had trouble with a pair of oversized scissors tocut the ribbon during a ceremony to mark the reopening of the Washington Monument in Washington DC.

President Donald Trump finally has a monument in Slovenia, his wife's home country. A wooden statue, nearly 25 feet tall, has suddenly popped up on private land in the village of Sela pri Kamniku, about 20 miles northeast of the capital, Ljubljana.

A man who set himself on fire near the White House has died of his injuries, the US Park Police said on Thursday. The man set himself on fire on the Ellipse, an area popular with tourists between the White House and the Washington Monument, on Wednesday, authorities said.

For those watching helplessly as flames engulfed one of France's most iconic monuments Monday, some wept and held hands, while others prayed. When Notre Dame's spire fell, taking centuries of history down with it, witnesses gasped in horror as a monument that meant so much began to crumble in front of their eyes.

Nancy Pelosi stands up in her spacious office in the U.S. Capitol, walks past an enormous window with a commanding view of the Mall and the Washington Monument, and picks up a small plaque from her desk.

The government shutdown managed to shut even dinosaurs down - and no temporary reopening will undo the damage, scientists warn.

French media commentators have compared the violent spectacles of the yellow vests on Paris's Champs-Elysees to the student uprisings of 1968.

Since the Taj Mahal was completed in the mid-1600s, the world's most famous monument to undying love has had to put up with an awful lot of meddling mortals.

In recent years, the Taj Mahal, India's iconic monument to eternal love, has taken a beating. Its attendance figures are down. Air pollution is slowly turning its ethereal white marble yellow.

For nearly three months, the "Fearless Girl" statue has stared down the "Charging Bull," an iconic, 11-foot, three-ton monument to "peace, strength, power and love," according to the artist.

How should the United States honor the wishes of the last American World War I soldier, who asked for a national monument to the country's role in the conflict?

Plants in the genus Pisonia don't appear to be particularly menacing. The trees lack the thorns of acacia, the poisonous fruit of the manchineel tree and the botanical jaws of Venus flytraps. But Pisonia trees, which are found from Hawaii and New Zealand all the way to India, have a dark secret. Search among their roots and you're likely to find ga...

The Washington Monument, which has been plagued with elevator problems since a 2011 earthquake struck the US capital, will remain closed until 2019 for much-needed repairs and renovations, the National Park Service said on Friday.

Hundreds of people participated in a yoga session organised by the Indian Embassy at the iconic Washington Monument ahead of the International Yoga Day (June 21).

Earlier this week, Venice faced another monumental "acqua alta," or "high water," this time coming just inches shy of the 1966 record. Dispatches from the scene described people tromping around in cheap rain boots as they walk single-file on footbridges elevated over flooded piazzas or wade through knee-high water.

First lady Melania Trump had trouble with a pair of oversized scissors tocut the ribbon during a ceremony to mark the reopening of the Washington Monument in Washington DC.

President Donald Trump finally has a monument in Slovenia, his wife's home country. A wooden statue, nearly 25 feet tall, has suddenly popped up on private land in the village of Sela pri Kamniku, about 20 miles northeast of the capital, Ljubljana.

A man who set himself on fire near the White House has died of his injuries, the US Park Police said on Thursday. The man set himself on fire on the Ellipse, an area popular with tourists between the White House and the Washington Monument, on Wednesday, authorities said.

For those watching helplessly as flames engulfed one of France's most iconic monuments Monday, some wept and held hands, while others prayed. When Notre Dame's spire fell, taking centuries of history down with it, witnesses gasped in horror as a monument that meant so much began to crumble in front of their eyes.

Nancy Pelosi stands up in her spacious office in the U.S. Capitol, walks past an enormous window with a commanding view of the Mall and the Washington Monument, and picks up a small plaque from her desk.

The government shutdown managed to shut even dinosaurs down - and no temporary reopening will undo the damage, scientists warn.

French media commentators have compared the violent spectacles of the yellow vests on Paris's Champs-Elysees to the student uprisings of 1968.

Since the Taj Mahal was completed in the mid-1600s, the world's most famous monument to undying love has had to put up with an awful lot of meddling mortals.

In recent years, the Taj Mahal, India's iconic monument to eternal love, has taken a beating. Its attendance figures are down. Air pollution is slowly turning its ethereal white marble yellow.

For nearly three months, the "Fearless Girl" statue has stared down the "Charging Bull," an iconic, 11-foot, three-ton monument to "peace, strength, power and love," according to the artist.

How should the United States honor the wishes of the last American World War I soldier, who asked for a national monument to the country's role in the conflict?

Plants in the genus Pisonia don't appear to be particularly menacing. The trees lack the thorns of acacia, the poisonous fruit of the manchineel tree and the botanical jaws of Venus flytraps. But Pisonia trees, which are found from Hawaii and New Zealand all the way to India, have a dark secret. Search among their roots and you're likely to find ga...

The Washington Monument, which has been plagued with elevator problems since a 2011 earthquake struck the US capital, will remain closed until 2019 for much-needed repairs and renovations, the National Park Service said on Friday.