CNN Site Map (Galleries) for June - 2017
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- 2017-06-30Originally slated to finish in 2012, the opening of the highly anticipated Louvre Abu Dhabi has been pushed back to 2017. Designed by award-winning architect Ateliers Jean Nouvel with a budget of 2.4 billion AED ($653,470,224), the museum features soft cu
- 2017-06-30French billionaire François Pinault and architect Tadao Ando will convert Paris' Bourse de Commerce building into a new 32,000-square-foot gallery.
- 2017-06-30The charred remains of a lavish third-century home are the most recent discovery found during the construction of Rome's new metro line.
- 2017-06-30A Marine fires an M777A2 howitzer in the early morning in Syria, Saturday, June 3. Marines have been conducting 24-hour all-weather fire support for the coalition's local partners, the Syrian Democratic Forces. It's to support Combined Joint Tas
- 2017-06-30The players get into the action as the 11-day bid for a new world record progresses.
- 2017-06-30The O-R3 by Singaporean manufacturer OTSAW on display next to the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco. Dubai Police have ordered their first unit, set to hit the streets before the end of the year. The ground unit houses a drone, the two working together as
- 2017-06-30Japan is a nation of inventors. But it hasn't just given us robots, laptops and reliable cars -- it also has a huge influence over popular culture. Here are just some of the Japanese inventions that have changed the way we live.
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- 2017-06-30Cooperstown, NY: In upstate New York's Otsego county, this small town swells with visitors every summer.
- 2017-06-30Trained architect and photographer Alun Be wants to use his work to change people's perceptions of Africa through his art. The Dakar-born photographer is self taught and uses his personal projects to explore the human condition.
- 2017-06-30At the end of 2015, five Hong Kong booksellers, who published gossipy books about China's elite, went missing. It was later discovered that the booksellers had been detained by Chinese authorities. "Everything Is Fine" is Kacey Wong'
- 2017-06-30Lake Como, Italy: Villa d'Este, One of the most storied hotels on the shores of Lake Como -- an area made famous on this side of the world by a certain American part-time resident (George Clooney) -- is hosting its annual July 4th Gala Dinner on the
- 2017-06-30This Tuscan spa uses exotic ingredients such as diamonds, gold and Antarctic ice in its facial treatments.
- 2017-06-30Cousins Zeid Ali, left, and Hodayfa Ali, comfort each other after their house was hit and collapsed during fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in Mosul, on Saturday, June 24. The boys said some of their family members are still under
- 2017-06-30Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the Hong Kong garrison of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) at their Shek Kong base in Hong Kong, on Friday, June 30, 2017.
- 2017-06-30Ksiaz Castle: In 2015 this place made global headlines after two treasure hunters claimed a Nazi train full of gold was buried under its ramparts. Nothing was found, but there's a vast network of underground tunnels dug by the Nazis and rumors the ba
- 2017-06-30China's first Forest City, designed by Milan-based Stefano Boeri Architetti, could help the country tackle its air pollution problem.
- 2017-06-30When it comes to kids' meals, you really can't go wrong with a McDonald's Happy Meal with chicken McNuggets (four pieces), apple slices, a low-fat yogurt stick and low-fat milk. The apples and the yogurt stick are a welcome substitution for
- 2017-06-30Thinking of trying the three-day crash "military diet," supposedly invented to get overweight recruits into shape? The US Department of Defense says that's all bunk. They say the online military diet, also known as the Army or Navy diet, ha
- 2017-06-29Grande Brasserie du Levant in Beirut.
- 2017-06-29Cottonmouths (scientific name: Agkistrodon piscivorus) reach an average adult size of 20 to 48 inches with a heavy body. A threatened cottonmouth may respond by opening its mouth as if ready to bite -- it's the white color of its interior mouth that
- 2017-06-29World's coolest zip lines -- See London from a bird's-eye view on this new zip wire in the city center, due to open this July.
- 2017-06-29Plans for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art were unanimously approved by the Los Angeles City Council Tuesday, ending the project's long wait for a home. The design is by Beijing-based firm MAD Architects.
- 2017-06-29Jacques Nkinzingabo is a self taught photographer trying to capture the heart of Rwanda through his lens.
- 2017-06-29At 1,100 feet tall, the Wilshire Grand Center, is now the tallest building in Los Angeles.
- 2017-06-29Wild at heart: Ringed by the Arctic Circle and bordered by Norway, Finland and the Baltic Sea, Swedish Lapland extends across the top quarter of Sweden.
- 2017-06-29 A sulphur lake in the Danakil Depression near Dallol, Ethiopia.
The depression lies 100 meters below sea level and is one of the world's hottest and most inhospitable locations, with National Geographic calling it the "cruelest place on Earth.
- 2017-06-28"...This moment is so much bigger than me. This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. It's for the women that stand beside me, Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett, Vivica Fox. And it's for every nameless, faceless woman of
- 2017-06-28The Victoria and Albert Museum's new Exhibition Road Quarter was designed by Amanda Levete and her practice, AL_A.
- 2017-06-28New suites on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express: Belmond has revealed the designs of the new Grand Suites -- named Paris (pictured), Venice and Istanbul -- aboard the iconic Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. The luxe quarters include en suite bathrooms, doub
- 2017-06-28This building was demolished in 1980, but Lai keeps the memory of it alive through his miniature art.
- 2017-06-28Elephants roam freely in Liwonde National Park. NGO African Parks took over the reserve in 2015, securing the park's borders to keep poachers out.
- 2017-06-28The remains of a local government institution in Bdagu village, north-east Nigeria, after Boko Haram attacked it in September 2014.
- 2017-06-27Surf's up in San Diego: Endless Summer Surf Camp welcomes beginners who want to learn surf basics and seasoned surfers who want to get better.
- 2017-06-27"Friends from College": This new original series from Netflix follows a group of friends from Harvard trying to balance nostalgia with the realities of life in their 40s. Here's some of what else is streaming in July...
- 2017-06-27The not-for-profit Rural Urban Framework designs houses, hospitals, schools and other essential buildings for rural communities in China. The staircase at the Mulan Primary School forms part of the playground, though it can also be used for school assembl
- 2017-06-26British artist Michael Pinsky has painstakingly recreated the air quality, smell and temperature of New Delhi, São Paulo, Beijing, London and Norway's Tautra island in a series of connected domes called "Pollution Pods."
- 2017-06-26In the City Of London, staying fit and healthy is an important part of the fast-living culture, and this new development will boast a gym, wellness centre and rock climbing wall when it opens in 2019.
- 2017-06-26For the seventh year in a row, the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2017 named Hong Kong the most expensive housing market. The survey uses the "median multiple" ratio system, which divides median house price b
- 2017-06-26The Burmese army sacked the former Siamese capital Ayutthaya in 1767, leaving the great city in ruins. Quite possibly Ayutthaya's most photographed site, this abandoned Buddha head strangled in tree roots sits inside the grounds of Wat Mahathat.
- 2017-06-26The couple visiting every British station -- Brits Geoff Marshall and Vicki Pipe are on a quest to visit every train station in the UK, celebrating the idiosyncrasies of British rail travel along the way.
- 2017-06-26Rescue workers walk to the location where they will look for survivors of a massive landslide near Xinmo village in China's Sichuan Province on June 25. Heavy rains caused the side of a mountain to collapse onto the small village.
- 2017-06-26A 2015 report by PwC ranked 20 African "Cities of Opportunity," looking at a number of factors, including infrastructure, human capital, economics and society and demographics. The Egyptian capital of Cairo topped the list thanks to its large sc
- 2017-06-26Miss USA 2017 Kara McCullough takes a selfie at the 2017 BET Awards at Staples Center on in Los Angeles, California.
- 2017-06-26Travel the world as a social media couple: "Being a nomadic couple, making a decent living through social media and blogging definitely seems like the perfect life," says Jarryd Salem of Nomadasaurus. But Salem and his partner Alesha Bradford sa
- 2017-06-25Civilians entering the city of Iligan in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao have their documents checked by police and military personnel on June 21, 2017.
- 2017-06-25More than 330 casualties have been admitted to the Camp Evangelista military hospital in Cagayan de Oro since Philippines forces started trying to push ISIS fighters from Marawi on May 23.
- 2017-06-25The crisis in Marawi has sparked a humanitarian situation, which the local government is struggling to contain.
- 2017-06-25A tanker truck caught fire then exploded after running off the road and overturning near the eastern Pakistani village of Bahawalpur on Sunday, June 25. Before the explosion, villagers had surrounded the truck to collect spilled fuel.
- 2017-06-23The Amazon Books editors know what's hot for summer, and they've shared their 2017 favorites with CNN.
- 2017-06-23A Russian Su-27 fighter jet flew within five feet of a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea, according to a US official, an encounter that was assessed to be "unsafe."
- 2017-06-23The Harry Potter guide to Edinburgh: Head to the Scottish capital to follow in the footsteps of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, pictured here at Edinburgh Castle on the publication of the penultimate Potter novel.
- 2017-06-23The Pinnacle in Nairobi, Kenya, will be the tallest skyscraper in Africa when it is completed in 2019. The larger of twin glass-facade towers will be 300-meters tall.
- 2017-06-23John Thompson, a friend of Philando Castile, weeps as he walks out of a courthouse in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday, June 16. Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Castile during a traffic stop last year, had just been found not g
- 2017-06-23Ukrainian photographer Boris Mikhailov, 78, is regarded as one of the most important artists to emerge from the former USSR.
- 2017-06-23Inside the Hyperloop Hotel -- Welcome to the Hyperloop Hotel, an innovative hotel design by architecture student Brendan Siebrecht.
- 2017-06-22A team of scientists based in Germany has extracted genome data from ancient Egyptian mummies for the first time. The remains, discovered in the 1920s in Abusir-el Meleq, Middle Egypt, were found to have close genetic relations with populations outside of
- 2017-06-22Once the largest mosques in the world, built in the 9th century on the Tigris River north of Baghdad. The mosque is famous for the Malwiya Tower, a 52-meter minaret with spiraling ramps for worshipers to climb. The site was bombed in 2005, in an insurgent
- 2017-06-22Burj Al Arab -- We're still unsure why one might need a revolving four poster bed, but at $24,000 a night you can deliberate for yourself in the Burj Al Arab's Royal Suite. Located in the world's first seven-star hotel and decadently furnis
- 2017-06-22Terri Patterson cools off at a water fountain in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 21. A punishing heat wave is breaking records in parts of the western United States, causing massive power outages and flight cancellations.
- 2017-06-22Carlisle Bay: This Antigua resort is set up in two zones -- one for couples and another for families. Everyone gets the same access to the serene private beach.
- 2017-06-22On May 4, 2017 in Zimbabwe, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra (right), her hand on the shoulder of an adolescent sitting beside her, listens during a meeting with adolescents living with HIV, at the AFRICAID support center in Avondale, a suburb o
- 2017-06-2210 once-in-a-lifetime cruises: The new era of cruising is great for honeymooners, parents, kids, and all groups in between. Perfect for beach bums, Windstar Cruises' 310-passenger Wind Surf is the world's largest sailing yacht.
- 2017-06-22Sea change: The Ritz-Carlton brand has decided to expand from hotels to cruise ships.
- 2017-06-22After two and a half years of civil war, Yemen is in the grip of a vicious cholera outbreak and a near famine that have coincided to create one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet.
- 2017-06-22The day the sun disappears: A total solar eclipse will cross 14 US states on August 21, and hotels in the path are enjoying a surge in bookings due to the astronomical phenomenon. Brasstown Valley Resort and Spa in the Georgia mountains will offer incredi
- 2017-06-22Earlier this year, Swedish design studio Form Us With Love designed the Kungsbacka kitchen for Ikea using a specially made recycled plastic.
- 2017-06-22Winner of the Hong Kong Pixel Homes competition, "Towers Within a Tower" offers a bold new vision of a high rise. Its "stacked" apartments aim to do more with limited space.
- 2017-06-21Traditional Korean hanok homes are inspiring a new generation of architects in South Korea. From subtle stylistic nods to wildly modern interpretations, hanok principles underpin the emergence of a distinctly Korean form of contemporary architecture.
- 2017-06-21Actress Lindsay Lohan has had numerous legal troubles over the past eight years, including arrests for drunken driving, reckless driving and shoplifting. Here are six of her booking mug shots, from top left to bottom right: July 2007, November 2007, July
- 2017-06-21Journey south: Until a few years ago, the southern province of Sri Lanka hardly ever made it onto travelers' itineraries. "It has this wonderful seclusion, this warmth of the people and untouched nature, which makes the region so incredibly char
- 2017-06-21Ed Caraeff was only 17 when he took this iconic photo of Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Music Festival. In his new book, "Burning Desire: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Through the Lens of Ed Caraeff,"
- 2017-06-21Smell, like perhaps no other sense, manages to unlock our subconscious, excavating long-suppressed memories and invoking places and times to which we thought we could never return.
- 2017-06-21We know what you're thinking: Who isn't Taylor Swift friends with? We couldn't tell you, because this superstar seems to be friendly with everyone famous, including Lorde. After the teen singer picked up two awards at the 2014 Grammys, Swif
- 2017-06-21World's top 10 airlines 2017: Skytrax has revealed its picks for the best airlines of 2017. Completing Skytrax's top 10 list, Garuda Indonesia moved up a spot to the tenth position this year.
- 2017-06-21The Studio, a group of creatives at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, convert the wonders of space into art and design.
- 2017-06-21In 1981, Mauritania became the last country in the world to abolish slavery. CNN traveled to Mauritania in December 2011. These photos are taken from that trip.
- 2017-06-21Jiquitaia, Brazil (Sao Paulo): Despite its simplicity, Jiquitaia serves elaborate