Places

Iceland is an island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, located just south of the Arctic Circle between Greenland and mainland Europe. It is a sovereign parliamentary republic with a population of roughly 392,000 people, one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe, and it sits directly on the seam where the North American

India is a country in South Asia, the seventh-largest in the world by land area and, since 2023, the most populous, with a population estimated at more than 1.4 billion people. It occupies most of the Indian subcontinent, stretching from the high peaks of the Himalayas in the north to the Indian Ocean in the

Indonesia is a Southeast Asian country made up of more than 17,000 islands, stretching along the equator between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world’s largest archipelagic state, the fourth most populous country, and, according to the World Bank, Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Its capital is Jakarta, on the island of Java, though

Iran is a large country in western Asia that occupies most of the Iranian Plateau, stretching from the Caspian Sea in the north to the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in the south. It borders Iraq and Turkey to the west, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan to the north, and Afghanistan and Pakistan to

Iraq is a country in the Middle East, positioned where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers run down toward the Persian Gulf. It borders Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, and Jordan and Syria to the west, with a short coastline on the Persian Gulf in the

Ireland is a country occupying most of an island of the same name in the North Atlantic, off the northwestern coast of Europe. It is formally known as the Republic of Ireland (in Irish, Éire) and should not be confused with Northern Ireland, which covers the northeastern part of the same island and is a

Israel is a country in the Middle East on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, home to sites central to Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious history and to one of the world’s most prominent technology economies. It sits at the meeting point of Africa, Asia and Europe, a location that has made it a

Istanbul is Turkey’s largest city and the only major city in the world built across two continents, straddling the Bosphorus Strait between Europe and Asia. Founded nearly 2,700 years ago as the Greek colony of Byzantion, it later ruled as Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, before becoming the Ottoman capital in 1453. Where Is

Italy is a country in Southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea, known for the legacy of ancient Rome, the art of the Renaissance, and a culture whose influence on food, fashion and design reaches far beyond its borders. Its capital, Rome, was the seat of one of history’s largest empires and remains one of