Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the United Nations agency.

There are various obvious clues that summer has arrived in full: the end of the school year; the inevitable travel chaos at our main airports; traffic jams on the way to Cornwall.

The Trump administration intends to withdraw the U.S. from the organization, just two years after it rejoined after a five-year absence.

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee met in Paris this month to add to its list of cultural sites around the world deemed to be of “outstanding value to humanity.” The 26 new sites reflect the wide range encompassed by UNESCO’s criteria.

"Continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States," a State Department spokeswoman said in the statement, also adding that "UNESCO works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals,

Port Royal is Jamaica's second World Heritage Site, with the first being the Blue and John Crow Mountains, a rugged and forested area in the country's east, which served as a refuge and hideout for people fleeing slavery. That site was listed by UNESCO in 2015.

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List.

Built under the rule of Ludwig II, the grand palace complexes in Bavaria were among 26 new sites granted world heritage status

As many as seven cultural heritage sites were damaged in Odesa as a result of Russian strikes, including four landmarks of national significance. — Ukrinform.

Some tour operators hope a UNESCO listing of the Murujuga Cultural Landscape can help the Pilbara shake its mining reputation.

UNESCO has announced 26 breathtaking new World Heritage sites, and one of them stands out with its gorgeous surroundings fairytale-like wonder. The organisation adds to the list areas of the globe it thinks hold "outstanding value to humanity" by combining the preservation of human history, nature, and culture.