The Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre Alexey Acepovsky, Yuri Filonenko, Dmitry Moiseev/GN Consulting Agency/UNESCO hide caption
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In this photo supplied by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), a diver swims past coral on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Oct. 18, 2016. M. Curnock/AP hide caption
The Menorah memorial is seen outside of Kharkiv at the Drobitsky Yar Holocaust memorial, a location that saw a mass killing of Jewish people by Nazis during WWII. UNESCO included the memorial in its list of sites that have sustained damaged since Russia invaded Ukraine. Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Visitors and tourists walk around the ancient monument at Stonehenge in 2012 in Wiltshire, England. Matt Cardy/Getty Images hide caption
Australian officials say an environmental disaster is unfolding in the Solomon Islands after a ship ran aground and began leaking oil next to a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Australian High Commission Solomon Islands/AP hide caption
American conservationist Jeff Allen (center) directs Iraqi technicians laying mortar between ancient bricks at the site of Babylon. Jane Arraf/NPR hide caption
A cruise ship passes Venice's St. Mark's Square at sunset in September. Up to 90,000 tourists fill the city every day, far outnumbering the 55,000 residents. Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
People walk past a replica of an ancient statue of a human-headed winged bull from Nimrud, Iraq, destroyed by the Islamic State. It's part of an exhibition called "Rising from Destruction" at Rome's Colosseum. Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Replicas Of Artifacts Destroyed By ISIS 'Rising From Destruction' In Rome
Sun peeks out of rain clouds to light up the famous monastery in Petra, Jordan. Sam McNeil/AP hide caption
A photo of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, Syria, released May 17, shows the site where Islamic State militants have destroyed a nearly 2,000-year-old arch and ancient temples. SANA/AP hide caption
Syrian Antiquities Chief Calls For Help From International Community
Buddhist monks recover a statue of a Buddhist deity from a monastery at Swayambhunath. Niranjan Shrestha/AP hide caption
In Nepal, Efforts Underway To Salvage Ancient Sites Damaged By Quake
A German law from 1516 says beer should only include three ingredients: hops, barley and water. Now brewers are lobbying to have the law be recognized by UNESCO. Dan Love/Flickr hide caption