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Louis XIV became King of France at the age of 5, in 1643, on the death of his father, Louis XIII. His mother, Anne of Austria, assumed the regency.

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The Sheikh Zayed Mosque, with a total area of 22,412 square meters and a capacity to accommodate up to 40,000 visitors, is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the ninth largest in the world. It is located in Abu Dhabi, east of the capital of the same name, 10 km from St. Joseph's Cathedral.

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Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 American film North By Northwest marked a major turning point in the spy thriller genre.

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The Red Sea owes its name to natural phenomena, notably the presence of cyanobacteria such as Trichodesmium erythraeum, which give the water a reddish hue when they bloom.

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The Mekong rises on the Tibetan plateau in China's Qinghai province, at an altitude of around 5,000 metres, near Mount Guozongmucha.

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In The Young Ladies of Rochefort, Catherine Deneuve plays Delphine Garnier, a dreamy dance teacher who wants to leave her small town for Paris.

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The Acropolis is a fortified hill housing sacred temples, while the Agora is a public square at the heart of the city, dedicated to political, commercial and social activities.

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Mali's capital is Bamako. Situated on the banks of the Niger River, Bamako is the country's political, economic and cultural center, and home to many important institutions.

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Forrest Gump is an American comedy-drama directed by Robert Zemeckis, released in 1994 and awarded six Oscars.

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Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published in 1890, in the Victorian era, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

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