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In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Rufus Scrimgeour replaces Cornelius Fudge as Minister of Magic.

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The Discobolus is a sculpture created by the Greek sculptor Myron around 450 BC, depicting an athlete throwing a discus.

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The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 and receiving the Critics' Prize the same year. It belongs to the cycle of revolt bringing together three works by Camus, The Plague, The Revolted Man and The Righteous, which in part enabled its author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.

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French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec first made a name for himself with his posters. He immortalized Parisian nightlife, notably at the Moulin Rouge.

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In Europe, there are four species of birch: wart birch (Betula pendula), downy birch (Betula pubescens), dwarf birch (Betula nana) and low birch (Betula humilis).

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The Human Genome Project was officially launched in 1990, with the aim of mapping the entire human genome within fifteen years.

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Maputo is a large city in southern Africa and the capital of Mozambique. Bathed by the Indian Ocean, it is located 77 km from the border with South Africa.

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The Edict of Nantes, promulgated on April 30, 1598, was signed by King Henri IV of France to guarantee religious peace between Catholics and Protestants.

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Addis Ababa, which means new flower in Amharic, is the capital of Ethiopia. Situated at an altitude of around 2,400 meters, it is the highest capital in Africa.

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Two large side wall panels, placed face to face, flank the apse mosaic; they bear the most famous mosaics, probably, of all Byzantine art. These are the processions presided over by the imperial couple, Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora.

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