Environmental organizations have said the petroglyphs risk endangerment from air pollution.

The two met on Sunday following the Pope's first mass as leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

The "Tauric Chersonese" State Museum-Preserve is the first Russian museum to be hit with European Union sanctions.

Russia is accused of "systematically erasing Ukraine's centuries-old cultural identity" since the start of its invasion in 2022.

Its mission is to provide real-time data for the heritage sector by collecting high-resolution satellite imagery.

World heritage in Palestine, Sudan, and Ukraine were looted, damaged, or destroyed in 2024.

The report found that 15 projects are in planning stages and have not yet been started.

Four other sculptures by Brancusi in Targu Jiu, Romania, were added alongside the 98-foot-tall piece.

UNESCO said it had "deep concern" for how Israel's war impacted cultural sites in the region.

UNESCO has raised the number Ukraine will need over the next decade to properly rehabilitate its interconnected cultural and tourism sectors from around $6.9 billion to $9 billion.