10 Best Islands in the World

10. Santorini, Greece

Santorini is one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. The whitewashed, cubiform houses of its 2 principal towns, Fira and Oia, cling to cliffs above an underwater caldera (crater).

9. Bora Bora

Bora Bora is a small South Pacific island northwest of Tahiti in French Polynesia. It's also a popular luxury resort destination where some guest bungalows are perched over the water on stilts.

8. Maui, Hawaii

One of the famous black sand beaches on the island of Maui.

7. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, 906 km (563 mi) west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.

6. Ischia, Italy

Ischia is a volcanic island known for its thermal hot springs, Located in the Gulf of Naples.

5. Hvar and the Dalmatian Islands, Croatia

Hvar's red-roofed homes overlooking the Adriatic give the island a classic Mediterranean feel.

4. Palawan, Philippines

Palawan was named not only Travel + Leisure's top island in Asia.

3. Boracay Island, Philippines

No shortage of white sand beaches but Boracay is only 4.5 miles long.

2. Kauai, Hawaii

Kauai is known as “Hawaii's island of discovery.”

1. Bali, Indonesia

Aside from relaxing on its gorgeous beaches, visitors can explore Bali's rich history and culture.

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo is a Ghanaian sculptor. His outdoor sculpture dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade is on display at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice that opened in 2018 in Montgomery, Alabama. His other sculptures include an installation of 1,200 concrete heads representing Ghana’s enslaved ancestors in Accra, the capital of Ghana. Called Faux-Reedom, it was unveiled in 2017. Nkyinkim by Kwame Akoto-Bamfo at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice that opened in 2018 in Montgomery, Alabama.

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

The Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival (commonly referred to as Coachella or Coachella Festival) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, located in the Coachella Valley of the Royal Empire in the Desert of Colorado. It was founded by Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen in 1999, and is organized by Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of AEG Live. The event features musicians from many genres of music, including rock, pop, indie, hip hop and electronic dance music, as well as art and sculpture installations. Through the reasons, several stages consistently hold live music. The main stages are: Coachella Stage, Outdoor Theater, Gob Tent, Mojave Tent and Sahara Tent; a smaller Oasis Dome was used in 2006 and 2011, while a new Yuma stage was introduced in 2013 and a Sonora stage in 2017. The festival's origins relate to a 1993 concert by Pearl Jam at Empire Polo, while boycotting Ticketmaster controlled sites. The show confirmed the s...

Peter Plogojowitz (Serbian form: Petar Blagojević/Петар Благојевић) was a Serbian peasant believed to have become a vampire after his death and to have killed nine of his fellow villagers.

Peter Plogojowitz (Serbian form: Petar Blagojević/Петар Благојевић) was a Serbian peasant believed to have become a vampire after his death and to have killed nine of his fellow villagers. The case was described in the report of Imperial Provisor Frombald, an official of the Austrian administration, who witnessed the exorcism via impalation by stake of Plogojowitz. Peter Plogojowitz lived in a village named Kisilova (Kisiljevo) in the part of Serbia that temporarily passed from Ottoman into Austrian hands after the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718) and was ceded back to the Ottomans with the Treaty of Belgrade (1739). Plogojowitz died in 1725. His death was followed by a spate of other sudden deaths (after very short maladies of about twenty-four hours each). Within eight days, nine persons perished. On their death-beds the victims allegedly claimed to have been throttled by Plogojowitz at night. Plogojowitz's wife stated that he had visited her and asked her for his opanci (...

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