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The Amazon Theatre (Portuguese: Teatro Amazonas) is an opera house located in Manaus, Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. It was built during the Belle Époque at a time when fortunes were made in the rubber boom. The theatre was inaugurated on December 31, 1896, with the first performance occurring on January 7, 1897, with the Italian opera, La Gioconda, by Amilcare Ponchielli. It was chosen by the magazine Vogue as one of the most beautiful opera houses in the world.

Discovered in 1992 in the Vietnamese region of Vũ Quang, Saola is one of the most endangered and rarest world's large mammals. They were observed for the second time in 1999 and again in 2010. Saolas are native to the Annamite Range in Vietnam and Laos and lives in numbers of several hundred, exclusively in the wild. In the press, saolas have been referred to as "Asian unicorns", an appellation apparently due to its rarity and reported gentle nature, and perhaps because both the saola and the oryx have been linked with the unicorn.

Exceeding the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of 400 micrograms per day can lead to selenosis. Signs and symptoms of selenosis include a garlic odor on the breath, gastrointestinal disorders, hair loss, sloughing of nails, fatigue, irritability, and neurological damage. Extreme cases of selenosis can exhibit cirrhosis of the liver, pulmonary edema, or death.

Radamer has been produced since 1991 in Radzyń Podlaski. It was created by accident, as a result of mixing up a bacterial vaccine. The resulting cheese resembles Mazdamer in taste and large holes, hence the idea for the name.

The photo shows a male red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva). It is found mainly in eastern Europe. It is often confused with the european robin from which it differs in that the red of the breast does not reach the eye and is fuzzy on it, and the edges of the tail are white. A typically diurnal bird, it is hard to spot, as it leads a secretive lifestyle, usually in the treetops, feeding on insects, sometimes on plants, such as elderberry fruit.

The colors symbolize justice and constancy (blue) and purity (white). The main element of the emblem is the resplendent quetzal, which the Aztecs considered a messenger of the gods. Today, the bird is considered a symbol of Indian pride, and since it cannot live in captivity, it is a symbol of freedom.

The flag of Ecuador features three stripes: yellow, blue and red, as well as an emblem. The red and yellow stripes represent the Spanish flag, while the blue stripe symbolizes the ocean separating South America from Spain. A condor is shown at the top.

The gray crowned crane is a symbol of Uganda, present on the country's flag and coat of arms. It lives in savannahs. It is omnivorous and eats, among others: insects, frogs, leaves, grass seeds.