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It has high mountains, wide lowlands and forests, its capital is Baku, and about 10.3 million people lived there in mid-2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/azerbaijan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-ganja-480.webp?v=f4178aca95a801b8","alt":"City of Ganja Azerbaijan and Javadkhan mount","at":[47.7,40.3],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:caspian-sea","tag:rock-art","tag:world-heritage","flag:az","feature:iso:031","continent:asia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:belarus","kind":"country","title":"Belarus","summary":"Belarus is a landlocked country in eastern Europe. Ice sheets of the last ice age shaped its low hills and wide plains, it has more than 10,000 lakes and one of Europe\u0027s largest wetlands, and about 9.1 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/belarus","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-gomel-480.webp?v=6e37d81f0a726875","alt":"Gomel city, 5th area","at":[28.047,53.528],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:landlocked","tag:forests","tag:wetlands","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:by","feature:iso:112"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bosnia-and-herzegovina","kind":"country","title":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","summary":"Bosnia and Herzegovina is a mountainous country in southeastern Europe. It has forests, limestone hills and many rivers, and famous old stone bridges cross some of them. Its capital is Sarajevo. It touches the Adriatic Sea along only about 20 kilometers of coast.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bosnia-and-herzegovina","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-bosnia-and-herzegovina-480.webp?v=f15e575b2c93a3a7","alt":"Panoramic view of the course of the Trebi\u0161njica river near Gornji Orahovac, in southeast Bosnia and Herzegovina","at":[18,44],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:bridges","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ba","feature:iso:070"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bulgaria","kind":"country","title":"Bulgaria","summary":"Bulgaria is a country on the eastern side of the Balkan Peninsula, with the Danube River to the north and the Black Sea to the east. Mountains cross it from west to east, and about 6.4 million people lived there at the end of 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bulgaria","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-sofia-480.webp?v=0bebfe0028965998","alt":"Central Sofia and the Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria","at":[25.5,42.75],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:coast","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:bg","feature:iso:100"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:croatia","kind":"country","title":"Croatia","summary":"Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in southeastern Europe. Its long coast on the Adriatic Sea is fringed by more than 1,100 islands, limestone mountains rise behind it, fertile plains lie in the north, and about 3.87 million people lived there in mid-2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/croatia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-zagreb-480.webp?v=5ccded5e9dadc805","alt":"Photo of Zagreb","at":[15.467,45.25],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:coast","tag:islands","tag:karst","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:hr","feature:iso:191"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:czechia","kind":"country","title":"Czechia","summary":"Czechia, also called the Czech Republic, is a landlocked country in central Europe. Mountains ring the old land of Bohemia, the Vltava River flows through the capital, Prague, and about 10.9 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/czechia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-prague-castle-480.webp?v=fb03cae3a10437df","alt":"Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic","at":[15,50],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:landlocked","tag:castles","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:cz","feature:iso:203"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:democratic-republic-of-the-congo","kind":"country","title":"Democratic Republic of the Congo","summary":"The Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DR Congo, is the second-largest country in Africa. The mighty Congo River curves through its rainforests, volcanoes rise in the east, and its capital, Kinshasa, is a center of music, fashion and popular culture.","path":"/discover/world/countries/democratic-republic-of-the-congo","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-virunga-national-park-480.webp?v=720cb6360b9ae0c4","alt":"Waterfall in the Virunga National Park","at":[23.656,-2.88],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:rivers","tag:volcanoes","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:cd","feature:iso:180"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:ethiopia","kind":"country","title":"Ethiopia","summary":"Ethiopia is a country on the Horn of Africa with no coast. Much of it is high, rugged land cut by the Great Rift Valley, it is one of the world\u0027s oldest countries, and more than 110 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/ethiopia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-omo-river-480.webp?v=94bbc7e654e12a8a","alt":"Upper Omo River, Ethiopia","at":[40,9],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:highlands","tag:rift-valley","tag:mountains","tag:fossils","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:et","feature:iso:231"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:hungary","kind":"country","title":"Hungary","summary":"Hungary is a landlocked country in central Europe, in a wide lowland called the Carpathian Basin. Wide plains cover much of it, the Danube River flows through its capital, Budapest, and about 9.5 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/hungary","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-budapest-480.webp?v=d235186d89e919a0","alt":"Photo of Budapest","at":[19,47],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:landlocked","tag:plains","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:hu","feature:iso:348"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:iceland","kind":"country","title":"Iceland","summary":"Iceland is an island country in the North Atlantic, close to the Arctic Circle. It sits on the border between two giant plates of Earth\u0027s crust and has about 200 volcanoes, many hot springs and huge glaciers, and about 396,500 people lived there in mid-2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/iceland","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-strokkur-480.webp?v=f3bab49c65eab8ec","alt":"The Strokkur geyser erupting in the Geysir geothermal field, Iceland","at":[-19,65],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:volcanoes","tag:glaciers","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:is","feature:iso:352"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:indonesia","kind":"country","title":"Indonesia","summary":"Indonesia is a country of about 17,500 islands in Southeast Asia, spread across the Equator between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It has more than 100 active volcanoes, rainforests full of wildlife, and about 286 million people (2025).","path":"/discover/world/countries/indonesia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-java-480.webp?v=880d2e0bde84b2e0","alt":"Mount Bromo and other volcanoes above a sea of mist at sunrise, on the island of Java","at":[118,-2],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:volcanoes","tag:rainforest","tag:equator","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:id","feature:iso:360"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:ireland","kind":"country","title":"Ireland","summary":"Ireland is a country on an island in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain. It covers most of the island, while Northern Ireland, in the northeast, is part of the United Kingdom. Rain keeps its fields green, its capital is Dublin, and more than 5.5 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/ireland","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-dublin-480.webp?v=6e0b41e7c00b9370","alt":"Dublin aerial photograph","at":[-8,53],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:coasts","tag:grasslands","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ie","feature:iso:372"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:japan","kind":"country","title":"Japan","summary":"Japan is an island country in East Asia. Most of its land is steep mountains and forest, Mount Fuji is its tallest peak, and about 124 million people live there, many of them in big cities such as Tokyo.","path":"/discover/world/countries/japan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-mount-fuji-480.webp?v=a1c39b71abf74247","alt":"Mount Fuji from Lake Sh\u014Dji","at":[136,35],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:volcanoes","tag:mountains","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:jp","feature:iso:392"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:kenya","kind":"country","title":"Kenya","summary":"Kenya is a country in East Africa, crossed by the equator. It has the snow-capped Mount Kenya, the deep Great Rift Valley, Lake Victoria and a long Indian Ocean coast, and about 54 million people live there, many of them speaking Swahili.","path":"/discover/world/countries/kenya","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-mount-kenya-480.webp?v=1abc3a3cd76cdaec","alt":"Mount Kenya, Kenya","at":[38,0.1],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:equator","tag:rift-valley","tag:mountains","tag:wildlife","tag:lakes","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ke","feature:iso:404"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:kyrgyzstan","kind":"country","title":"Kyrgyzstan","summary":"Kyrgyzstan is a mountain country in Central Asia, with no coast on the sea. The high Tien Shan mountains cover much of it, and Lake Issyk-Kul, one of the largest high-mountain lakes in the world, lies in the northeast. Its capital is Bishkek.","path":"/discover/world/countries/kyrgyzstan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-bishkek-480.webp?v=f6c6d659c08ba20c","alt":"Baytik baatyr street photographed from above at night","at":[75,41],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:landlocked","tag:lakes","tag:silk-road","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:kg","feature:iso:417"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:latvia","kind":"country","title":"Latvia","summary":"Latvia is the middle one of the three Baltic states, on the shores of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga. It is mostly low and green, with forests over more than half its land, and about 1.845 million people lived there at the start of 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/latvia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-latvia-480.webp?v=6b6a775437ea843c","alt":"Red sandstone cliffs above the Gauja River in misty light, Latvia","at":[25,57],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:forests","tag:coast","tag:baltic-states","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:lv","feature:iso:428"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:pakistan","kind":"country","title":"Pakistan","summary":"Pakistan is a country in South Asia that stretches from icy mountain peaks in the north down the fertile valley of the Indus River to the Arabian Sea. It has busy cities such as Karachi and Lahore, its capital is Islamabad, and its 2023 census counted 241.49 million people.","path":"/discover/world/countries/pakistan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-pakistan-480.webp?v=83b2a07984ebe668","alt":"This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the","at":[71,30],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:ancient-cities","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:pk","feature:iso:586"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:slovakia","kind":"country","title":"Slovakia","summary":"Slovakia is a landlocked country in central Europe. The Carpathian Mountains cover much of it, with the High Tatras in the north, and about 5.4 million people lived there at the end of 2025. Its capital, Bratislava, sits on the Danube River.","path":"/discover/world/countries/slovakia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-bratislava-480.webp?v=82af6836ae2788bd","alt":"Hlavn\u00E9 Namestie in the Old Town of Bratislava","at":[19.7,48.7],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:caves","tag:landlocked","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:sk","feature:iso:703"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:south-korea","kind":"country","title":"South Korea","summary":"South Korea occupies the southern part of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, with sea on three sides. It is mostly mountains and hills, its capital Seoul is one of its many big cities, and the national census counted about 51.8 million people in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/south-korea","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-seoul-480.webp?v=1cb6b9b7080754f8","alt":"Photo of Seoul","at":[128,36],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:peninsula","tag:mountains","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:kr","feature:iso:410"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:syria","kind":"country","title":"Syria","summary":"Syria lies on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Asia. Behind a short coast rise mountains, and beyond them stretches a wide, dry steppe crossed by the Euphrates River. Damascus, its capital, is considered one of the oldest cities in the world.","path":"/discover/world/countries/syria","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-syria-480.webp?v=a8eecec27aa54375","alt":"Damascus was built in a strategic site on a plateau 680 m above sea level and about 80 km inland from the Mediterranean","at":[38.583,35.217],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:ancient-cities","tag:desert","tag:mountains","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:sy","feature:iso:760"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:tanzania","kind":"country","title":"Tanzania","summary":"Tanzania is a country in East Africa, just south of the Equator, on the Indian Ocean. It has Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa\u0027s highest mountain, deep lakes in the East African Rift, and the Serengeti, where huge herds of wildebeest travel each year.","path":"/discover/world/countries/tanzania","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-serengeti-national-park-480.webp?v=cc1cbbde5038a8a9","alt":"A fairly typical example of the scenery in Serengeti National Park in western Tanzania","at":[34.854,-6.307],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:mountains","tag:rift-valley","tag:lakes","tag:wildlife","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:tz","feature:iso:834"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:thailand","kind":"country","title":"Thailand","summary":"Thailand is a tropical country in the middle of mainland Southeast Asia, with forested mountains in the north, rice fields on its central plains and a long, narrow peninsula in the south. Its capital is Bangkok, and about 65.8 million people were on its civil register at the end of 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/thailand","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-ayutthaya-historical-park-480.webp?v=7af7f58cc06e9f32","alt":"Ayutthaya, Ancient Thai capital from 1350 to 1767","at":[101,14],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:tropical","tag:rivers","tag:rice","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:th","feature:iso:764"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:united-arab-emirates","kind":"country","title":"United Arab Emirates","summary":"The United Arab Emirates, or UAE, is a country of seven emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Most of it is desert, and its cities, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah, line the coast. Dubai has the Burj Khalifa, the world\u0027s tallest building.","path":"/discover/world/countries/united-arab-emirates","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-burj-khalifa-480.webp?v=f5e6fa4b0e0bf7de","alt":"Skyline of Downtown Dubai with Burj Khalifa from a Helicopter","at":[54.3,24.4],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:coasts","tag:cities","tag:skyscrapers","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:ae","feature:iso:784"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:zimbabwe","kind":"country","title":"Zimbabwe","summary":"Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa, high on a wide plateau between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It shares Victoria Falls with Zambia, and its name is a Shona word meaning \u0022stone houses\u0022, the name of the great stone city of Great Zimbabwe.","path":"/discover/world/countries/zimbabwe","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-great-zimbabwe-480.webp?v=078c169072232e98","alt":"Aerial view of Great Zimbabwe\u0027s Great Enclosure [1] and adjacent ruins looking southeast from the Hill Fort","at":[30,-19],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:waterfalls","tag:wildlife","tag:granite","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:zw","feature:iso:716"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:france","kind":"country","title":"France","summary":"France is a country in northwestern Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It has high mountains such as the Alps and the Pyrenees, long rivers such as the Loire and the Seine, and about 69.1 million people (2026). Its capital is Paris.","path":"/discover/world/countries/france","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-seine-480.webp?v=00f1efd12164ef86","alt":"Eiffel tower at night reflecting in the Seine in Paris, France","at":[2,47],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:food","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:fr","feature:iso:250"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:turkiye","kind":"country","title":"T\u00FCrkiye (Turkey)","summary":"T\u00FCrkiye, also called Turkey, lies partly in Asia and partly in Europe. A narrow waterway called the Bosporus runs through its biggest city, Istanbul, and its land is mostly mountains and high plains. About 86 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/turkiye","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-bosporus-strait-480.webp?v=d06e11d50e9f4b65","alt":"Photo of Bosporus Strait","at":[36,39],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:two-continents","tag:mountains","tag:straits","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:tr","feature:iso:792"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:united-states","kind":"country","title":"United States","summary":"The United States is a large country in North America made of 50 states, from icy Alaska to the warm islands of Hawaii. It has the Grand Canyon, the Mississippi River and Yellowstone, and about 342 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/united-states","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-mississippi-river-480.webp?v=b26eac7761a2098e","alt":"The Gateway Arch and the St. Louis skyline at night, reflected in the Mississippi River","at":[-98.58,39.828],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:national-parks","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:us","feature:iso:840"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:russia","kind":"country","title":"Russia","summary":"Russia is the largest country in the world. It stretches across eastern Europe and all of northern Asia, through 11 time zones, from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. It has frozen tundra, huge forests, Lake Baikal and the big cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg.","path":"/discover/world/countries/russia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-kremlin-480.webp?v=f140bf381f1328bc","alt":"Photo of Kremlin","at":[94.25,66.417],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:two-continents","tag:largest-country","tag:taiga","tag:arctic","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ru","feature:iso:643"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:italy","kind":"country","title":"Italy","summary":"Italy is a country in southern Europe on a long peninsula that reaches into the Mediterranean Sea, often described as shaped like a boot. The Alps rise in the north, the Apennine mountains run down its length, and about 58.9 million people (2026) live there. Its capital is Rome.","path":"/discover/world/countries/italy","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-vulcano-480.webp?v=fd6a3f621d165d87","alt":"Aerial image of Vulcano","at":[12.5,42.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:peninsula","tag:volcanoes","tag:mountains","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:it","feature:iso:380"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:germany","kind":"country","title":"Germany","summary":"Germany is a country in north-central Europe. The land rises from flat plains by the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to forested hills and, in the far south, the Alps. About 83.5 million people (2025) live there, and its capital is Berlin.","path":"/discover/world/countries/germany","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-neuschwanstein-castle-480.webp?v=8d8d72e46457ccf9","alt":"Neuschwanstein Castle at Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany","at":[10,51],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:rivers","tag:forests","tag:castles","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:de","feature:iso:276"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:india","kind":"country","title":"India","summary":"India is a huge country in South Asia, shaped like a big triangle pointing into the Indian Ocean. The Himalayas rise along its north, heavy monsoon rains arrive every summer, and about 1.46 billion people (2025) live there, speaking hundreds of languages.","path":"/discover/world/countries/india","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-taj-mahal-480.webp?v=126a369fa6e2e6e3","alt":"Taj Mahal, Agra","at":[83,22.8],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:monsoon","tag:rivers","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:in","feature:iso:356"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:finland","kind":"country","title":"Finland","summary":"Finland is a northern European country covered mostly by forest and dotted with tens of thousands of lakes. About a third of it lies north of the Arctic Circle, where the summer sun shines all night. About 5.7 million people live there, most of them in the south.","path":"/discover/world/countries/finland","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-suomenlinna-480.webp?v=91d82906aa255714","alt":"Suomenlinna, a fortress near Helsinki, Finland","at":[27,65],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:lakes","tag:forests","tag:arctic","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:fi","feature:iso:246"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:mexico","kind":"country","title":"Mexico","summary":"Mexico is a large country in southern North America, between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It has smoking volcanoes, ancient cities built by the Maya and other peoples, and about 132 million people, many of them in and around Mexico City.","path":"/discover/world/countries/mexico","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-popocatepetl-480.webp?v=33208db8b1c5daff","alt":"Volcano Popocat\u00E9petl, north side, view from Paso de Cortez","at":[-102,23],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:volcanoes","tag:ancient-cities","tag:deserts","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:mx","feature:iso:484"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:australia","kind":"country","title":"Australia","summary":"Australia is a country and the smallest continent, surrounded by ocean in the Southern Hemisphere. Much of its middle is dry and flat, most people live near the coast, and its animals include kangaroos, koalas and the platypus, a mammal that lays eggs.","path":"/discover/world/countries/australia","category":"oceania","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-great-dividing-range-480.webp?v=e256c89f3e97477b","alt":"Photo of Great Dividing Range","at":[133,-25],"facets":["kind:country","category:oceania","tag:continent","tag:deserts","tag:coral-reefs","tag:marsupials","tag:world-heritage","continent:oceania","flag:au","feature:iso:036"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:china","kind":"country","title":"China","summary":"China is the largest country in Asia, almost as big as all of Europe. The land steps down from the high, cold Plateau of Tibet in the west to plains and coasts in the east, and about 1.4 billion people live there, along with giant pandas in the mountains of south-central China.","path":"/discover/world/countries/china","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-china-480.webp?v=612f47b92263737c","alt":"Badaling, China: Great Wall of China at Badaling","at":[103.452,35.845],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:deserts","tag:pandas","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:cn","feature:iso:156"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:canada","kind":"country","title":"Canada","summary":"Canada is the second-largest country in the world, stretching across the north of North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific and up into the Arctic. It has the Rocky Mountains, thousands of islands and about 42 million people, who speak English, French and many other languages.","path":"/discover/world/countries/canada","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-banff-national-park-480.webp?v=e3648761d0cac91b","alt":"Valley of the Ten Peaks and Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Canada","at":[-109,56],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:mountains","tag:arctic","tag:lakes","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:ca","feature:iso:124"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:spain","kind":"country","title":"Spain","summary":"Spain covers most of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Its middle is a high, flat plateau, the Pyrenees mountains stand between it and France, and almost 50 million people live there, with Madrid as the capital.","path":"/discover/world/countries/spain","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-alhambra-480.webp?v=e181fc4148710ae6","alt":"The Alhambra, detail","at":[-3.5,40.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:peninsula","tag:mountains","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:es","feature:iso:724"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:united-kingdom","kind":"country","title":"United Kingdom","summary":"The United Kingdom, or UK, lies on islands off the northwest coast of Europe. It is made up of four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and about 69.5 million people live there. Its capital is London.","path":"/discover/world/countries/united-kingdom","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-united-kingdom-480.webp?v=4a11e6b72f779067","alt":"View from Quiraing to the Staffinbay","at":[-2,54.6],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:four-nations","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:gb","feature:iso:826"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:norway","kind":"country","title":"Norway","summary":"Norway stretches along the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula, far into the Arctic. Deep, narrow inlets of the sea called fjords cut into its mountains, and about 5.6 million people live there, many of them near Oslo, the capital.","path":"/discover/world/countries/norway","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-geirangerfjord-480.webp?v=b640e8b8bf01efec","alt":"Photo of Geirangerfjord","at":[10.683,59.933],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:fjords","tag:mountains","tag:arctic","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:no","feature:iso:578"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:egypt","kind":"country","title":"Egypt","summary":"Egypt is in the northeastern corner of Africa, and its Sinai Peninsula reaches into Asia. Almost all of it is desert, so most of its more than 100 million people live along the green banks of the Nile River, where one of the world\u0027s earliest civilizations grew.","path":"/discover/world/countries/egypt","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-egypt-480.webp?v=23027ab058106c74","alt":"All Giza Pyramids in one shot","at":[29,27],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:rivers","tag:ancient-history","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:eg","feature:iso:818"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:poland","kind":"country","title":"Poland","summary":"Poland lies near the center of Europe, between the Baltic Sea and the Carpathian Mountains. Most of it is low, flat land shaped by Ice Age glaciers, and about 37 million people live there. Its capital, Warsaw, stands on the Vistula River.","path":"/discover/world/countries/poland","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-warsaw-480.webp?v=39391101b133c735","alt":"Castle Square, Warsaw","at":[19,52],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:plains","tag:forests","tag:mountains","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:pl","feature:iso:616"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:ukraine","kind":"country","title":"Ukraine","summary":"Ukraine is a large country in eastern Europe on the northern shore of the Black Sea. Most of it is level plain with some of the most fertile soil in the world, crossed by the Dnieper River. Its capital is Kyiv, and its official language is Ukrainian.","path":"/discover/world/countries/ukraine","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-lviv-480.webp?v=99873a0933601904","alt":"Old town in Lviv","at":[32,49],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:plains","tag:black-earth","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ua","feature:iso:804"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:albania","kind":"country","title":"Albania","summary":"Albania is a small, mountainous country on the Balkan Peninsula, facing Italy across the Adriatic Sea. About three-fourths of it is mountains and hills, the coastal plains are its most crowded part, and its language has no close relatives.","path":"/discover/world/countries/albania","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-roman-amphitheatre-of-durres-480.webp?v=59a09a29c01d86bd","alt":"This is a photo of a monument in Albania, number:","at":[20,41],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:coast","tag:balkans","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:al","feature:iso:008"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:brazil","kind":"country","title":"Brazil","summary":"Brazil covers about half of South America and is the fifth-largest country in the world. It holds most of the Amazon River basin and much of the world\u0027s largest rainforest, and about 214 million people lived there in 2026, most of them near the Atlantic coast.","path":"/discover/world/countries/brazil","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-sugarloaf-mountain-480.webp?v=b8d4edef3bcb0fdb","alt":"Photo of Sugarloaf Mountain","at":[-53,-14],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:rainforest","tag:rivers","tag:wetlands","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:br","feature:iso:076"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:switzerland","kind":"country","title":"Switzerland","summary":"Switzerland is a small, landlocked country in central Europe. The Alps cover its south and east, great rivers such as the Rhine and Rh\u00F4ne begin there, and its 9.1 million people share four national languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh.","path":"/discover/world/countries/switzerland","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-aletsch-glacier-480.webp?v=1babd8634cd1dabe","alt":"La partie m\u00E9diane du glacier d\u0027Aletsch en septembre 2021","at":[8.232,46.799],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:glaciers","tag:lakes","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ch","feature:iso:756"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:belgium","kind":"country","title":"Belgium","summary":"Belgium is a small, busy country in northwestern Europe, low and flat near the North Sea and hilly in the forested Ardennes. About 11.9 million people live there, speaking mainly Dutch in the north and French in the south, and its capital, Brussels, hosts the European Union.","path":"/discover/world/countries/belgium","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-atomium-480.webp?v=6ddc9260a8e89964","alt":"Atomium Br\u00FCssel 2007","at":[4.668,50.641],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:lowlands","tag:languages","tag:cities","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:be","feature:iso:056"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:chile","kind":"country","title":"Chile","summary":"Chile stretches about 4,300 kilometers along the west coast of South America, between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, but it averages only about 180 kilometers wide. Its north holds one of the driest deserts on Earth, and its south is cold, wet and full of fjords and ice.","path":"/discover/world/countries/chile","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-chile-480.webp?v=8c4a7ca640e75729","alt":"Duna Mayor, Valle de la Luna, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile","at":[-71,-33],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:mountains","tag:desert","tag:volcanoes","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:cl","feature:iso:152"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:greece","kind":"country","title":"Greece","summary":"Greece is a country in southern Europe, at the bottom of the Balkan Peninsula, with sea on three sides and more than 2,000 islands. Most of it is mountains. About 10.4 million people lived there at the start of 2025, and its capital is Athens, a city with ruins more than 2,400 years old.","path":"/discover/world/countries/greece","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-crete-480.webp?v=6f53e9f77e3f43f0","alt":"The old lighthouse at the harbour of Chania on Crete, with waves breaking","at":[23,38.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:mountains","tag:ancient-history","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:gr","feature:iso:300"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:iran","kind":"country","title":"Iran","summary":"Iran is a country in southwestern Asia. A high, dry plateau fills its middle, with mountain ranges all around it, and about 92 million people (2025) live there. Long ago it was called Persia, and its capital today is Tehran.","path":"/discover/world/countries/iran","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-persepolis-480.webp?v=004634cb781bb467","alt":"This is a photo of a monument in Iran identified by the ID","at":[53,32],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:plateau","tag:deserts","tag:mountains","tag:ancient-history","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:ir","feature:iso:364"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:netherlands","kind":"country","title":"Netherlands","summary":"The Netherlands is a small, flat country in northwestern Europe on the North Sea. Its name means low-lying country: more than a quarter of it lies below sea level, protected by dunes and dikes. About 18.2 million people lived there in 2026, and its capital is Amsterdam, a city of canals.","path":"/discover/world/countries/netherlands","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-keukenhof-480.webp?v=79f373482abebfbc","alt":"Photo of Keukenhof","at":[5.55,52.317],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:lowlands","tag:water-management","tag:cities","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:nl","feature:iso:528"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:algeria","kind":"country","title":"Algeria","summary":"Algeria is a country in North Africa and the largest country on the whole continent. More than four-fifths of it is the Sahara Desert, so most of its 47 million people (2025) live in the greener north, along the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Algiers.","path":"/discover/world/countries/algeria","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-timgad-480.webp?v=a62106bd073d422a","alt":"Photo of Timgad","at":[1,28],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:mountains","tag:coast","tag:ancient-history","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:dz","feature:iso:012"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:argentina","kind":"country","title":"Argentina","summary":"Argentina covers most of the southern part of South America. The Andes mountains run down its western side, grassy plains called the Pampas spread across the middle, and windy Patagonia stretches to the far south. INDEC, the national statistics office, estimates that about 46.5 million people lived there in 2026, many of them in and around Buenos Aires.","path":"/discover/world/countries/argentina","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-los-glaciares-national-park-480.webp?v=41bc5b15599ab574","alt":"Perito Moreno Glacier, in Los Glaciares National Park, southern Argentina","at":[-64,-34],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:mountains","tag:grasslands","tag:glaciers","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:ar","feature:iso:032"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:austria","kind":"country","title":"Austria","summary":"Austria is a landlocked country in central Europe. The Alps cover much of it, the Danube River flows across the north, and about 9.2 million people live there. Its capital, Vienna, is famous for its music and palaces.","path":"/discover/world/countries/austria","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-belvedere-480.webp?v=0fb49d839eeaf5f7","alt":"View of the Upper Belvedere Palace during the blue hour, Vienna, Austria","at":[14,48],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:glaciers","tag:music","tag:landlocked","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:at","feature:iso:040"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:portugal","kind":"country","title":"Portugal","summary":"Portugal is a country on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with Spain as its only land neighbor. It also includes the Azores and Madeira islands far out in the ocean. About 11.4 million people lived there at the start of 2026, and its capital is Lisbon, on the Tagus River.","path":"/discover/world/countries/portugal","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-belem-tower-480.webp?v=75bd158551a4ebbf","alt":"The Bel\u00E9m Tower in Lisbon, Portugal","at":[-9.183,38.7],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:coast","tag:islands","tag:exploration","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:pt","feature:iso:620"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:sweden","kind":"country","title":"Sweden","summary":"Sweden is a country in northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It stretches about 1,600 kilometers from north to south, with forests, many lakes and a rocky coast full of islands. About 10.6 million people live there, and its capital is Stockholm.","path":"/discover/world/countries/sweden","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-stockholm-480.webp?v=454b0e37105cac2c","alt":"Photo of Stockholm","at":[15,61],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:forests","tag:lakes","tag:arctic","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:se","feature:iso:752"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:denmark","kind":"country","title":"Denmark","summary":"Denmark is a country in northern Europe made of the Jutland peninsula and more than 400 islands, with the sea almost all around. It is low and mostly flat, about 6 million people live there, and its capital, Copenhagen, is full of bicycles.","path":"/discover/world/countries/denmark","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-kronborg-castle-480.webp?v=144e0632e8f1177f","alt":"Kronborg is a castle and historical stronghold in the town of Helsing\u00F8r, Denmark","at":[10,56],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:lowlands","tag:coast","tag:bicycles","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:dk","feature:iso:208"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:vietnam","kind":"country","title":"Vietnam","summary":"Vietnam stretches about 1,650 kilometers along the coast of Southeast Asia, with mountains in the west and two great river deltas, the Red River in the north and the Mekong in the south. About 102.3 million people lived there in 2025. Its capital is Hanoi, and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City.","path":"/discover/world/countries/vietnam","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-phong-nha-ke-bang-national-park-480.webp?v=d661514811470cd1","alt":"Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam","at":[108,16],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:deltas","tag:caves","tag:coast","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:vn","feature:iso:704"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:south-africa","kind":"country","title":"South Africa","summary":"South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa, with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Indian Ocean on the other. A high plateau covers most of it, about 63.5 million people (2026) live there, and it has 12 official languages and three capital cities.","path":"/discover/world/countries/south-africa","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-south-africa-480.webp?v=7c83b3c6a6e5a763","alt":"Cape Town viewed from Lion\u0027s Head, South Africa","at":[24,-29],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:wildlife","tag:mountains","tag:coast","tag:languages","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:za","feature:iso:710"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:colombia","kind":"country","title":"Colombia","summary":"Colombia is in the northwest of South America, with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Three ranges of the Andes run through it, and most people live in the cool mountains, where the capital, Bogot\u00E1, sits on a high plateau. About 53.4 million people lived there in 2026, according to DANE, the national statistics office.","path":"/discover/world/countries/colombia","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-san-agustin-archeological-park-480.webp?v=f83c8f410fe4ff93","alt":"Statues in Mesita A in San Agust\u00EDn Archaeological Park, Colombia","at":[-73.25,4],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:mountains","tag:rainforest","tag:two-coasts","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:co","feature:iso:170"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:andorra","kind":"country","title":"Andorra","summary":"Andorra is a tiny country high in the Pyrenees mountains, between France and Spain. It is made of steep mountain valleys, its official language is Catalan, and about 89,750 people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/andorra","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-andorra-la-vella-480.webp?v=8bea2e38760e7916","alt":"500px provided description: Andorra [#city ,#river ,#Night ,#Andorra]","at":[1.6,42.542],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:pyrenees","tag:landlocked","tag:small-country","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ad","feature:iso:020"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:angola","kind":"country","title":"Angola","summary":"Angola is a large country in southwestern Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. A narrow coast rises steeply to high plateaus, rivers such as the Cuanza run to the sea, and the Namib Desert reaches its far southwest. Its national statistics institute projects about 38.8 million people for 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/angola","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-luanda-480.webp?v=934d1d7526be4c6b","alt":"Photo of Luanda","at":[17.35,-12.35],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:plateau","tag:rivers","tag:savanna","tag:desert-coast","continent:africa","flag:ao","feature:iso:024"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:armenia","kind":"country","title":"Armenia","summary":"Armenia is a small, landlocked country just south of the Caucasus mountains. Most of it is high mountains and plateaus, its tallest peak is Mount Aragats, and about 3.1 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/armenia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-yerevan-480.webp?v=ccf997769e3118e6","alt":"Mount Ararat and the Yerevan skyline in spring","at":[44.95,40.383],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:landlocked","tag:volcanoes","tag:world-heritage","flag:am","feature:iso:051","continent:asia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bahrain","kind":"country","title":"Bahrain","summary":"Bahrain is a small island country in the Persian Gulf, linked to Saudi Arabia by a long causeway. Long ago it was the center of a trading land called Dilmun, and for centuries its people dived for pearls. About 1.6 million people live there today.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bahrain","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-manama-480.webp?v=8c33a136dd0dddf6","alt":"A recent image for Bahrain World Trade Center","at":[50.551,26.068],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:desert","tag:pearls","tag:persian-gulf","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:bh","feature:iso:048"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bangladesh","kind":"country","title":"Bangladesh","summary":"Bangladesh is a low, flat country in South Asia, built by two great rivers, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. Monsoon rains flood its fields each year, the Sundarbans mangrove forest lines its coast, and about 176 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bangladesh","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-bangladesh-480.webp?v=ddae223eaab8aeff","alt":"A herd of spotted deer among mangrove roots in the Sundarbans","at":[89.867,24.017],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rivers","tag:deltas","tag:mangroves","tag:monsoon","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:bd","feature:iso:050"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:benin","kind":"country","title":"Benin","summary":"Benin is a narrow country in West Africa that stretches from the Atlantic coast up to the Niger River. Lagoons line its short coast, savanna covers the north, and the palaces of the old kingdom of Dahomey still stand at Abomey. About 15 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/benin","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-royal-palaces-of-abomey-480.webp?v=ecc6192e30319827","alt":"Photo of Royal Palaces of Abomey","at":[2.183,8.833],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:lagoons","tag:savanna","tag:kingdoms","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:bj","feature:iso:204"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bhutan","kind":"country","title":"Bhutan","summary":"Bhutan is a small, landlocked kingdom on the eastern ridges of the Himalayas, between India and China. Its land climbs from steamy forests in the south to snowy peaks over 7,300 meters in the north. About 790,000 people live there, mostly in villages in its green valleys.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bhutan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-thimphu-480.webp?v=c431fd967f636faf","alt":"A view of Thimphu - taken from the south of the city from road on the east side of the valley","at":[90.5,27.45],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:himalayas","tag:forests","tag:dzongs","continent:asia","flag:bt","feature:iso:064"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bolivia","kind":"country","title":"Bolivia","summary":"Bolivia is a landlocked country in the middle of South America. In the west, the Andes Mountains hold a high, cold plateau with Lake Titicaca and a huge salt flat; in the east, warm lowlands stretch toward the Amazon. It has two capitals, La Paz and Sucre, and about 12.6 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bolivia","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-tiwanaku-480.webp?v=7987b836db5b3b05","alt":"The Gateway of the Sun from the Tiwanaku civilization in Bolivia","at":[-64.991,-17.057],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:andes","tag:landlocked","tag:altiplano","tag:salt-flat","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:bo","feature:iso:068"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:botswana","kind":"country","title":"Botswana","summary":"Botswana is a landlocked country in the middle of southern Africa. Deep Kalahari sand covers most of it, but in the north the Okavango River spreads into a huge green delta full of wildlife. Botswana became independent in 1966 and has grown more prosperous, helped by diamonds.","path":"/discover/world/countries/botswana","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-okavango-delta-480.webp?v=b357a3a3a7df4ad7","alt":"Delta del Okavango, vista a\u00E9rea","at":[23.7,-22.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:kalahari","tag:wetlands","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:bw","feature:iso:072"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:brunei","kind":"country","title":"Brunei","summary":"Brunei is a small country on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Most of it is covered in rainforest, where proboscis monkeys and sun bears live. Its capital has a famous water village built on stilts, and about 459,000 people lived in Brunei in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/brunei","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-brunei-480.webp?v=ac2ba6bb054348f8","alt":"Fishing boats and huts on the Belait River, Brunei","at":[114.567,4.4],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rainforest","tag:borneo","tag:rivers","tag:water-village","tag:sultanate","continent:asia","flag:bn","feature:iso:096"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:burkina-faso","kind":"country","title":"Burkina Faso","summary":"Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, on a wide plateau of savanna that is grassy in the north and dotted with forest in the south. About 24 million people live there. Its name, chosen in 1984, means Land of Incorruptible People, and its capital is Ouagadougou.","path":"/discover/world/countries/burkina-faso","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-ouagadougou-480.webp?v=e4520ca76873534e","alt":"Monument aux h\u00E9ros nationaux situ\u00E9 \u00E0 Ouagadougou","at":[-2.067,12.267],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:savanna","tag:sahel","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:bf","feature:iso:854"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:burundi","kind":"country","title":"Burundi","summary":"Burundi is a small, landlocked country of green hills in east-central Africa, just south of the Equator. Its western edge runs along Lake Tanganyika, the longest freshwater lake in the world. About 14.4 million people live there, and its royal drum dance is famous around the world.","path":"/discover/world/countries/burundi","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-lake-tanganyika-480.webp?v=8f0f8edbcb5354a6","alt":"Photo of Lake Tanganyika","at":[29.817,-3.667],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:lakes","tag:highlands","tag:drums","tag:rift-valley","continent:africa","flag:bi","feature:iso:108"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cabo-verde","kind":"country","title":"Cabo Verde","summary":"Cabo Verde is a country made of ten islands in the Atlantic Ocean, about 620 kilometers off the coast of West Africa. Some islands are flat and sandy, others are steep and volcanic, and rain is rare. Its people are famous for their music, and the 2021 census counted about 491,000 people living there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cabo-verde","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-praia-480.webp?v=3e2ed3fadc392146","alt":"View over Praia\u2019s Harbor from Achada Grande, in Praia","at":[-23.7,15.3],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:islands","tag:volcanoes","tag:ocean","tag:music","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:cv","feature:iso:132"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cambodia","kind":"country","title":"Cambodia","summary":"Cambodia is a country in mainland Southeast Asia, a land of wide plains and great rivers. Its Tonle Sap lake more than doubles in size every rainy season, and Angkor, with the remains of capitals built from the 800s to the 1400s, is one of the most important archaeological sites in Southeast Asia.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cambodia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-phnom-penh-480.webp?v=fa0bd16dce0632db","alt":"Photo of Phnom Penh","at":[105,12.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rivers","tag:lakes","tag:rice","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:kh","feature:iso:116"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cameroon","kind":"country","title":"Cameroon","summary":"Cameroon sits where western and central Africa meet. In the south are thick rainforests full of monkeys and apes, by the coast rises Mount Cameroon, an active volcano, and in the north are dry savanna plains. About 29.9 million people lived there in 2025, and French and English are both official languages.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cameroon","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-cameroon-480.webp?v=c36dcdeace60c90d","alt":"Green hills with a waterfall and scattered trees in Cameroon","at":[12.65,5.133],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:volcanoes","tag:bilingual","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:cm","feature:iso:120"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:central-african-republic","kind":"country","title":"Central African Republic","summary":"The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in the very center of Africa, about the size of France. Grassy savannas cover the north, rainforests grow in the south, and the capital, Bangui, stands on the Ubangi River. About 5.5 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/central-african-republic","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-bangui-480.webp?v=9bd95a89b6077ec7","alt":"The city centre of Bangui, at PK0 roundabout level","at":[20.9,6.7],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:savanna","tag:rainforest","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:cf","feature:iso:140"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:chad","kind":"country","title":"Chad","summary":"Chad is a large country in north-central Africa with no coast at all. The Sahara covers much of the north, savanna with elephants and giraffes covers the south, and Lake Chad lies on its western edge.","path":"/discover/world/countries/chad","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-ndjamena-480.webp?v=33d709f9e5a4bf01","alt":"Place de la nation du Tchad","at":[19.4,15.467],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:deserts","tag:lakes","tag:savanna","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:td","feature:iso:148"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:costa-rica","kind":"country","title":"Costa Rica","summary":"Costa Rica is a small country in Central America between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Volcanoes and mountains run down its middle, its forests are full of wildlife, and many national parks protect them. Since 1949 it has had no army. About 5.2 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/costa-rica","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/animals/resplendent-quetzal-480.webp?v=01e589d24018bffc","alt":"Male Resplendent quetzal in Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica","at":[-84,10],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:volcanoes","tag:rainforest","tag:national-parks","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:cr","feature:iso:188"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cote-d-ivoire","kind":"country","title":"C\u00F4te d\u0027Ivoire","summary":"C\u00F4te d\u0027Ivoire, also called Ivory Coast, is a country on the coast of West Africa. It has lagoons along the sea, rainforest in the south and savanna in the north. It became the world\u0027s leading grower of cocoa beans in the late 1980s, and about 32.7 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cote-d-ivoire","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-abidjan-480.webp?v=1c00af1230e28503","alt":"Photo of Abidjan","at":[-6,8],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:cocoa","tag:lagoons","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ci","feature:iso:384"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cuba","kind":"country","title":"Cuba","summary":"Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, a long, narrow country with about 1,600 smaller islands and cays around it. It has mountains, green valleys, coral reefs and the old city of Havana, its capital. About 9.4 million people lived there at the end of 2025, and Spanish is the main language.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cuba","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-vinales-valley-480.webp?v=380341281e7ccb8c","alt":"Valle de Vi\u00F1ales, Pinar del R\u00EDo, Cuba","at":[-79.5,22],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:islands","tag:caribbean","tag:hurricanes","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:cu","feature:iso:192"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cyprus","kind":"country","title":"Cyprus","summary":"Cyprus is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily and Sardinia. It has two mountain ranges with a flat plain between them, hot dry summers and rainy winters, and its first known village was built about 9,000 years ago.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cyprus","category":"asia","image":null,"alt":null,"at":[33,35],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:mountains","tag:mediterranean","tag:world-heritage","flag:cy","feature:iso:196","continent:asia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:djibouti","kind":"country","title":"Djibouti","summary":"Djibouti is a small country in the Horn of Africa, where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden. It is hot and dry, with volcanic rock everywhere, and Lake Assal, 155 meters below sea level, is the lowest point in Africa. About 1.2 million people lived there in 2025, most of them in the capital, also called Djibouti.","path":"/discover/world/countries/djibouti","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-djibouti-480.webp?v=f9bd7098d824210f","alt":"An aerial view of Djibouti City, the capital of Djibouti","at":[42.433,11.8],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:coast","tag:volcanoes","tag:rift","continent:africa","flag:dj","feature:iso:262"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:ecuador","kind":"country","title":"Ecuador","summary":"Ecuador is a country in northwestern South America, named after the equator, which crosses it. In a small space it holds Pacific beaches, high snowy volcanoes of the Andes, part of the Amazon rainforest and the Gal\u00E1pagos Islands, whose wildlife helped Charles Darwin develop his ideas.","path":"/discover/world/countries/ecuador","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-galapagos-islands-480.webp?v=a89cd833397b6d66","alt":"A Gal\u00E1pagos sea lion on a beach at Punta Pitt, San Crist\u00F3bal Island, with cliffs behind","at":[-78,-1],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:equator","tag:volcanoes","tag:islands","tag:rainforest","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:ec","feature:iso:218"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:eritrea","kind":"country","title":"Eritrea","summary":"Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa with a long coast on the Red Sea. Its capital, Asmara, sits high in cool mountains, while the coast below has one of the highest average temperatures in the world. About 3.6 million people live there, and its name comes from the Latin words for the Red Sea.","path":"/discover/world/countries/eritrea","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-asmara-480.webp?v=067ccb18d24b1567","alt":"Photo of Asmara","at":[38.25,15.483],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:red-sea","tag:highlands","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:er","feature:iso:232"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:estonia","kind":"country","title":"Estonia","summary":"Estonia is the northernmost of the three Baltic states in northeastern Europe. Its low land of forests, bogs and lakes was shaped by ice, it has about 1,500 islands and islets, and about 1.36 million people lived there at the start of 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/estonia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-keri-lighthouse-480.webp?v=b956222bdf1122ae","alt":"Photo of Keri Lighthouse","at":[26,59],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:baltic-sea","tag:islands","tag:forests","tag:lighthouses","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ee","feature:iso:233"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:gabon","kind":"country","title":"Gabon","summary":"Gabon is a country on the Atlantic coast of Africa, right on the equator. About three-fourths of it is covered by dense rainforest, home to forest elephants, gorillas and mandrills. Most people live in towns and cities, and the 2026 census counted about 3.5 million people.","path":"/discover/world/countries/gabon","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-libreville-480.webp?v=3943a8a1ae552837","alt":"Une vue a\u00E9rienne de nuit du Port International d\u0027Owendo situ\u00E9 au sud de la capitale Libreville dans la commune d\u0027Owendo","at":[11.5,-0.683],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:equator","tag:gorillas","tag:elephants","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ga","feature:iso:266"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:georgia","kind":"country","title":"Georgia","summary":"Georgia is a country at the eastern end of the Black Sea, below the high, icy Greater Caucasus mountains. It has warm, wet coasts, dry eastern plains and old monasteries, and about 3.9 million people lived there at the start of 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/georgia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-georgia-480.webp?v=6ec40eb016ad6108","alt":"The snowy peak of Mount Kazbek in evening light, Georgia","at":[44,42],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:black-sea","tag:caucasus","tag:world-heritage","flag:ge","feature:iso:268","continent:asia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:ghana","kind":"country","title":"Ghana","summary":"Ghana is a country in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. It has a coast of sandy bays, a belt of rainforest and wide northern savannas, and one of the world\u0027s largest artificial lakes, Lake Volta. In 1957 it became independent, and its capital is Accra.","path":"/discover/world/countries/ghana","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-accra-480.webp?v=6f37c1345ee5b9f9","alt":"Photo of Accra","at":[-1.023,7.946],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:rainforest","tag:savanna","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:gh","feature:iso:288"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:guinea","kind":"country","title":"Guinea","summary":"Guinea is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. Three of West Africa\u0027s great rivers, the Niger, the S\u00E9n\u00E9gal and the Gambia, begin in its Fouta Djallon highlands. It has rainy coasts, high plateaus, savanna and rainforest, and about 17.5 million people were counted there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/guinea","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-conakry-480.webp?v=e0bb36f3120a9096","alt":"Conakry vue de drone, Mosqu\u00E9e s\u00E9n\u00E9galaise et son environnement","at":[-11,10],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rivers","tag:highlands","tag:rainforest","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:gn","feature:iso:324"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:guinea-bissau","kind":"country","title":"Guinea-Bissau","summary":"Guinea-Bissau is a small country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. Its land is low and flat, and the tide pushes seawater far up its rivers. Off the coast lie the Bijag\u00F3s Islands, where sea turtles nest and hippos swim in the sea. The 2026 national census counted about 2.2 million people.","path":"/discover/world/countries/guinea-bissau","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-bissau-480.webp?v=9f3d9adcbdcc1eb8","alt":"The Monumento aos Her\u00F3is da Independ\u00EAncia at Pra\u00E7a dos Herois Nacionais in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau","at":[-15,12],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:islands","tag:mangroves","tag:sea-turtles","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:gw","feature:iso:624"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:haiti","kind":"country","title":"Haiti","summary":"Haiti covers the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. Its name comes from an old word meaning mountainous land. In 1804, after enslaved people freed themselves, Haiti became independent, and its people created their own language, art and music. About 11.9 million people lived there in 2024.","path":"/discover/world/countries/haiti","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-sans-souci-palace-480.webp?v=86a32d74a6cde765","alt":"The front of the Sans-Souci palace, in Milot, Haiti","at":[-72.8,19],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:caribbean","tag:mountains","tag:independence","tag:art","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:ht","feature:iso:332"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:honduras","kind":"country","title":"Honduras","summary":"Honduras is a mountainous country in Central America, with the Caribbean Sea to the north and a short Pacific coast to the south. Its forests are home to jaguars and macaws, the Maya city of Cop\u00E1n stands in the west, and about 10.2 million people live there (official 2026 estimate).","path":"/discover/world/countries/honduras","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-copan-480.webp?v=2693ea86698a8418","alt":"Stela B at the Cop\u00E1n archaeological site in Honduras","at":[-86.817,14.633],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:mountains","tag:rainforest","tag:maya","tag:caribbean","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:hn","feature:iso:340"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:iraq","kind":"country","title":"Iraq","summary":"Iraq is a country in the Middle East. Its two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, water a wide plain that was once called Mesopotamia, where some of the world\u0027s earliest cities grew. About 46.1 million people were counted there in 2024, and its capital is Baghdad.","path":"/discover/world/countries/iraq","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-iraq-480.webp?v=a404c359e76cd51e","alt":"View of Sulaymaniyah City in Winter Snow","at":[43,33],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rivers","tag:ancient-cities","tag:marshes","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:iq","feature:iso:368"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:jordan","kind":"country","title":"Jordan","summary":"Jordan is a kingdom in Southwest Asia, mostly covered by rocky desert. It is home to Petra, a city carved into red sandstone cliffs long ago, the wild valleys of Wadi Rum, and the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on land. About 11.5 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/jordan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-wadi-rum-480.webp?v=423267a3af93e0bf","alt":"Mountains of Wadi Rum seen through a hole formed by rocks","at":[36.5,31.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:ancient-cities","tag:dead-sea","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:jo","feature:iso:400"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:kazakhstan","kind":"country","title":"Kazakhstan","summary":"Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia and the ninth largest in the world. It has no ocean coast, but the Caspian Sea lies along its southwest edge. About 20.6 million people lived there in 2026, and its capital is Astana.","path":"/discover/world/countries/kazakhstan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-mausoleum-of-khoja-ahmed-yasawi-480.webp?v=187972c5cd5d7126","alt":"Photo of Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi","at":[68,48],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:steppe","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:space","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:kz","feature:iso:398"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:kuwait","kind":"country","title":"Kuwait","summary":"Kuwait is a small desert country at the top of the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It grew from a trading town on Kuwait Bay into a modern country after oil was found. About 4.9 million people live there, most of them in and around Kuwait City.","path":"/discover/world/countries/kuwait","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-kuwait-city-480.webp?v=b0eb188380bf13ff","alt":"Photo of Kuwait City","at":[47.6,29.167],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:coast","tag:oil","tag:persian-gulf","continent:asia","flag:kw","feature:iso:414"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:laos","kind":"country","title":"Laos","summary":"Laos is a landlocked country in mainland Southeast Asia, covered mostly by forested mountains. The Mekong River runs along its western side, and most people live in villages and grow rice. Its capital, Vientiane, stands on the Mekong.","path":"/discover/world/countries/laos","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-laos-480.webp?v=8ffd49d8bc755bd0","alt":"Photo of Laos","at":[104.1,18.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:la","feature:iso:418"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:lebanon","kind":"country","title":"Lebanon","summary":"Lebanon is a small country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Snowcapped mountains rise steeply behind its narrow coast, and its coast holds some of the oldest settlements in the world, such as Byblos. Arabic is the official language, and the capital is Beirut.","path":"/discover/world/countries/lebanon","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-byblos-480.webp?v=1ef2f06764374d46","alt":"Byblos / Libanon 2003","at":[35.767,33.833],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:mediterranean","tag:world-heritage","tag:cedars","continent:asia","flag:lb","feature:iso:422"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:liberia","kind":"country","title":"Liberia","summary":"Liberia is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, with long beaches, many rivers and lush rainforest. It was founded in the 1820s as a home for formerly enslaved people from the United States and became independent in 1847. About 5.8 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/liberia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-monrovia-480.webp?v=2ad673a97d8536e1","alt":"Photo of Monrovia","at":[-9.75,6.533],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:coast","tag:rivers","tag:rubber","tag:republic","continent:africa","flag:lr","feature:iso:430"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:libya","kind":"country","title":"Libya","summary":"Libya is a large country in North Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea. About nine-tenths of it is the plateau of the Sahara, and it has no rivers that flow all year. Most people live along the coast, in cities such as Tripoli and Benghazi.","path":"/discover/world/countries/libya","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-tripoli-480.webp?v=09cfd63baac94577","alt":"Marcus Aurelius Arch in Tripoli, Libya, built in 163 CE","at":[17,27],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:sahara","tag:mediterranean","tag:ancient-cities","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ly","feature:iso:434"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:liechtenstein","kind":"country","title":"Liechtenstein","summary":"Liechtenstein is one of the smallest countries in Europe, tucked between Switzerland and Austria. Its west is the flat valley of the Rhine River, and its east is steep Alpine mountains. About 41,000 people live there, and its head of state is a prince.","path":"/discover/world/countries/liechtenstein","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-vaduz-480.webp?v=56a295e55d1444ef","alt":"An unobstructed view of the centre and north of Vaduz, Liechtenstein","at":[9.554,47.145],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:microstate","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:alps","continent:europe","flag:li","feature:iso:438"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:lithuania","kind":"country","title":"Lithuania","summary":"Lithuania is the largest and southernmost of the three Baltic states. Its low land was shaped by glaciers and holds about 3,000 lakes, a long spit of sand dunes lines its coast, and about 2.89 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/lithuania","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-vilnius-480.webp?v=54822738024b4687","alt":"The modern skyline of Vilnius, Lithuania, as viewed at dusk from Gediminas\u0027 Tower looking north-west","at":[24,55.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:baltic-sea","tag:lakes","tag:sand-dunes","tag:forests","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:lt","feature:iso:440"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:luxembourg","kind":"country","title":"Luxembourg","summary":"Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in the world, tucked between Belgium, France and Germany. It has forested hills in the north, farms and vineyards in the south, a capital built on a steep rocky outcrop, and about 691,000 people (2026) who use Luxembourgish, French and German.","path":"/discover/world/countries/luxembourg","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-luxembourg-480.webp?v=606f21043a8024dd","alt":"Luxembourg City Hall","at":[6.13,49.77],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:small-countries","tag:forests","tag:languages","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:lu","feature:iso:442"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:madagascar","kind":"country","title":"Madagascar","summary":"Madagascar is the fourth-largest island in the world, in the Indian Ocean off southeastern Africa. It split from other land more than 60 million years ago, so many of its plants and animals, such as its lemurs, live nowhere else. About 32.7 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/madagascar","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-antananarivo-480.webp?v=b74a94a2bb4ae2b9","alt":"Vue sur Antananarivo De nuit","at":[47,-20],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:islands","tag:rainforest","tag:endemic-wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:mg","feature:iso:450"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:malawi","kind":"country","title":"Malawi","summary":"Malawi is a narrow country in southeastern Africa that curves along the Great Rift Valley. Lake Malawi, one of the deepest lakes in the world, covers more than a fifth of the country, and it is home to hundreds of kinds of colorful fish. About 21 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/malawi","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-lake-malawi-480.webp?v=11662baa3dc35e29","alt":"Cape McLear, Malawi","at":[34,-13],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:lakes","tag:rift-valley","tag:fish","tag:highlands","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:mw","feature:iso:454"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:malaysia","kind":"country","title":"Malaysia","summary":"Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia, just north of the Equator. One part is on the Malay Peninsula and the other is on the island of Borneo. It has rainforests, huge caves, Mount Kinabalu and the city of Kuala Lumpur, with about 34.4 million people (2026).","path":"/discover/world/countries/malaysia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-kuala-lumpur-480.webp?v=eb99dbbaf219f4fd","alt":"Moonrise over kuala lumpur","at":[102.314,3.78],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rainforests","tag:islands","tag:caves","tag:skyscrapers","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:my","feature:iso:458"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:mali","kind":"country","title":"Mali","summary":"Mali is one of the largest countries in Africa. Its north is part of the Sahara, its middle is the dry Sahel, and its south has savanna. The Niger River flows through it, and long ago great empires grew rich here from trade in gold. About 25.2 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/mali","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-great-mosque-of-djenne-480.webp?v=9c46151356bb0129","alt":"W:Great Mosque of Djenn\u00E9","at":[-4,17],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:sahara","tag:sahel","tag:niger-river","tag:landlocked","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ml","feature:iso:466"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:malta","kind":"country","title":"Malta","summary":"Malta is a small island country in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily. Its islands are made of limestone, its capital Valletta was built by the Knights of St John in the 1500s, and about 588,000 people lived there at the end of 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/malta","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-malta-480.webp?v=2a45e7bdde3d6b74","alt":"Photo of Malta","at":[14.4,35.9],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:mediterranean","tag:limestone","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:mt","feature:iso:470"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:mauritania","kind":"country","title":"Mauritania","summary":"Mauritania is a large country in northwest Africa where the Sahara meets the Atlantic Ocean. Dunes cover about half the land, ancient trading towns stand by desert oases, and many kinds of migrating birds spend the winter on its coast. About 5.3 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/mauritania","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-richat-structure-480.webp?v=d2d73ecc52262c8d","alt":"Guelb er Rich\u00E2t, Mauritania","at":[-11,21],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:sahara","tag:coast","tag:birds","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:mr","feature:iso:478"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:moldova","kind":"country","title":"Moldova","summary":"Moldova is a small landlocked country in eastern Europe, squeezed between Romania and Ukraine. Most of it lies between two rivers, the Prut and the Dniester, and its rich black soil grows grapes, sunflowers, grain and fruit. About 2.4 million people were counted there in 2024.","path":"/discover/world/countries/moldova","category":"europe","image":null,"alt":null,"at":[28.517,47.25],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:landlocked","tag:rivers","tag:farming","tag:black-soil","continent:europe","flag:md","feature:iso:498"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:monaco","kind":"country","title":"Monaco","summary":"Monaco is a very small country on the Mediterranean coast, with France all around it on land. It covers just over 2 square kilometers, about 38,900 people lived there at the end of 2025, and it has been ruled by princes of the Grimaldi family since 1297.","path":"/discover/world/countries/monaco","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-monaco-480.webp?v=44e5219bcdda3adc","alt":"Panoramic view of Monaco from a viewpoint near the observatory which is situated in the south of the village of \u0022La Turbie\u0022","at":[7.42,43.731],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:smallest-countries","tag:mediterranean","tag:coast","tag:city-state","continent:europe","flag:mc","feature:iso:492"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:mongolia","kind":"country","title":"Mongolia","summary":"Mongolia is a large, landlocked country in Asia, between Russia and China. Most of it is a high plateau of grassy steppe, with mountains in the west and the Gobi in the south, and about 3.6 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/mongolia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-ulaanbaatar-480.webp?v=a986d9c54b1480b1","alt":"View of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, with the Blue Sky Tower","at":[105,46],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:landlocked","tag:grasslands","tag:desert","tag:nomads","continent:asia","flag:mn","feature:iso:496"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:montenegro","kind":"country","title":"Montenegro","summary":"Montenegro is a small country in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea. High, rocky mountains rise right behind its narrow coast, the Tara River has cut Europe\u0027s deepest gorge, and about 624,000 people lived there at the 2023 census.","path":"/discover/world/countries/montenegro","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-podgorica-480.webp?v=702f54b0a98304a1","alt":"Photo of Podgorica","at":[19.217,42.767],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:coast","tag:karst","tag:balkans","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:me","feature:iso:499"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:morocco","kind":"country","title":"Morocco","summary":"Morocco is a country in the northwest corner of Africa, with coasts on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The Atlas Mountains cross its center, and its 2024 census counted about 36.8 million people, in cities such as Casablanca, Rabat, Fez and Marrakesh and in mountain villages.","path":"/discover/world/countries/morocco","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-ait-benhaddou-480.webp?v=7f0c9c0436dd6b34","alt":"Photo of A\u00EFt Benhaddou","at":[-6,32],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:mountains","tag:atlantic","tag:mediterranean","tag:sahara","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ma","feature:iso:504"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:mozambique","kind":"country","title":"Mozambique","summary":"Mozambique stretches along the Indian Ocean coast of southeastern Africa. The great Zambezi River cuts through its middle, its beaches face the island of Madagascar, and parks like Gorongosa are home to elephants and lions. About 35.6 million people lived there in 2025, and Portuguese is the official language.","path":"/discover/world/countries/mozambique","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-maputo-480.webp?v=020cb273f86870fa","alt":"Maputo seen from the air, from southeast","at":[35,-19],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:indian-ocean","tag:rivers","tag:national-parks","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:mz","feature:iso:508"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:myanmar","kind":"country","title":"Myanmar","summary":"Myanmar, also called Burma, is the northernmost country of Southeast Asia. Snowy mountains rise in the far north, and the long Irrawaddy River flows south through its heartland to a huge delta of rice fields. About 55 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/myanmar","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-shwedagon-pagoda-480.webp?v=6ee1c470327df4e7","alt":"Southern stairway of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar","at":[96,22],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rivers","tag:mountains","tag:temples","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:mm","feature:iso:104"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:namibia","kind":"country","title":"Namibia","summary":"Namibia lies on the southwestern coast of Africa. The Namib, a desert of huge dunes kept alive by sea fog, runs along its coast, a high plateau with farms and wildlife fills its middle, and the dry Kalahari lies to the east. Namibia became independent in 1990.","path":"/discover/world/countries/namibia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-namibia-480.webp?v=f53c01c150183a46","alt":"Huge dune in Km 39, Sossusvlei, Namibia","at":[17,-23],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:deserts","tag:dunes","tag:coast","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:na","feature:iso:516"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:nepal","kind":"country","title":"Nepal","summary":"Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia, between India and China. It climbs from flat, warm farmland in the south to the snowy Himalaya in the north, where Mount Everest stands, and about 29.6 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/nepal","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-sagarmatha-national-park-480.webp?v=1f42dff8a6381b1d","alt":"Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world","at":[84,28],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:landlocked","tag:himalaya","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:np","feature:iso:524"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:new-zealand","kind":"country","title":"New Zealand","summary":"New Zealand, also called Aotearoa, is an island country in the South Pacific. Its two main islands have snowy mountains, glaciers, volcanoes and deep fiords, and about 5.36 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/new-zealand","category":"oceania","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-aoraki-mount-cook-480.webp?v=623d9f62ffef6ea9","alt":"Aoraki/Mt Cook from the upper parts of the track to Mueller Hut, Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand","at":[174,-41.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:oceania","tag:islands","tag:mountains","tag:volcanoes","tag:glaciers","tag:world-heritage","continent:oceania","flag:nz","feature:iso:554"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:niger","kind":"country","title":"Niger","summary":"Niger is a large, landlocked country in West Africa, named after the Niger River. The Sahara Desert covers the north, the drier grasslands of the Sahel cross the middle, and most people live and farm in the south. About 27.9 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/niger","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-zinder-480.webp?v=9eb169fe77dee2e3","alt":"Zinder Old Town in Niger, 2007","at":[10,17],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:sahara","tag:sahel","tag:river","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ne","feature:iso:562"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:nigeria","kind":"country","title":"Nigeria","summary":"Nigeria is a large country in West Africa, named after the Niger River. It has rainforests in the south and dry grasslands in the north, and it is Africa\u0027s most populous country, with about 238 million people in 2025 who speak hundreds of languages.","path":"/discover/world/countries/nigeria","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-abuja-480.webp?v=f3b510e2cae12fdb","alt":"Photo of Abuja","at":[8,9],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rivers","tag:rainforest","tag:savanna","tag:many-languages","tag:cities","continent:africa","flag:ng","feature:iso:566"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:north-korea","kind":"country","title":"North Korea","summary":"North Korea, officially the Democratic People\u0027s Republic of Korea, covers the northern part of the Korean peninsula in East Asia. It is a land of mountains and river valleys with long, cold winters. About 26.6 million people lived there in 2025, and almost all of them speak Korean.","path":"/discover/world/countries/north-korea","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-hamhung-480.webp?v=5337c3d23a652594","alt":"Hamhung, North Korea","at":[127,40],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:peninsula","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:kp","feature:iso:408"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:north-macedonia","kind":"country","title":"North Macedonia","summary":"North Macedonia is a small, landlocked country in the Balkans of southeastern Europe. It is mostly mountains, the Vardar River runs through its middle, Lake Ohrid has existed for millions of years, and about 1.8 million people lived there in 2023.","path":"/discover/world/countries/north-macedonia","category":"europe","image":null,"alt":null,"at":[21.717,41.65],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:lakes","tag:balkans","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:mk","feature:iso:807"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:oman","kind":"country","title":"Oman","summary":"Oman is a country on the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, with long coasts on the sea and the huge Empty Quarter desert inland. People have watered their farms with ancient channels called aflaj for more than 2,000 years, and Oman was famous for frankincense. About 5.4 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/oman","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-muscat-480.webp?v=2a0b89c2ba428dbe","alt":"Muscat from Hilton Garden Inn Muscat","at":[57,21],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:mountains","tag:frankincense","tag:sea-trade","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:om","feature:iso:512"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:panama","kind":"country","title":"Panama","summary":"Panama is a narrow country in Central America that joins North and South America. Since 1914 the Panama Canal has let ships cross from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific without sailing around South America. Panama has rainforests, more than 1,600 islands and about 4.6 million people (2025).","path":"/discover/world/countries/panama","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-bridge-of-the-americas-480.webp?v=2d8e855b0df206a2","alt":"Bridge of the Americas in Panama","at":[-80.367,8.617],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:canal","tag:rainforest","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:pa","feature:iso:591"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:paraguay","kind":"country","title":"Paraguay","summary":"Paraguay is a landlocked country in the heart of South America. The Paraguay River divides it into a hilly east, where most people live, and the hot, flat Chaco in the west. Guaran\u00ED and Spanish are both official languages, and about 7 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/paraguay","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-asuncion-480.webp?v=813b790a471142ba","alt":"Tacuary y 25 de mayo","at":[-58,-23.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:landlocked","tag:rivers","tag:chaco","tag:hydropower","tag:bilingual","continent:south-america","flag:py","feature:iso:600"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:peru","kind":"country","title":"Peru","summary":"Peru is a country on the Pacific coast of South America. It has a dry desert coast, the high Andes mountains and the Amazon rainforest, and about 34 million people lived there in 2025, many of them in the capital, Lima.","path":"/discover/world/countries/peru","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-machu-picchu-480.webp?v=5fd302a57b5b5b1e","alt":"The Macchu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Cusco in Peru, at twilight","at":[-76,-9.4],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:mountains","tag:andes","tag:rainforest","tag:desert","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:pe","feature:iso:604"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:philippines","kind":"country","title":"Philippines","summary":"The Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It has more than 7,000 islands, about 50 volcanoes and rich coral reefs, and about 112.7 million people were counted there in 2024.","path":"/discover/world/countries/philippines","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-mount-apo-480.webp?v=f8fc9b35ccbf727d","alt":"Photo of Mount Apo","at":[123,12],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:volcanoes","tag:coral-reefs","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:ph","feature:iso:608"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:qatar","kind":"country","title":"Qatar","summary":"Qatar is a small desert country on a peninsula that pokes north into the Persian Gulf. Its people once lived by pearl diving and fishing; today it is one of the world\u0027s biggest exporters of natural gas. Its capital, Doha, has a skyline of towers, and about 3.2 million people lived in Qatar at the end of 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/qatar","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-doha-480.webp?v=8c16d717f4ed23f0","alt":"Doha skyline in the morning","at":[51.213,25.27],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:peninsula","tag:pearls","tag:natural-gas","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:qa","feature:iso:634"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:republic-of-the-congo","kind":"country","title":"Republic of the Congo","summary":"The Republic of the Congo lies on the equator in west-central Africa. Thick rainforests cover much of it, the mighty Congo River forms its eastern border, and it has a short coast on the Atlantic Ocean. Forest elephants and gorillas live in its parks. About 6.5 million people lived there in 2025, most of them in two cities.","path":"/discover/world/countries/republic-of-the-congo","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/animals/african-forest-elephant-480.webp?v=5b74d6c9ee3c7e16","alt":"Forest elephants in the swamp Mbeli Bai, Nouabal\u00E9-Ndoki National Park, Congo","at":[15.383,-0.75],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:equator","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:cg","feature:iso:178"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:romania","kind":"country","title":"Romania","summary":"Romania is a country in southeastern Europe. The Carpathian Mountains curve around its middle, the Danube River runs along its southern edge to a huge delta on the Black Sea, and about 19 million people lived there at the start of 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/romania","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-bucharest-480.webp?v=bb410e8b6d5ac09f","alt":"Photo of Bucharest","at":[25,46],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:wetlands","tag:black-sea","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ro","feature:iso:642"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:rwanda","kind":"country","title":"Rwanda","summary":"Rwanda is a small, landlocked country in east-central Africa, just south of the equator. It is often called the land of a thousand hills. Mountain gorillas live among its volcanoes in the northwest, Lake Kivu lies on its western edge, and about 14.6 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/rwanda","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-kigali-480.webp?v=a3e15004ea271333","alt":"Photo of Kigali","at":[30,-2],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:hills","tag:volcanoes","tag:gorillas","tag:lakes","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:rw","feature:iso:646"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:san-marino","kind":"country","title":"San Marino","summary":"San Marino is a very small country on the slopes of Mount Titano, completely surrounded by Italy. It is one of the oldest republics in the world, and its capital, with walls and fortress towers, sits high on the mountain. About 34,000 people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/san-marino","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-san-marino-480.webp?v=9dc88660611c83e2","alt":"View of Mount Titano - San Marino","at":[12.467,43.933],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:microstate","tag:mountains","tag:republic","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:sm","feature:iso:674"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:saudi-arabia","kind":"country","title":"Saudi Arabia","summary":"Saudi Arabia covers about four-fifths of the Arabian Peninsula. Most of it is dry desert, including the Empty Quarter, the largest sand area in the world. About 35.3 million people lived there in 2024, most of them in cities such as Riyadh, the capital.","path":"/discover/world/countries/saudi-arabia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-riyadh-480.webp?v=9d4fe58553993b0c","alt":"Riyadh Skyline is growing","at":[44.117,23.717],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:sand-dunes","tag:red-sea","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:sa","feature:iso:682"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:senegal","kind":"country","title":"Senegal","summary":"Senegal is a country at the far western tip of Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital, Dakar, sits on the westernmost point of the continent. About 19 million people live there, and the Senegal River, wetlands full of birds and quiet mangrove deltas make it a place of water as well as dry grassland.","path":"/discover/world/countries/senegal","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-dakar-480.webp?v=39b4c3de60d9d3a6","alt":"Pointe des Almadies, the westernmost point of the African continent , located in the area of Dakar, Senegal","at":[-14.283,14.367],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:rivers","tag:birds","tag:sahel","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:sn","feature:iso:686"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:serbia","kind":"country","title":"Serbia","summary":"Serbia is a landlocked country in the Balkans. Its north is flat farmland, its middle is wooded hills, and its edges have mountains, while the Danube River cuts a deep gorge called the Iron Gate. About 6.5 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/serbia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-belgrade-480.webp?v=c9141b363ffe4d67","alt":"Photo of Belgrade","at":[20.933,43.95],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:rivers","tag:landlocked","tag:danube","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:rs","feature:iso:688"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:sierra-leone","kind":"country","title":"Sierra Leone","summary":"Sierra Leone is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. Its name comes from Portuguese words meaning Lion Mountains, after the hills around Freetown\u0027s huge natural harbor. Rainforests, rivers and mangrove swamps are home to chimpanzees and pygmy hippos, and the 2021 census counted about 7.5 million people.","path":"/discover/world/countries/sierra-leone","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-freetown-480.webp?v=65d8fd7b9d431826","alt":"Aerial view of Freetown, Sierra Leone, a helicopter expedition to Lungii airport, over the Freetown Harbour","at":[-12.1,8.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:rainforest","tag:harbor","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:sl","feature:iso:694"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:singapore","kind":"country","title":"Singapore","summary":"Singapore is a city-state, a country that is also one city, on an island at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is small but crowded: about 6.21 million people lived there in 2026, and its port is one of the busiest in the world.","path":"/discover/world/countries/singapore","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-singapore-480.webp?v=ac4aee2fd454df36","alt":"The bridge connecting the Japanese and Chinese Gardens in Jurong, Singapore","at":[103.8,1.3],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:city-state","tag:ports","tag:gardens","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:sg","feature:iso:702"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:slovenia","kind":"country","title":"Slovenia","summary":"Slovenia is a small country in central Europe where the Alps meet the Mediterranean. Forests cover much of the land, the Karst region is full of caves and underground rivers, and about 2.1 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/slovenia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-ljubljana-480.webp?v=9d48a8de54a55722","alt":"Blick auf die Altstadt von Ljubljana, im Hintergrund die Burg von Ljubljana, auch \u0022Laibacher Schloss\u0022 genannt; Laibach ist bzw","at":[15,46],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:alps","tag:caves","tag:karst","tag:forests","continent:europe","flag:si","feature:iso:705"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:somalia","kind":"country","title":"Somalia","summary":"Somalia is the easternmost country of Africa, on the Horn of Africa between the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Most of it is flat, hot and dry, with thornbush savanna, and camels, goats, sheep and cattle are its greatest farm wealth. Its capital is Mogadishu.","path":"/discover/world/countries/somalia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-hargeisa-480.webp?v=9184a6013f8078e9","alt":"Hargeisa Capital of Somaliland","at":[47,6],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:horn-of-africa","tag:coast","tag:savanna","tag:herding","continent:africa","flag:so","feature:iso:706"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:sri-lanka","kind":"country","title":"Sri Lanka","summary":"Sri Lanka is an island country in the Indian Ocean, just south of India. Green highlands rise in the middle, surrounded by plains and sandy beaches. About 22 million people live there, and the island is famous for its tea, its ancient cities and its wild elephants.","path":"/discover/world/countries/sri-lanka","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-sri-lanka-480.webp?v=90c62fd87cab670e","alt":"Aerial view of the Ridiyagama Dam and Southern Province in Sri Lanka, from above Ridiyagama towards southeast","at":[81,7],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:mountains","tag:tea","tag:rainforest","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:lk","feature:iso:144"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:sudan","kind":"country","title":"Sudan","summary":"Sudan is a large country in northeastern Africa. The Blue Nile and the White Nile meet at its capital, Khartoum, and the river flows north through the desert. Long ago, the kingdom of Kush built pyramids, temples and palaces along the Nile here.","path":"/discover/world/countries/sudan","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-jebel-barkal-480.webp?v=ab15eb71b0265ba0","alt":"Gebel Barkal in Nubia","at":[32,15],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:nile","tag:desert","tag:pyramids","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:sd","feature:iso:729"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:taiwan","kind":"country","title":"Taiwan","summary":"Taiwan is an island in the western Pacific Ocean, about 160 kilometers off the coast of southeastern China. Mountains cover about two-thirds of it, and most of its 23 million people live on the flatter west side. It has its own government, based in Taipei. The People\u0027s Republic of China, governed from Beijing, says Taiwan is part of China, and Taiwan\u0027s status is disputed.","path":"/discover/world/countries/taiwan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-taipei-480.webp?v=47d09a93d2199eb2","alt":"Taipei, Taiwan Skyline viewed from Mount Elephant 20260204","at":[121,24],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:mountains","tag:typhoons","tag:cities","continent:asia","flag:tw","feature:iso:158"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:tajikistan","kind":"country","title":"Tajikistan","summary":"Tajikistan is a small, landlocked country in Central Asia, and more than nine-tenths of it is mountains. The Pamir Mountains in the east have peaks over 7,000 meters and one of the longest glaciers in the world. About 10.7 million people live there, mostly in the valleys.","path":"/discover/world/countries/tajikistan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-dushanbe-480.webp?v=20eb94b3a13ed698","alt":"View from national monument towards Somoni statue","at":[71.367,38.583],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:glaciers","tag:silk-road","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:tj","feature:iso:762"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:the-gambia","kind":"country","title":"The Gambia","summary":"The Gambia is the smallest country on Africa\u0027s mainland, a narrow strip of land on both banks of the Gambia River. Except for a short Atlantic coast, it is surrounded by Senegal. More than 500 kinds of birds live there, and about 2.8 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/the-gambia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-banjul-480.webp?v=290e1ee3352f3a4b","alt":"Banjul Gambia skyline","at":[-15.5,13.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:river","tag:birds","tag:coast","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:gm","feature:iso:270"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:togo","kind":"country","title":"Togo","summary":"Togo is a small, narrow country in West Africa. It has only 51 kilometers of coast on the Gulf of Guinea but stretches about 515 kilometers inland, from beaches and lagoons to the Togo Mountains and northern savanna. About 8.6 million people lived there in 2025, and Lom\u00E9 is the capital and main port.","path":"/discover/world/countries/togo","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-koutammakou-480.webp?v=b3a9dcdbadb4ca88","alt":"A Tammari house with granaries","at":[1.183,8.25],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:mountains","tag:savanna","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:tg","feature:iso:768"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:tunisia","kind":"country","title":"Tunisia","summary":"Tunisia is a small country in North Africa, with the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its green, rainy north turns into dry steppes and then Sahara desert in the south, and about 12 million people lived there in 2024, many of them in the capital, Tunis.","path":"/discover/world/countries/tunisia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-dougga-480.webp?v=107eb8b53c56033b","alt":"Dougga, one of the most beautiful places in Tunisia","at":[10,34],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:mediterranean","tag:olives","tag:ancient-cities","tag:sahara","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:tn","feature:iso:788"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:turkmenistan","kind":"country","title":"Turkmenistan","summary":"Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia, and nine-tenths of it is desert. The huge Karakum sand desert fills its middle, while people live mostly in green oases along rivers and mountains. Ancient Silk Road cities such as Merv stand here, and the 2022 national census counted about 7.1 million people.","path":"/discover/world/countries/turkmenistan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-karakum-desert-480.webp?v=11a0c7377f07082b","alt":"Photo of Karakum Desert","at":[60,39],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:oases","tag:silk-road","tag:landlocked","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:tm","feature:iso:795"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:uganda","kind":"country","title":"Uganda","summary":"Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa, on the shores of Lake Victoria, Africa\u0027s largest freshwater lake. The Victoria Nile flows out of the lake here, snowy mountains rise in the west, and its forests are home to mountain gorillas and chimpanzees. About 51.4 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/uganda","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-kasubi-tombs-480.webp?v=1bd0be104474dc5d","alt":"The Kasubi Tombs in Kampala, Uganda","at":[32.39,1.28],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:lakes","tag:nile","tag:gorillas","tag:mountains","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ug","feature:iso:800"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:uruguay","kind":"country","title":"Uruguay","summary":"Uruguay is the second-smallest country in South America, between Brazil and Argentina. Its gently rolling grasslands are grazed by cattle and sheep, and almost half of its 3.5 million people live in and around the capital, Montevideo.","path":"/discover/world/countries/uruguay","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-montevideo-480.webp?v=d5c7cdaa708c84e5","alt":"Photo of Montevideo","at":[-56,-33],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:grasslands","tag:rivers","tag:coast","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:uy","feature:iso:858"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:uzbekistan","kind":"country","title":"Uzbekistan","summary":"Uzbekistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, between two great rivers, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya. Most of it is dry desert, but its oases and valleys hold famous Silk Road cities such as Samarkand and Bukhara. It became independent in 1991, and about 37.1 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/uzbekistan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-samarkand-480.webp?v=746adcf29be3013b","alt":"Photo of Samarkand","at":[66,41],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:silk-road","tag:desert","tag:landlocked","tag:ancient-cities","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:uz","feature:iso:860"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:vatican-city","kind":"country","title":"Vatican City","summary":"Vatican City is the smallest independent country in the world, just 0.44 square kilometers in the middle of Rome, Italy. It is the home of the Pope, who leads the Catholic Church, and it holds famous buildings and art such as St. Peter\u0027s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel.","path":"/discover/world/countries/vatican-city","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-vatican-city-480.webp?v=8d1bb6f167c87d66","alt":"Photo of Vatican City","at":[12.453,41.904],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:smallest-countries","tag:enclave","tag:world-heritage","tag:art","continent:europe","flag:va","feature:iso:336"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:venezuela","kind":"country","title":"Venezuela","summary":"Venezuela is a country on the north coast of South America. It has high Andes mountains, huge grassy plains called the Llanos, the great Orinoco River and flat-topped mountains called tepuis, where Angel Falls drops 979 meters.","path":"/discover/world/countries/venezuela","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-lake-maracaibo-480.webp?v=4706496ba2898413","alt":"The long General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge crossing Lake Maracaibo under a blue sky","at":[-67,8],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:waterfalls","tag:tepuis","tag:plains","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:ve","feature:iso:862"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:yemen","kind":"country","title":"Yemen","summary":"Yemen sits at the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. Its green, terraced highlands are unlike anywhere else in Arabia, its old towns have tall houses of stone and mud brick, and it was the first place where coffee was grown as a crop to sell.","path":"/discover/world/countries/yemen","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-sanaa-480.webp?v=9f8cb428ac45b053","alt":"Sana\u0027a from the roof 200612_yemen-08","at":[48,15.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:deserts","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:ye","feature:iso:887"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:zambia","kind":"country","title":"Zambia","summary":"Zambia is a landlocked country on a high plateau in south-central Africa, named after the Zambezi River. On its southern border the Zambezi thunders over Victoria Falls. About 22 million people live there, and its copper mines have long made it one of Africa\u0027s great copper producers.","path":"/discover/world/countries/zambia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-victoria-falls-480.webp?v=fbe1fa131d9b54d0","alt":"Victoria Falls, Zambia-Zimbabwe","at":[28,-14],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:waterfalls","tag:rivers","tag:copper","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:zm","feature:iso:894"],"ages":[3,17]}]