The Floating Piers

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday more than 569 metric tons of humanitarian assistance has been delivered so far across a temporary floating pier to Gaza, but not all the aid has reached warehouses.

On the bright, freezing morning of Dec. 6, 1917, a French captain steered his ship, the SS Mont Blanc, up the channel leading to the piers of Halifax, Canada's major Atlantic port.

Artist Christo's orange floating walkway on a northern Italian lake closed Sunday after attracting over 1.2 million visitors, twice as many as expected.

Thousands of people stepped out onto the latest work by renowned artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff in northern Italy today, seizing their chance to "walk on water".

The opening of the new Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, a trip to one of the most remote islands in the world, and a hike up Nicaragua's tallest active volcano have been named as some of the best new openings and travel experiences to mark 2016 by editors at Lonely Planet.

A second floating pier believed to have been swept away from Japan during the 2011 quake triggered tsunami has been traced to a beach in the US, officials said.

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday more than 569 metric tons of humanitarian assistance has been delivered so far across a temporary floating pier to Gaza, but not all the aid has reached warehouses.

On the bright, freezing morning of Dec. 6, 1917, a French captain steered his ship, the SS Mont Blanc, up the channel leading to the piers of Halifax, Canada's major Atlantic port.

Artist Christo's orange floating walkway on a northern Italian lake closed Sunday after attracting over 1.2 million visitors, twice as many as expected.

Thousands of people stepped out onto the latest work by renowned artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff in northern Italy today, seizing their chance to "walk on water".

The opening of the new Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, a trip to one of the most remote islands in the world, and a hike up Nicaragua's tallest active volcano have been named as some of the best new openings and travel experiences to mark 2016 by editors at Lonely Planet.

A second floating pier believed to have been swept away from Japan during the 2011 quake triggered tsunami has been traced to a beach in the US, officials said.