New UNESCO World Heritage sites

Senegal : Bassari, Fula and Bedik cultural landscapes (UNESCO)

Canada: Grand Pré Landscape (UNESCO)

China: Chengjiang Fossil Site (UNESCO)

Chad: Lakes of Ounianga (UNESCO)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo: Sangha Trinational (UNESCO)

Morocco: Town of Rabat (UNESCO)

Birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem, Palestine (UNESCO)

Portugal: Town of Elvas and its fortifications (UNESCO)

Brazil: Carioca Landscapes of Rio de Janeiro (UNESCO)

India: Western Ghats (UNESCO)

Indonesia: Cultural landscape of Bali: the Subak system as a manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana philosophy (UNESCO)

Côte d'Ivoire: Grand Bassam (UNESCO)

Iran: Masjed-e Jamé of Isfahan   (UNESCO)

Malaysia: Archaeological heritage of the Lenggong Valley (UNESCO)

Russian Federation: Lena Pillars Nature Park (UNESCO)

Germany: Bayreuth’s Margravial Opera House (UNESCO)

Heritage of Mercury, Almdén and Idrija, Slovenia/Spain (UNESCO)

Belgium: Major mining sites of Wallonia, Belgium (UNESCO)

Israel: Site of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel including the Nahal Me'arot/Wadi el-Mughara Caves (UNESCO)

France: Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin (UNESCO)

Bahrain: Pearling (UNESCO)

Sweden: Decorated farmhouses of Hälsingland (UNESCO)

China: Xanadu (UNESCO)

Palau: Rock Islands (UNESCO)