This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Earth's only satellite. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" - those words from US Commander Neil Armstrong started a new chapter in space exploration.

South-west of Vladikavkaz, the capital of the Russian republic of North Ossetia-Alania, lies the fascinating Bronze-age village of Dargavs.

Have a peek at this week's most spectacular events from around the world.

San Diego is welcoming fans of comic books, movies, and science fiction to join the annual pop-culture extravaganza held annually since 1970.

The 22nd World Bodypainting Festival gathered artists from 50 countries all around the globe in Klagenfurt, Austria last weekend to show off their skills and imagination, as well as to compete for the prize.

A lake near an energy plant’s ash dump site in Novosibirsk, Russia has attracted crowds of Instagrammers since the location received international media coverage because of the lake's "tropical" colour.

The European Union has officially handed over to Ukraine a new safe sarcophagus, built over the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant destroyed by an explosion.

Over 2,000 participants, as well as thirty musical bands, took part in the 18th Tropical Carnival in Paris on 7 July. This event, full of bright costumes, music and joy, attracted tens of thousands of spectators.

Get an overview of the week's most colourful events across the globe.

The Spanish city of Pamplona is holding its annual festival of San Fermin, a tradition carried out for more than 800 years, from 6 to 14 of July.

Every summer there are a lot of sporting events – marathons, swimming, and crazy competitions. There are also many weddings, as people want their nuptial ceremonies to take place on sunny and pleasant days. Thus, it was obvious that people would combine the two sooner or later!

"World Kiss Day" in 2019 was celebrated on 6 July in more than 60 countries. It all began in Great Britain and has been celebrated across the world for more than twenty years.

Sputnik's weekly photo gallery gives you an overview of what's been going on in the different corners of the world over the past seven days.

Summer is a perfect time for a beach holiday and International Bikini Day, which takes place on 5 July, is a perfect opportunity for the fairer sex to demonstrate their alluring two-piece swimsuits.

During Soviet times, Crimea was a place that citizens of the USSR dreamed of visiting; the peninsula featured several hundred health resorts called sanatoria as well as guest houses for holiday-makers.

A poll conducted by website Big Seven Travel among its 1.5 million audience revealed that tourists find Ukrainians to be the sexiest nation on the planet.

Kupala Night also called Ivan Kupala is celebrated in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus during the night from 6 to 7 July relating to the summer solstice when nights are the shortest and includes a number of Slavic rituals.

Anna Baksheeva, a young contestant from the Russian city of Chita, has won the prestigious "The Beauty of Russia" (Krasa Rossii - in Russian) annual contest held at Vegas City Hall in Moscow. The winner can now represent Russia at the global 'Miss Earth' contest. 

Sputnik's weekly photo gallery gives you an overview of what's been going on in the different corners of the world over the past seven days.

In the Soviet Union, women didn't have access to French and other Western fashion brands as their products simply couldn't get inside Russian territory hidden under the Iron Curtain.