So, strike Europe off the list – are there in fact six continents, not seven? Maybe – but as the New York Times points out, once you start with this reasoning, it can be difficult to stop.

The largest continent, Asia covers an area of 44.6 million square kilometres (17.2 million square miles) and has a staggering population of approximately 4.6 billion people. It is characterised by ...

I'd skip returning to Ghana or Japan and instead visit other places on their respective continents. Between October 2023 and September 2024, I visited all seven continents. I had been to most ...

By Matt Kaplan The world is split up into continents, there are seven in all. And if you get the gist, we’re going to make a list, From biggest to small … Your kids may have come home from ...

There are seven continents on Earth, or so we learned in school. But it turns out that these designations are not as straightforward as they seem, and different scientists have different views on ...