Flags are more than colorful backdrops at sporting events. They're history lessons stitched into symbolic rectangles. Every design reflects geography, revolutions, politics, and ideals a country ...

Every national flag tells a story. Stitched into the colors, symbols, and patterns of these rectangular pieces of cloth are centuries of history, sacrifice, cultural identity, and national aspiration.

You could probably guess some country names by their outlines, or name a few by their flags, but what if we blended it all together? Would you be up for the challenge? This visual geography test will ...

To be a European is to have learned from history that what starts off as patriotic fervour can, under the wrong kind of pressure, curdle into something far uglier. Most Europeans thus treat the flags ...