Continents

Africa

The world's second-largest continent and humanity's birthplace

Antarctica

The frozen continent at the bottom of the world

Asia

Earth's largest and most populous continent

Europe

A small, intricate continent of outsized influence

North America

The third-largest continent, from the Arctic to the tropics

Oceania

The smallest continent, built around Australia and the Pacific isles

South America

A continent of the Andes, the Amazon, and dazzling extremes