The week in travel: July 2-6, 2012 UNESCO awarded World Heritage Status to eight new sites. The "Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea" in Rio de Janeiro were recognised, as well as the following: Major Mining Sites of Walonia (Belgium), Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland (Sweden), Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük (Turkey), Lakes of Ounianga (Chad), Sangha Trinational (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo), Chengjiang Fossil Site (China), and Western Ghats (India).