Throughout the Sharjah Biennial, works are described using overwrought, often politicized language, and the grandiloquent framing can, cumulatively, have a flattening effect.

The US Navy and Coast Guard have come to the aid of an Iranian general cargo ship that was sinking in the Middle East, rescuing the vessel’s entire crew.

From the Titanic to today’s record-breaking mega-liners, this ranking explores the largest passenger ships in history, from ...