East Honiara, Solomon Islands Authorities discovered a WWII-era UXO on the eastern side of the Ministry of Fisheries Headquarters in East Honiara. Believed to be an M29 aerial bomb, it was found near the site of an old military wharf.

A public safety warning was issued advising all individuals within a 100-meter radius to vacate the area including the Fishing Village, Solomon Islands National University (SINU), and the Ministry of Fisheries as they await a response from the bomb squad.

Canvey Island, England A WWII German naval artillery shell was safely detonated after its discovery by a metal detectorist on mud flats near Canvey Point in Essex. According to an HM Coastguard spokesperson, the disposal operations were originally postponed due to the incoming tide and heavy fog.

"The coastline and waters around Essex are littered with unexploded ordnance, often from World War Two," the spokesperson said.

"The metal detectorist did the right thing, he didn't disturb the item further, made his way to a safe distance and called 999 asking for the coastguard."

The Ministry of Defence deployed bomb disposal experts from Colchester Barracks to dispose of the 3-inch ordnance safe.

Ravenel, South Carolina Charleston County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) responded to a call concerning a suspected military UXO in a neighborhood yard. Once on the scene, the CCSO Bomb Squad Unit determined the device was a WWII-military ordnance.

Officers evacuated the property while awaiting response from Joint Base Charleston EOD who safely took possession of the ordnance - identified as a mortar  size, type or nomenclature not reported).

Putley, England West Mercia Police and EOD responded to a home after the homeowner discovered a WWII bombshell while mowing his lawn. Ross Miller's garden was cordoned off and his street shut down while awaiting a response from the bomb disposal team.

The suspicious item was determined to be a 25-lb bomb casing from the 1940s. EOD confirmed there were no explosives in the shell before they let Miller keep it as a souvenir.

The Miller family moved into the 1950s property last August, knowing the previous owners mentioned something metallic at the bottom of the garden. They thought it was a pump or part of the water supply.

But Miller said, "I had a quick look at it, brushed it and thought, this doesn't look like a pump. There's a percussion cap in the middle, what looks like would be on the end of a bullet, and it said 1940 at the bottom."

His nine-year-old daughter was standing beside him at the time, and he thought "the last thing we want is for anything to explode."

He dialed 999, and West Mercia Police told him to send pictures and stay away from the munition. "After about two hours waiting around, EOD turned up and said, 'yep it's a 25-pounder'," he said.

Miller said he planned to put ice in the casing and use it to hold beer at the barbecue he was forced to reschedule from the day of the discovery.

Slupsk, Poland Wild boars dug up 21 WWII mortar shells in a Polish forest. Forest Rangers reported the suspected UXO cache to police after discovering it in the village of Biecino.

Police responded to the area where they determined the munitions had been unearthed by wild boars. Pyrotechnicians confirmed that the ordnance dated back to WWII.

Military sappers were called in to safely secure the shells. No further information has been released by authorities regarding the type or origin of the ordnance.

Dartford, England Kent Police were called to a Dartford home after landscapers found a suspected WWII bomb while digging in the backyard garden. Bobby Moulson, who runs the company, said, "We first discovered it as we were digging to start putting up a fence."

"I thought it was a tin bath or something until we brushed some soil off it and see what shape it was. I googled a picture of WWII bombs and realized that it looked a lot like what we found," he said.

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Paris, France A 500-kg WWII bomb forced one of the largest rail disruptions in the French capital in years. The munition was found during construction of a new bridge near the rail tracks and left thousands of stranded passengers waiting for its safe removal.

Police responded to evacuate the area, including 200 residents in the area around the Gare du Nord train station, the country's busiest railway terminus serving international trains to London and mainland Europe.

Once the ordnance was defused, Philippe Tabarot, France's transport minister, confirmed that the 500-kilogram bomb "contained 200 kilogram of explosives."

While some passengers were annoyed with the disruptions, Owen Pritchard, a tourist seeking to return to London, was relieved. "I don't want to get on a train that runs over any unexploded WWII ordnance," he said. "I would rather they clear that and then make sure it's safe to travel."

Matthieu Chabanel, head of rail infrastructure management unit SNCF (France's national state-owned railway company) network, said that finding a bomb of such size was "really quite exceptional." He explained in a statement to reporters, "We know that during WWII, the rail network was heavily bombed, especially here north of Paris where there were also many factories."

The removal operations were safe and effective, and full service to the station was resumed the following day.

Saint-Denis Suburb, Paris. An unexploded World War II bomb was found causing traffic at Gare du Nord, one of France's busiest train stations, to come to a complete halt until the ordnance could be safely defused. The bomb was discovered around 3:30 a.m. during track maintenance.

Authorities then began to halt all train services, including Eurostar connections to London, Brussels, and Amsterdam, causing significant travel disruptions. Over 300 police officers secured the area, as the bomb, weighing more than 1,000 pounds and containing over 400 pounds of explosives, was unearthed during landscaping work. Evacuations of nearby homes and lockdowns of schools were implemented for safety.

O'Fallon, Illinois Scott Air Force Base (AFB) EOD conducted a controlled detonation of old military munition discovered by Caseyville Township Sewer System employees digging for a sewer line.

The employees alerted police of the suspected UXO which was later identified by EOD as a live 80-year-old 90mm projectile.

Authorities have not yet determined how the munition ended up buried at the site, but an investigation is ongoing. Officials issued a warning to anyone who comes across anything that looks like an old military ordnance not to touch it and to alert emergency services.

Northumberland, England Construction work on a playground in Wooler has been halted by the discovery WWII-era bombs. Contractors were forced to stop work just one week after the project kickoff after workers uncovered a "suspicious object" while digging the foundations for the park.

Northumbria Police were called in after discovery of what appeared to be an artillery shell. The bomb disposal squad from Catterick Barracks was called in to confirm that it was a WWII training device which they removed for safe disposal.

Unfortunately, as soon was work resumed, another ordnance was found. The UK Ministry of Defence advised that a full site survey would be required. Once experts began the investigation, they soon realized the large scale of the playground problem.

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