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China
Mass COVID Testing in Beijing
Chinese authorities are looking to administer tests to most of the almost 22 million residents of the capital Beijing. Testing began yesterday in the city's most populous district, Chaoyang, but was expanded later in the day to include 10 other districts and the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area. Worried by the prospect of stringent and lengthy lockdown measures like those employed in Shanghai, Beijing residents swarmed grocery stores to stock up on food supplies, leaving bare shelves across the city. While most of the rest of the world has largely moved towards treating COVID as endemic and manageable, China continues to pursue a zero-COVID strategy, using strict lockdowns and extensive testing.
 
This map depicts Chinese regions affected by COVID measures and the capital of Beijing, where mass testing has begun to quell a new outbreak. Click on the map to learn more.
Graphic Source: Barron's
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Lebanon
Boat Crash Kills 7
A migrant boat carrying nearly 60 passengers from Tripoli, Lebanon, to the island of Cyprus sank on Saturday night. Soon after the boat departed from Tripoli, the Lebanese Navy was dispatched to force them to turn around. There are differing accounts from the surviving passengers and naval personnel about the nature of the sinking, with survivors accusing the patrol boats of ramming the boat, while officials said the boat's captain caused the crash. Forty-eight people were rescued and one body was recovered from the site of the crash, while six other bodies were found on the beach later. This incident is the latest tragedy in a growing trend of Lebanese and Syrian migrants attempting to travel to Europe illegally to escape growing poverty and unemployment.

This map depicts Tripoli, Lebanon where a migrant boat departed from on Saturday before a collision with a Navy vessel caused it to sink. Click on the map to learn more.
Further Reading: AP, Washington Post, VOA, France 24
Graphic Source: Daily Mail
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Mexico
Tour Boat Strikes Whale
A small Mexican tour boat struck what is believed to have been a whale or whale shark near the coastal city of La Paz, Baja California Sur. Six people were injured in the incident, including 3 children and a passenger who was thrown through the vessel's awning into the sea. Vessel-whale collisions or ship strikes are increasing globally according to the Australian Marine Mammal Centre. The majority of ship strikes occur during oil and gas exploration, maritime shipping, and cruises, and can also involve dolphins, sea turtles, fish, seals and sea lions.

This map depicts the area off the coast of La Paz, Baja California Sur, where a boat hit a whale, injuring 6. Click on the map to learn more.
Further Reading: ABC News, Mexico Daily Post, Nature World News, Newsweek
Graphic Source: Daily Mail
Yesterday's Answer
Q: What is the only river in the world to cross the equator twice?

A: The Congo River
The Congo River, formerly known as Zaire River, is about 2,900 miles (4,700 km) long and is Africa’s second longest river after the Nile. The Congo is also the deepest river in the world, with some parts reaching 720 ft (220 m) deep, too deep for light to penetrate. The river zigzags across the equator twice, beginning in eastern Africa and making its way through the Congo Rainforest to the Atlantic Ocean. Its basin spans six countries and provides food, water, transportation, and medicine to some 75 million people. The Congo Basin has been inhabited by humans for over 50,000 years, with around 150 distinct ethnic groups living there. More than 10,000 tropical plant species are in the basin, and around 30 percent of them are unique to the region. 

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Today's Question
Q: Which of the Great Lakes is entirely in the United States?  
 
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