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Iraq
Deadly Attack on Baghdad Market
A suicide bomber killed 35 people and wounded 60 others in the busy Wahailat Market in Sadr City on Monday. The bombing came the day before the Eid al-Adha religious festival, when markets were busy with preparations. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, but provided no evidence. An investigation is ongoing. The attack was the deadliest bombing in Baghdad in six months and the third bombing in a Sadr City market this year. Although Iraq formally declared victory over ISIS in 2017, attacks in the country still occur.
This map depicts Sadr City in Baghdad, where 35 people were killed in a suicide bombing attack on Monday. Click on the map to learn more.
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United States
Bootleg Fire Scorches Oregon
As hot, dry weather conditions continue to fuel wildfires across much of the United States, the Bootleg Fire in Oregon has become so intense that it is creating its own weather. The fire has burned an area over 530 square miles (1,370 square kilometers), which is larger than Los Angeles and about half the size of Rhode Island. It's one of at least eight large fires burning in Oregon and one of at least 80 burning across 13 states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The Bootleg Fire, which began on July 6, is the third largest wildfire in Oregonian history.
This map depicts the location of the Bootleg Fire in Oregon that has scorched an area larger than Los Angeles. Click on the map to learn more.
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Peru
Castillo Wins Presidency in Peru
Pedro Castillo, considered a leftist political outsider, has narrowly won the Peruvian presidency after defeating Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of a jailed, right-wing former president. The electoral count took more than six weeks, the longest it has been in 40 years with legal challenges from Fujimori's campaign. Castillo only came onto the political scene two months ago but has ambitious plans to reconstruct Peru’s political and economic system in order to challenge system poverty and inequality across the country. Castillo will be Peru’s first left-wing president in over a generation and the first president to have been a peasant farmer most of his life.
This map depicts which Presidential candidate each province in Peru voted for in the 2021 election. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Named for a German botanist and climatologist, which climate classification system divides the world's land areas into five zones based on temperature and aridity?
A: Köppen Climate Classification System
Developed at the end of the 19th century by Wladimir Köppen, a German botanist and climatologist, the Köppen Climate Classification System divides the world's land area into five zones based on temperature and aridity: tropical or equatorial, arid or dry, warm/mild temperate, continental, and polar. Each zone is further separated into subdivisions and continues to updated by climatologists.
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Q: At 600 feet (183 meters) long, 69 feet (21 meters) high, and 193 years old, what is the world's oldest major train viaduct?
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