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Sudan
Tigray Bodies Wash Up in River
30 bodies have washed up on a river in Sudan which are believed to have come from Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The corpses washed up in Was Alhilew village, near the Setit River, called the Tekeze River in Ethiopia. The river separates Sudan from Ethiopia at some points and Tigrayan forces from Ethiopian forces at others. Some of the bodies looked to have been shot and injured, while others showed no signs of injuries. A Twitter account run by the Ethiopian government denies the bodies washing up in Sudan, saying it was fake news. Ethiopians have been using rivers to flee to Sudan to escape the Tigray crisis.
This map depicts Wad Alhilew village where 30 corpses washed up on the Setit River. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: CNN
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Czech Republic
Train Crash Kills 3
Three people died and eight were seriously injured on Wednesday when a Munich-to-Prague express train ran through a stop signal and collided with a local commuter train in the Czech Republic. About 50 passengers suffered minor injuries without requiring immediate treatment. The trains collided shortly after 8 a.m. local time near Milavce, 85 miles (140 km) southwest of the capital city Prague. The transport ministry said human error likely caused the crash.
This map depicts the location of a deadly train crash in Czech Republic. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Eminetra
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Antarctica
Emperor Penguins Extinction
A new study published yesterday in Global Change Biology offers new, crucial data about how an increasing number of extreme climate events are accelerating species extinction, notably, the possibility of the extinction of Emperor penguins. This week, the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) submitted a proposal to list Emperor penguins as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The study found that by 2050, 70% of Emperor penguin colonies will be in danger, and by 2100, 98% of colonies will be at the edge of extinction without any serious reduction of carbon emissions and climate change mitigation. The study attributed climate warming trends, sea ice loss, increased extreme weather events, habitat loss, glacial calving, and breeding failure as the major drivers of the accelerated species extinction.
This map depicts the projected Emperor penguin population decline by 2100 across different parts of Antarctica. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Which is the only nation in the world with no official capital?
A: Republic of Nauru
The tiny Pacific island republic of Nauru has a unique history including a period in the early 1970's when it was the second-wealthiest nation on earth based on per capita GDP. Independent since 1968, the island is split up into fourteen administrative districts, but has no distinct municipalities. So, while city-states like Singapore, Monaco, and Vatican City are essentially their own capitals, Nauru only has a few small government buildings clustered near the island's one airport in a district that just makes it into the island's top five by population.
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Q: Lasting over 1,000 years and extending over 390,000 square miles (1,000,000 km sq) at its territorial peak, which empire consisted of over 1,800 separate states?
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