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Indonesia
Landslide Kills 15, More Missing
At least 15 people have been killed and more than 50 others are missing as the result of torrential rains and landslides that struck Serasan Island in the Natuna region of Indonesia. Located on the edge of the South China Sea, about 50 miles (80km) off the island of Borneo, the remote location and constant downpour continues to complicate search and rescue efforts. A 60-person search and rescue team left for the island Monday afternoon, with an expected journey time of 7-8 hours. Once reaching the island, rescuers must travel by foot as the main road cut off due to the landslides. Indonesia’s disaster agency reported the number of fatalities may continue to increase as rescuers reach the island, adding that over 1,200 residents have been moved to temporary shelters.
This map depicts the location of a landslide that struck Indonesia’s Serasan Island on the edge of the South China Sea, killing at least 15 people. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Al Jazeera
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Georgia
Protests Rise Against New Law
Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, thousands of residents appeared for a second day of protests in Tbilisi, Georgia. Protestors rallied against a new law recently passed by Georgia’s parliament requiring any organizations receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from overseas to register as a “foreign agent.” Protestors argue this law would limit their freedom of press and serve as an obstacle to EU membership, comparing it to a 2012 bill passed in Russia. Some protestors also argue that the Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, and the founder of the leading Golden Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, have ties to the Russian government. Georgia was attacked by Russia in 2008 for attempting to assert control over breakaway republics supported by the Russian military. Russia also maintains a military presence in a breakaway region of Moldova, provides significant support to the autocratic government in Belarus, and has, to varying degrees, asserted its prerogative to involve itself in the affairs of neighboring countries with significant Russian minorities.
This map depicts neighboring countries in which Russia has exerted influence on their internal politics or has taken military action. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: New York Post
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World
International Women’s Day
March 8th is International Women’s Day, designated to recognize the importance of women’s contributions to society and reflect on opportunities to advance women’s rights and wellbeing. The theme for this year’s international holiday is #EmbraceEquity. To celebrate, people are being asked to post on social media showing them embracing themselves as a public pledge to embrace equity. International Women’s Day was born out of women’s rights movements in the United States and Western countries during the early 1900s. In 1910, at the second International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen, Denmark, the proposal of an International Women’s Day was approved. Women’s Day also commemorates the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements women have made in various fields. Legal reforms, treaties, increasing women’s representation across industry, and supporting women’s movements are all strategies that have been employed to make a difference in women’s and girls’ lives everywhere.
This map depicts worldwide rankings for countries based on participation of women in executive positions and national parliaments. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What mountain range spanning three countries was believed to be the entrance to the ancient Mesopotamian underworld?
A: Zagros Mountains
The Zagros mountain range is located in southwestern Iran and extends to parts of eastern Turkey and northern Iraq. The range is around 990 miles (1,600 km) long and over 150 miles (240 km) wide, and some of its oldest rocks date back to Precambrian times, over 540 million years ago. The Zagros Mountains were primarily formed by the Arabian Plate moving under the Eurasian Plate around two to 23 million years ago. The highest peak of the Zagros is Mount Dena, at an elevation of 14,465 ft (4,409 m), located in the middle of the range. The mountains have historically been a natural geographic barrier between cultural and political entities, including early Mesopotamian and Median cultures, the Parthian and Roman empires, and the Persian and Ottoman empires. It was believed that the entrance to the ancient Mesopotamian underworld was located in the far east of the Zagros Mountains, where a staircase led down to the gates of the underworld. This was believed to be even deeper than the Abzu, the fresh body of water fed by underground aquifers, and is considered to be the sea between the underworld void and the Earth above.
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Q: What female geographer taught geography at Alabama State University while being a pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement?
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