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Afghanistan
Dozens Killed in Gold Mine Collapse
On Sunday, at least 40 people were killed, and 10 injured when a gold mine collapsed in the northern province of Badakhshan, Afghanistan. 130 workers were illegally searching for gold and had dug deep in a riverbed in the district of Kohistan before the makeshift tunnels they were working near or in collapsed following heavy snowfall. Afghanistan is believed to be a mineral-rich country; the governor of Kohistan said that about 10,000 people pan for gold along the river for about $7 a day, often illegally digging tunnels up to 50 feet deep.
This map depicts the location of the Kohistan district in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan where the incident took place. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: NY Times
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Gabon
Attempted Coup
At 4:30 local time, five insurgent soldiers attempted a coup in Gabon’s capital, Libreville, after appearing on the national radio station and asking soldiers to take control of the transport system, ammunition reserves, and airports “in the interests of the nation,” and to “to restore democracy.” All five insurgents, from the self-declared “Patriotic Movement of the Defense and Security Forces of Gabon” were arrested. The government has responded and stated the situation is under control.
This map depicts Gabon’s capital Libreville where the attempted coup took place. Click on the map to learn more.
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Australia
Jellyfish Sting Thousands of Beachgoers
Over 5,000 people were stung by jellyfish at the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast in eastern Queensland, Australia, forcing beaches to shut down. Heat spells, combined with unusually strong winds pushed colonies of Bluebottles – also known as Indo-Pacific Portuguese man o’ war – towards beaches. In the past week, about 13,000 stings were recorded; about 3 times the number recorded during the same period last year. While most of the stings were not life-threatening, some stings from less common jellyfish caused anaphylactic reactions.
This map depicts the location of the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast regions of Queensland Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: How long is the US/Mexico border?
A: 1,954 miles
The twisting, natural contours of the shared Rio Grande makes it difficult to count the exact footage of the border. The International Boundary and Water Commission, a bi-national entity that regulates the border, says the border is 1,954 land miles and 1,984 total miles when considering the border extensions into the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
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Next year’s AGS Symposium, Geography 2050: Borders and Borderless Future, will take place on November 21 and 22, 2019.
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Q: Who is considered the “first geographer” and also created the term “geography?”
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