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Afghanistan-Pakistan
Border Ceasefire In Place
After a week of clashes that killed dozens of people on both sides, Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire, at the Afghanistan Taliban leadership’s request. The bilateral agreement means that both sides will refrain from targeting each other’s security forces, civilians, or critical infrastructure. This pause apparently came after Saudi Arabia and Qatar grew concerned of the war’s threat to further destabilize regions where militant groups like the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda are trying to resurface. A follow-up meeting between the delegations is scheduled to take place in Istanbul on October 25.
This map depicts the deadly clashes that took place on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Click on the map to learn more.
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France
Louvre Jewelry Heist
In a daring daytime operation, four suspects carried out a jewelry heist from Paris’ Louvre Museum. In matter of only around ten minutes, members of the team entered a second-floor window with a truck mounted lift and power tools to break into the Apollo Gallery, stealing nine pieces of France’s historic Crown Jewels, including tiaras and necklaces from the Napoleonic era. The robbers, disguised in yellow vests and armed with angle grinders, smashed the display cases before escaping on scooters, dropping one damaged crown near the scene. French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the theft as an attack on national heritage, while the investigation races to recover the jewels before they can be melted down or dismantled. The incident, seen as both a symbolic blow to France’s cultural pride and a major security failure, has prompted an emergency review of protections at museums across the country.
This map depicts the Louvre Museum in Paris, the location of the heist. The Apollo Gallery where the thieves broke in and stole the Crown Jewels and the Louvre Pyramid, which marks the museums main entrance. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: New York Post
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Australia
Women Rowers Make History
Two British rowers have become the first all-female pair to cross the South Pacific nonstop and unsupported, landing in Cairns, Australia Saturday evening after nearly six months at sea. Miriam Payne, 26, and Jess Rowe, 28, launched from Lima, Peru in May after a rudder failure forced them to cancel the first attempt in April. They covered about 8,300 nautical miles (15,300 km) in their 30-foot (9.14 m) boat, rowing in two-hour shifts through 30-foot waves, shipping lanes, and power failures. They rationed about 880 pounds (400 kg) of mostly freeze-dried food and relied on a solar-powered desalinator for fresh water. At one point in the voyage they were forced to repair the desalinator with fabric strips cut from a pair of underwear. Despite sleep deprivation and blistered hands, they said stubborn determination and star-filled nights carried them to the finish.
This map depicts the route the rowers took across the Pacific, as well as the design of their boat. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Sitting 92 feet (28 meters) below sea level, what is the lowest-lying capital city in the world?
A: Baku, Azerbaijan
The capital and largest city in Azerbaijan, Baku sits on the south side of the Abşeron Peninsula, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. It sits in the endorheic basin of the Caspian – a depression in the Earth that has no natural outflow of water. All rainwater that falls in the basin flows towards the Caspian Sea and water only leaves the basin by evaporation. This topography gives Baku a hot climate similar to other notable endorheic regions including Israel near the Dead Sea or Salt Lake City in the basin of the Great Salt Lake.
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Q: What continent is home to the windiest place in the world?
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