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Afghanistan
Suicide Bombing in Kabul
On Wednesday, a suicide bomber killed at least 32 people, wounding dozens more, as people gathered to celebrate the Nowruz holiday, marking the start of spring and the Persian New Year. The car bomb targeted people leaving a shrine outside Ali Adab hospital near the Kabul University. The country’s minority Shiites typically celebrate Nowruz by visiting shrines. General Daud Amin, Kabul’s police chief, said the attacker snuck past police checkpoints set up along the road. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack. This site was previously attacked in 2016. This map depicts the location of the attack in Kabul. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: AFP
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United States
Self-driving Uber Kills Pedestrian
Uber has stopped the testing of its autonomous vehicles across North America after a 49-year old woman, Elaine Herzberg, was struck and killed by one of its self-driving cars in Tempe, Arizona. This accident has reignited concerns that the futuristic technology of self-driving cars at this point is too risky to test in public areas. Tempe police said the car was operating in self-driving mode, with an Uber employee in the driver’s seat meant to monitor the ride. Transportation authorities are investigating why the car and driver failed to stop before striking the woman. Uber said that it is providing full cooperation with local authorities during their investigation. This map depicts the incident from an aerial view. Click on the graphic to learn more about self-driving cars.
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Graphic Source: NYTimes
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United States
Another School Shooting
Tuesday morning, a student entered Great Mills High School in southern Maryland with a handgun and fired on campus injuring two students. The gunman, identified as 17-year old Austin Wyatt Rollins, was pronounced dead after an exchange of gunfire with school safety officer, Blaine Gaskill. In the wake of multiple school shootings this year, Maryland Governor, Larry Hogan, has expressed his desire to invest $125 million to improve school security, reinforce doors and windows, and install cameras and metal detectors. This map depicts the location of Great Mills High School. Click on the map to learn more.
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Map of Feeling
In 2011, artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, completed his everlasting ‘Map of the Land of Feeling’ in a series of three scrolls each measuring 3 feet tall and approximately 28 feet wide. The series of maps serve as a record and a reflection of his travels. At the center of each scroll is a digital print of one of the three passports he has held as an adult, complete with visas indicating the countries he has visited. Filling the space around these passports are decorations printed using three different techniques: lithography, chine collé, and screenprint. Many of these motifs allude to maps, such as plans of cities he visited and lines indicating time zones or travel paths. Other images overlapping the art alludes to artists who have inspired him such as a silhouette of Marcel Broodthaers’ sculpture of mussels which relates to Tiravanija’s cooking performances, in which he creates a meal for a gathering of people, often in a gallery space. This map has inspired many and has reached a wide population through it’s exhibition at various museums. It is currently displayed at the MoMA and has previously been displayed at the Guggenheim museum in New York City.
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Q: Where is the location of the bridge that crosses two continents?
A: Midlina, Iceland
Midlina, also known as ‘Leif the Lucky Bridge’, is a 15 meter (50 ft) footbridge in the Reykjanes Peninsula spanning a gaping rift between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates.
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