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Bangladesh
Student Protests Escalate
Student protests have broken out across Bangladesh over the government’s controversial job quota for veterans, leaving at least 33 dead and over 1,000 injured. The quota system, which allocates 30% of government jobs to the families of veterans from the 1971 War of Independence, had been abolished in 2018 but was reinstated in June 2024. Protestors say that the quota system is discriminatory, arguing that job recruitment should be based on merit. Amid growing frustrations over high unemployment rates, critics also maintain that the system unfairly benefits politically connected elites and supporters of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Internet access and transportation services have reportedly been halted as students continue to clash with police and attempt to set government buildings on fire. Despite a police-issued ban of public rallies on Friday, the students show little sign of stopping as they aim for a “complete shutdown” in the country.
This map depicts the central area of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, where violent protests have broken out over the government’s hiring quota system. Noted is the Bangladesh Television HQ, which was set on fire by protestors. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Barron’s
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Israel
Houthi Drone Strikes Tel Aviv
One person is dead and ten more are injured following a drone strike on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack. If confirmed, the attack is notable both for the distance travelled by the drone from Yemen, nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km), and for how it evaded Israeli air defenses. The Houthis claim the drone was a new variety specially built in Yemen and included new technology to evade detection, while the Israeli military say it was an Iranian-built model adapted for long-distance flight. The Houthis have been attacking ships traversing the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in response to Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. Previous attempts to directly target Israeli territory have so far proven unsuccessful.
This map depicts the location of a drone strike on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, near a branch office of the United States Embassy. Click on the map to learn more.
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Argentina
New Findings on Early Humans
A new study suggests that ancient people may have killed and eaten a massive armadillo-like creature around 20,000 years ago in what is now Argentina, supporting mounting evidence that humans dispersed across the Americas considerably earlier than previously thought. Most of the Earth was covered by ice during the Last Glacial Maximum, which occurred between 26,000 and 20,000 years ago when the Ice Age was at its peak. Archaeologists had previously believed that the earliest Americans arrived across a land bridge that connected Siberia with Alaska 13,000 years ago. But a new study details the discovery of human-made cut marks on the fossilized remains of Neosclerocalyptus, a huge extinct relative of the armadillo, adding to other archaeological evidence found in North and South America that humans arrived in the region far earlier than previously believed.
This map depicts the location where the fossils were found. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What is the name of the flat-topped mountain (mesa) where the borders of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela meet?
A: Mount Roraima
Mt. Roraima is the highest and oldest of the Pacaraima chain of tepuis (table-top mountains) in South America, located at the junction of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. The word tepui means “house of the gods” in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela. About 9 miles (14 km) long and 9,094 feet (2,772 meters) high, Mt. Roraima is the source of many rivers of Guyana, and of the Amazon and Orinoco river systems. The tepui is one of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back two billion years, and was once part of a supercontinent called Gondwanaland.
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Q: What Indonesian island has the greatest concentration of active volcanoes?
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