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Haiti
Prime Minister Henry to Resign
The embattled Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, has agreed to step down from his position. What remains to be seen is whether the gangs which have taken control of much of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, will scale back the violence as new leadership for the country forms, or if they will turn against each other in the struggle for power. Kenya, which had been making plans with Henry to provide a UN-administered peacekeeping force to Haiti, has said all such plans are now on hold. With the office of president vacant since the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in 2021, a council of seven people from various sectors of Haiti will assume all executive powers, including the appointment of a new interim Prime Minister. Once the successor is chosen, Henry will formally step down.
This map depicts the many locations of recent significant violence across the Caribbean country of Haiti. The Haitian Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, agreed to step down late Monday in response to pressure from various armed groups. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: The Day
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India
Citizenship Law Enforced
India announced plans to begin enforcement of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Announced weeks before the national elections, the CAA was originally passed in 2019 as an amendment to the original act passed in 1955. Before it was passed, religion was not a determinant for a person’s passport eligibility, with individuals required to show their legal residence and wait for 11 years. The CAA now allows those who migrated from Muslim-majority countries due to religious persecution before December 31, 2014 – including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Christians, Buddhists, and Parsis – to wait for only five years to become eligible. However, the Act does not extend to Muslims. Human rights organizations accuse the CAA of discrimination against Muslims. Benefits of the Act are also denied for Tamils from Sri Lanka and immigrants from Nepal and Bhutan.
This map depicts the proponents and opponents of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), cross-referenced with support for India’s related National Population Register (NPR), when the CAA was amended and passed in 2019. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: The Quint
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New Zealand
100+ Marine Species Discovered
A team of 21 scientists believe they have discovered over 100 new marine species – including fish, shrimp, and corals – following a three-week exploration of New Zealand’s largely uncharted Bounty Trough. The Bounty Trough is a roughly 500-mile (800 km) long basin east of the South Island of New Zealand. Previously, geologists have surveyed this very deep ocean basin, but this is a first for biologists. Researchers from the nonprofit Ocean Census, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand (NIWA), and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa collected close to 1,800 samples during the three week long expedition. Some of the specimens were found more than 15,000 feet (4,570 m) deep, roughly the equivalent to Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps. The team has already identified dozens of new mollusks, three fish, a cephalopod, a shrimp, and new genera of coral.
This map depicts the location of Bounty Trough, a Pacific ocean basin off the coast of New Zealand where scientists recently discovered over 100 new deep-sea species. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: In what country of the Amazon Basin was evidence of a large, urbanized society found?
A: Ecuador
Using data from remote sensing technology – light detection and range (LiDAR) – researchers were able to compile a clear picture of the Upano Valley of Ecuador, a region where the Andean and Amazonian ecosystems meet. The findings revealed a sprawling, heavily urban landscape hidden beneath lush vegetation. More than 6,000 earthen plazas and platforms were discovered, alongside an extensive road network and lands modified for agriculture. Further findings show areas of mixed residential and agrarian lands, making the city the oldest and largest agrarian urban center known in the Amazon rainforest. It is believed to have been constructed about 2,500 years ago and occupied for more than 1,000 years. The population, estimated at upwards of 30,000 people, was likely supported by farming of the fertile volcanic soil.
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Q: What country is divided into two topographical regions by the Zambezi River?
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