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Hong Kong/ China
Protests Continue Through Anniversary
While China celebrates its 70th anniversary as the People’s Republic of China today, protests in Hong Kong continue against mainland China’s anti-extradition bill. Mass demonstrations took place across Hong Kong with protesters throwing petrol bombs and rocks at police. Over 40 Mass Transit Railway (MTR) stations remain closed as well as other shops and stores. Today a protester was shot for the first time since demonstrations began 17 weeks ago. The 18 year old victim was shot in the chest and is currently in critical condition at a nearby hospital in Tsuen Wan.
This map depicts sites of mass protests throughout Hong Kong. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC
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Taiwan
Title Bridge Collapse
On Tuesday, a bridge collapsed in northeast Taiwan as an oil tanker attempted to cross it, sending the truck crashing onto fishing boats below. According to officials, the Nanfang’ao Bridge, about 150 yards long, fell around 9:30 a.m. local time injuring at least a dozen people, including the truck’s driver and several boat workers. The National Fire Agency reported rescuers are still searching for six people believed to be trapped in the boats below the collapsed structure. The Nanfangao Bridge opened in 1998 and is the only single-span arch bridge in Taiwan supported by cables.
This map depicts where the Nanfang’ao Bridge collapsed. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Reuters
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Antarctica
Iceberg Breaks Off From Ice Shelf
The Amery ice shelf, the third-largest ice shelf in Antarctica, produced its biggest iceberg in over 50 years. Known as D28, the iceberg covers an area of over 1,600 sq km (630 sq miles). Additionally, it is estimated to be about 210m thick and contain over 310 billion tonnes of ice. This makes the iceberg bigger than the size of Greater London. Scientists familiar with this ice shelf stated the iceberg did not separate due to climate change. Instead, it was the result of a natural process called a “calving event.” During calving events, icebergs will break apart from ice shelves in order to give room for incoming ice.
This map depicts the location of iceberg D28. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: The South Patagonia Ice Field, located in the Andes Mountains, spreads across the border of which two countries?
A: Argentina and Chile
The North and South Patagonian Ice Fields are the largest expanses of ice in the Southern Hemisphere outside of Antarctica. The South Ice Field is nearly three times larger than its northern counterpart, which lies entirely in Chile.
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Q: A surveying error made in 1818, which misplaced the location of the 35th parallel, is the origin of a modern day border dispute between Tennessee and which state?
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