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India
1 in 4 Test Positive in New Delhi
India’s capital, New Delhi, has recorded a higher COVID-19 infection rate than New York City, as almost one in every four residents have antibodies indicating past exposure to the virus. According to government data, 23.5% had IgG antibodies in blood tests carried out on a randomly selected group of over 21,000 New Delhi residents. A recent study, conducted by India’s National Center for Disease Control suggests actual infections in the city are much more widespread than the numbers of confirmed cases reflect. This map by The New York Times uses data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare of India and shows that New Delhi has the highest share of population with reported cases out if all of India’s states and union territories. According to Johns Hopkins University, India has had over 1.2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and almost 30,000 deaths.
This map depicts the reported cases of the virus in India’s 28 states and 8 union territories per capita. All COVID-19 updates will be displayed in a red box.
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North Korea
Illegal Fishing Fleets
Satellite images have identified unmarked fishing vessels operating in Northern Korean waters. In a report released yesterday, between 700 and 900 Chinese vessels were said to be illegally fishing in the area in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Cited as the largest case of illegal fishing from one country, these “dark fleets” caught about $440 million worth of the Pacific flying squid, once the third-largest seafood export for North Korea. Local North Korean fishermen have been displaced and pushed into Russian waters due to the Chinese competition. The local fishing vessels are rarely equipped for long-distance voyages, resulting in hundreds of abandoned ghost ships off the Japanese coast and other neighboring countries.
This map depicts the “dark” fishing fleets in North Korea since 2017, and the consequences of illegal fishing. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Yahoo News
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Americas
Early Humans in the Americas
Scientists from Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas and the University of Oxford have discovered evidence within the Chiquihulte Cave in Mexico that suggests humans arrived to the American continents almost twice as long ago as previously thought. The discovery of 1,900 stone tools from almost 30,000 years ago proves the cave itself was occupied for a period of almost 20,000 years. Human migration to the Americas is a hotly debated topic; the region was the last large landmass to be populated. Historically, scientists accepted that humans arrived via Beringia, a land bridge between Russia and Alaska, around 11,500 years ago. In recent years, however, over forty-two sites indicating a human presence from thousands of years earlier have been discovered.
This map depicts the locations and activity dates of ancient human sites. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Covering some 77,000 square miles, which desert is Asia’s only subtropical desert?
A: Thar Desert
Also called the Great Indian Desert, Thar Desert is the 18th largest desert in size and is located mostly in Rajasthan state, India (85%), and partly in Punjab and Sindh (Sind) provinces, Pakistan (15%). The desert forms a natural boundary between the two countries and the name Thar is derived from the word ‘thul’ that roughly translates to ‘sand ridges,’ a common feature in the region.
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Q: Which ocean current is the only one that flows completely around the globe?
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