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India
Landslides Kill 93
Landslides in India’s southern state of Kerala have killed at least 93 people and trapped dozens of others. The landslides struck Kerala’s Wayanad district early this morning, catching most inhabitants while they were asleep. Continuing heavy rains and a destroyed bridge are preventing emergency services from reaching the affected areas by land or air. Wayanad district is home to many tea and cardamom estates which are tended by seasonal and informal workers, making it difficult to estimate how many people might be missing.
This map depicts the landslide risks as of July 29 in India’s southern Kerala state, where 93 people are dead and many more missing following a landslide in the Wayanad district. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: France24
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Venezuela
Presidential Election Disputed
President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in Venezuela’s presidential election on Sunday. The result of victory with 51% of the vote was declared with no evidence of vote counts released by the National Electoral Council (CNE). The CNE is regarded as loyal to Maduro’s ruling party. The result has been widely disputed, with only China, Russia, and a few other countries recognizing his win. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets to reject Maduro’s claim to a third six-year term in power. Independent exit polls suggest a sizable victory for opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia. González and opposition leader Marina Corina Machado told supporters at a press conference on Monday that 73% of the voting tallies (printed documents certifying vote counts) recorded by voting machines across the country had so far been collected by official witnesses, and these results have been published online for full transparency. The opposition leaders affirmed a 70-30 win for González with the evidence so far collected. Countries across the Americas have called for full transparency and for the government to respect the will of the voters.
This map depicts the countries that have recognized Nicolas Maduro’s declaration of himself as the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election on Sunday, even as his opponents dispute the results. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Newsweek
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Japan
Sado Mine on World Heritage List
On Saturday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated the gold and silver mine complex on Japan’s Sado Island as a World Heritage site at a meeting in New Delhi, India. The unanimous decision came after South Korea repealed its prior objections based on a history of forced labor for Korean prisoners during World War II at the site. The Sado mine complex was one of the world’s largest producers of gold in the 17th century, and further preservation efforts will help the management of the mine complex to feature the site’s pre- and post-industrialization technology, and to display and explain the entire history of the mines.
This map depicts the location of the gold and silver mine complexes on Sado Island, in Japan’s Niigata prefecture, which were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list this past weekend. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: The 438,000-acre (177,000 ha) Okefenokee Swamp straddles the border between which two US states?
A: Florida and Georgia
The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line in the United States. It is the largest “blackwater” swamp in North America. A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. The St. Marys River and the Suwannee River both originate in the swamp. The Suwannee River originates as stream channels in the heart of the Okefenokee Swamp and drains at least 90 percent of the swamp’s watershed southwest toward the Gulf of Mexico. The St. Marys River, which drains only 5 to 10 percent of the swamp’s southeastern corner, flows toward the Atlantic Ocean. The name Okefenokee is often translated as “land of trembling earth.”
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Q: What country is 70% covered by the Karakum (Black Sand) Desert?
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