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India
Religious Event Turns Deadly
A stampede at a religious festival in northern India resulted in the deaths of over 120 people and injuries to many more as the crowd surged forward to touch a popular self-styled Hindu preacher, Bhole Baba. Around 250,000 people attended the event known as a satsang, far exceeding its intended capacity of 80,000. Authorities blamed mass overcrowding and a lack of exits for the deadly incident, which took place inside a giant tent on a muddy field in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. Many people, the majority of whom were women, slipped and were trampled as the surging crowd tried to reach Bhole Baba as he descended from the stage. Police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the event’s main organizers, excluding Bhole Baba, but their whereabouts remain unknown.
This map depicts the location of the religious event that resulted in a deadly stampede in a Hathras district village in northern India. Click on the map to learn more.
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Israel
IDF Hits South Gaza Strip
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) issued new evacuation orders for southeastern Gaza, including the city of Khan Younis, on Monday evening, and have begun making strikes on the area. The IDF is targeting areas from which a barrage of 20 projectiles were fired into Israel Monday morning, including weapons storage facilities and operational centers of armed Palestinian groups. The IDF directed evacuees to al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, as a “humanitarian area.” The Red Cross reported a major hospital near Khan Younis could no longer operate due to the medical personnel having evacuated. For some Palestinian civilians, the evacuation from Khan Younis marks the fifth or sixth time they’ve been displaced. Damage from Israel’s ongoing military operation in Gaza has left evacuees with only devastated areas into which they can evacuate.
This map depicts the area of south Gaza subject to an evacuation order by Israeli Defense Forces. Included is the location of a major hospital that has been forced to shut down due to lack of personnel. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC
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Russia
New Woolly Mammoths Findings
The last woolly mammoths on Earth were killed off by a severe storm or a plague, according to a study published in the journal Cell, meaning woolly mammoths could still be around today if it weren’t for the unknown freak extinction event. As far back as 300,000 years ago, woolly mammoths traveled across the tundras of North America, Europe, and Asia. As the climate warmed and the ocean rose, the last population of several hundred woolly mammoths were confined on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of Siberia, for around 6,000 years before they went extinct around 4,000 years ago. The long-held belief was that woolly mammoths experienced a “genomic meltdown” due to an accumulation of dangerous genetic abnormalities from inbreeding. But the new genetic data from remains recovered on Wrangel indicate their inbreeding wasn’t severe enough to lead to extinction.
This map depicts the location of Wrangel Island, off the coast of northeastern Russia, where the last population of woolly mammoths died off around 4,000 years ago. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Which renowned U.S. city had the first wooden freeway for bikes that stretched for nine miles?
A: Los Angeles, California
The Dobbins Cycleway was a wooden freeway that was designed by Horace Dobbins. The cycleway towered at a height of 20 feet and the platform was secured by railings on each side. His design theoretically would have connected the cities of Pasadena and Los Angeles. However, only a small section of the cycleway was built in 1900 and the use of the freeway was ephemeral, as the Model T car was introduced in 1908. After that, Los Angeles transformed rapidly. The Dobbins Cycleway was demolished and was replaced by Central Park and the Arroyo Seco Freeway, known as the U.S.’s oldest freeway.
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Q: Which American metropolitan area of eight million people is served by the country’s largest airport, twice the size of Manhattan?
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