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Israel
Palestinians Return to North Gaza
For the first time in over a year, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have reached their homes in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces on Monday morning opened the Netzarim corridor that separates north and south Gaza, with crowds in the thousands streaming back to their abandoned homes in the north. The corridor was closed by Israeli forces after Palestinians from northern Gaza fled south at the start of Israel’s military offensive against Hamas. For nearly 16 months, they have lived in tents, makeshift shelters, schools, and the homes of friends and relatives. The return had been scheduled to start on Sunday but was delayed for 24 hours by the first major crisis in a fragile ceasefire deal. The scale of destruction from the war, and the surge of people returning, means aid agencies are now racing to get supplies into the area.
This map depicts the routes of return to the northern Gaza Strip for thousands of displaced Palestinians. Click on the map to learn more.
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Poland
Holocaust Memorial Day
Leaders from across Europe came together in Poland for Holocaust Memorial Day yesterday. Monday marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest and most infamous Nazi concentration and extermination camp, where over 1.1 million people – primarily Jews, along with Poles, Romani people, and Soviet prisoners of war. 56 people who survived the horrors of Auschwitz attended the ceremony at the site of the former concentration camp, along with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda, French President Emmanuel Macron, German leaders Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Britain’s King Charles III and other European royalty.
This map depicts the major routes along which Jewish people were deported to Auschwitz camp from across Europe. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Anadolu Agency
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United States of America
“Gulf of America” to Google Maps
Google has confirmed that its popular Google Maps system will display the name “Gulf of America” to users in the United States. US President Donald Trump promised to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on his first day in office, and the Department of the Interior has confirmed the name of the body of water has been officially changed. Google specified that the displayed name in Google Maps will be updated once the change is entered into the US Geographic Names System. In Mexico, the body of water will remain the Gulf of Mexico, and users outside the two countries will see both names. President Trump also ordered the name of North America’s highest peak, in Alaska, to return to Mt. McKinley after having been renamed Denali at the state of Alaska’s request in 1975.
This map depicts the body formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico now renamed to the Gulf of America. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What is the highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere?
A: Mt. Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro is the highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere, and is actually the highest mountain free-standing above sea level. Kilimanjaro is a volcanic massif in northeastern Tanzania, near the Kenya border. Its central cone, Kibo, rises to 19,340 feet (5,895 m) and is the highest point in Africa. Kilimanjaro lies about 100 miles (160 km) east of the East African Rift System and about 140 miles (225 km) south of Nairobi, Kenya. In 1973 Mount Kilimanjaro National Park was established to protect the mountain above the tree line as well as the six forest corridors that extend downslope through the montane forest belt. The park was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.
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Q: The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with what body of water?
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