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Nepal
Nepal Appoints First Woman PM
Sushila Karki, Nepal’s first female Prime Minister and former Chief Justice, was sworn in after deadly Gen-Z led protests over corruption, nepotism, and social media ban forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign and parliament to be dissolved. Backed strongly by youth for her integrity and zero-tolerance stance on cronyism, Karki now leads an interim government tasked with overseeing elections set for March 2026. The protests killed over 50 people, led to parliament and the Supreme Court being set on fire, and forced the army to step in and restore order. While Karki’s appointment has gotten support from the United Nations and India, she faces a lot of challenges such as restoring stability, accountability, and trust in Nepal’s fragile democracy.
This map depicts the Gen-Z led protest locations in Kathmandu, Nepal. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC News
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United Kingdom
Far-Right March & Counterprotest
Prime Minister Keir Starmer denounced violence on the fringes of Saturday’s 100,000+ “Unite the Kingdom” demonstration in London organized by far-right campaigner Tommy Robinson. Police said 26 officers were injured, four seriously, as protesters tried to breach lines separating them from a smaller anti-racist counterdemonstration. Saturday’s march follows growing political concern about unauthorized immigration, especially the arrival of migrants across the English Channel in small boats. More than 30,000 people have made the dangerous crossing from France so far this year. The use of hotels to accommodate asylum-seekers has become a major political issue in Britain, sparking dozens of smaller protests this summer.
This map depicts the path of the far-right march in London, England. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Metro UK
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Australia
First Climate Risk Assessment
The Australian Climate Service (ACS) has released its first national climate risk assessment, which lays out where and how climate change could affect people, places and the economy, and what actions can reduce those risks. It highlights priority risks, including sea level rise for coastal towns, overlapping disasters that strain emergency response, and threats to critical infrastructure and water security. It also elaborates on health and wellbeing impacts, damage to ecosystems, challenges for farming and fisheries, and disruptions to supply chains and the economy. This report notably discusses vulnerabilities in regional and remote communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The assessment assembles new, nationally consistent data to help governments, communities, industry and businesses set priorities and invest in practical adaptation.
This map depicts hazard proneness across Australia, which red signifying higher hazard proneness, and blue signifying lower hazard proneness. Each panel assesses risk in a different warming scenario. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What is the most biologically diverse desert in the Western Hemisphere?
A: The Chihuahuan Desert
The largest in North America, the Chihuahuan desert, is a mostly high-elevation, warm temperate to subtropical desert. Around 90% of its area is in north-central Mexico, but it also extends to southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico and western Texas. The Chihuahuan desert differs from the Sonoran and Mojave deserts because it receives more summer rain during monsoon thunderstorms and has colder winters. This in turn produces more grassland, and supports its 3,500 plant species, including nearly a quarter of the world’s cactus species. Historically, the Chihuahuan Desert was one of the few ecoregions where grizzly bears, wolves, and jaguars could be found at the same locality.
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Q: What was the last British colony on the mainland of the Americas?
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