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Nigeria
25 Girls Abducted from School
Gunmen stormed a women’s boarding school in the northwest Nigerian state of Kebbi early Monday morning, abducting 25 girls and killing the vice principal as he tried to block a door. Another staff member was wounded in the attack. Security forces were unable to stop the gunmen, who local villagers described as bandits, from escaping with the girls, despite engaging them in a gunfight. The police, along with soldiers and even local vigilantes, are conducting a large-scale search and rescue operation. The attack echoes previous school kidnappings that have occurred in northern Nigeria, which has struggled with unrest and extremist insurgencies. The government has adopted a policy of refusing ransom requests as a result of increasing kidnappings.
This map depicts the location of the abduction in western Nigeria. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Spectrum News
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Mexico
Clashes at Anti-Corruption March
Clashes erupted in Mexico City on Saturday during a march against violence and corruption, leaving about 120 injured. At least 100 of those injured were police officers, with 40 requiring hospital treatment. The government also reported 20 civilian injuries and 20 arrests. The demonstrations reflect a broader frustration with insecurity and perceived impunity, and were fueled by anger over the public killing of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo on November 1st, the latest in a long line of killings of Mexican politicians who have spoken out against organized crime. Protestors called for better security and targeted the ruling Morena party. In response, President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the violence and said the movement was infiltrated by right-wing parties and artificially amplified by AI campaigns, social media bots, and influencers.
This map depicts the route of the march held on November 15th in Mexico City. Click on the map to learn more.
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Kazakhstan
Bronze Age City Unearthed
The Bronze Age city of Semiyarka, lost for over 3,600 years, has been unearthed in northeastern Kazakhstan. Semiyarka was a large, planned settlement from around 1600 BCE which featured permanent housing and large-scale metal production. The site is positioned above the Irtysh River, which flows through China’s Altai mountains and empties into Siberia, indicating that trading goods like ores from the mountains was a common practice. Archaeologists combined readings of soil density and magnetism to reveal outlines of the inner walls, and reduce unnecessary digging. The southeast edge of the settlement indicates an industrial zone, specializing in making tin bronze, a copper and tin alloy that defined the Late Bronze Age and produced tools, weapons, and ornaments for the community. Semiyarka is the only site in the lowland steppe zone with evidence for advanced metallurgy, and on a large scale, making this site particularly unique.
This map depicts the view from NASA’s Digital Elevation Model in order to locate the lost city of Semiyarka. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: How many Chinese provinces does the Great Wall of China pass through?
A: Nine
The Great Wall of China passes through nine of China’s 23 provinces. Spanning multiple dynasties and stretching 13,170 miles (21,195 km), the Great Wall actually consists of numerous walls—many of them parallel to each other—built over some two millennia across northern China and southern Mongolia. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987, the most extensive and best-preserved version of the wall dates from the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and runs for some 5,500 miles (8,850 km) east to west from Mount Hu in the southeastern Liaoning Province to Jiayu Pass in the northwestern Gansu Province. Despite popular belief, the wall cannot be seen from space. The reality is that you can’t easily see the Great Wall with the unaided eye, even from low Earth orbit.
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Q: Standing at about 1,142 feet (348 m) above the surrounding plain, which land formation holds the title of being the world’s largest monolith?
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