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South Korea
President Evades Arrest
South Korean investigators attempted unsuccessfully to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol in a standoff that lasted six hours. South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach Yoon on December 14 for his unsuccessful attempt to impose martial law one month ago. Yoon ignored three summonses to appear before investigators for questioning, leading to the issuing of an arrest warrant earlier this week. When 150 members of law enforcement attempted to execute the warrant this morning, they were met by a large number of Yoon’s supporters as well as Yoon’s security team and a military unit responsible for protecting the capital. The investigators plan to appeal to acting President Choi Sang-mok to order the security staff protecting Yoon to stand down. In the meantime, Yoon’s legal team continues to fight the arrest warrant and the charges behind them, while the opposition party waits for a Constitutional Court to take up the impeachment of Yoon and other members of his administration.
This map depicts the area around the residence of suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, where investigators attempted to arrest him this morning for not participating in the investigation of his declaration of martial law on December 3. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Bloomberg
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Spain
Record Canary Islands Migration
The Atlantic migration route that connects West African nations with the Spanish Canary Islands set a new record in 2024, with at least 46,843 arrivals to the archipelago, the second consecutive year of unprecedented arrival numbers. Roughly 10,500 people died on the Atlantic and Mediterranean routes to Spanish soil over the past 12 months, according to a new report by migrant rights group Caminando Fronteras. There has been a 58 percent increase in migrant deaths on the western Euro-African border as more people resorted to the use of rickety wooden and inflatable boats to reach Europe. This was the highest death toll since its tallies began in 2007, and the group attributes it to the use of ramshackle boats, dangerous waters and a lack of resources for rescues. A majority of the deceased were from Africa, with victims from Iraq, Pakistan, Syria and Yemen also recorded.
This map depicts the migration routes to the Canary Islands and where coast guards are deployed to intercept boats. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Info Migrants
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England
Dinosaur “Highway” Revealed
A travel route for dinosaurs dating back around 166 million years has been uncovered in a quarry in England’s Oxfordshire county. Around 200 dinosaur footprints have been revealed so far, in what is now the United Kingdom’s largest dinosaur track discovery. A quarry worker felt “unusual bumps” while clearing clay from the floor of the Dewars Farm quarry, prompting an investigation in June by a team of over 100 researchers from British universities. The tracks are connected to a separate series of dinosaur footprints unearthed in the 1990’s at another nearby quarry. Among the tracks from the Jurassic period uncovered are those of the gigantic sauropod Cetiosaurus and the 30-foot predator Megalosaurus, two of the very first dinosaur species identified when their fossils were discovered in the 19th century. The discovery of these footprints offers new insights into the environment in which dinosaurs thrived and how different species may have interacted.
This map depicts the location of the Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England, where the United Kingdom’s largest collection of dinosaur tracks has been discovered. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: The oldest map of the world, the Imago Mundi, was found in which country?
A: Iraq
The Imago Mundi, the world’s oldest map, is a Babylonian clay tablet from the 6th century BCE. It was discovered in 1882 in present-day Iraq, where the Babylonian city of Sippar once stood. The map depicts Mesopotamia, and above it, a story of how people during that time believed Earth was created. At the time, the Imago Mundi depicted the entirety of the known world. The Imago Mundi is now held in the British Museum.
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Q: What is the smallest country in the world?
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