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Spain
Madrid Extends Virus Restrictions
Spain is now seeing more new daily COVID-19 infections than any other country in the European Union. The capital region around Madrid is counting more than 1,000 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants, which is a rate that is nearly three times the national Spanish average. This map by AFP uses data from the Madrid regional government and shows the zones of the Spanish capital where restrictions have been imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19. At least 850,000 people are already affected with local officials expected to announce further districts to be added to the current partial lockdown this Friday. The current restrictions prevent people from entering or leaving restricted areas except for work, education, or to seek medical care. The Madrid region has recorded 202,600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 9,129 deaths.
This map depicts the zones in the Spanish capital where restrictions have already been imposed to slow the spread of the virus. Click on the map to expand.
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North Korea
South Korean Killed
A South Korean fisheries official went missing earlier this week and was found murdered by military personnel in North Korea. The attack is believed to be the first time North Korean forces have shot and killed a South Korean citizen since 2008. The man who was killed was 47 years old and was working on a patrol boat monitoring fishers in the water when he went missing on Monday. He was later found floating in North Korean waters wearing a life vest. Some believe there was some evidence to suggest he was attempting to defect to North Korea, however the man’s brother told journalists that his late brother was unlikely to defect. After his body was found, North Korean troops arrived in gas masks and shot and burned the man’s body.
This map depicts the location where the South Korean man was found dead. Click on the map to expand.
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Graphic Source: AFP
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China
Internment Camps Uncovered
China has built approximately 380 internment camps in the western Xinjiang region, and is continuing construction on at least 14, according to a recent study by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). ASPI used satellite imagery and survivor accounts to track and map the detention centers, which range from minimum security camps to fortified prisons. The detentiton centers have been described by authorities as vocational training and re-education centers aimed to combat poverty and threats of terrorism, however, those who have escaped the camps describe abuses including torture and coercive birth control. This latest study reveals at least 100 more camps than had previously been discovered, and contrasts recent claims from Chinese officials that detention of Uighurs in Xinjiang has been “winding down.”
This map depicts the locations of detention centers in the western Xinjiang region of China. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: The only international quadripoint, a single point where four national boundaries meet, connects which four countries?
A: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
While there are many instance of two or three countries converging on a single point, the African Quadripoint, located in the Zambezi River in southern Africa, is the only place in the world where the borders of four countries meet. The borders in the area have been contentious in the past; fighting broke out between Namibia and Botswana after both countries laid claim to a ferry transport system shuttling people across the river.
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Q: The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, home to the country’s only ice-free European port, borders which two countries?
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