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Sudan
Thousands Flee Ethnic Killings
Thousands of people have been forced to flee the Sudanese region of West Darfur amid fears of ethnic cleansing. The paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been accused of targeting and killing non-Arabs after capturing the Sudanese army headquarters in West Darfur’s capital of El Geneina in recent days. Since their capture, the RSF and allied Arab militias have been accused of murdering thousands of ethnic Basalt people, looting homes and raping women. Both groups reportedly attacked a camp for internally displaced people in Erdamta, close to El Geneina, which resulted in 800 deaths. RSF has been battling the army for control of the country since April, but it says it is not involved in what it describes as a “tribal conflict.” Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) says that most of the 7,000 people who have crossed into Chad in recent days are women and children fleeing with nothing. However, thousands remain trapped in Sudan as Arab militias demand large sums of money to cross the border.
This map depicts the numbers of internally-displaced people (IDPs) in Sudan and newly-arrived refugees in neighboring countries. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: ReliefWeb
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United States
State of Emergency in Virginia
In response to uncontained wildfires, the governor of Virginia declared a state of emergency on Monday which will last for 30 days. The state is experiencing extreme drought conditions and high winds, which created an ideal environment for the wildfires to spread. Two of the wildfires, The Quaker Run Fire and the Tuggles Gap Fire, have crossed containment lines. The Quaker Run Fire is forty percent contained, but has burned about 2,800 acres, 670 of which were inside of Shenandoah National Park. The Tuggles Gap Fire has burned about 500 acres and is about ten percent contained. Fires of any kind have been banned inside the park for visitors, and some residents have been encouraged to evacuate. Governor Youngkin’s Executive Order 29, which declared the state of emergency, also directs state and local governments to “implement recovery and mitigation operations… as much as possible.”
This map depicts the locations of the two uncontained wildfires in Virginia. Click on the map to learn more.
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Mars
Curiosity’s 4,000th Day on Mars
The National Aeronautics & Space Administration’s (NASA) Curiosity Rover has reached 4,000 (Martian) days of service exploring the Red Planet. Curiosity was launched on November 26, 2011 and landed in the Gale Crater on August 5, 2012. Since that time, it has travelled just over 19 miles (31 km) as it has wended its way up Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp). Along the way it has analyzed Martian soil and rocks for chemical and mineral signs of water and life. Since September, a filter wheel on one of its cameras has been stuck and NASA’s engineers are working out ways to adjust that. Despite accumulated wear on its drill and robotic-arm joints, software updates have calibrated Curiosity’s controls to make drives less damaging to the wheels over time, and its nuclear battery is in good working order and should continue to provide many more years of power.
This map depicts the path taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover since landing on Mars over 4,000 Martian days ago. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What is the name of this hill, which has been the site of two world expositions and a major fire in Paris, France?
A: Chaillot
The hill of Chaillot was first selected for the 1867 World’s Fair. The Palais du Trocadéro was built on the hill of Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower in the 16th arrondissement, by architect Gabriel Davioud for the Exposition Universelle of 1878. This ephemeral construction of grandeur was richly imagined for the Paris world fairs. Paris hosted seven world fairs beginning in 1855 and ending in 1937, drawing visitors from around the world. In 1900, Paris broke records with more than 50 million visitors and 83,000 exhibitors at that year’s Fair. Palais du Trocadéro was replaced by the Palais de Chaillot for 1937’s International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques. It was on the front terrace of the palace that Adolf Hitler was pictured during his short tour of the city in 1940, with the Eiffel Tower in the background. This became an iconic image of the Second World War. The Palais de Chaillot is where the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948, and was also the initial headquarters of NATO.
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Q: What country, which is the world’s second-largest producer of quinoa, is experiencing drought, forest fires, and soil erosion as a result of this year’s El Niño weather pattern?
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