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United States
Extreme Weather Kills 40
At least 40 people are dead after tornadoes, high winds, and wildfires hit more than a half-dozen states since Thursday. Fatalities occurred in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Missouri from tornadoes that raced at highway speeds on Friday through Saturday night and into Sunday morning. States of emergency were in effect due to storms in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas, where President Donald Trump said the National Guard had been deployed in a Sunday statement. The extreme storms have resulted in at least 12 deaths reported in Missouri, six in Mississippi and three each in Alabama and Arkansas. Dust storms that caused low visibility on Friday resulted in road crashes that killed at least eight people in Kansas and four others in Texas. Oklahoma officials confirmed at least four deaths due to “dangerous” wildfires with “straight-line-winds.” Around 39 tornadoes were reported from Friday to midday on Sunday.
This map depicts locations of tornado sightings or damage reported since Friday morning. Click on the map to learn more.
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Serbia
Largest Anti-Corruption Protests
Serbia’s largest-ever rally saw 325,000 people on the streets of capital city Belgrade to protest government corruption and dysfunction. The peaceful, student-led protest movement formed last November after 15 people were killed by a collapsing railway station roof in the city of Novi Sad. The protestors blamed corruption and lax oversight in construction projects for the incident, causing tens of thousands to take to the streets with the slogan “corruption kills.” Protesters are calling for President Aleksandar Vucic to resign; in retaliation, Vucic has been saying the protesters are planning violent attacks to provoke “civil war.” Despite concerns, Saturday’s massive protest largely passed without incident. Protesters are filing charges with the European Court of Human Rights and domestic courts against those who ordered an illegal sonic weapon attack to temporarily incapacitate protesters, though the government denies these accusations.
This map depicts cities where anti-corruption protests have occurred since November 2024. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: France24
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United States
Measles Outbreak Grows
An outbreak of the infectious disease measles that emerged in West Texas and neighboring New Mexico in January has continued to grow. With 301 infections reported nationwide as of Friday, 295 of which are part of the Texas-New Mexico outbreak, the total number of measles infections reported in 2025 has already surpassed the 285 infections reported in the U.S. in all of 2024. This outbreak caused the first U.S. measles death in a decade when an unvaccinated school-age child in Texas died in late February, and the death of another unvaccinated victim in New Mexico is still being evaluated to confirm if measles was the cause. Texas’ Gaines county, the worst location for infections by far with 174, is notable for its relatively low vaccination rate of only 82 percent of its kindergarten students. A vaccination rate of 95 percent is believed to be the minimum necessary to prevent outbreaks. While measles symptoms resolve on their own within a few weeks for most patients, the infection can cause long-term problems or death for babies and patients with weakened immune symptoms.
This map depicts the number of measles infections in the counties along the border of Texas and New Mexico. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What country is equidistant from the westernmost part of Europe, Portugal’s Atlantic Coast, and the most easterly part, the Ural Mountains?
A: Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Eastern and Southeast Europe, bordered by Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Hungary. Its coastline is on the Black Sea. The country is halfway between the equator and the North Pole and equidistant from the westernmost part of Europe—the Atlantic Coast—and the most easterly—the Ural Mountains. The Romanian landscape is approximately one-third mountainous and one-third forested, with the remainder made up of hills and plains. The country is centered on the Transylvanian Basin, around which the peaks of the Carpathian Mountains and their associated subranges form a series of crescents.
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Q: What is the only river in the world on which two capital cities developed on opposite banks, within sight of each other?
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