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The symbolic Ferris Wheel, part of the Pripyat amusement park which was scheduled to open May 1, 1986. Image by Keith Adams via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. On April 26, 1986, a catastrophic accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. A planned shutdown of the reactor, lasting 20 seconds, seemed like a routine check of electrical equipment. However, a few seconds later, a chemical explosion released about 520 types of dangerous radionuclides into the atmosphere. Thirty-eight years later, Belarusian officials say 12 percent of the country's territory is still contaminated. The ...
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Screenshot of video showing officials trying to contain a forest fire in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Source: YouTube video of NBT WORLD. Fair use Since late March 2024, the level of PM 2.5 dust in Chiang Mai, Thailand, has increased at an alarming level until it became the world’s worst air quality. PM2.5 is a measure of particulate matter and an indicator of severe air pollution. Residents have bemoaned the slow response of the government in dealing with the emergency situation. The AQI scale. Screenshot via Youtube Authorities blamed the recurring haze on forest fires and the burning of land for a...
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Fifteen-year-old Islam Khalilov led more than 100 people out of Crocus City Hall during the terrorist attack. Screenshot of YouTube video by BakuTV YouTube Channel. Fair use. Russia is mourning after the largest terrorist attack in years occurred in Moscow on the night of March 22, leaving over 143 people dead, according to the latest official figures. Experts predict that the xenophobia and racism that are rampant in Russia will become even more pronounced now, as the individuals detained for the terrorist act are allegedly Muslims related to the Islamic State. As the exiled independent Russi...
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The author's four-generation land and home were destroyed by Israeli F16 rockets in January, reducing it to rubble. Photo provided by the author, used with permission. On January 12, a message arrived from my sister in Gaza, bearing the devastating news: our parents’ home, a sanctuary of memories, had been razed by Israeli F16 rockets, reducing our beloved home to rubble. This is no ordinary house. Within its walls, I took my first uncertain steps, and my laughter and tears echoed through its very foundations. It was sacred ground, where I grew up alongside my beloved siblings, cocooned in a w...
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Bikini Atoll nuclear test site. Marshall Islands. Photo by Ron Van Oers / UNESCO. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO Pacific communities marked the 70th year of nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll in Marshall Islands by highlighting the demand for justice and accountability. March 1 is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, but in Marshall Islands it is commemorated as Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day in honor of the victims of Castle Bravo, the codename for the thermonuclear bomb test made by the United States military. The 15-megaton bomb dropped on Bikini Atoll was the equivalent...
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Graffiti paintings on the Israeli West Bank barrier by Banksy near Qalandia – July 2005. Photo by Szater on Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Note: This post contains graphic imagery in the links, which may be disturbing to some readers. During my childhood living in Jerusalem and the West Bank, I absorbed the lessons taught in elementary school that painted a picture of justice prevailing in the universe. However, my experiences at the Qalandia checkpoint, where Israeli soldiers treated Palestinian children and adults going to school and work with hostility, made me question these teachings. ...
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Feature image via Canva Pro. By Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie This article was first published in the Jamaica Gleaner and is republished below with permission. On February 7, an overturned vessel off the southern shores of Tobago caused a catastrophic spill with an oil-like substance, leading Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley to declare a national emergency. Distressing photographs show thick black sludge in the island’s coastal waters, smothering vast expanses of beach and mangroves. Urgent calls for volunteers to aid in the extensive cleanup effort have been issued, as neighbourin...
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Amazigh women carry the heaters distributed by the Moroccan Biodiversity and Livelihoods Association (MBLA) to their campsite, where their heat will render the cold mountain nights more tolerable. Photo by Rowan Glass, 2023, used with permission. All images in this photo essay are courtesy of Rowan Glass, 2023, and are used with permission. In the Marrakesh-Safi region of south-central Morocco, where a catastrophic earthquake struck on September 8, last year, thousands of people in the heavily affected High Atlas Mountains remain homeless and vulnerable as they rebuild their lives amid the rui...
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Feature image via Canva Pro. On Wednesday February 7, just prior to the much anticipated long weekend for Trinidad and Tobago Carnival when many Trinidadians who are not participating in the festival head to the sister isle for a beach getaway, an overturned ship caused an oil spill, darkening Tobago's turquoise blue waters, polluting them with sludge (thought to be diesel), and causing an environmental hazard. As the oil continued to seep out of the tanker from its location off the island's south-west coast — an estimated 15 kilometres (9 miles) of coastline was initially affected — cleanup e...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva February 6 marks one year since a deadly earthquake, described as the “disaster of the century,” struck Turkey’s southern region. At 4:17 a.m. local time, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey's Gaziantep province. Hours later, Turkey's Kahramanmaras province was hit by a 7.5 magnitude quake. Some eleven provinces in total were affected. The authorities issued a level 4 warning — the highest level of warning used for emergencies and very serious hazards — and asked for international assistance. Officially, the earthquake abruptly ended the lives of some 50,000 reside...
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