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United States
Train Crash in West Virginia
On Wednesday, a train carrying GOP lawmakers to their annual policy retreat at the Greenbrier resort, hit a garbage truck in West Virginia, killing one person and leaving another seriously injured. The White House reported no lawmakers were injured. Two congressmen with medical experience administered CPR, while others carried an injured person across the tracks. The train was nearing the resort in White Sulphur Springs (along route 64), when it collided with the truck in Crozet, VA., about 125 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. 

This map depicts the location of the collision.  Click on the map to learn more.   
Graphic Source:  USA Today
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Myanmar / Burma
Mass Graves
According to the Associated Press, five mass graves containing Rohingya Muslims were uncovered in Gu Dar Pyin, Myanmar. In a report conducted by the news agency, eyewitness accounts from more than two dozen survivors were complied detailing the brutal military crackdown in the region. The discovery of the graves is being used as evidence to bolster charges leveled by the U.S. and United Nations of ethnic cleansing in the country. The Myanmar government has previously admitted responsibility for one mass grave found in another village. As of August 2017, more than 655,000 Rohingya have fled the country to neighboring Bangladesh.

This map depicts the Gu Dar Pyin village where the mass graves were uncovered. Click on the map to expand. 
Graphic Source: Google Maps
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China / Hong Kong
An End to Ivory 
In a historic vote, Hong Kong officials have voted 49 to 4 to outlaw the distribution and trade of ivory in the Chinese administrative region of Hong Kong.  Following mainland China's decision to ban the ivory trade, Hong Kong became the largest hub for ivory trading with many merchants arriving from China to take part in the business. This decision comes in an effort to reduce the hunting of elephants in Africa and Asia and revive the elephant populations that have dwindled due to poaching. It is estimated that 100 elephants are illegally killed every day in Africa.  The ban will go into effect in 2021. 

This map depicts the ivory trade routes coming out of Africa from 2000 to 2016. The ivory trade of the Asian elephant is not depicted. Click on the map to expand.
Graphic Source: Environmental Investigation Agency
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The Scent of a City 
Have you ever visited a city and noticed that the air seems cleaner? Or perhaps that it smells different? An English artist, Kate McLean, is creating "Smell Maps" of different cities. Her project launched when she began looking for the answer to the question, “What does home smell like?” Her first "Smell Map" was of Edinburgh, Scotland. She collected commentary from local residents about native smells and realized that scent is often linked to things like wind direction, rain, or changes in temperature. In her smell map of Brooklyn, New York, a resident stated that the streets smelt like “shattered dreams.” She proceeded to ask other residents what they thought that distinct smell actually was, they replied with “walking out of a bar with that typical stench of beer and cigarettes.” Scent is different for everyone and McLean’s maps can tell us a lot about our own unconscious distinction of scent. Check out more of her project, maybe there’s a smellmap of where you’re from!

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Yesterday's Answer
Q: Which country has the most renewable internal freshwater sources?

A: Brazil
Brazil has the most renewable internal freshwater sources. Their sources include precipitation, recharged ground water, and inflows from surrounding countries. Brazil has almost twice the internal sources as Russia, which is in second place. 
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Today's Question
Q: Which country is home to the largest desalination plant, by liters produced per day?
 
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