The World’s Largest Human Gathering Begins in India
About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe are expected to bathe in and around the Ganges in the religion’s ...
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Plane and passengers shake as magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits off coast of Japan
Tsunami alerts in southern Japan were lifted after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the coast of Kyushu on Monday. The ...
Millions Bathe in Holy Rivers as India Hosts the World’s Largest Religious Festival
PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the ...
The world’s largest gathering: how India plans to keep 400 million pilgrims safe at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival
The sheer scale of the Hindu festival makes it a disaster waiting to happen. From new underwater drones to AI surveillance, ...
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Recovery and resilience: 20 years after the Indian Ocean tsunami
Through collaborations with communities, Mercy Corps is supporting locally led disaster preparedness in the wake of the 2004 ...
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A dream come true: A couple’s visit to India’s Kumbh Mela
More than 400 million Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the biggest gathering of humanity in history - India's Maha ...
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Tsunami alert lifted after magnitude 6.7 earthquake rattles southwestern Japan
Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes because of its location along the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines ...
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Largest health care strike in Oregon history begins as thousands picket Providence hospitals
Some 5,000 hospital health care workers have walked off the job in Oregon as they picket all eight Providence hospitals in the state. The Oregon Nurses Association union says it's ...