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Jack Fire; Arizona, USA, June 2016

Taken on 2016-06-14

'The Jack Fire is located in the Coconino National Forest in Arizona began on May 29, 2016 was started by lightning. The Jack Fire has consumed 32,500acres.'

Source: US Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service/Flickr

Uploaded by kirstieb on 2016-07-09

Students for a Free Tibet Protest Dam Construction; Guwahati, India, March 2016

Taken on 2016-03-14

Activists from Students for a Free Tibet gather at the bank of the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati, Assam. They do so to raise awareness of the damming, mining and planned diversion, by China, of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, the upper stream of Brahmaputra that flows through Tibet.

Source: Students for A Free Tibet/Facebook

Uploaded by Alison Cooke on 2016-03-14

Tianjin Explosion; China, Aug 2015

Taken on 2015-08-13

A series of explosions in the city of Tianjin killed at least 44 people and 500 were hospitalized, 66 of them for critical injuries. The initial explosion erupted at a warehouse for a logistics company in an industrial area of the port city. The state-run news agency Xinhua reported that an explosion tore through a warehouse storing "dangerous and chemical goods."

Source: Illuminat Investigation/Lovely Mickey - Youtube

Uploaded by Taylor on 2015-08-13

ऐतिहासिक दिनको कर्तव्य निर्वाह

Taken on 2015-07-31

The images show rescue operation performed by the Armed Police Force in Kaski District, Nepal. The devastation was caused by heavy monsoon rainfall which triggered landslides in Kaski, Myagdi, Baglung and Chitwan.

Source: Armed Police Force, Nepal

Uploaded by Alison Cooke on 2017-04-07

Devastation Caused by the Tbilisi Zoo by Flood; Georgia, June 2015

Taken on 2015-06-14

Following hours of heavy rainfall, a landslide dammed up the Vere river late on 13 June 2015. The resulting flood inflicted severe damage on the Tbilisi Zoo, a highway running through the Vere valley, and nearby houses, resulting in at least 12 deaths, including three zoo workers. One of them, a 56-year woman, had recently returned to work after having had an arm amputated two weeks earlier after a tiger mauled it. bout 36 people were admitted for mild-to-moderate injuries; most of them were discharged from hospitals on the same day. Of the 24 people reported as missing as of late 14 June, ten remained unaccountable for on 15 June.[6] More than 40 families were left homeless and 22,000 people were left without electricity. The Georgian government reported a preliminary estimated flood damage cost of approximately GEL 40 million.

Source: ზვიად ავალიანი (Zviad Avaliani)

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2015-06-15

Peru’s government has responded to the Tia Maria protests by sending in the army.

Taken on 2015-05-12

The Tia Maria mine is a large copper mine located in the south of Peru in Moquegua Region. The project is operated by Southern Copper Corporation with Newmont Mining Corporation owning a share. In 2011, there were protests against the project which led to the death of three people. Concern about the impact on agriculture led the project to be put on hold. A revised Environmental Impact Assessment by Geoservice Ingeniería for Southern Copper Corporation was approved in August, 2014. The construction permit is pending. A new round of farmer-led protests began in March 2015 and have already taken five lives in more than 60 days of regional strikes. On May 23 the state proclaimed a state of emergency for Islay province, in the south of the country. Farmers fear the project will contaminate the River Tambo vital for their rice crops.

Uploaded by Taylor on 2015-06-13

Gas Leak Explosion in East Village New York City, United States, Mar 2015

Taken on 2015-03-26

A devastating gas explosion affected the East Village on Thursday March 26, 2015, causing four buildings to become engulfed in flames, with two collapsing and a third in danger of falling down. At least 19 people were injured — four critically — and one was missing.

Source: Twitter/Scott Westerfeld

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2015-03-28

Oak Flat Copper Mining Conflict; Arizona, U.S., Feb-March 2015

Taken on 2015-03-18

About 100 miles north of Tucson, Resolution Copper Mining wants to build a mine in Superior, a town of 2,800 people, that could yield 1 billion pounds of copper a year. The land Resolution wants includes the 760-acre Oak Flat Withdrawal Area, which was deemed off-limits to future mining by a 1955 land order signed by President Dwight Eisenhower. The bill would overturn that order. The mine would devastate the surface of Oak Flat, an area sacred to Apache tribes. It’s an ancestral home for several clans of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, some of whom are protesting the development.

Uploaded by Taylor on 2015-07-28

UN Climate Change Summit in New York, September 2014

Taken on 2014-09-24

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted the Climate Summit 2014 at UN headquarters in New York on 23 September. In inviting world leaders, from government, finance, business, and civil society, the Secretary-General asked them to bring bold announcements and actions to the Summit that will reduce emissions, strengthen climate resilience, and mobilize political will for a meaningful legal agreement in 2015.

Source: UN Photo

Uploaded by SamiGoat on 2014-10-03