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A view of a Baiji oil refinery, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, February 19, 2008.
Conflict
An Iraqi oil refinery that was too important to destroy has just been destroyed
Global Politics
If China militarizes the South China Sea, the US ‘will have’ to respond
A passenger cools off a child using a pipe that supplies water to trains at a railway station on a hot summer day in the northern Indian city of Allahabad April 23, 2015.
Environment
Despite the extreme heat wave hitting India ‘you have to keep going’
A worker watches a production line of sparkling wine in a coastal Crimean village.
Food
Russians say ‘nyet’ to imported wine
Residents stand outside their homes as damaged cars are seen after a tornado hit the town of Ciudad Acuña, state of Coahuila.
Environment
Deadly tornado flips cars, wreaks havoc in Mexico. Across border, Texas faces flood.
A man works on the engine of his car, as motorists wait for fuel at a gas station in Abuja.
Business
In oil-rich Nigeria, just getting a tank of gas is an all-day endeavor
The Wolf volcano spews smoke and lava on Isabela Island, May 25.
Environment
Galapagos islands’ Wolf volcano erupts — rare pink iguanas not in danger