The US Department of State warns of recurring political protests throughout Togo. They began in August 2017, with some turning violent, especially in the northern city of Sokodé. Both protesters and security force members have been injured, and some have been killed, during the demonstrations. 

To break up demonstrations that have disrupted traffic in the city and on National Route 1, security forces have used tear gas and arrested protesters. Authorities also have interrupted...

After enduring three destructive hurricanes in late August and September, the Caribbean region is recovering. Though some islands suffered extensive damage to buildings, infrastructure and the landscape, 70% of the islands in the Caribbean suffered very little damage or no damage at all. 

As of press time, every commercial airport and nearly every cruise port was at least partially open and receiving passengers, and the infrastructure on nearly every island in the hardest-hit...

Extremely dangerous amounts of smog blanketed Delhi, in northern India, for more than a week in November, with smog levels reaching about 30 times the safe level as determined by the World Health Organization. The levels of particulates under 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5) were peaking at around 1,000 micrograms per cubic meter. (Breathing in such a concentration of particulates is similar to smoking 44 cigarettes a day, according to an independent environmental research group.)

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