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<p>Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the infamous boss of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was recaptured in northwest Mexico on the morning of January 8, 2016, and sent back to the prison he broke out of in July 2015 through a mile-long tunnel from his cell.</p><p>The strange Hollywood-style tale of the second prison escape by El Chapo became stranger still when Guzman's desire to film a biopic and a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-official-sean-penn-led-us-to-drug-lord-joaquin-el-chapo-guzman/" target="_blank">secret meeting with actor Sean Penn</a> helped lead to his arrest.</p><p>In this photo, El Chapo is escorted by soldiers during a presentation at the hangar belonging to the office of the Attorney General in Mexico City, January 8, 2016.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/drug-lord-joaquin-el-chapos-prison-tunnel-escape/" target="_blank">Photos: Mexican drug lord's brazen tunnel escape</a></p>
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<p>A soldier keeps watch outside the house where five people were shot dead during an operation to recapture the world's top drug lord El Chapo Guzman at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis, Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 10, 2016.</p><p>A secret meeting that Hollywood star Sean Penn orchestrated with El Chapo in a jungle hideout late 2015 helped Mexico's government catch the world's most wanted drug lord, sources said.</p>
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<p>A view of the entrance to the room of the roadside motel Doux where an operation to recapture El Chapo concluded on January 8, 2016 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa state, Mexico.</p><p>Guzman, head of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, was captured in an early morning raid that killed five.</p>
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<p>It was only the latest in a series of brazen escapes. In 2015, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman broke out of a Mexican prison by riding a motorcycle through an escape tunnel constructed three stories underground through dirt and rock.</p>
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<p>Mexico's Attorney General Arely Gomez Gonzalez (2nd R) looks into the entrance of a tunnel connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape on July 12, 2015.</p><p>He was recaptured, but broke out of prison again a year later.</p>
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<p>Actor Sean Penn (L) shakes hands with Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in Mexico, in this undated Rolling Stone photo obtained by Reuters on January 10, 2016. The photo was taken for authentication purposes to verify a meeting in late 2015 between the two men.</p><p>The recapture of El Chapo took a bizarre twist when <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-official-sean-penn-led-us-to-drug-lord-joaquin-el-chapo-guzman/" target="_blank">Penn's exclusive secret interview with the drug lord</a>, while Guzman was on the run, was published in Rolling Stone magazine January 10. Mexican officials confirmed that the interview led authorities to Guzman in a rural part of Durango state in October.</p>
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<p>Actress Kate del Castillo, best known for her 2011 role playing a drug kingpin in a Mexican TV series, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kate-del-castillo-drug-lord-el-chapo-link-hollywood/" target="_blank">reportedly brokered the secret meeting</a> with Sean Penn and El Chapo. Penn wrote, "He was interested in seeing the story of his life told on film, but would entrust its telling only to Kate."</p>
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<p>Penn (C) with his traveling companions transfer to the Hotel Villa Ganz where they will register, leave their luggage and then travel in two vehicles from Guadalajara to the Paraiso del Sol in Tepic, Nayarit state, October 2, 2015.</p>
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<p>Actor Sean Penn arrives from Los Angeles and enters the Hotel Villa Ganz in Guadalajara on October 2, 2015, ahead of his meeting with El Chapo.</p>
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<p>Bullet holes are seen on a door inside the house where five people were shot dead during an operation to recapture the world's top drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis, Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 10, 2016.</p>
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<p>A destroyed microwave oven is seen next to a wall with bullet holes in a safe house, where five people were shot dead during an operation on Friday to recapture "El Chapo" Guzman, at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis in Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 11.</p>
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<p>Forensic technicians and soldiers stand outside a safe house where five people were shot dead during an operation to recapture drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in Los Mochis, Mexico, January 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>The Mexican government released video January 11, 2016 of the raid on El Chapo's safe house. An injured Mexican Marine is seen on the ground during an operation to capture Guzman in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, in this still image taken from the video released by the Mexican Navy.</p><p>Only one of the military sustained injuries.</p>
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<p>Mexican Marines raid a house looking for El Chapo in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, in this still image taken from a January 8, 2016 video released by the Mexican Navy on January 11.</p>
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<p>A view of a door connecting to a tunnel leading to the city's drains used by El Chapo to escape is seen in Los Mochis, Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 11, 2016.</p><p>The world's most-wanted drug boss gave Mexican security forces the slip by opening a secret doorway hidden behind a mirror and descending into a sophisticated tunnel leading to the city's drains.</p>
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<p>Mexican Marines detain a man during an operation to capture Guzman in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, in this still image taken from a January 8, 2016 video released by the Mexican Navy on January 11.</p>
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<p>Blood stains are visible on the floor next to a plate bearing the house number of a safe house, where five people were shot dead during an operation on Friday to recapture "El Chapo" Guzman, at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis in Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 11.</p>
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<p>Some of the firearms confiscated inside Guzman's house in Sinaloa, Mexico, after his capture on January 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>DVDs of a telenovela TV series, "The Queen of the South," are seen on the sheets of a bed inside a safe house on January 8, 2016 at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis in Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 11.</p><p>The telenovela is the story of a young female drug kingpin, played by Kate del Castillo. Castillo was handpicked by Guzman to help make his biopic come to life and coordinated the meeting with Sean Penn.</p>
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<p>A view of the kitchen of a safe house after an operation on January 8, 2016, to recapture El Chapo, at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis in Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 11.</p>
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<p>One of El Chapo's dead henchmen at the safe house.</p>
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<p>Bullet holes are seen on a wall of a safe house, where five people were shot dead during an operation on January 8, 2016 to recapture El Chapo at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis, in Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 11, 2016.</p>
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<p>A view of a stair at a house that was used by Guzman to escape to the city's drains before he was recaptured, is pictured in Los Mochis, in Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 11, 2016.</p><p>El Chapo entered the sewer system through a manhole. It took those chasing him 90 minutes to to locate the passageway and give chase.</p>
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<p>A view of a tunnel connected from a house to the city's drains used by El Chapo to escape in Los Mochis in Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 11, 2016.</p>
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<p>A soldier tries pull out a weapon found in a drain from where Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped before being captured at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis, Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 9, 2016.</p>
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<p>Soldiers stand outside a safe house, where five people were shot dead during an operation on January 8, 2016 to recapture the world's top drug lord El Chapo, at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis, Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 9, 2016.</p>
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<p>One of the cars used by drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to escape before he was recaptured on January 8, 2016 is pictured inside a car impound lot in Los Mochis, Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 10. Mexican authorities reported that Guzman and another man stole a car once out of the tunnels. They were spotted on a highway near the city and detained.</p><p>The writing on the windshield reads "Do not touch."</p>
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<p>Caps are seen inside one of the cars used by drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to escape before he was recaptured on January 8, 2016, at a car impound lot in Los Mochis, Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 10, 2016.</p>
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<p>El Chapo, in a filthy undershirt after his sewer escape, is seen here after being taken into custody on January 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>El Chapo is seen here in handcuffs after being taken into custody on January 8, 2016 and detained in a motel, after nearly six months on the run following his second prison escape.</p><p>Guzman vanished from his cell late July 11, 2015 even though he was wearing a monitoring bracelet and surveillance cameras were trained on the room 24 hours a day, Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said.</p>
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<p>A cameraman films next to a weapon found in a drain from where Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped before being captured at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis, Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 9, 2016.</p>
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<p>A soldier mans his machine gun atop an armored vehicle in a checkpoint at the hometown of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the municipality of Badiraguato, Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 9, 2016.</p><p>Mexico's government had offered a $3.8 million reward for the capture of "El Chapo" Guzman and sacked top prison officials amid suspicions that guards helped him escape.</p>
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<p>Recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by soldiers at the hangar belonging to the office of the Attorney General in Mexico City, January 8, 2016</p>
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<p>Soldiers escort drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman into a helicopter during a presentation to the media in Mexico City, January 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>El Chapo's mugshot after he was recaptured.</p>
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<p>Mexican media are reporting that this is undated photo is of El Chapo in a jail cell.</p><p>The Mexican prison officials in charge of preventing<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-president-el-chapo-re-arrested/" target="_blank">Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman</a> from escaping incarceration for a third time are<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/el-chapo-guzman-capture-mexico-extraordinary-measures-third-escape/" target="_blank"> taking extreme measures</a>, according to a report in the El Universal newspaper. Those measures include moving him to different cells, deploying sniffer dogs trained to detect El Chapo's scent and reinforced floors with steel.</p>
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<p>Juan Pablo Badillo, a lawyer representing drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, shows reporters an injunction against extradition to the United States, outside the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary, where Guzman is imprisoned in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, January 9, 2016.</p>
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<p>Residents walk by the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary, where drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is imprisoned, in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, January 10, 2016.</p><p>Guzman escaped from the very same maximum security prison nearly six months earlier.</p>
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<p>The World Health Organization has declared the spread of the Zika virus to be a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-virus-declared-a-global-health-emergency/">global emergency</a>. America has yet to see a major outbreak and isn't considered to be at high risk, but some states have started to battle the disease. Meanwhile, authorities in South America fear the worst isn't over yet.</p><p>Brazil is the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-virus-outbreak-brazil-epicenter-world-health-organization-geneva-public-health-emergency/">epicenter</a> of the Zika outbreak, which has reportedly infected at least 1.5 million people there. Brazil also was the first to report a surge in newborns with <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-virus-and-pregnancy-what-women-need-to-know/">microcephaly</a> that parallels the outbreak. At least 4,100 infants reportedly have been born with that condition, compared with fewer than 150 in 2014.</p>
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<p>Brazil's National Biosafety Committee has mobilized armed forces and approved the release of insecticides and <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazilian-piracicaba-town-using-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-to-fight-zika/">genetically modified mosquitoes</a> to combat the virus, but <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/alarming-facts-about-the-zika-virus/5/" target="_blank">fear</a> is still high, particularly around the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/united-states-olympic-committee-tries-to-ease-athletes-zika-virus-fears/">Olympic games</a> slated for Rio in August; the U.S. Olympic Committee has said it will discuss potential risk with employees and sports leaders.</p>
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<p>Researchers in Colombia have recently identified their first cases of birth defects believed to be linked to Zika - a finding that could signal a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-colombia-on-the-verge-of-a-zika-linked-wave-of-birth-defects/" target="_blank">wave</a> of related birth defects in that country. </p>
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<p>According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico could become infected with the Zika virus in the coming months. CDC Director Tom Frieden traveled to the U.S. territory in March to monitor the situation, citing more than 100 cases already on the island.</p><p>"Puerto Rico is on the frontline of the battle against Zika," said Frieden. "And it's an uphill battle."</p>
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<p>Hawaii is already fighting a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-faces-challenges-fighting-dengue-outbreak/" target="_blank">troubling outbreak of dengue fever</a>, a disease carried by the same mosquitoes that transmit Zika. And the battle may worsen: Hawaii has strong anti-pesticide sentiment and tropical conditions, and is suffering from under-staffing in its Department of Health.</p><p>At last count, the state has logged <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/united-states.html" target="_blank">five</a> Zika cases, all travel-related.</p>
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<p>The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and a state public health lab in Austin are on the front lines of testing and studying the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-virus-vaccine-lab-university-of-texas-medical-branch-galveston/">Zika virus</a>.</p><p>According to the latest count, Texas has at least 19 confirmed Zika patients.</p>
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<p>So far Texas' cases are travel-related, though at least one patient reportedly contracted the disease sexually from someone who was infected abroad. But mosquitoes that spread the virus can thrive here.</p><p>"It's only a matter of time before Zika virus is locally transmitted here by mosquitoes," Dr. John Hellerstedt, commissioner of the state health department, said recently in a statement.</p>
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<p>Of all the U.S. states with confirmed cases of Zika virus, Florida has seen the most. At last count, the Sunshine State has <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article63832337.html">faced</a> at least 50 cases, though none have spread locally.</p>
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<p>All of Florida's cases are believed to be travel-related, meaning that the sickness was contracted outside U.S. borders, according to that state's health department.</p><p>Among the confirmed cases: At least four pregnant women. Floridians have been urged to dump or cover anything on their property that holds standing water, all the better to fight mosquitoes and their virus-spreading bites.</p>
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<p>Mexico has been <a href="http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/zika-outbreak/Pages/Zika-countries-with-transmission.aspx" target="_blank">listed</a> by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control as a country seeing "increasing or widespread transmission" of the Zika virus. At least 11 pregnant women have been <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-mexico-idUSKCN0W33CR" target="_blank">diagnosed</a> with Zika in that country, among more than 120 total cases.</p>
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<p>The CDC has recorded at least one confirmed Zika patient in the U.S. Virgin Islands. That case was contracted locally. American Samoa, a U.S. territory in the Pacific, has seen at least 13 cases.</p><p>Both territories are under a CDC travel advisory urging Americans to use caution if visiting those spots and encouraging pregnant women to stay away.</p>
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<p>At least 5,000 official <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuela-says-3-dead-from-zika-virus-complications/" target="_blank">cases</a> of Zika have been reported in this country alone, though doctors and local health organizations <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-venezuela-idUSKCN0W6255" target="_blank">suspect</a> that the number is much higher.</p>
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<p>Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Costa Rica all have been <a href="http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/zika-outbreak/Pages/Zika-countries-with-transmission.aspx" target="_blank">listed</a> by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control as suffering from "increasing or widespread transmission" of Zika.</p>
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<p>The two countries share an island that saw the first signs of outbreak in January. At least 10 cases of Zika have been diagnosed in the Dominican Republic.</p>
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<p>Doctors have reported that at least two people suffering from a rare paralyzing <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/zika-virus-outbreak/two-cases-link-zika-paralyzing-condition-n531386" target="_blank">condition</a> on the Caribbean island of Martinique had evidence of Zika infection. Barbados, Martinique, Grenadines, St. Vincent and St. Martin are all under a CDC travel <a href="http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/alert/zika-virus-caribbean" target="_blank">advisory</a>.</p>
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<p>The Zika virus has been linked to a surge in the number of <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-babies-with-microcephaly/">babies born with microcephaly</a> in Brazil, a birth defect which causes infants to be born with abnormally small heads and corresponding brain damage.</p><p>Health officials in Brazil report more than 4,000 babies in Brazil were born with microcephaly in recent months, up from fewer than 150 in 2014. Brazil's health officials say they're convinced the jump is connected to Zika. "We are looking at the beginning of an epidemic in a country that has in between 200,000 and 300,000 births per year," said Rodrigo Stabeli, vice president of the Rio de Janeiro-based Fiocruz research institute.</p>
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<p>There is currently no Zika vaccine and no cure. The U.S. National Institutes of Health is ramping up efforts to develop a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-virus-what-you-need-to-know/" target="_blank">vaccine</a>, but the process will take time. In the meantime, the only way to treat Zika is to try to ease its symptoms.</p>
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<p>A number of Zika patients in Brazil have also developed a rare autoimmune condition called <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-virus-guillain-barre-syndrome-paralysis/" target="_blank">Guillain-Barré syndrome</a>, which can cause at least temporary paralysis.</p><p>One <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-survivor-all-of-my-joints-felt-like-lead-weights/" target="_blank">survivor</a> told CBS News, “I was paralyzed, I could not walk. All of my joints felt like lead weights.”</p><p>Most patients recover after a few weeks, but if the paralysis affects breathing it can be fatal.</p>
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<p>The mosquito behind the Zika virus seems to operate like a “heat-driven missile of disease.” The hotter it gets, the better the mosquito that carries Zika virus is at transmitting its buffet of dangerous illnesses, which also includes <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-dengue-fever-outbreak-grows/">dengue fever</a> and <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsay-lohan-has-chikungunya-virus-what-is-this-nasty-illness/">chikungunya</a>, scientists say.</p><p>“With <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/higher-temperatures-make-zika-more-likely-to-spread/" target="_blank">higher temperatures</a> you have more mosquitoes feeding more frequently and having a greater chance of acquiring infection. And then the virus replicates faster because it’s hotter, therefore the mosquitoes can transmit earlier in their life,” said entomologist Bill Reisen of the University of California Davis.</p>
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<p>In August 2016, after numerous cases of locally transmitted Zika were discovered just north of downtown Miami, Florida, the CDC issued its first travel advisory for the continental U.S. </p><p>Pregnant women were urged to avoid travel to an area of <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/travel-advisory-issued-for-zika-transmission-area-in-florida/" target="_blank">Miami-Dade County</a> known as the Wynwood arts district, as well as a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-and-zika-anxiety-spreads-to-miami-beach/">portion of Miami Beach</a>. Wynwood is a trendy neighborhood of art galleries, open-air exhibits, bars, restaurants, boutiques... and now, infected mosquitoes. </p><p>In addition, the CDC says, “Pregnant women and their sexual partners who are concerned about potential Zika virus exposure may also consider postponing nonessential travel to all parts of Miami-Dade County.”</p>
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<p>Conditions in the Sunshine State are especially conducive for Zika; the mosquitoes that spread the virus thrive in Florida’s hot, humid climate. The first cases of locally-transmitted Zika in the U.S. were confirmed in late July 2016 in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties in South Florida.</p><p>“We’re a state that has the mosquitoes that are similar to the mosquitoes that could carry this, so it is better to get ahead of this,” Gov. Rick Scott said.</p><p>In December 2016, several suspected cases of local transmission were also reported in Texas.</p>
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<p>Officials say symptoms of Zika in adults are generally mild, and can include a slight fever, rash, red eyes, headache and joint pain in the hands and feet. As such, they’re not necessarily symptoms that most people would go get checked out.</p>
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<p>What’s even scarier, 80 percent of Zika patients show no symptoms at all, which means it’s likely there are many more cases than the official numbers indicate. It also means a person could be infected with <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-florida-is-doing-to-stop-the-zika-virus/" target="_blank">Zika</a> and not even know it -- while still spreading it to others.</p>
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<p>In the U.S., public health departments in numerous states and counties have been hard hit by budget cuts, which could impact their response to a Zika outbreak, Dr. Lee Norman, chief medical officer at The University of Kansas Hospital, told <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-virus-guillain-barre-syndrome-paralysis/" target="_blank">CBS News</a>. He’s also an intelligence officer in disaster medicine planning in the United States Army National Guard.</p><p>The head of the CDC, Dr. Tom Frieden, told CBS News: “I’m <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-director-doctor-tom-frieden-im-deeply-concerned-about-stopping-zika-transmission/">concerned we won’t have the resources</a> we need to have a robust response, come up with better ways to find the virus and better ways to get rid of the mosquito.”</p>
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<p>The CDC has put out a set of guidelines with the aim of stemming the transmission of Zika through <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-virus-can-spread-by-any-type-of-sex/" target="_blank">sex</a>. Both men and women can spread the virus to their partners through sexual contact. Officials suggest that men who live in or have travelled to a country with a Zika outbreak should abstain from sex or use condoms while having sex with a woman who is pregnant or may become pregnant. </p><p>Pregnant women who have been to affected areas should talk about it with their doctor and get tested. If they show symptoms of illness, testing should be done within the first week.</p>
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<p>Women in El Salvador, parts of Brazil and some other affected areas are being advised to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-face-of-zika-virus-women-ponder-abortion-childlessness/">avoid pregnancy</a> for up to two years. But a huge number of pregnancies every year are unplanned, and many women in the region have limited access to birth control.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/zika/pregnancy/index.html" target="_blank">CDC has more information</a> about Zika and staying safe during pregnancy.</p>
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<p>Before thousands of people descended upon Rio for the Olympics in August 2016, some raised concerns that the event could be a ticking time bomb for a wider outbreak. But the World Health Organization said in June that it foresaw a “very low risk” of further spread, since the games were scheduled for Brazil’s winter season when mosquitoes are less of a problem.</p>
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<p>British long jump champion Greg Rutherford decided to have some of his sperm frozen before heading to the Rio Games this summer, his partner said, over fears the Zika virus could impact their plans to have more children.</p><p>Several <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rory-mcilroy-northern-ireland-golfer-skip-rio-olympics-zika-virus/">well-known athletes</a> and journalists, including NBC’s <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/savannah-guthrie-will-skip-rio-games-due-to-pregnancy/">Savannah Guthrie</a>, who is pregnant, decided to skip the Rio Olympics due to concerns about Zika.</p>
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<p>Since the first local case of Zika virus was confirmed in Brazil in May 2015, health officials estimate between 440,000 and 1.3 million people there have caught it. The <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mosquito-borne-zika-virus-found-in-puerto-rico/" target="_blank">mosquito-borne illness</a> was first identified in the Americas less than two years ago and has spread rapidly across South and Central America and the Caribbean.</p><p>The World Health Organization estimates that up to four million people will likely contract the virus in the next year.</p>
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<p>Dr. Angela Rocha, who heads up the effort to understand and manage the crisis at the Oswaldo Cruz Hospital in Recife, Brazil, told CBS News that in her four decades as a pediatric infectious disease specialist, she has never seen anything like <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-epicenter-of-zika-virus-anguished-parents-in-brazil-seek-answers/" target="_blank">this outbreak</a>.</p><p>“This is different,” she said. “It’s a generation of babies with disability, which is a huge social, economic and public health problem.”</p>
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<p>According to the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/index.html" target="_blank">CDC</a>, spread of the virus through blood transfusion has been reported. As such, the American Red Cross has requested prospective <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fear-of-zika-virus-spreads-to-latin-america-travel/" target="_blank">donors</a> who have visited countries affected by the viral outbreak to wait at least 28 days before giving blood.</p>
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<p>In order to prevent mosquito bites, the CDC recommends wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants when outside in affected countries. Thousands of revelers at this year’s Carnival festival, in early February 2016, however, wore a lot less. The celebration is famous for its skimpy costumes, and many revelers wear little more than shorts and bikini tops.</p>
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<p>It’s not just Brazil. The CDC has named more than 50 countries and territories in its most recent <a href="http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/zika-travel-information" target="_blank">travel alert</a>, including most of South and Central America, the Caribbean, and a number of islands in the South Pacific.</p><p>Pregnant women are urged to avoid travel to these areas, and anyone who visits should protect themselves from mosquito bites.</p>
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<p>Global sporting events, like the Olympics, can be a flashpoint for infectious disease outbreaks.</p><p>In fact, many believe Zika started spreading as far back as the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zika-survivor-all-of-my-joints-felt-like-lead-weights/" target="_blank">World Cup in 2014</a>, when hundreds of thousands of fans from around the world descended on cities throughout Brazil.</p>
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<p>Not every mosquito repellent is equal when it comes to combatting the Aedes Egypti that transmits Zika. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/best-mosquito-repellents-for-preventing-zika-virus/" target="_blank">Consumer Reports</a> found that repellents with either 25 percent DEET or 20 percent Picardin work best. So, Sawyer Fisherman’s Formula Picaridin, Natrapel 8 Hour and Off! Deepwoods VIII are all good choices.</p><p>Products that utilize natural plant oils, like soybean oil, geraniol and citronella, may not work at all.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/best-bug-sprays-for-fighting-zika/">Mosquito repellents</a> with more than 30 percent DEET should be avoided. According to Consumer Reports, “concentrations of 30 percent provide the same protection against mosquitoes as higher percentages for up to 8 hours.”</p><p>All that extra DEET does is increase your risk for side effects like rashes, disorientation, and seizures... without giving you any extra protection against Zika.</p>
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<p>Glam rock legend David Bowie blurred the lines between male and female, music and theater, outsider and insider, as he ruled the charts for decades ch-ch-changing everything.</p><p>Released in July 1969, "Space Oddity" introduced the music world to its favorite fictional astronaut, Major Tom.</p>
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<p>Bowie's first major hit since "Space Oddity," "Starman" (1972) was actually a last-minute addition to the album, <em>The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. </em>It replaced a cover of Chuck Berry's "Round and Round" at the eleventh hour when RCA's Dennis Katz heard the demo and loved it. Good thing he did because "Starman" was the track that introduced the world to Ziggy Stardust.</p>
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<p>In the early '80s, David Bowie was called in to do some backing vocals for a Queen track, called "Cool Cat." And though that cameo never panned out, something much better did: a jam session, which resulted in "Under Pressure."</p><p>Fun fact: The vocal scatting in the song's final version is a testament to the track's improv origins.</p>
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<p>The lead single from Bowie's 1973 album, <em>Aladdin Sane, </em>"The Jean Genie" is Bowie's fantastic, if not darkly cynical, take on Americana: "Strung out on lasers and slash-back blazers / Ate all your razors while pulling the waiters / Talking 'bout Monroe and walking on Snow White / New York's a go-go, and everything tastes right."</p>
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<p>In 1976, Bowie moved to West Berlin and produced three albums, known as his Berlin Trilogy. "Heroes," the second of these three albums, combined pop and rock with ambient sounds and synthesizers. While the title track wasn't an initial success in either the U.S. or U.K., it ultimately became one of Bowie's most covered signature songs.</p>
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<p>The number four track off the 1971 album, <em>Hunky Dory,</em>"Life On Mars?" was once described by the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/lifeonmars.shtml" target="_blank">BBC</a> as "a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dali painting" because of the surreal imagery in its lyrics.</p><p>Fun fact: "Life On Mars?" has the same chords as Frank Sinatra's "My Way," and that overlap is intentional. In 1968, David Bowie wrote an English lyric to the tune of a French song, called "Comme, D'Habitude." He was beaten to the punch, however, by Paul Anka, who bought the rights to the song and made a fortune with "My Way." Bowie then recorded this track as a sort of "My Way" parody, noting in the <em>Hunky Dory </em>liner notes that the track is "inspired by Frankie."</p>
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<p>Bowie's second number-one hit in the U.S., "Let's Dance" (1983) introduced his music to a new generation of fans.</p>
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<p>"Ziggy Stardust" (1972) was ranked No. 277 on Rolling Stone 's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."</p>
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<p>The last Bowie single written in the style of glam rock, "Rebel Rebel" (1974) is his most covered track. It has been covered by Bryan Adams, Def Leppard, Duran Duran, Joan Jett, and The Smashing Pumpkins, just to name a few.</p><p>Its gender-bending lyrics, like "You got your mother in a whirl / She's not sure if you're a boy or a girl," are also some of the most direct examples of David Bowie's iconic androgynous persona.</p>
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<p>A signature Motown track, written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter, "Dancing in the Street" was epically covered by David Bowie and Mick Jagger in 1985. The pair of rock icons recorded the track to raise money for the Live Aid famine relief cause. Their generosity was quickly repaid as the single rocketed to number one.</p>
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<p>A U.K. number-one single, "Ashes to Ashes" (1980) was Major Tom 2.0. Unlike the hippie astronaut presented to the world in 1969's "Space Oddity," however, the Major Tom portrayed in "Ashes to Ashes" was a "junkie, strung out in heaven's high, hitting an all-time low."</p>
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<p>The title track off Bowie's 1974 album of the same name, "Diamond Dogs" introduced Bowie fans to a new persona, known as Halloween Jack.</p>
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<p>Bowie's first number-one single in America, "Fame" marked a new sound for the glam rock icon; one he deemed "Plastic Soul." In a 1976 interview with Playboy magazine, he elaborated, "It's the squashed remains of ethnic music as it survives in the age of Muzak, written and sung by a white limey."</p><p>As much as he may have considered the sound "squashed remains" of soul, people loved it. In fact, Bowie was one of the first Caucasian artists ever invited to perform on "Soul Train."</p>
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<p>Recorded in Philadelphia, Bowie's 1975 single, "Young Americans" was another huge breakthrough hit for the British artist in America, where his "plastic soul" sound was much appreciated. In 2004, it was ranked at number 481 on Rolling Stone's<em> "</em>500 Greatest Songs of All Time."</p>
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<p>The title track off David Bowie's third album, "The Man Who Sold the World" (1970) delves into the themes of splintered personalities and the search for personal unity. It has been covered by a number of artists, including Nirvana in 1993.</p>
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<p>The number one track off Bowie's iconic 1971 album, <em>Hunky Dory, </em>"Changes" is often interpreted as an introspective look into the star's chameleonic personality and sound. It has also served as a source of inspiration for young people around the world, examining increasingly complex identities: "And these children that you spit on / As they try to change their worlds / Are immune to your consultations / They're quite aware of what they're going through."</p>
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<p>The title track off Bowie's 1980 album, <em>Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), </em>this song is notable for its synthesized percussion, distinctive guitar work, and dark lyrics about a woman's descent into madness.</p>
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<p>The number two track off Bowie's 1971 album, <em>Hunky Dory, </em>"Oh! You Pretty Things" presents the glam rock icon's omnipresent themes of alien life and the obsolescence of the human race, in a deceivingly cheery musical package. Notable for its stripped down piano verses, this track opens up into an anthemic refrain reminiscent of the Beatles.</p>
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<p>While living in West Berlin, David Bowie shared an apartment with Iggy Pop, and the pair co-wrote the track, "China Girl" (1977). In a 1983 interview with Rolling Stone, Bowie described the music video as as a "very simple, very direct" statement against racism.</p>
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<p>This single from David Bowie's 2002 album, <em>Heathen, </em>features guitar work by Peter Townshend and earned Bowie a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Male Vocal Performance.</p>
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<p>With lyrical references to "A Clockwork Orange" and musical references to Little Richard, this 1976 track is not to be missed. Recorded near the end of Bowie's <em>Ziggy Stardust </em>sessions, "Suffragette City" has since been covered by such artists as Boy George, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Franz Ferdinand.</p>
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<p>One of Bowie's many tracks which imagines a post-apocalyptic future, "Drive-In Saturday" (1973) depicts a population that has to watch old pornographic films to remember how to reproduce. Influenced by 1950s doo-wop, it became a top three hit in the U.K.</p>
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<p>The number one track off Bowie's hugely successful 1983 album, <em>Let's Dance, </em>"Modern Love" deals with issues of humanity and divinity: "God and Man no confessions / God and Man no religion / God and Man don't believe / in Modern Love."</p>
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<p>Somewhat more funk and soul-inspired than the rest of Bowie's 1976 album, "Golden Years" is perhaps more a product of <em>Young Americans </em>than <em>Station to Station. </em>Nevertheless, fans ate it up. "Golden Years" reached number 10 on the U.S. charts and number eight on the U.K. charts, even earning Bowie a performance on "Soul Train."</p>
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<p>On January 8, 2016, Bowie's 69th birthday, he released a jazz-inflected surprise album, called "Blackstar," which yet again saw the music icon exploring new sonic worlds. Days later, he succumbed to an 18-month <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-bowie-dead-at-69-his-online-outlets-say/" target="_blank">battle with cancer</a>, casting new light on his swan song album.</p><p>The single, "Lazarus," for example, now serves as a sort of farewell from a music legend, who struggled in life with addiction and tormented thoughts, but is finally at peace: "Look up here, I'm in heaven / I've got scars that can't be seen."</p>
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<p>In recent years, attacks inspired and executed by ISIS have become all too common, constituting some of the world's deadliest massacres.</p><p>In the early hours of March 22, 2016, a series of explosions rocked the Belgian capital of Brussels, killing at least 31 people and wounding more than 200, including three American Mormon missionaries. Around 8am, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reported-explosions-at-brussels-airport-in-belgium/">bombs</a> tore through the departure lounge at Brussels' main airport, then about an hour later, an explosion occurred at the crowded Maelbeek metro station. The deadly blasts came just days after Belgian officials finally captured Salah Abdeslam, the last remaining Paris attacker at large. ISIS later claimed responsibility for the carnage in a statement on their website, stating that the bombings were executed with explosive belts and devices.</p>
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<p>On January 12, 2016, Turkish officials said an ISIS suicide bomber was to blame for a bomb blast in a district of central Istanbul popular with tourists, which killed ten people (including nine German nationals) and wounded 15 more. The <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/explosion-istanbul-turkey-casualties-sultanahmet-district-tourists/" target="_blank">blast</a> struck the city's historic Sultanahmet district, home to the famed Blue Mosque.</p>
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<p>On December 2, 2015, a husband and wife dressed in tactical clothing and armed with military-grade rifles <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/san-bernardino-shooting-authorities-respond-to-active-gunman/" target="_blank">opened fire</a> at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, leaving 14 people dead and another 17 injured. It was the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. since Sandy Hook.</p><p>The FBI has since said the attack was inspired by, but not directed by ISIS; uncovering that the female attacker had pledged her allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State, Khalifah Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Al Qurashi, on social media shortly before the rampage.</p>
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<p>On November 13, 2015, a crowded Friday night in Paris, a series of shootings and explosions left at least 129 people dead and hundreds more injured in the deadliest violence France had seen in decades. The attacks included a shootout in a Paris restaurant, multiple explosions near the Stade de France, and a hostage situation at Paris' Bataclan concert hall.</p><p>The third major terror incident in France that year, a curfew was instituted in Paris for the first time since the Nazis occupied the city in 1944. The next day, ISIS claimed responsibility.</p>
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<p>On October 31, 2015, a Russian Metrojet airliner crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard. The Russian government said investigators found traces of explosives amidst the wreckage, indicating it was a "<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-improvised-bomb-russian-metrojet-plane-egypt-sinai-isis/" target="_blank">terrorist act</a>." ISIS claimed responsibility.</p>
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<p>On November 12, 2015, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-deadly-suicide-bombings-suburb-beirut-lebanon/" target="_blank">twin suicide bombings</a> struck a southern Beirut suburb, killing at least 43 people and wounding 239 more in one of the deadliest attacks Lebanon had seen in years. The explosions hit minutes apart during rush hour in an area of southern Beirut called Burj al-Barajneh, a Hezbollah stronghold.</p><p>The attack was quickly claimed by ISIS, which is fighting in neighboring Syria and Iraq, but has not yet established a recognized affiliate in Lebanon.</p>
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<p>On October 10, 2015, two explosions were set off seconds apart near Ankara's main train station as people gathered for a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bombs-explode-turkey-peace-rally-ankara/" target="_blank">peace rally</a> organized by left-wing Kurdish activists and opposition supporters. At least 95 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the apparent suicide attack, the deadliest violence in the history of modern Turkey.</p><p>Though no group immediately claimed responsibility, Turkish officials said the bombing was consistent with intelligence information about an imminent ISIS attack. Here, victims' bodies lie on the street, covered with banners and flags.</p>
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<p>On August 21, 2015, a heavily-armed Islamic radical <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/france-americans-heroes-gunman-train-europe/" target="_blank">opened fire</a> on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris, wounding three people before being subdued by two off-duty U.S. Marines on the train.</p><p>Here, French President Francois Hollande shakes hands with U.S. serviceman Spencer Stone (C), next to off-duty serviceman Alek Skarlatos and their friend, Anthony Sadler (R), after the three were awarded France's top Legion d'Honneur medal in recognition of their bravery overpowering the train attacker.</p>
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<p>On July 11, 2015, a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/italian-consulate-bombed-in-cairo-egypt/" target="_blank">car bomb</a> ripped into the Italian Consulate in Cairo, destroying a section of the historic building in a powerful blast that killed one Egyptian and marked the most significant attack yet on foreign interests as militants target the country's security forces.</p><p>A group calling itself The Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for the bombing in a message circulated on social media.</p>
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<p>On June 26, 2015, a gunman disguised as a vacationer unfurled an umbrella and pulled out a Kalashnikov, opening fire on European sunbathers at a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tunisia-hotel-attack-in-tourist-resort-town-of-sousse/" target="_blank">Tunisian beach resort</a>. At least 39 people were killed in the shooting, mostly western tourists. The attack followed a call to violence by ISIS, and the group claimed responsibility for the seaside massacre the next day. It was the deadliest attack in Tunisia's recent history.</p>
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<p>On June 5, 2015, a bomb packed with ball bearings was detonated at a political rally in the predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, just ahead of legislative elections. Two people were killed and more than 100 wounded in the attack that Turkish officials have attributed to ISIS.</p><p>Here, relatives of 17-year-old Ramazan Yildiz, who was killed by the explosion, mourn at his funeral.</p>
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<p>On May 22, 2015, a suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers, killing at least 21 worshippers and wounding 120 more. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, attributing it to a new unit, called the Najd Province.</p>
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<p>On May 3, 2015, two young men, dressed in full body armor and carrying assault rifles, opened fire on a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shots-fired-at-controversial-art-event-in-texas/" target="_blank">controversial contest</a> in Garland, Texas to find the best cartoon of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. Both gunmen were killed and a security guard injured during the attack. Authorities later discovered that one of the gunmen had tweeted his allegiance to ISIS the night before the shooting.</p>
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<p>On March 20, 2015, four suicide bombers hit a pair of mosques controlled by Shiite rebels in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, unleashing <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yemen-suicide-blasts-target-shiite-houthis-in-sanaa/" target="_blank">blasts</a> through crowds of worshippers that killed at least 137 people and wounded around 350 others in the deadliest violence to hit the fragile war-torn nation in decades.</p><p>A group claiming to be a Yemeni branch of ISIS claimed responsibility for the bombings and warned of an "upcoming flood" of attacks against the rebels, known as Houthis, who have taken over the capital and much of <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yemen-houthi-rebel-takeover-ali-abdullah-saleh-and-minority-rule/" target="_blank">Yemen</a>.</p>
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<p>On March 18, 2015, two gunmen stormed a museum near Tunisia's parliament, killing at least 19 people, mostly foreign tourists. According to Prime Minister Habib Essid, the attackers, wearing military uniforms, walked past the fence around the perimeter of the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gunmen-take-hostages-at-tunisia-bardo-museum-in-capital-tunis/" target="_blank">National Bardo Museum</a> and waited for tourist buses to arrive, then opened fire. They then went into the building and reportedly executed eight tourists before being killed themselves in a police raid. ISIS later claimed responsibility for the attack.</p>
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<p>On January 27, 2015, gunmen stormed a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/libya-gunmen-attack-corinthia-hotel-in-tripoli-take-hostages/" target="_blank">luxury hotel</a> in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, popular with diplomats and officials, killing four foreigners and five guards, and triggering an hours-long standoff that ended when the two assailants set off a grenade, blowing themselves up.</p><p>A senior State Department official confirmed that one U.S. citizen was among those killed in the attack, which was later claimed by ISIS. The attack started in the morning hours and included a car bombing as well, according to a spokesman for a Tripoli security agency.</p>
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<p>On January 29, 2015, jihadists linked to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State targeted security forces in Egypt with a series of coordinated bombings and rockets aimed at a police headquarters, a military base and a residential complex for security forces. Nearly 50 people were killed in the attacks, including 14 civilians, six police officers and 24 soldiers.</p>
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<p>On January 9, 2015 -- two days after the Charlie Hebdo massacre and one day after a police officer was shot in Montrouge -- a gunman entered a Jewish grocery store in the Paris suburb of Porte de Vincennes and took 19 hostages, four of which were killed.</p><p>This screengrab taken from an AFP TV video shows members of the French police special forces launching an assault on the Hyper Cacher Kosher grocery store. After several explosions, police stormed the shop and the surviving hostages were transported to safety. It was later uncovered that the hostage-taker, Amedy Coulibaly, had declared his allegiance to ISIS.</p>
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<p>On January 7, 2015, three Islamic militants with Kalashnikov rifles attacked the Paris offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, leaving 12 people dead, including eight cartoonists. On January 11th, a video surfaced of Amedy Coulibaly, one of the Hebdo gunman, pledging his allegiance to ISIS. Islamic State flags were discovered in his apartment, as well.</p><p>The two brothers with whom Coulibaly carried out the attack, however, had declared their loyalty to a rival group, known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.</p>
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<p>On December 15, 2014 a gunman claiming allegiance to ISIS seized 17 hostages at the Lindt Cafe in Sydney, Australia, ultimately killing two of them and wounding three, before being killed himself in a police siege. The attack left many Australians wondering why the gunman, Man Haron Monis, wasn't on any government watch lists, despite his criminal record and public expressions of radical views.</p><p>Before being killed, Monis demanded an ISIS banner from authorities.</p>
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<p>In late November 2015, police in Brussels raised the city's terror alert to its highest possible level and put the city on lockdown. Residents were advised to stay inside. Public transportation was shut down. And authorities asked people to refrain from posting about police movement on social media.</p><p>So, the people of Belgium obliged ... with cat pictures.</p>
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<p>It was an instance of the Internet responding in the way only the Internet can: a host of peripherally related, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/belgian-social-media-request-for-silence-gets-catty/" target="_blank">animal memes</a> that quickly united people across the globe and cut the tension of a very scary situation.</p>
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<p>There were cats dressed as Darth Vader...</p>
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<p>There were cats studying military strategy...</p>
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<p>There were cats armed and ready to take on the terrorists...</p>
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<p>There were even cats working on their ninja skills.</p>
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<p>Suffice it to say, the felines of social media were not pussyfooting around.</p>
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<p>They totally had it under control.</p>
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<p>They also took it upon themselves to highlight the many silver linings in the situation. A lockdown, for example, is a perfect time for a catnap.</p>
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<p>It wasn't just cats. Animals of all shapes and sizes began flooding social media channels like Twitter and Instagram, and the hashtag #BrusselsLockdown went viral within minutes.</p>
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<p>Like the rapid social media reaction to the Paris attacks that emerged in the form of an illustrated Eiffel Tower icon within a peace sign, the Internet's catty reaction to the police lockdown in Brussels points to the unparalleled power of social media to connect and communicate.</p>
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<p>'Cause while the human race may fight like cats and dogs, the pets of the world stay cool and collected.</p>
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<p>...even when they have to hunker down in tight spaces.</p>
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<p>People joined in by photoshopping pictures.</p>
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<p>They joined in by doctoring illustrations.</p>
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<p>They even put their poor, unsuspecting pets in costume.</p>
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<p>Because, when it comes to defeating terror with humor, there's more than one way to skin a cat.</p>
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<p>Here, a cat owner pokes a little friendly fun at the sort of terror suspects Belgian police are trying to smoke out.</p>
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<p>Here, a clowder of cats is captured glaring at the camera as if they have been interrupted in the middle of a very important meeting. National security perhaps? Diplomatic relations?</p>
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<p>We'll likely never know, but one thing is for sure. At times like this, social media really is the cat's meow.</p>
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/most-endangered-monuments-in-the-world/
2019-01-08T20:48:02Z
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<p>Every two years, the World Monuments Fund puts out a list of the most endangered cultural and architectural sites in the world. They call it the Watch List. In 2014, that list included the entire country of Syria (because of war), and the entire city of Venice (because of cruise-ship tourism). The new 2016 Watch List includes 50 monuments from 35 countries around the world, including two in the U.S.</p><p>The Mission San Xavier del Bac, located just south of Tucson, Arizona, is one of those endangered sites. In the mid-twentieth century, a well-intentioned restoration campaign covered the surface of the National Historic Landmark with a layer of cement, leading to decades of structural deterioration from moisture trapped within the walls. A full restoration is now underway to reverse the effects of those repairs and save the historic European-style church.</p>
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<p>Country: Romania</p><p>The rich gold deposits of Transylvania's Apuseni Mountains have been known--and mined--since pre-Roman antiquity. At first, they were mined through orderly, fire and hand-chiseled galleries. In recent years, though, the mining has expanded to open pits, threatening the Roșia Montană Mining Landscape with almost complete destruction. Those fears have now been averted, but challenges remain to promote sustainable development and create opportunities for the appreciation of the site's rich heritage.</p>
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<p>Country: Nepal</p><p>On April 25, 2015, a major earthquake struck Nepal, causing thousands of human casualties, a series of deadly avalanches on Mount Everest, and widespread damage to the country's buildings and infrastructure. The earthquake's impact was particularly extensive on Cultural Heritage Sites throughout the Kathmandu Valley, home to hundreds of sacred Buddhist and Hindu sites. According to Nepal's Department of Archaeology, around 750 monuments were affected and now require reconstruction.</p>
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<p>Country: Mexico</p><p>Chapultepec Park is an oasis that offers opportunities for leisure activities for residents and tourists alike, but planning and vision are needed for the Park to continue to be enjoyed by the public.</p>
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<p>Country: Brazil</p><p>The Ladeira da Misericórdia, a historic street connecting the upper and lower sections of the World Heritage city of Salvador de Bahia that is the site of a visionary project by Lina Bo Bardi, been abandoned for over two decades.</p>
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<p>Country: Cuba</p><p>After surviving decades of neglect, Cuba's National Art Schools are finally gaining recognition as modernist monuments, but an integrated approach to the management of the site remains a necessity.</p>
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<p>Country: South Africa</p><p>The historic character and built heritage of Bo-Kaap are under threat, due to economic forces and social change.</p>
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<p>Country: Italy</p><p>The remaining concentration camps built in Italy during World War II are facing both neglect and destruction, due to the denial of this almost-forgotten chapter of Italy's recent past.</p>
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<p>Country: Sudan</p><p>The historic rock art sites of Sabu and Jaddi are neither fully documented nor protected, and they are currently threatened by both erosion and acts of vandalism.</p>
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<p>Country: Peru</p><p>A crumbling church in a lively district of Lima with the potential for revitalization, La Ermita de Barranco is a reminder of the neighborhood's origin as a humble fishing village.</p>
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<p>Country: Iraq</p><p>Planning is urgently needed to integrate new development proposals with community needs while respecting the historic urban fabric of Amedy.</p>
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<p>Country: Chile</p><p>The thousand-year-old Chug-Chug Geoglyphs depend on the establishment of an archaeological park to protect, preserve, and interpret the site.</p>
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<p>Country: Belgium</p><p>The Brussels Palace of Justice is a victim of its enormous size that long caused it to be seen as a folly and needs a guarantee of its future and a ground-up rehabilitation.</p>
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<p>Country: Zimbabwe</p><p>An architectural masterpiece and one of Africa's most iconic sites, Great Zimbabwe is at risk from the uncontrolled growth of vegetation and other management challenges that threaten its preservation.</p>
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<p>Country: United States</p><p>A comprehensive restoration program for the San Esteban del Rey Mission requires investment and remains long overdue.</p>
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<p>Country: Sierra Leone</p><p>Bunce Island, a site that testifies to a dark chapter in world history, is being slowly eroded by exposure to the elements and overwhelmed by the social and economic problems facing Sierra Leone.</p>
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<p>Country: Mexico</p><p>The Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, a former Jesuit college that became the cradle of the Mexican muralist movement, is laden with outdated systems that hinder its function as a world-class exhibition space.</p>
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<p>Country: Spain</p><p>The dwindling monastic vocation poses a serious challenge to the future of Seville's remaining cloistered convents.</p>
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<p>Country: Portugal</p><p>Laborious effort is needed to preserve the Água da Prata Aqueduct while allowing it to keep functioning for the irrigation of parks and gardens.</p>
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<p>Country: Albania</p><p>Spaç Prison, a notorious labor camp, is in an extremely advanced state of deterioration, and deserves to be transformed into a modern place of remembrance.</p>
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<p>Country: Chile</p><p>The General Cemetery of Santiago, the burial place of presidents and hundreds of other luminaries, has borne the brunt of many earthquakes and is now neglected by the city.</p>
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<p>Country: Cuba</p><p>Santiago de Cuba's historic churches and their plazas have suffered from the impact of natural disasters and are currently endangered by a lack of resources that can be dedicated to conservation.</p>
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<p>Country: Cuba</p><p>The historic character of Havana's El Vedado is being lost due to lack of investment in properties in the district, weak protective regulations, and the trend of inappropriate alterations.</p>
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<p>Country: Ecuador</p><p>The Church and Convent of San Francisco is facing the pressure of balancing large numbers of worshippers and visitors with the needs of maintenance and upkeep.</p>
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<p>Country: Egypt </p><p>Looting archaeological sites like Abusir el-Malek erases irreplaceable information about human history and cultural milestones.</p>
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<p>Country: Spain</p><p>Averly Foundry, recognized widely as one of Spain's most significant industrial complexes, is slated for demolition.</p>
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<p>Country: Spain</p><p>The dwindling monastic vocation poses a serious challenge to the future of Seville's remaining cloistered convents.</p>
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<p>Country: Mauritius</p><p>Traditional Architecture of Mauritius: The island of Mauritius holds a unique yet fragile architectural heritage that is on the verge of disappearing.</p>
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<p>Country: United Kingdom</p><p>Wentworth Woodhouse, the largest house in the United Kingdom, is one of the most important historic buildings at risk in the country today.</p>
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<p>Country: Greece</p><p>Pavlopetri, the world's oldest submerged city, is under serious threat from pollution and disturbances caused by large ships. Here, the ruins of Pavlopetri lie a short distance under the surface of the water, off Pounta Beach.</p>
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<p>Country: India</p><p>The Gon-Nila-Phuk cave temples contain Buddhist wall paintings of exquisite artistic and spiritual significance, but they are endangered by the menacing disintegration of the surrounding rock.</p>
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<p>Country: Italy</p><p>The Arch of Janus, the only surviving quadrifrons arch in Rome, is the last monument of the Forum Boarium that remains unrestored.</p>
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<p>Country: United Kingdom</p><p>Moseley Road Baths, an Edwardian time capsule still in use and serving a diverse urban community, is now at risk of closure due to cutbacks in government spending.</p>
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<p>Country: Jordan</p><p>Addressing the many long-term challenges facing Petra has been a slow but steady process, and the integration of community members into preservation planning represents a new opportunity for progress.</p>
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<p>Country: Japan</p><p>The relocation of the Tsukiji fish market ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games warns of redevelopment pressures for some of the last remaining markers of Tsukiji's historic twentieth century architecture.</p>
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<p>Country: Cambodia</p><p>A modernist symbol of Cambodian rebirth, the National Sports Complex is used daily by Phnom Penh residents for recreation and social gatherings, and yet there are mounting fears of encroachment and loss of the space as a community asset.</p>
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<p>Country: South Korea</p><p>Rising land values and a lack of legal protection are threatening Simwonjeong Pavilion, a marker of Korean national heritage, which could be irreversibly changed or even lost.</p>
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<p>Country: Lebanon</p><p>Used as a public space for more than 7,000 years, the Dalieh of Raouche may become the latest victim of a development frenzy that has destroyed or privatized many of Beirut's open spaces.</p>
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<p>Country: Russia</p><p>Ongoing vigilance is necessary to secure the future of the Shukhov Tower, an icon of the advent of modern technology and an engineering masterpiece of the early twentieth century.</p>
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<p>Country: Morocco</p><p>The Oasis of Figuig is on Morocco's Tentative List for World Heritage and despite the pressures of modernization has maintained its traditional irrigation systems.</p>
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<p>Country - Panama</p><p>The Fortifications of Portobelo need better management to reverse the effects of prolonged lack of maintenance and to mitigate the challenges of urban encroachment and an adverse environment.</p>
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<p>Country: Tanzania</p><p>The remains of a medieval Swahili town, the Kua Ruins are at risk from the effects of a harsh climate and destruction at the hands of explorers digging for fabled Swahili treasures.</p>
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<p>Spanish for "little boy," an El Niño is far from little. It's a massive climate pattern, during which trade winds slacken, water temperatures increase, and the atmosphere grows both hotter and moister as a result. El Niños can affect the entire planet.</p><p>Some parts of the globe suffer extreme drought, while others endure abnormally heavy rainfall. Fish migrate to cooler waters. Whales pop up in weird places. In short, entire ecosystems are disturbed. And forecasters warn that an <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noaa-warning-that-godzilla-el-nino-could-hit-u-s/" target="_blank">El Niño</a> of epic proportions could strike the West Coast of the United States in either the late fall or early winter of 2015.</p>
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<p>Upon hearing that California is set to receive unprecedented amounts of rainfall, you might wonder whether it's actually a good thing. Could the El Niño potentially end the state's historic drought?</p><p>The answer, though, is complicated. It has a lot to do with which parts of the state receive that rainfall.</p>
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<p>California has about 1,500 reservoirs and 43 million acre-feet of reservoir storage space. Over three-quarters of it, however, are located north of Fresno. So, if the El Niño hits the northern part of the state, it could very well ease some of California's drought burden.</p><p>If, on the other hand, all that rainfall comes down in the southern part of the state, there will be no way to capture or store it.</p>
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<p>The last time an El Niño this big touched down in California, countless homes were lost to erosion.</p><p>Here, one of those homes - a mansion in the Orange County suburb of Laguna Niguel - slips down a hillside turned mudslide, March 19, 1997.</p>
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<p>According to the NOAA, El Niño events generally have strong and detrimental effects on California's seal and sea lion populations.</p><p>As a result of the 1983 El Niño, for example, the number of northern fur seal pups born in 1983 declined 60 percent from the year before. What's more, based on a lack of resightings of tagged pups, it appears none of those born actually survived.</p><p>It took 6 years for California sea lion and 8 years for northern fur seal birth rates to recover.</p>
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<p>In 2015, record numbers of starving baby sea lions have been washing ashore in California and the problem has shown no sign of abating. According to the New York Times, experts suspect that unusually warm waters are causing food to become more scarce, causing mother seals to leave their pups on their own while they hunt for food.</p><p>Left on their own, the pups cannot find food and become sick and emaciated, swimming to shore to prevent themselves from drowning. This distressed harbor seal pup lay stranded on a beach in Laguna Beach, California, in just that condition, March 30, 2015... not a good sign.</p>
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<p>El Niños aren't good for coral reefs either. The 1997-1998 one killed an estimated 16 percent of the world's reef systems. And this August 15, 2015 photo, taken near Hawaii's Kaneohe Bay, shows that it's poised to happen again.</p><p>A massive "blob" of abnormally warm water is heating up the Pacific Ocean to the point that coral reefs in the waters off Hawaii are beginning to sicken and bleach.</p>
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<p>These false-color images from NASA satellites show how the impending El Niño, set to hit California near the end of 2015, compares to the massive one that pounded California with rainfall back in 1997.</p><p>In both, warmer ocean water that normally stays in the western Pacific, shown as lighter orange, red and white areas, moves east along the equator toward the Americas. Forecasters say this El Nino is already the second strongest on record for this time of year and could be one of the most potent weather changers in 65 years.</p>
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<p>Thanks to the impending El Niño, whales that are not normally seen along the West Coast of the U.S. are migrating there in search of food. So, in September 2015, residents of a small port town in Oregon, called Astoria, were shocked when Humpback Whales began suddenly splashing around near shore.</p>
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<p>In addition to warm air out over the Pacific and uncharacteristic migratory patterns, the impending Godzilla El Niño has also spawned enormous hurricanes on the East Coast.</p><p>As a result, in October 2015, the state of South Carolina was inundated with a record 11 trillion gallons of rainfall. That's comparable to the amount of water it would take to fill 636 million pools. As of October 6, 2015, 15 people have died in the flooding there.</p>
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<p>The excessive rain El Niños bring can also be deadly... and not just in the ways you'd imagine.</p><p>The mega-El Niño of 1997-1998 sent a wave of wet weather into north-eastern Kenya that sparked a surge in the mosquito-borne viral disease, Rift Valley Fever. In 1998, four hundred Kenyans died as a result of the epidemic.</p>
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<p>More than just sliding down a hillside, the 1997-1998 El Niño caused numerous California homes to literally drift off into the Pacific Ocean.</p><p>Here, houses along a cliff in Pacifica, California, begin to slip off the edge into the Pacific, due to heavy mudslides and rain from the storms in Northern California, February 23, 2015.</p>
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<p>Exemplifying the often polar weather patterns that an El Niño can produce simultaneously in different parts of the world, the 1997-1998 El Niño that caused extreme rainfall and flooding in California caused severe drought in the Philippines.</p><p>Here, corn wilts on a farm in a southern province of the Philippines, April 17, 1998. The El Niño weather phenomenon that year left seven corn and rice producing provinces in the southern Philippines under a state of calamity. Deprived of their livelihood by mother nature, affected farmers lost their regular source of income and, with limited government aid, many faced starvation.</p>
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<p>Indonesia's national disaster management agency has already declared that the majority of the country's 34 provinces are experiencing the worst drought in the past five years, as a result of the 2015 El Nino weather phenomenon. This dry season forces villagers to walk extremely long distances to find clean water.</p><p>Here, a cow eats unhulled rice from a dried up ricefield in Makassar, Indonesia, September 21, 2015.</p>
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<p>Honduras has also been hit by a major drought caused by the Godzilla El Niño, which has killed thousands of cattle and dried up crops.</p><p>According to a recent University of Cambridge paper, this sort of harvest and trade disruption will likely cause affected countries throughout the world to experience inflation. The ensuing agricultural and economic havoc may also fuel political conflict, adding insult to injury.</p>
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<p>Historically, El Niños are also bad news for trees. All that wind and rain can topple towering trunks like they're lego pieces... and that's in a good year.</p><p>Emergency planners predict that in 2015, due to California's prolonged drought conditions, El Niño will likely fell more trees than ever before.</p>
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<p>The midwest, however, may reap a silver lining in the overall El Niño cloud.</p><p>An April 2015 paper published in Nature Geoscience, a scientific journal,suggests that El Niños weaken the surface winds, which carry warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico over Texas and neighboring states, favoring storm formation. That means, 2015's upcoming Godzilla El Niño may very well reduce occurrences of tornadoes in the heartland.</p>
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<p>After months of measured success convincing California residents to pare back their water use, state emergency officials now fear that the prospect of a Niño's heavy rains and flooding will dissuade Californians from continuing those conservation efforts.</p><p>Meanwhile, the El Niño's rapid release of stored heat could very well make 2015 the hottest year on record.</p>
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-shear-bravery-of-chris-the-runaway-sheep/
2019-01-08T20:14:24Z
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<p>In September 2015, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australian-sheep-found-in-the-wild-yields-89-pounds-of-fleece/" target="_blank">Chris the sheep</a> skyrocketed to international stardom as the wooliest merino ram ever on record. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, his 90 pounds of wool was also the most ever removed from a sheep in a single shearing. Experts believe he escaped from his flock between five and seven years ago, and has been "living on the lamb" ever since ... in desperate need of a haircut.</p>
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<p>Chris was discovered in the Australian bush by two unsuspecting hikers, who -- much like the kangaroos in this picture -- had no idea what they were looking at.</p><p>Was it a dusty boulder? A grounded raincloud? An enormous powdered doughnut?</p>
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<p>Negative. It was an overgrown sheep with nearly 90 pounds of extra wool. In other words, a lost animal in a baaaad situation.</p>
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<p>Here's the problem: The Australian bush isn't Brooklyn, and Chris isn't a hipster growing out a beard. A sheep with that much fleece is in <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australian-sheep-found-in-the-wild-yields-89-pounds-of-fleece/">grave danger</a>.</p><p>Struggling under the weight of his coat, Chris could barely walk. He could barely see. And had he fallen down in the wilderness, he most likely would not have been able to get back up.</p>
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<p>Concerned hikers contacted the RSPCA for help, and Chris was quickly transported to Australia's Weston shelter for emergency veterinary treatment.</p><p>The haircut he so badly needed, however, was a different story.</p>
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<p>"Help!" <a href="https://twitter.com/tvendange/status/638882862079434752">tweeted RSPCA CEO Tammy Ven Dange</a>. "Need help from a shearer immediately to hopefully save this sheep we just rescued!"</p><p>Until Chris was sheared, the RSPCA's vets wouldn't be able to know for sure whether he was injured or carrying some sort of life-threatening infection. The clock was ticking.</p>
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<p>The animal welfare group was quickly inundated with offers from local shearers. (Sheep shearing is, after all, a competitive sport in Australia.) But the job was ultimately deemed too big for anyone but the best.</p>
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<p>Four-time national champion sheep-shearer Ian Elkins was called in for the hefty job, but the pro was worried. Chris's wool was so heavy that it was pulling on his skin quite dramatically. Would it even be possible to remove the coat without injuring the animal?</p>
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<p>Chris had 89 pounds of extraneous wool on his body. That's the equivalent of 30 sweaters. So, it's a good thing he was rescued before the high temperatures of Australia's summer months.</p>
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<p>Complicating matters further, Chris had been on his own in the Australian wilderness for so long that he was terrified of people. As such, the RSPCA's animal care experts were forced to sedate him, so he wouldn't go into shock during the shearing process.</p>
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<p>Elkins then sawed away at the thick coat, piece by piece...</p>
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<p>...until the outline of Chris's actual body gradually emerged from the center of all that wool.</p>
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<p>The operation lasted just over 42 minutes and, when it was over, Elkins had removed approximately half of Chris's body weight.</p>
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<p>In less than an hour, Chris went from 186 pounds to 97. That's the sort of life-changing weight loss most creatures can only dream of.</p>
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<p>Having gone from <em>looking </em>like cloud nine to feeling like he's <em>on</em> cloud nine, Chris then took his first steps out into the yard as a new ram.</p>
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<p>It was a sort of miracle that Chris was discovered and rescued when he was. All that excess wool put him in danger of developing nasty skin parasites. And as can be seen here, his hooves were in severe disrepair -- cracking and becoming infected -- under such a heavy load.</p>
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<p>Chris's 89-pound fleece is roughly eight times larger than the average merino. So, he easily eclipsed both Shrek and Big Ben - the two rogue sheep from New Zealand who previously held the record.</p>
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<p>"It's actually smashed the record," Chris's champion shearer, Ian Elkins, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/03/click-go-the-shears-on-overgrown-sheep-as-top-shearer-ian-elkins-gets-to-work" target="_blank">told the Guardian</a>. "It's very exciting to be part of it, and it's quite pleasing that the welfare of this sheep was taken care of."</p>
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<p>Since Chris's shearing, RSPCA CEO Tammy Ven Dange has taken to Twitter with several photos showing Chris with a seemingly new lease on life.</p><p>This photo, for example, was posted on September 2, 2015 with the caption: "Sheep 'Chris' is now pondering his new lighter self post <a href="https://twitter.com/rspcaact">@rspcaact</a>. Note that the pink stain is antiseptic spray."</p>
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<p>RSPCA ACT veterinarians are now monitoring Chris's health and will be regularly updating the public on his recovery.</p><p>What's more, he'll reportedly be available for "interviews," beginning September 7, 2015, as soon as the vets give him the all clear.</p>
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<p>The pictures of Chris's journey are simply incredible. At first glance, for example, this photo looks like a snapshot of just Chris's fleece, right?</p><p>Look closer. There's a face there.</p>
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<p>The RSPCA ACT has yet to decide on the fate of Chris's world-class wool, which could reportedly make upwards of 30 men's suits.</p><p>Elkins, however, notes that all those years in the Australian bush have not exactly rendered the wool high quality.</p>
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<p>According to the Canberra Times, it's more likely that the record-shattering wool will go to auction, then end up in a museum.</p>
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<p>Lastly, as funny as Chris looked, the underlying roots of his story are no laughing matter.</p><p>The fact<em> is</em> that wild sheep naturally shed their coats every year. The only reason Chris was able to grow so rotund and cloud-like is because humans have tinkered with evolution for the benefit of high-end clothing.</p><p>In other words, we have quite literally pulled the wool over sheep's eyes; breeding them specifically so that they will produce more merino, whether the process puts their lives in danger or not.</p>
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/bolivian-salt-flats/
2019-01-08T19:20:10Z
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<p>When people fill up their bucket lists, there are the obvious choices - northern lights, African safaris, Alaskan cruises - then there are more unexpected choices, which despite their relatively lower profile, leave travelers in absolute awe. The Bolivian salt flats are one of these choices, a completely otherworldly landscape that will leave you wanting to sprinkle a little salt on that list of fantasy vacations.</p><p><em>By CBS News Staff Writer Christina Capatides</em></p>
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<p>At 4,086 square miles, Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world.</p>
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<p>The Salar de Uyuni is home to several different types of flamingos, which give the landscape a dreamlike quality, further emphasizing that, in a place like this, humans feel like the visitors.</p>
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<p>The Bolivian salt flats are known for their extraordinary flatness. Over the entirety of its 4,086 square miles, the landscape only changes in height about three feet.</p>
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<p>The Uyuni salt flats are estimated to contain 10 billion tons of salt - from which 25,000 tons are extracted every year - as well as 100 million tons of lithium, making it one of the largest global reserves of this mineral, according to state officials from the Bolivian Mining Corporation.</p>
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<p>The region's constant bright sunshine and flat landscape combine to create panoramic reflections that are almost startling in their beauty.</p>
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<p>Formed by the transformation of several prehistoric lakes, the Salar de Uyuni is located in the Daniel Campos Province of southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes. It sits about 12,000 feet above sea level.</p>
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<p>The salt flats are a major tourist attraction in Bolivia, with around 60,000 tourists visiting them every year to witness the landscape's giant cacti, geysers, hot springs, volcanoes and colorful ponds in person.</p>
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<p>The reflections of sky on land in the Salar de Uyuni are all-encompassing, creating a landscape which both plays with perspective and light.</p>
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<p>Local legend has it that the mountains, which surround the Salar, were once giant people. Two of these mountains, Tunupa and Kusku, were happily married until Kusku ran away, leaving his wife to raise their son alone.</p><p>The story then goes that Tunupa, in all of her grieving, cried heartily while breastfeeding her son. Those tears mixed with her milk, and that's what formed the Salar.</p><p>Tunupa is still an important deity in the region to this day.</p>
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<p>The Uyuni salt flats are also one of the host locations of the annual Dakar Rally, an extreme off-road endurance race that takes place in South America every January.</p><p>As part of this "rally raid," professional and amateur racers drive off-road vehicles across challenging terrain, which includes dunes, mud, camel grass, rocks and erg, sometimes traversing more than 500 miles in a single day.</p>
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<p>The sun sets on the Salt Hotel in the middle of the Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia. Due to a lack of conventional construction materials, this hotel, as well as most of the others erected on the flats, are built almost entirely with salt blocks cut from the Salar. That goes for the walls, the roof <em>and </em>the furniture.</p>
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<p>At the Uyuni salt flats, just under 10 feet of salt crust covers a pool of brine, which holds around half of the world's lithium reserves.</p><p>Here, a worker of the pilot plant for the industrialization of evaporitic resources builds a barrier with stones and rocks at one of these brine pools, July 14, 2011. Lithium is a vital component in most electronic batteries and, as such, holds great economic influence in the region.</p>
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<p>Satellites are often calibrated on the Bolivian salt flats because they are large, stable surfaces with strong reflective properties similar to those of ice sheets and the surface of the ocean.</p>
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<p>The flats are all the more ideal for satellite calibration due to the absence of industry in the region and its high elevation, which renders the air above Salar de Uyuni unusually clear and dry (at least in the low-rain period from April to November).</p>
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<p>In the winter months, heavy rains flood the salt flats, which only make for more awe-inspiring reflections. This seasonal flooding is also functional in that it serves to smooth the flats and make them more stable.</p>
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<p>Companies from all over the world - Bollore (France), Sumitomo (Japan) and Korea Resource (Korea) - are clamoring to exploit the flats' lithium reserves.</p>
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<p>A bicycle rider waves to friends at the Uyuni salt flats in Uyuni, Bolivia.</p>
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<p>The sky is reflected on the Uyuni salt flats as a car drives by in Uyuni, Bolivia.</p>
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<p>Baby Chilean flamingos wander through the middle of the Uyuni salt desert in southern Bolivia.</p><p>In the winter of 2010, a late nesting triggered by extreme cold weather and severe drought caused migratory flamingos to abandon their young and begin bizarrely popping up in cities surrounding the Uyuni salt flats. Many of these baby flamingos, too weak and disoriented to fend for themselves in the desert-like terrain, died prematurely as a result.</p>
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<p>This photo, taken from a plane, shows a panoramic view of the Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, in southern Bolivia.</p>
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<p>These are some of the wildlife populations in danger of becoming extinct if drastic conservation measures are not taken.</p><p>Native to the deserts and grasslands of Namibia and Coastal East Africa, the black rhinoceros is one of the oldest mammals on Earth. The World Wildlife Fund calls them "virtually living fossils."</p><p>They play an important role in their habitats and as a source of income for their native countries through ecotourism. Yet, conservationists have been fighting an uphill battle to save them.</p><p>Black rhinos have two horns, which makes them especially attractive to poachers engaged in the illegal trade of rhino horn. Between 1970 and 1992, a staggering 96 percent of Africa's remaining black rhinos were killed for this purpose, rendering them a critically endangered species. There are less than 4,900 surviving in the world.</p>
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<p>Yangtze finless porpoises are one of two species of dolphins, who made their homes in Asia’s Yangtze River. In 2006, however, that other species, the Baiji dolphin, was declared functionally extinct, due to the destruction of its food supply by human interference.</p><p>Finless porpoises, known for their mischievous smiles and their gorilla-level intelligence, require an ample food supply to survive. And much like the food supply of the Baiji dolphin, it is now threatened by overfishing, pollution and ship movement.</p><p>The World Wildlife Fund is currently working to reconnect more than 40 floodplain lakes with the main stem of the Yangtze River to restore seasonal flows, before these critically endangered creatures become the second species of dolphin to be wiped off the Earth completely because of humans.</p>
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<p>A baby mountain gorilla from the family known as Amahoro, which means “peace” in the Rwandan language, is held by its mother in the dense forest on the slopes of Mount Bisoke volcano in Volcanoes National Park, northern Rwanda.</p><p>These days, an estimated 900 mountain gorillas, a subspecies of the eastern gorilla, live in the steep-sloped forests of Rwanda and neighboring Congo and Uganda, the last of their species on earth. The population has suffered from poaching, civil unrest -- including the war in Rwanda in the 1990s and years of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- as well as the loss of their natural habitats to humans.</p><p>They are listed as a critically endangered species by the World Wildlife Fund though their numbers have increased slightly in recent years because of <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mountain-gorillas-rwanda-volcanoes-national-park/" target="_blank">conservation efforts</a>.</p><p>The eastern gorilla, made up of two subspecies--Grauer’s gorillas and eastern gorillas, was listed as critically endangered by the IUCN in Sept. 2016, after a population decline of more then 70% in 20 years. It is now believed there are less than 5,000 in total in the world. </p><p>More photos: <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mountain-gorillas-rwanda-volcanoes-national-park/" target="_blank">Gorillas in Rwanda</a></p>
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<p>This South China tiger was born in captivity. Once estimated at a population of 4,000 in the 20th century, they are believed to be extinct in the wild now, without a single sighting for more than 25 years. According to the World Wildlife Fund, they dwindled from 4,000 in the 1950s to just 30-80 by 1996. One of the most critically endangered species with the only ones alive in captivity.</p>
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<p>While the species of white rhinos as a whole is considered “near threatened,” the sub-species of northern white rhinos is severely endangered. There are only five members of this sub-species left on the planet.</p><p>Sudan, seen here, is the only remaining northern-white rhino male in the world. He and his two female companions, Suin and Fatu, live at the ol-Pejeta sanctuary in Kenya’s Mt. Kenya region. With only one male left, the future of northern white rhinos now depends solely on artificial methods of reproduction.</p>
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<p>Unlike other leopards that live in the savannas of Africa, Amur leopards make their homes in the temperate forests of Eastern Russia. They can run up to 37 miles per hour, leap more than 19 feet horizontally, and live up to 15 years (20 in captivity).</p><p>Amur leopards are also unique in that the males often stay with females after mating, even helping to raise their young. Sadly, there are only around 60 Amur leopards left. In fact, this subspecies of leopard is considered one of the most critically endangered felines in the world.</p><p>The biggest threat to the Amur leopard is the illegal wildlife trade. They are poached for their beautiful, spotted fur. A male leopard skin can fetch up to $1,000 in Russia.</p>
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<p>In December 2016, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) added <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giraffes-at-risk-of-silent-extinction-biologists-warn/" target="_blank">giraffes</a> to its official watch list of threatened and endangered species worldwide, calling them “vulnerable.” The group said habitat loss is largely responsible.</p><p>“There’s a strong tendency to think that familiar species (such as giraffes, chimps, etc.) must be OK because they are familiar and we see them in zoos,” said Duke University conservation biologist Stuart Pimm, who has criticized the IUCN for not putting enough species on the threat list. “This is dangerous.”</p>
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<p>The Sumatran orangutan lives amidst the trees of tropical rainforests. They once lived throughout Sumatra, but now their habitats are mainly found in North Sumatra and Aceh.</p><p>The species is currently listed as critically endangered by the WWF, with only an estimated 7,000 remaining. Efforts are being made to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/orangutans-in-jeopardy/" target="_blank">reintroduce orangutans rescued</a> from illegal trade or being kept as pets into the wild.</p><p>The Bornean orangutan is listed as endangered.</p><p>More photos: <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/orangutans-in-jeopardy/" target="_blank">Orangutans in jeopardy</a></p>
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<p>Sumatran elephants live in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra, where they travel in herds and feed on a variety of plants and deposit seeds. They are about 20 feet long and weigh approximately five tons.</p><p>These majestic creatures are critically endangered due to the destruction of their habitat by the logging, palm oil and rubber industries in Asia. Over two-thirds of the species’ lowland forest habitat has been razed in the last 25 years and nearly 70 percent of its natural habitat destroyed in just one generation. This has resulted in the animals invading local villages, destroying homes and crops. Forest rangers and activists from the Wildlife Conservation Society are trying various methods to return them to the forest, including training them to keep away and hunting for illegal loggers. There are currently between 2,400 and 2,800 of the mammals left, confined to small patches of forest.</p><p>Because only male Sumatran elephants have tusks, poaching has drastically skewed the sex ratio of this species, severely threatening breeding rates.</p>
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<p>Cross river gorillas live in the lowland mountain forests and rainforests of Cameroon and Nigeria, areas heavily populated by humans as well. As such, the gorillas’ territory has been threatened by poaching, clearing for timber and the creation of fields for agriculture and livestock.</p><p>Cross river gorillas can reach up to five-and-a-half feet tall and 440 pounds. They are considered critically endangered, with less than 300 of their kind left.</p><p><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC BY-SA 3.0</a></p>
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<p>The western lowland gorilla can be found in the Central African Republic, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of Congo. They differ from other gorilla subspecies in that they are somewhat smaller with brown-grey coats and auburn colored chests. </p><p>Their total population isn’t known, but it is estimated that, primarily due to poaching and disease, their numbers have dwindled by at least 60% over the past two decades. They are listed as critically endangered by the WWF. </p>
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<p>Pangolins are primarily nocturnal animals that can curl up into a ball when startled and use their scales to lash out at predators. Often mistaken as reptiles, they are actually mammals covered neck-to-toe in a body armor of scales.</p><p>Pangolin meat is considered a delicacy in both Asia and Africa. The animals’ scales are also utilized in a range of folk remedies for conditions like asthma and arthritis. As such, pangolins have become one of the most trafficked mammals in the world.</p><p>Two pangolin species are now listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.</p>
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<p>For millennia, the snow leopard ruled the mountains of China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, and Mongolia. It could scale steep slopes with ease, leap six times its body length and wrap its tail around its body to protect itself from the cold.</p><p>In recent years, however, this powerful cat has become endangered due to several forms of conflict with its sole predator, humans.</p><p>Animals that snow leopards traditionally hunt, like Argali sheep, are now also hunted by humans and, therefore, harder to come by. This has forced snow leopards to start killing livestock to survive, which has in turn caused local farmers to begin killing snow leopards to protect their livestock. These retaliatory killings, combined with habitat fragmentation and climate change, have diminished snow leopard populations to somewhere between 4,080 and 6,590.</p>
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<p>The sperm whale, made famous by “Moby Dick,” is the largest of all toothed whales. Male sperm whales can grow to be more than 60 feet long and females up to about 40 feet. They live, on average, around 70 years and traverse all of the world’s oceans, plus the Mediterranean Sea.</p><p>While these torpedo-shaped mammals once numbered about 1.1 million worldwide, whaling diminished their population from the end of World War II through 1985, as hunters raced to extract oil from the reservoirs in their massive heads and render it from their blubber. Now protected by the Endangered Species Act, their numbers are still recovering with around 300,000 of them in existence.</p><p>There is also a distinctive population of sperm whales living in the Gulf of Mexico that scientists fear may be adversely affected by the Gulf Oil Disaster and all of the toxic fumes and chemical dispersants spread throughout their habitat.</p><p>In this photo, a woman approaches the carcass of a 50-foot sperm whale washed ashore on the Pacifica Beach near San Francisco, April 15, 2015.</p>
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<p>The African wild dog is one of the world’s endangered mammals. Ranging from 40 to 70 pounds, these animals gather in packs and hunt medium-sized animals of opportunity, at speeds of more than 44 miles per hour.</p><p>The African wild dog population is currently estimated at somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000. Its numbers are dwindling due to viral diseases like rabies and distemper, habitat loss, and competition from larger predators like lions.</p>
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<p>Cheetahs are the fastest land mammals on Earth, possessing the ability to accelerate from zero to 64 miles per hour in just three seconds. However, they’re small and they can’t sustain those speeds for long, which makes them susceptible to larger predators like hyenas and lions. In fact, cheetahs will often surrender a kill to one of these predators to avoid a fight.</p><p>Male cheetahs will form groups of two or three and remain together for life. Female cheetahs are more solitary. They are threatened by both the growing scarcity of suitable habitats and the illegal trade in cubs as pets.</p><p>While cheetahs as a whole are considered “vulnerable,” the Asiatic and Northwestern Saharan subspecies are listed as Critically Endangered. Their numbers are thought to be between 60 and 100, making them some of the most endangered cats on the planet.</p>
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<p>Leatherback turtles are the largest and most migratory sea turtles in the world. They cross both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to feed, and their Pacific and Southwest Atlantic subpopulations are considered critically endangered by the WWF.</p><p>Named for their unique shells, which are more leather-like than hard, these turtles grow up to 63 inches long and 1500 pounds. They are a fundamental link in marine ecosystems and help keep jellyfish populations in check.</p><p>Sadly, though, Leatherback turtles are at risk of extinction due to intense egg collection and fishery bycatch.</p>
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<p>There are only 400-500 Sumatran tigers, the smallest tiger subspecies left. They have heavy black stripes and orange coats. </p><p>Deforestation and poaching are the biggest threats. The market for tiger parts and products has a big impact on the survival of this critically endangered species as well. </p>
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<p>Bonobos look like smaller, leaner, darker chimpanzees. Like chimpanzees, they share 98.7 percent of their DNA with humans, making them one of our two closest living relatives in the animal kingdom.</p><p>As primates go, bonobos live in relatively peaceful groups led by females. They maintain long relationships and settle conflicts with sex. Wild bonobos are found in the forests of the Congo Basin.</p><p>Years of civil unrest and poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo have hampered scientific study of this species, and contributed to both bonobo poaching and the harmful deforestation of their habitats. As such, these animals are now considered endangered with less than 50,000 remaining.</p>
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<p>Asian or Malayan tapir are the largest of the four species of tapir and are found in the lowland rainforests of Southeast Asian. They are distinguished by a light-colored patch, which extends from their shoulders to their rear ends, acting as a sort of camouflage. When lying down, this patch leads other animals to mistake Asian tapir for large rocks rather than prey.</p><p>Despite their poor eyesight, Asian tapir have few natural predators. Thanks to their size (between 550 and 710 pounds), it’s even rare for tapir to be killed by tigers.</p><p>The animals are primarily threatened by deforestation for agricultural purposes, illegal wildlife trade, and flooding caused by the damming of rivers for hydroelectric projects. In short, this is yet another species endangered by human activity.</p>
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<p>The Hawksbill sea turtle gets its name from its pointed beak. Their colored and patterned shells are frequently sold as “tortoiseshell,” making them highly valued commodities. </p><p>They can often be found around the world in coral reef areas, but are critically endangered.</p>
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<p>Saola were first discovered in Vietnam in May 1992. Since then, the elusive animal has only been documented in the wild on four occasions.</p><p>Saola have two distinctive parallel horns with sharp ends that can reach up to 20 inches in length. Ranging from 176 to 220 pounds, these animals reside in the evergreen forests of Vietnam and Laos, which have little to no dry season.</p><p>Affectionately known as the Asian unicorn, Saola resemble antelopes, but have striking white markings on their face. Because they are so rarely seen, it is difficult to estimate their current numbers. However, scientists believe there are only a few hundred left at most, possibly only a few dozen remaining. As their forest habitat disappears to make way for agriculture, plantations and infrastructure, these critically endangered creatures are being squeezed into smaller and smaller tracts of land, where they are less and less protected from hunters.</p>
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<p>Vaquita, the rarest marine mammals in the world, live in the Gulf of California and are most often spotted in the shallow waters near the shore. They are small porpoises with large dark rings around their eyes and dark patches on their lips.</p><p>Vaquita were only discovered in 1958 and now, due to fishery bycatch, they are on the brink of extinction. Nearly one out of every five Vaquita become entangled and ultimately drown in gillnets intended for other animals. Now, there are less than 100 of these animals left.</p>
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<p>An addax is a pale antelope with long, twisted horns that can reach up to 33 inches on males and 31 inches on females. Its coat grows darker in the winter and lighter in the summer. This mammal is uniquely equipped for arid climates with sandy or stoney deserts because it can survive for long periods of time without water.</p><p>Once abundant in Northern Africa, the addax is now extinct in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Sudan and the Western Sahara. It has been reintroduced in Morocco and Tunisia, but is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The addax is not a terribly fast animal, making it a relatively easy target for predators like lions and cheetahs.</p><p>Here, an addax calf born June 7, 2013 roams the enclosure at Brookfield Zoo on July 2, 2013 in Brookfield, Illinois. About 200 of the nearly-extinct addax live in North American zoos. As of 2013, only about 300 still survived in the wild.</p>
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<p>The San Joaquin kit fox is one of the most endangered animals in California. Once abundant throughout the state’s San Joaquin Valley, the creatures are now only found along its edges.</p><p>The size of a house cat, the San Joaquin kit fox is distinguished by its yellowish-grey fur, big ears and long bushy tail. Primarily active at night, these tiny foxes live in underground dens and survive off of rodents, birds, lizards and other small animals like cottontails. They don’t need to drink water because they can absorb all the hydration they need through their prey.</p><p>As the open grasslands in California’s Central Valley are converted to farms, homes and roads, it becomes increasingly difficult for San Joaquin kit foxes to survive and find mates. They are also threatened by the state’s severe drought and the outdoor poisons used to kill rodents, like mice, which they then consume. Currently, there are less than 7,000 of these small mammals left in the wild.</p>
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<p>The Point Arena mountain beaver is one of seven subspecies of mountain beaver, and it is considered the most primitive living rodent. It is stout and compact with small eyes, rounded ears and a distinctive cylindrical stump of a tail.</p><p>Among other beavers, the Point Arena mountain beaver is distinguished by its unique black fur and its lack of aquatic tendencies. It has opposable thumbs on each forepaw and long curved claws on each of its digits for digging.</p><p>Averaging one foot in length and two to four pounds in weight, these mammals, listed as endangered by the U.S. federal government, are found only in California.</p>
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<p>The Baluchistan bear, found in the Baluchistan Mountains of southern Pakistan and Iran, is a subspecies of the Asiatic black bear. It has a cream colored crescent patch on its chest, coarse fur that often appears more reddish-brown than back, and it ranges in size from 200 to 400 pounds.</p><p>The Baluchistan bear, sometimes referred to as the Pakistan black bear, has a thinner coat than its brethren because it resides in a much warmer climate. It prefers a diet of local fruits, like figs and bananas.</p><p>Once prevalent throughout Baluchistan, the bear’s numbers have been significantly depleted by deforestation and the consequent loss of habit. It is now listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species.</p><p><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC BY-SA 3.0</a></p>
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<p>There’s some good news. Giant pandas, the rarest members of the bear family, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giant-pandas-hit-milestone-amid-fresh-concern-about-their-future/" target="_blank">were moved from endangered status to “vulnerable”</a> on the IUCN Red list in September 2016. Their population has grown “due to effective forest protection and reforestation.” They’re not safe, though, because climate change is expected to eliminate more than 35% of the bamboo habitat they depend on in the next 80 years. </p><p>Pandas live primarily in bamboo forests high in the mountains of Western China, where they each eat between 26 and 84 pounds of bamboo per day.</p><p>This peaceful creature is adored worldwide and considered a sort of national treasure in its native country. However, China’s booming economy has been the biggest threat to its habitat and thus, its species.</p><p>According to the <a href="http://worldwildlife.org" target="_blank">World Wildlife Fund</a>, “Roads and railroads are increasingly fragmenting the forest, which isolates panda populations and prevents mating. Forest destruction also reduces pandas’ access to the bamboo they need to survive.”</p><p>China has established more than 50 panda reserves to help boost population numbers. There are about 1,826 left in the wild.</p>
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<p>Pope Francis is no stranger to saying and doing things no other pope has done before. His down-to-earth style and progressive stances on a number of key social issues have rendered him a sort of rock star among Catholics, long craving a modernization of their church.</p><p>An encyclical, for example, is the most authoritative teaching document a pope can issue. On June 18, 2015, despite many conservatives urging him not to, Pope Francis published one on climate change. In doing so, he's not the first pope to advocate for protecting the environment, but he<em> is</em> the first to do so in such an official document.</p><p><em>By CBS News staff writer Christina Capatides</em></p>
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<p>When Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio's papacy began on March 13, 2013, he became the first pope to ever choose the name Francis... after St. Francis of Assisi, the Patron Saint of animals.</p><p>He explained the choice in his first address to the media, "For me, he is the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation."</p>
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<p>Pope Francis has taken a significantly more open-minded and conciliatory stance on homosexuality than any pope before him.</p><p>"If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked, during <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-who-am-i-to-judge-gay-clergy/" target="_blank">a groundbreaking news conference</a> in July 2013 . "We shouldn't marginalize people for this. They must be integrated into society."</p>
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<p>In August 2016, "after intense prayer and mature reflection," Pope Francis set up a panel to study whether women should be able to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vatican-considers-female-deacons/" target="_blank">serve as deacons</a>, a role now reserved to men. The commission is made up of 12 members including priests, nuns and laywomen... half women and half men. So, for the first time in centuries, Pope Francis has opened up the possibility that women of the church could preach and preside over weddings, baptisms and funerals.</p>
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<p>Under Pope Francis' guidance, the Vatican took several concrete steps forward in holding church officials accountable for committing or ignoring acts of sexual abuse.</p><p>In June 2015, Pope Francis approved the creation of a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-biggest-step-yet-to-hold-bishops-accountable-for-abuse/" target="_blank">new tribunal</a>, devoted exclusively to investigating cases, in which bishops covered up for priests who abused their station to rape or molest children.</p><p>Less than a week later, two church officials in Minnesota -- an archbishop and a deputy bishop -- resigned after being charged for systematically turning a blind eye to the acts of pedophilia committed by one of their priests.</p><p>And this summer, the Vatican also announced that it would be criminally prosecuting their former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Józef Wesołowski, for sexually abusing young boys.</p>
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<p>In his groundbreaking 184-page <a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2015/images/06/18/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si_en.pdf" target="_blank">encyclical letter</a>, "Laudato Si" (On Care For Our Common Home), Pope Francis insists that global warming is real and that an urgent "cultural revolution" is needed to protect the Earth from its devastating effects. Indicting big business, short-sighted politicians and climate skeptics alike; he states that "doomsday predictions... can no longer be met with irony or disdain."</p><p>There are both <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vatican-brings-dose-of-morality-to-climate-debate/" target="_blank">scientific and moral reasons</a> for protecting God's creation, he says. Nature is a precious gift that should be cared for, not ravaged. The poor bear the brunt of air pollution, toxic dumping, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/global-warming-to-bring-dramatic-changes-to-oceans/">rising sea levels</a> and extreme weather conditions. And the poor shouldn't suffer because of the sins of the rich.</p><p>Lastly, Francis attributes the Earth's continual loss of biodiversity, the melting of Arctic glaciers, and the pollution of the world's water supply to a broad sweep of wasteful human activities, like the burning of fossil fuels... <em>not </em>population growth.</p>
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<p>No stranger to tackling controversial issues, Pope Francis took on both <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-to-allow-all-priests-to-absolve-abortion-sin-for-jubilee-year/" target="_blank">abortion</a> and annulment in a series of groundbreaking moves, September 2015.</p><p>The church considers abortion a "reserved sin," on the level of attacking a bishop or desecrating the Eucharist. As such, it carries with it automatic excommunication from all Catholic sacraments, including confession.</p><p>The Pope did not change that; but during the Jubilee Year of Mercy starting December 8, he made it possible for any priest anywhere in the world to forgive the sin through confession. For the Catholic Church, that is huge.</p>
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<p>Catholic doctrine holds that marriage is forever. An annulment, however, can be granted by a church tribunal up to 60 days after the ceremony, if it is argued that the marriage had some inherent defect from the start (e.g. one spouse was intoxicated at the time of the wedding, or one spouse never intended to have children). The problem is: annulment can cost thousands of dollars and take years to process.</p><p>On September 8, 2015, Pope Francis released two legal <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-makes-big-changes-in-marriage-annulment-process/" target="_blank">church documents</a> that completely overhaul the system, making it faster, easier and less expensive to get a marriage annulled. He did so out of "concern for the salvation of souls."</p>
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<p>Pope Francis <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-catholic-church-must-focus-beyond-small-minded-rules/" target="_blank">has warned</a> that the Catholic Church's moral structure might "fall like a house of cards" if it doesn't balance its divisive rules about abortion, gays and contraception with the greater need to make it a merciful, more welcoming place for all.</p><p>John Allen, a senior correspondent with the National Catholic Reporter, told CBS Radio News the pope is not changing church policy but makes it clear that he wants a less judgmental church.</p><p>"I think he is conscious that he's at a sort of make-or-break moment where the kind of pope he wants to be - if he wants to affect real change - he's got to be explicit about it," Allen said.</p>
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<p>On May 6, 2015, Pope Francis met with the Harlem Globetrotters, during a general audience in St. Peter's Square.</p><p>Harlem Globetrotter Flight Time Lang (R) even taught him how to spin the ball on his finger... making him easily the most baller pope in history.</p>
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<p>Ever the modern pope, Francies posed for a selfie with youth members of the Italian Diocese of Piacenza and Bobbio, in St. Peter's Basilica, August 28, 2013.</p><p>How #awesome is that?</p>
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<p>While visiting a working-class parish on the outskirts of Rome in December 2013, Pope Francis revealed that he once worked as a bouncer at a club.</p><p>What's more, he went on to comment that removing troublemakers from the club, as a young student in Buenos Aires, actually prepared him to bring people back into the church.</p>
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<p>In 2013, Pope Francis was named Time magazine's <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-selected-as-times-person-of-the-year-for-2013/" target="_blank">Person of the Year</a> for drastically changing the perception of the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church in such a short period of time.</p><p>"The Holy Father is not looking to become famous or to receive honors," said the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi. "But if the choice of Person of Year helps spread the message of the Gospel - a message of God's love for everyone - he will certainly be happy about that."</p>
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<p>On May 15, 2013, during Pope Francis' weekly audience with the public, someone at the edge of the crowd thrust a white bird cage at him.</p><p>Puzzled, his security detail took the cage, containing a pair of white doves, and handed it to Francis. Without hesitation, the pope opened the cage door, thrust a hand inside and extracted one dove. With a flick of his hand, he then sent the bird flying over the square.</p><p>The dove is actually one of the symbols of St. Francis of Assisi. Perhaps that's why Pope Francis immediately knew what to do with one.</p>
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<p>Hailing from Argentina, Pope Francis is the first non-European pope in over 1,000 years.</p><p>Here, Pope Francis -- born Jorge Bergoglio -- is pictured as a young boy, destined for greatness.</p>
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<p>Pope Francis broke with tradition on March 28, 2013, to wash the feet of two female and two Muslim inmates, during a Holy Thursday ceremony at the juvenile detention center of Casal del Marmo, Rome.</p><p>When these actions drew criticism from angry traditionalists, the Vatican issued a statement saying, "Washing feet was important to present the Lord's spirit of service and love."</p>
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<p>Pope Francis -- then Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio -- kisses the feet of a young man trying to overcome drug addiction, during a mass in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 20, 2008.</p>
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<p>When he became pope in 2013, Francis passed up living in the luxurious papal residence, choosing to move into a simple Vatican guesthouse instead.</p>
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<p>Pope Francis meets Diego Maradona during an audience with the players of the 'Partita Interreligiosa Della Pace' in Rome, before the Interreligious Match For Peace at Olimpico Stadium on September 1, 2014.</p>
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<p>Pope Francis kisses a sick girl after his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on January 8, 2014.</p>
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<p>Pope Francis has never shied away from the disabled. One time, he even paused his weekly audience to <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2489534/Touching-moment-Pope-Francis-halted-weekly-general-audience-kiss-hold-disfigured-man.html" target="_blank">kiss and hold</a> a man badly disfigured with Elephant Man Disease.</p><p>Here, he greets a handicapped man after his general audience in St Peter's Square, May 14, 2014.</p>
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<p>Pope Francis wears a plastic yellow poncho as he waves to well wishers after a mass in Tacloban, January 17, 2015.</p><p>He would spend the rest of that day with survivors of the catastrophic super typhoon that claimed thousands of lives in the Philippines, highlighting his concerns for climate change.</p>
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<p>Pope Francis allows his skull cap to be removed by an inquisitive child, during an audience at the Vatican, December 14, 2013.</p>
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<p>A child smiles as she embraces Pope Francis, during an audience for the participants of the Convention of the Diocese of Rome at the Vatican, June 14, 2015.</p>
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<p>Pope Francis drives a Ford Focus, and has said that it pains him to see church officials driving fancy cars when so many children are dying of hunger around the world.</p>
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<p>Pope Francis shares a laugh with U.S. President Barack Obama, as they exchange gifts during a private audience on March 27, 2014 at the Vatican.</p><p>This meeting at the Vatican was a welcome rest-stop for Obama during his six-day European tour in 2014, otherwise dominated by the crisis over Crimea.</p>
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<p>When a gust of wind blew Pope Francis' mantle across his face, during his weekly general audience in Saint Peter's square on June 17, 2015, he was totally unfazed.</p>
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<p>Here, Pope Francis accepts a sign that one of his faithful made for him, ahead of his weekly general audience, in St Peter's Square, March 27, 2013.</p>
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<p>Here, Pope Francis receives a leather jacket from Harley Davidson Motor Company senior vice-president Mark Hans-Richer, at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 12, 2013.</p>
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<p>Well, there's no Dark Side to the publicity campaign, dreamed up by the <a href="http://ottawahumane.ca/home/index.cfm" target="_blank">Ottawa Humane Society</a>, to get their rescue pets adopted.</p><p>They enlisted the help of the 501st Capital City Garrison -- the Eastern Ontario chapter of an international, all-volunteer Star Wars costuming organization with over 6,000 members -- to come and take pictures with the animals, dressed in full-blown "Star Wars" gear.</p>
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<p>Much like Luke, these dogs, cats, bunnies and guinea pigs photographed by <a href="https://instagram.com/rohit">Rohit Saxena</a> are just looking for their fathers. Lucky for them, "Star Wars" fans across the internet galaxy can now pitch in spreading the word.</p><p>Here, a Jawa poses with a rescue dog, named Doyle, proving that this cause is important enough to halt trade and travel all the way to Earth from the Outer Rim of Tatooine.</p>
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<p>Even Sith Lords are getting in on the action. Here, Darth Vadar holds a pint-sized puppy, named Bella, who's up for adoption. Not even a fatal bolt of the Emperor's Force lightning could keep him away.</p>
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<p>You may recognize Garindan here, as the spy who ratted out Luke and Ben to the Stormtroopers in Mos Eisley.</p><p>As a rat, he naturally gets along with other rodents, which explains how the intergalactic jerk could muster up some kindness for the guinea pig seen here.</p>
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<p>In this picture, Greedo -- the ever luckless Rodian bounty hunter from Tatooine -- has scored quite the adorable bounty... a rescue cat, named Flapjack.</p>
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<p>Here, a male Tusken Raider -- one of the Sand People -- cozies up to a sandy pooch available for adoption.</p><p>Alright, alright... the dog is more white than sandy, but just go with it, okay?</p>
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<p>Here's another adorable Sand Person-sandy rescue pet matchup.</p><p>And, hey... This one's actually sandy. Accuracy for the win!</p>
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<p>Forget Jabba the Hutt. This Weequay Skiff guard is employed by Bingo the bunny now.</p>
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<p>Here, a Stormtrooper takes some time off from serving Emperor Palpatine to serve a higher power... PUPPIES.</p>
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<p>Chloe the guinea pig is diminutive, adorable, and covered head-to-toe in fur, just like her Ewok friend.</p>
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<p>If you glance at this scene quickly, it looks a bit like a chess match.</p><p>And luckily, in <em>this </em>chess match,<em> all</em> the Wookiees win.</p>
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<p>Here, Garindan cozies up to a handsome hound, currently up for adoption at the Ottawa Humane Society.</p><p>We wonder which one of those long snouts has more powerful sniffing abilities.</p>
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<p>Forget star systems.</p><p>The Stormtrooper here is just focused on getting this <em>guinea pig</em> in line.</p><p>We like his priorities.</p>
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<p>The indigenous people of Tatooine live and tend to <em>stay </em>in the desert.</p><p>But when a kitten this cute needs help finding its forever home, even <em>they</em>heed the call.</p>
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<p>There's no shortage of unique creatures in the galaxy far, far away.</p><p>But when you see a pup this pretty, it catches <em>everyone's </em>eye.</p>
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<p>In the "Star Wars" films, Stormtroopers were the faceless enforcers of the New Order.</p><p>Here, they're the faceless enforcers of the no-kill movement.</p><p>A different animal completely.</p>
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<p>Here, Garindan, takes his eyes off Luke Skywalker for a moment to focus, instead, on this beautiful bunny.</p><p>Finally! He's using his talents for good.</p>
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<p>The Sand People of Tatooine are often hostile to newcomers.</p><p>But seriously, <i style="font-weight: bold;">who </i>could be hostile to this scruffy little guy?</p><p>You guessed it: no one. Not even a Tusken Raider.</p>
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<p>An image in white armor, these two make a handsome pair. The sort of team you could rally a whole galaxy behind.</p><p>So let's rally, internet galaxy, and find these "Star Wars" lovin' pets a home.</p><p>For more information on available pets, visit the <a href="http://ottawahumane.ca/home/index.cfm">Ottawa Humane Society</a>'s website.</p><p>Photographer <a href="https://instagram.com/rohit" target="_blank">Rohit Saxena</a></p>
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<p>The Royal Family announced this morning that Britain's new princess is named Charlotte; a strong name with a number of notable owners throughout history. Here's a look at the best Charlottes ever, and the qualities we hope the little Princess inherits from them.</p><p>Let's begin with the selfless, hardworking protagonist of the classic children's book "Charlotte's Web<em>". </em>This Charlotte was both brilliant and humble; coming to her friends aid, when they needed it most, with an understated tour de force of admirable qualities.</p><p>From <em>this </em>Charlotte, we hope the new royal baby inherits pretty much everything... with the exception of eight legs.</p>
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<p>Another notable Charlotte is 19th century English novelist and poet, Charlotte Brontë. </p><p>The eldest of the Brontë sisters, <em>this </em>Charlotte is responsible for novels, like "Jayne Eyre<em>"</em>and "Villette<em>", </em>which have become classic cornerstones of English literature.</p><p>From Charlotte Bronte, we hope Britain's new princess inherits a knack for the written word.</p>
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<p>Besides being an NBA basketball team, the Charlotte Hornets are largely owned by Michael Jordan.</p><p>Simply put, that's awesome.</p><p>From <em>this </em>Charlotte, we hope the little princess inherits superior athletic ability and super cool friends.</p>
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<p>Welsh singer-songwriter Charlotte Church rose to fame as a child, and has since sold over 10 million records worldwide.</p><p>Like <em>this </em>Charlotte, we hope Britain's new princess takes the world by storm in her youth.</p><p>Oh, wait. She already has.</p>
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<p>Good Charlotte is an American rock band with five studio albums to its name, that consistently topped the charts with pop hits in the early 2000's.</p><p>Like Good Charlotte frontmen, Benji and Joel Madden, we hope Princess Charlotte develops a close relationship with her brother... musical ability wouldn't hurt either.</p>
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<p>In the acclaimed HBO show, "Sex and the City," Charlotte York was the conservative, preppy presence in the group.</p><p>She often served as her friends' moral compass, and she ultimately found a very real happiness.</p><p>From <em>this </em>Charlotte, we hope the little princess inherits the ability to choose a kind, doting husband and a knack for conservative fashion... though with Kate Middleton as her mother, Princess Charlotte is already pretty set in the style department.</p>
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<p>A "Charlotte" is also a type of extravagant dessert.</p><p>We're talking sponge cake, ladyfingers, custard... You get the point.</p><p>We hope Britain's new princess grows up to be as sweet and multilayered as <em>this </em>Charlotte.</p>
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<p>Charlotte Russe is an American fashion line that currently has 500 stores nationwide, and utilizes Instagram masterfully as a sort of sales channel for its young clients.</p><p>Here, a model wears Charlotte Russe during the the fashion line's Fall 2009 launch event at Openhouse Gallery in New York City.</p><p>From <em>this </em>Charlotte, we hope the young princess inherits relatability, and social media skills.</p>
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<p>Last but not least, Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ruled over Great Britain and Ireland, as King George III's wife, from 1761 to 1818.</p><p>During that time, Queen Charlotte Sophia had fifteen children and was a notable patron of both Mozart and Bach... kind of a big deal.</p><p>Like Queen Charlotte Sophia, we hope the little princess becomes a patron of the arts.</p>
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<p>The desperate search for buried earthquake survivors in Nepal got a welcome boost Monday from six canine-firefighter teams, highly trained at sniffing survivors out of the rubble.</p><p>This U.S. contingent joins a global coalition of determined canines on the ground there, utilizing their keen senses of smell and hearing to help the earthquake-ravaged nation.</p><p>And you might be surprised to find out that many of these hero dogs -- whose job it is to save people trapped in terrible circumstances -- were once pulled from terrible circumstances themselves.</p>
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<p>Ripley, a California search dog combs the rubble in Kathmandu for a live human scent, as Nepalese and American search and rescue teams await his cue, April 30, 2015.</p>
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<p>The United States sent two Task Forces (California Task Force 2 and Virginia Task Force 1) to Nepal on Sunday, after the Nepalese government specifically requested canine disaster search teams to aid in the rescue and recovery efforts currently underway on the ground there.</p>
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<p>The California contingent included six canine-firefighter search teams trained by the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF).</p><p>They boarded military aircraft bound for Katmandu on Sunday night as part of a 57-person rescue force that includes structural engineers, hazmat experts, doctors...and canine disaster search teams. </p>
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<p>And just when it looked like the search mission in Kathmandu had become one of recovery, the hero dogs were among the search and rescue workers that pulled a fifteen-year-old boy out of the rubble alive, April 30, 2015.</p><p>Pemba Tamang had been buried under the demolished Hilton Hotel in Kathmandu, since the catastrophic earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, 2015.</p><p>By the time he was rescued, he had endured five days without food, water or the ability to move; trapped in a space smaller than a coffin.</p>
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<p>Truly man's best friend, search dogs from around the world heeded the call to search for survivors among the rubble in Nepal.</p><p>Here, a Spanish search and rescue dog leads his human counterparts down into the shaky remains of a collapsed building, sniffing for the "live scent" of earthquake survivors among the debris, April 28, 2015.</p>
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<p>They came from Holland...</p><p>Here, members of the Dutch Urban Search and Rescue team board a plane for Nepal with their tracker dogs at Eindhoven Airport, April 26, 2015.</p>
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<p>They came from France...</p><p>Here, French firemen scour the Nepalese rubble with one of their rescue dogs for any signs of life, April 28, 2015.</p>
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<p>They came from Poland...</p><p>Here, a Polish search and rescue dog works his way into tight crevices, searching for survivors, May 1, 2015.</p>
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<p>And they came from China...</p><p>Here, Chinese search and rescue dogs await marching orders with their human counterparts, April 26, 2015.</p>
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<p>Now, let's get to know a few of of these heroic canines a little better... starting with Tanker.</p><p>Together, Tanker and Gary form one-sixth of California Task Force 2, one of the elite rescue and recovery squads deployed from America to Nepal on Sunday, in response to a request from their government.</p>
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<p>Tanker came to the Search Dog Foundation in an unusual way. Formerly known as "Tank," he was donated to SDF by a previous handler, who had not yet certified with the handsome lab, and felt he might be more successful with someone else.</p><p>His loss, Gary's gain.</p><p>Gary Durian and Tanker trained intensively to learn how to trust one another and work together as a team. They achieved FEMA Certification in June 2012, which allows them to deploy to disasters around the world.</p>
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<p>At four-and-a-half years old, Tanker was older than the average canine candidate accepted at SDF, but he excelled in initial testing and sped through training because of his prior experience.</p><p>In fact, trainers describe him as agile, determined and "beautiful to watch," when he's navigating a pile of rubble.</p><p>In 2014, Tanker and Gary were sent on the following deployments:</p><p>June 20 - Missing Person Search - Fillmore, California<br>August 4 - Mudslide - Mt. Baldy, California</p>
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<p>Originally named "Squirt," Ripley was recruited from Sioux City Animal Adoption & Rescue Center in Iowa, back in 2013.</p><p>His boundless energy and toy-obsessive personality -- the very behaviors that probably landed him in the shelter in the first place -- caught the eye of a recruiter, seeking dogs that could have rewarding careers as working dogs.</p><p>That recruiter, Kellee Matthews of the South Dakota Canine Center, sent word back to SDF: "This boy is all go, go, go, all the time."</p><p>She then went through a full evaluation with Ripley and he passed every test with ease.</p>
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<p>Ripley is reportedly so bold and fearless on rubble that trainers had to focus on slowing him down and teaching him how to think things through on a pile. He's just so manic about toys that he won't let anything get between him and his reward... A fantastic quality in a search dog.</p><p>After several months of formal training, Ripley was paired with Los Angeles County firefighter Jason Vasquez on April 1, 2014.</p><p>He now lives with the Vasquez family and travels to the fire station every day with Jason, so they can train in between calls.</p>
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<p>Here, Jason and Ripley search for survivors among the debris of a collapsed building in Kathmandu, April 30, 2015.</p>
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<p>In May 2011, Rugby was paired with Los Angeles County Fire Department Captain Dennis Clark.</p><p>Rugby then joined Dennis and his family at their home in Fullerton, California, where he enjoys two human and three canine siblings (a Chihuahua, a Great Dane and a Black Lab).</p><p>Dennis and Rugby achieved FEMA Certification in February of 2012 and are now able to respond to disasters locally, nationally, and internationally as part of California Task Force 2 based in Los Angeles County.</p>
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<p>After learning the basics at SDF's Prep Kennel in Castaic, California, Rugby entered advanced training at Sundowners Kennels in Gilroy, CA.</p><p>He quickly learned obedience commands, how to walk on uneven surfaces, and most importantly, the sustained "bark alert" search dogs must perform when they find someone buried beneath rubble.</p><p>For having such long legs, SDF's trainers were amazed at how gracefully Rugby is able to traverse rubble piles; a quality which is sure to serve him well on the hunt for survivors in Nepal.</p>
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<p>Like many of her search dog peers, Pearl had a tough start to life.</p><p>Her original owner was rarely home and, desperate for a little fun, Pearl would frequently jump the fence and end up at animal control.</p><p>Sick of having to repeatedly pay their 'bailout' fee, Pearl's owner surrendered her to the local county shelter.</p><p>Then, her world changed.</p>
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<p>While scouting the local shelters for potential search dogs, a volunteer canine recruiter from SDF had Pearl evaluated. It turned out the toy-crazy Black Lab possessed all the qualities needed in a Disaster Search Dog: intense drive and determination, boldness, athleticism, and the ability to focus on the task at hand.</p><p>"Within five minutes, I knew we had a winner," says SDF Lead Trainer Pluis Davern.</p><p>"This dog just couldn't sit still. All she could think about was finding and retrieving the toy. If the toy went into dense shrubs, Pearl would barrel in and find it."</p>
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<p>Pearl was partnered with Captain Ron Horetski of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.</p><p>"Pearl searches like a bullet over any terrain," he says proudly of his partner.</p><p>After ten months of intense daily training, Ron and Pearl attained FEMA Certification in May of 2009. And they didn't have to wait long for their first deployment -- a building collapse in La Puente, Calfornia in July 2009.</p><p>Just six months later, on January 14, 2010, they would be called to one of the biggest disasters to hit the Western Hemisphere in 200 years: a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on the island nation of Haiti.</p>
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<p>As part of California Task Force 2, Ron and Pearl were deployed to Port-au-Prince and searched for 16 days.</p><p>This photo shows Pearl combing the wreckage in search of victims still alive under the acres of concrete and debris there.</p><p>Together with six other Canine Disaster Search Teams, Ron and Pearl rescued 12 people from the rubble.</p>
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<p>Stetson was donated to SDF in June 2010 by the Labs and Friends Rescue in San Diego, Calfornia.</p><p>In May 2011, four new handlers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department passed training and were ready to be paired with the search dogs from his graduating class.</p>
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<p>When Captain Andrew Olvera showed up at the kennels to be matched, he and Stetson had an immediate connection.</p><p>"My first impression was that Stetson was a 'gentle giant,' but he is anything but gentle," Olvera says.</p><p>"He is a big, strong dog and proves so when searching -- he drags me around like a 10-year-old on a skateboard."</p>
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<p>After logging hundreds of training hours, the team became FEMA Certified in February 2012.</p><p>A year later, they got their first assignment, when a house collapsed in East Los Angeles and it was feared people may have been trapped inside.</p><p>Stetson and Andy train weekly at rubble piles around the Los Angeles area, and work on obedience training daily, so that they'll be ready when disasters -- like the one in Nepal -- strike.</p>
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<p>Riley was adopted -- and then surrendered -- by two separate families, before finding his way to SDF and becoming a search dog.</p><p>The first was an elderly couple, who couldn't care for the increasingly rambunctious pup. The second was a young family, in which an excited Riley kept knocking over their two kids.</p><p>Luckily, though, the latter enrolled him in training courses at Sundowners Kennels in Gilroy, California, before throwing in the towel. SDF dogs are trained there and the trainers quickly recognized Riley's potential, offering to take him off the frustrated family's hands.</p>
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<p>Soon after Riley was admitted to the formal training course, he learned how to climb on rubble, navigate obstacles and bark at a tube where a "victim" was hidden.</p><p>In fact, he reportedly sailed through training, due to his "exuberance" and constant desire to be doing something... the very qualities that got him in trouble in his prior homes.</p>
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<p>Here, Riley practices his ladder descent skills.</p>
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<p>Eric and Riley earned their FEMA Certification in 2010, but continue to train intensively to maintain the very specific, high-level skill set needed for disaster search.</p><p>In addition to their regular daily training on obedience and obstacles, the team travels to Los Angeles at least twice a week for search training with the Los Angeles canine training groups.</p>
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<p>On March 11, 2011, Eric and Riley were one of six SDF-trained Canine Disaster Search Teams deployed to Japan with California Task Force 2.</p><p>The 72-member Los Angeles based Task Force was mobilized by USAID and sent into the Earthquake-Tsunami disaster zone in Japan to comb the wreckage in search of live victims.</p>
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<p>Here, Eric and Riley arrive in Japan to search for survivors of the devastating tsunami and earthquakes there in 2011.</p><p> In Japan, just like Kathmandu, they were among an elite group of highly trained first responders.</p>
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<p>As you can see, these hero dogs have travelled to countless sites of attacks and natural disasters throughout the world.</p><p>In fact, since 9/11, SDF search teams have been called upon by state agencies across the country to serve as the first responders to numerous disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes, mud slides, train derailments and building collapses.</p>
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<p>This photo shows Riley combing wreckage in Japan for possible survivors.</p>
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<p>Stetson also excels at combing rubble, searching for a scent.</p>
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<p>Here, Ripley appears simultaneously determined and adorable, while crushing his training at an SDF facility.</p>
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<p>It's probably difficult to stay serious all the time, when your partner's giving you puppy eyes.</p>
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<p>You know what they say about all work and no play, though.</p><p>It's important to take a moment and just let loose.</p>
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<p>So, don't be surprised if you see a hero dog occasionally behaving like your family pet.</p><p>They love saving lives, but they also love -- say -- playing a game of tug-of-war.</p>
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<p>Because, at the end of the day, these heroes are dogs... which is perhaps the most amazing thing of all.</p>
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<p>The catastrophic earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25, 2015 sparked a series of avalanches on Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, leaving 18 hikers dead and Everest Base Camp in ruins. A desperate rescue has been underway ever since, with helicopters picking up stranded hikers at higher elevations all over the mountain and bringing them to relative safety at base camp.</p><p>In this photo, prayer flags frame a rescue helicopter as it airlifts the injured on April 26, 2015.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/earthquake-rocks-nepal/" target="_blank">More photos on Nepal earthquake</a></p>
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<p>An Injured Sherpa guide sits inside a bus after they were evacuated from Mount Everest Base Camp, April 26, 2015.</p><p>The first group of survivors from an earthquake-triggered avalanche that swept through Mount Everest Base Camp were flown to Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, on Sunday and taken to hospitals.</p><p>Of those evacuated, 12 were Nepalese Sherpas.</p>
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<p>A helicopter prepares to rescue people from camp 1 and 2 at Everest Base Camp, April, 27, 2015.</p>
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<p>A man helps an injured woman after she is checked by a doctor at the International Mount Guide (IMG) camp at Everest Base Camp, April 26, 2015.</p>
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<p>U.S. citizen Michael Churton, 38, from New York, who was injured during an avalanche resulting from Saturday’s earthquake at the base camp of Mount Everest, arrives at the domestic airport in Kathmandu, April 27, 2015.</p><p>Saturday's magnitude 7.8 earthquake spread horror from Kathmandu to small villages and the slopes of Mount Everest, triggering an avalanche that buried part of the base camp packed with foreign climbers preparing to make their summit attempts.</p>
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<p>The Mount Everest south base camp in Nepal is seen a day after a huge earthquake-caused avalanche killed 18 people, including four Americans.</p>
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<p>Nepali sherpas and other Nepali expediton members watch as a rescue helicopter takes off with the injured from Everest Base Camp on April 26, 2015, a day after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake devastated the camp.</p>
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<p>Survivors look through the tattered remains at Everest Base Camp, April 25, 2015.</p>
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<p>An injured person is loaded onto a rescue helicopter at Everest Base Camp on April 26, 2015, one day after a massive avalanche devastated the camp.</p>
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<p>Rescuers use a makeshift stretcher to carry an injured person after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake flattened parts of Everest Base Camp, April 25, 2015.</p>
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<p>Rescuers carry a sherpa injured by an avalanche that flattened parts of Everest Base Camp, April 25, 2015.</p>
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<p>Rescuers tend to a sherpa injured by an avalanche that flattened parts of Everest Base Camp, April 25, 2015 after the earthquake that struck Nepal.</p><p>Rescuers in Nepal are searching frantically for survivors of a huge quake on April 25, that killed more than 4,000, digging through rubble in the devastated capital Kathmandu and airlifting victims of an avalanche at Everest base camp.</p>
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<p>People look on at the devastation after an avalanche triggered by a 7.8 earthquake flattened parts of Everest Base Camp, April 25, 2015.</p>
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<p>A man approaches the scene after an avalanche triggered by Nepal's 7.8 earthquake swept through Everest Base Camp on Saturday, April 25, 2015.</p><p>The photographer, Azim Afif, and his team of four others from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) were among the survivors of that avalanche.</p>
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<p>A cloud of snow and debris triggered by the earthquake flies towards Everest Base Camp, moments ahead of flattening part of the camp in the Himalayas, April 25, 2015.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/earthquake-rocks-nepal/" target="_blank">More photos on Nepal earthquake</a></p>
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2019-01-07T23:59:27Z
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<p>Over 60 doesn't have to mean over the hill. These badass seniors prove that it's never too late to break a world record or shatter an expectation.</p><p>105-year-old Hidekichi Miyazaki became the world's oldest competitive sprinter on September 23, 2015, when he ran 100 meters in just 42.22 seconds at a field in Kyoto, Japan. The Japanese centenarian set the record just one day after his 105th birthday.</p><p>Here, he poses like Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in front of the electric board displaying his time.</p>
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<p>92-year-old Harriette Thompson became the oldest woman to complete a marathon, May 31, 2015, when she crossed the finish line at the Suja Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon with a time of 7hr 24min 36sec.</p><p> Thompson ran the record-setting race, flanked by her son, Brenny, and crowds of well-wishers.</p>
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<p>Not only did Harriette Thompson break the world record for the oldest woman to ever finish a marathon, she overcame a series of challenging personal obstacles to do it.</p><p>For starters, Thompson is a cancer survivor. So, when she decided to participate in her first marathon, it was out of motivation to raise money for cancer research. But this time around, training was particularly difficult. Thompson's husband died in January, following a lingering illness, and she developed a staph infection in one of her legs that hindered her training.</p><p>Despite those challenges, however, the impressive North Carolina native finished the race, nearly matching her time from last year. A classically trained pianist who has played three times at Carnegie Hall, Thompson reportedly plays through piano pieces in her head as she runs.</p>
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<p>In September 2015, 100-year-old Don Pellman from Santa Clara, California set five world records in the high jump, long jump, the 100-meter dash, shot put and discus at the San Diego Senior Olympics.</p><p>He has been competing in senior track meets since he was 70 years old and entered 890 events. Pellman now has gold medals in all but five of them. "There aren't too many people that can even walk a hundred meters to say nothing about running them," he told CBS San Francisco.</p>
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<p>Pellman, 100, was just disappointed that he didn't capture a record in pole vaulting as well. He told CBS San Francisco that he missed his opening height on the pole-vault because his assisted living home doesn't have a pit for him to practice.</p><p>Pellman realizes, what he is doing at his age, isn't exactly normal. "Hundred year old people don't pole-vault and don't high jump and don't run," he told CBS San Francisco.</p><p>Here, he shows off a picture of himself pole-vaulting in years past.</p>
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<p>To mark his 100th birthday in 2012, French cyclist Robert Marchand rode 15.07 miles, setting a new record in the International Cycling Union's Masters +100 category.</p><p>The veteran Frenchman, who lived through both world wars, then bested his own record in February 2015 by riding 17.76 miles on the cycling track at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in France; clocking in ten percent faster at 103 than he rode at 100. </p>
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<p>80-year-old Edith Wilma Connor was named the Guinness World Records' "Oldest Living Female Bodybuilder" in 2012, after she competed in the NPC Armburst Pro Gym Warrior Classic Bodybuilding Championship.</p><p>The Denver, Colorado native, who has a total of sixteen children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, began lifting in her early 60s when she began to feel like her data entry job was making her stagnant.</p><p>She won first place in the very first competition she entered -- the Grand Masters in Las Vegas -- on her 65th birthday. Connor now works out no less than three times a week and lifts more weight than some men in their 20s.</p>
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<p>104-year-old British Indian runner Fauja Singh was still running marathons right up until his 102nd birthday. Now retired, he still holds the record for his age group in the 100 metres.</p><p>A frequent marathon participant, Singh became the first 100-year-old to finish a marathon in 2011, with an 8:11:06 time at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon. He was also once featured in an Adidas ad campaign, alongside David Beckham and Muhammad Ali. How many people of <strong><em>any </em></strong>age group can say that?</p>
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<p>65-year-old distance swimmer Diana Nyad is no stranger to amazing feats. In August 2013, she became the first person to swim non-stop from Florida to Cuba without a shark cage; clocking in approximately 110 miles in 53 hours at 64 years of age.</p><p>Here, she is seen in 2013, swimming in a 40-meter pool, constructed in New York's Herald Square, during an attempt to swim for 48 hours straight to support victims of Hurricane Sandy.</p>
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<p>85-year-old Lew Hollander is the oldest man to have ever finished an Ironman race. He is also the oldest man to have ever finished an Ironman World Championship, which he did in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii at the age of 82.</p><p>Hollander is still so active, in fact, that when we called him to request a photo for this gallery, we only reached his voice on an answering machine message, saying, "Glad you called. I'm out running, or swimming, or doing something." If that isn't awesome, we don't know what is.</p>
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<p>At 96, Tao Porchon-Lynch holds the Guinness World Records title for oldest yoga instructor. And that isn't the first impressive title she's held.</p><p>Before entering the yoga industry, Porchon-Lynch had a storied career in show business, which included working as a fashion model in her native India, performing as a cabaret dancer under the guidance of famed playwright/director Noel Coward, winning a "Best Legs in Europe" contest, and acting in Hollywood films like "The Last Time I Saw Paris," alongside Elizabeth Taylor.</p><p>All these years later, Porchon-Lynch is still keeping those legs in shape, teaching an estimated 400 students at the Westchester Institute of Yoga in New York, which she and her husband founded in 1982.</p>
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<p>74-year-old Japanese equestrian rider Hiroshi Hoketsu, seen here on his horse "Whisper" in the Preliminaries for the 2012 Summer Olympics, has competed in the Olympics since 1964.</p><p>He was the oldest athlete in both the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, placing 17th out of 24 competitors in the latter.</p>
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<p>73-year-old Morgan Shepherd made history in 2012 for becoming the oldest driver in history to compete in a NASCAR sprint cup series race.</p><p>He also made history in 2013 for leading three laps in a race at the Richmond International Raceway.</p>
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<p>98-year-old Artin Elmayan of Argentina is the world's oldest ranked tennis player. Elmayan still plays three times a week and says his biggest challenge is finding new partners in his age bracket.</p><p>Here, he is pictured throwing a tennis ball in the locker room before a match in Buenos Aires, September 13, 2012.</p>
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<p>At 78, Russian swimmer Ivan Abrosimov still competes as part of a local winter swimmers' club.</p><p>Here, he does push-ups on the bank of the Yenisei River, despite the sub-zero temperatures in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, November 23, 2014. </p>
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<p>Edith Wilma Connor isn't the only senior lifting expectations in the world of weightlifting. Here, Chan Berbary, 68, competes in the 65 to 69-year-old division of the 2010 National Masters Weightlifting Championships in New York, April 9, 2010.</p>
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<p>Don Fleming, who played on the Barrie Flyers from 1956-7, still plays hockey to this day. Now 88, he is pictured here, competing in a three-day tournament for players above 80 in Burnaby, British Columbia.</p>
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<p>87 year-old Jane Soeten has won gold medals in both the hammer throw and discus at the National Senior Olympics. She has also won a bronze medal in javelin at the event. Now 87-years-old, she plans to return to the games again in 2015.</p><p>Here, proving that she is quite literally a "Jane of all trades," Soeten performs an under-the-leg dribble in the Texas Challengers vs. Sooner Gals 80+ basketball competition during day seven of the 2011 Senior Games.</p>
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<p>As world leaders go, Russian President Vladimir Putin is unique, to say the least. The consummate outdoorsman is as famous for epic staged photo ops as international politics. In fact, you won't believe some of these photos or facts about his life until you see them with your own eyes.</p><p>On October 7, 2015, for example, Putin celebrated his 63rd birthday by taking part in a gala hockey game in Sochi, Russia, alongside former NHL stars and state officials.</p>
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<p>As one might expect, Putin's team -- stacked with world-renowned players, like former Vancouver Canucks star Pavel Bure -- won 15-10. The Russian President himself knocked in seven of those goals.</p><p>Russian news agencies were quick to praise Putin's athletic performance. Sputnik even declared his play, "an indication that his strong physique shows no sign of weakening."</p>
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<p>On August 30, 2015, state news agency Tass released both video and still images of Putin working out in his gym... and they're amazing.</p>
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<p>The newly released exercise footage happens to actually be from an official meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.</p><p>They simply held that meeting in the gym at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia... Because why not pump up, when you're discussing ways to pump up your country?</p>
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<p>After lifting weights together, August 30, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had a diplomatic breakfast, for which they roasted their own meats.</p>
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<p>Then, Putin and Medvedev toasted with tea cups (as all strong men do), concluding their official state meeting.</p><p>Luckily, these photos of Russia's head men talking politics while lifting weights in matching sweatsuits are only the latest batch of wild Putin photos to hit the internet...</p>
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<p>Putin holds an advanced black belt in judo; a martial art he has said he began practicing as a teenager to maintain his place in the pecking order, when some of his peers began hitting puberty before him.</p>
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<p>Putin hosts an annual call-in show on Russian television. This year's "Conversation With Vladimir Putin" took place on April 16, 2015 and lasted four hours.</p><p>A record three million Russians called in with questions.</p><p>Always a quirky event, this year's highlights included a 4-year-old girl asking Putin how much he sleeps, and a woman requesting that Putin intervene in a marriage in which one spouse wants a dog and the other does not.</p>
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<p>Ever the man's man, Putin swims in freezing lakes for fun.</p><p>Here, he shows off his butterfly stroke in a lake in southern Siberia's Tuva region, August 3, 2009.</p>
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<p>Putin enjoys horseback riding shirtless.</p>
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<p>...and fishing shirtless.</p>
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<p>So, there are many pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin -- without a shirt on -- around the Russian wilderness.</p>
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<p>Putin once "saved" a TV crew from a tiger attack by shooting the exotic cat with a tranquilizer dart.</p><p>The incident occurred when Putin, then the prime minister, visited Siberia's Ussuri reserve in 2008 to observe the ways in which researchers monitor animals in the wild. A large Siberian Tiger supposedly escaped and charged a nearby camera crew.</p><p>There are varying reports as to why the cat was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but Russian media immediately reported that Putin heroically sprung into action and shot the cat with his tranquilizer gun saving the lives of many.</p><p>Here, he holds the sedated tiger's head as scientists put a collar with a satellite tracker on the animal.</p>
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<p>Later that year, Putin received a tiger cub as a birthday present. You know, as you do.</p>
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<p>In 2012, Vladimir took to the skies in a small motorized hang glider in an attempt to help endangered Siberian cranes begin their migration routes.</p><p>The Russian President -- notorious for his hard stances on international politics -- certainly has a soft spot for animals.</p>
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<p>Putin also once shot a polar bear in the name of science. In fact, here he is attaching a tracking collar to the 507-pound animal in 2010.</p>
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<p>In 2013, Putin and his wife of 30 years, Lyudmila, held a press conference to announce their upcoming divorce, during the intermission of a ballet they were attending.</p>
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<p>Putin revealed that he had a girlfriend during one of his annual televised call-ins, and has been linked to several Russian celebrities over the years, including spy-turned-model Anna Chapman and gold medalist Alina Kabayeva. The latter, a Russian gymnast, is rumored to have even had Putin's love child.</p>
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<p>Vladimir Putin knows his way around a gun.</p>
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<p>Putin has been a hunter since childhood. He grew up poor and spent most of his spare time as a child hunting rats in the hallways of the apartment building where his family lived.</p>
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<p>Here, he is pictured on a motorboat moments before shooting an endangered grey whale with a crossbow... again, for science.</p>
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<p>In 2010, Putin drove a Formula One race car and reached its maximum speed of 150 mph, before ultimately spinning out and skidding to a stop.</p>
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<p>Putin has allegedly amassed a huge personal net-worth of around $200 billion.</p>
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<p>Putin allegedly loves spy novels. Perhaps that's because he spent sixteen years in the KGB, recruiting agents to spy against the West.</p>
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<p>Putin loves dogs and owns many, occasionally even bringing them along to political talks. Here, he is seen rolling around in the snow with pets 'Buffy' and 'Yume' at his residence Novo-Ogariovo outside Moscow.</p><p>Bulgarian shepherd dog 'Buffy' was presented to Putin by his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov while Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda offered Putin the puppy 'Yume' as a gift during the G20 in Mexico in June.</p>
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<p>In 2007, Putin reportedly used his black Labrador 'Koni' to intimidate German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is terrified of dogs after being bitten by one as a child.</p>
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<p>Putin has two daughters, but has managed to keep their lives top secret. As a result, they are almost never seen.</p>
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<p>He once hosted a lavish tea party at the Kremlin for an 8-year-old girl, named Sonya. The little girl was there on a day trip from the Federal Research and Clinical Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, where she was a patient.</p>
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<p>Rounding out his macho man image nicely, Putin is featured as a real-life superhero in the online comic "Superputin" by Sergei Kalenik.</p><p>In one strip, he is seen dismantling a bomb before it blows up a bus. In another, he singlehandedly takes down an army of zombies. So if "The Walking Dead" ever becomes reality, you know who to call.</p>
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<p>Two Californian tourists, age 21 and 25, were arrested by Italian authorities Saturday after <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-american-women-face-trial-for-vandalizing-the-colosseum/">allegedly carving their names</a> in the upper level of Rome's Colosseum. A Russian tourist got a 4-month suspended sentence after trying a similar stunt in 2014.</p><p>Here's a look at other world monuments vandalized in recent years.</p>
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<p>The ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud, shown here in 2001, is also <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-erasing-history-culture-in-syria-and-iraq/">thought to have been destroyed</a> by ISIS militants in recent weeks.</p>
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<p>A high-climbing vandal sprayed Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer statue with gray paint in 2010. Rio's mayor called the act a "crime against the nation."</p>
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<p>Protesters threw red paint on the Bandeiras monument in Sao Paulo in 2013. Members of Brazil's indigenous population reportedly led the attack, part of a demonstration against the country's treatment of Indian lands.</p>
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<p>Protestors in Boca del Rio, Mexico toppled a statue of former President Vicente Fox in 2007, hours after it was placed by local authorities.</p>
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<p>In 2011, soldiers loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara destroyed a "magic stone" monument they believed held an evil spell cast by supporters of rival Laurent Gbagbo.</p>
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<p>Bulgarians gathered in 1995 to lay flowers at the local Anti-Fascist Monument after it was defaced with a swastika.</p>
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<p>Tourists visiting Lisbon, Portugal, often stop at this memorial to King Joao I. The base of the statue was defaced in 2010, after investors downgraded the country's credit rating and citizens grew angry over lack of jobs.</p>
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<p>A mystery artist painted over this Bulgarian tribute to Soviet Army soldiers in 2011, re-imagining them as U.S. comic book heroes and other pop culture staples.</p>
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<p>This 2005 photo shows the archaeological site of Hatra, northeast of Baghdad, in Iraq. This week, Iraq's minister of tourism and antiquities announced it would investigate reports that the Islamic State has leveled site.</p>
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<p>A tribute to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (left) underwent an ugly attack on the outskirts of Cairo in 2011. The memorial also depicts Nobel prize winner Ahmed Zewail, late president Anwar Sadat and novelist and Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.</p>
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<p>The ancients were pioneers of rebellious writing. This detail, from a fresco in the Colosseum, shows graffiti thought to be from the Roman era. It was photographed in 2013.</p>
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<p>Another 2005 photo shows the temple to the Shamash sun god, also in Hatra. Iraqi officials this week blamed the international community for not acting sooner to protect sites such as Hatra against ISIS militants.</p>
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<p>This frame grab from a video shows two men cheering after a Boy Scouts leader knocked over an ancient Utah desert rock formation at Goblin Valley State Park in 2014. The vandals, Glenn Taylor and David Hall, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges to avoid jail time.</p>
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<p>In 2013, this new monument to Cairo's Arab Spring in Tahrir Square was splashed with red paint, representing those who died in related clashes.</p>
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<p>"The Wall For Peace" near the Eiffel Tower in Paris was the site of this lone graffito. The word is "quenelle," a reference to controversial French comedian Dieudonne's trademark straight-arm salute.</p>
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2019-01-07T21:58:33Z
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<p>Every February, the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.takhinihotsprings.com/">Takhini Hot Springs</a>, located just outside Whitehorse in Canada's chilly Yukon Territory, holds a frozen hair contest. The site's conditions — hot water, cold air — allow competitors to create icy, elaborate coifs.</p><p>Fanny Caritte, Milena Georgeault and Maxime Goyou Beauchamps of Quebec won the contest this year after submitting this image on Facebook.</p>
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<p>Entrants in the Takhini Hot Springs frozen hair contest vie for a $150 prize. But going viral on the Internet? Priceless.</p><p>This man shows that hair can freeze no matter what the length.</p>
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<p>Quick action: A woman-and-child team submitted this entry for the Takhini Hot Springs frozen hair contest.</p><p>As long as the air is cool enough, hair can freeze in less than a minute.</p>
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<p>Elsa's jealous: This updo, submitted to the contest by an unnamed woman, could be worn to a winter formal at Elsa’s ice castle.</p>
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<p>Don't blink: This pair demonstrates that even eyelashes aren’t safe from freezing conditions.</p>
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<p>Frozen fibers: Beards, eyebrows, even hats can be frozen in these conditions.</p>
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<p>Freezing line: The clear division between ice and water on this Takhini
Hot Springs bather illustrates the dramatic temperature dichotomy.</p>
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<p>So chill: If this contestant minds the freezing air (and freezing eyelashes), she doesn’t show it.</p>
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<p>Cool talent: In a video accompanying her submission, Georgeault shows off her flair for frozen hair.</p>
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<p>Versatility: Contest winners Caritte, Georgeault and Beauchamps show off
a different set of frozen-hair looks in their Facebook video.</p>
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2019-01-04T21:39:36Z
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<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin recently <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-syria-idUSKBN1AC1R9" target="_blank">signed a deal</a> with the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad to maintain Russia's access to a Syrian air base for the next 49 years. While Russia says it will use the base to fight terrorists, it has been <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/un-syria-russia-assad-deliberately-targeted-civilians-aid-convoy-war-crimes/" target="_blank">widely condemned</a> for <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dozens-killed-aleppo-un-bickering-syria-russia-war-crimes/">targeting civilians</a> in the war-torn nation.</p><p>Here's a look at the warplanes that Russia has sent to Syria since <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-ramps-up-military-buildup-in-syria/" target="_blank">ramping up its military involvement</a> in 2015.</p>
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<p>Affectionately called the White Swan by Russian airmen, the Tu-160 is the final strategic bomber designed for the Soviet Union.</p><p>It made its first flight in 1981. A modernized version, with improved electronics and avionics, the Tu-160M, took to the skies in December 2014.</p>
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<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin poses inside a Tu-160 before taking a supersonic flight in 2005. With a top speed of Mach 2.05 (1,573 mph), it's the fastest bomber currently in use.</p>
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<p>The Tu-160 bomber, or "Blackjack" as it's called by NATO, has a crew of four (pilot, co-pilot, bombardier, defensive systems officer) and can carry up to 88,200 pounds of ordnance.</p><p>Here, a Tu-160 flies over Moscow's Red Square during a 2015 Victory Day parade.</p>
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<p>Russia has made no secret about its use of the Tu-160M strategic bomber against Syrian rebels.</p><p>Notably, during a 2015 run, one of the Russian bombers flew near British airspace in what <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/12009123/Russian-bombers-fly-around-Europe-to-strike-Syria-in-8000-mile-show-of-strength.html" target="_blank">The Telegraph reported</a> as a show of strength.</p>
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<p>The Sukhoi Su-35 is a twin-engine, super-maneuverable, multirole fighter that seats one. National Interest's defense editor Dave Majumdar <a href="http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-russian-air-force-back-stealth-su-35s-syria-17059" target="_blank">called it</a> the "top Russian air-superiority fighter in service today."</p>
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<p>Making its first flight in 2008, the Su-35S is an upgraded version of Russia's Su-27. It was given the name "Flanker-T" by NATO.</p>
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<p>According to Russia's Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the government's daily newspaper of record, four Su-35 planes were sent to the Khmeimim Air Base in Syria for combat missions in January 2016.</p><p>On June 27, 2017, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tweeted this photo of the leader inspecting a Russian Su-35 at Khmeimim.</p>
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<p>The Su-35 can reach a top speed of Mach 2.25 (1,726 mph) at altitude. It carries up to 17,600 pounds of ordnance.</p>
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<p>The Sukhoi Su-30, nicknamed "Flanker-C" by NATO, is is a twin-engine, super-maneuverable, multirole Russian fighter that seats two. It is most similar to the U.S. <a href="http://www.boeing.com/defense/f-15-eagle/" target="_blank">F-15E Strike Eagle</a>.</p>
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<p>Su-30 planes have a range of 1,860 miles at altitude. This can be extended much further with the use of mid-air refueling via a Russian II-78 plane.</p>
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<p>Servicemen prepare a Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet at a Russian military base in northwest Syria in December 2015.</p><p>The planes conducted air strikes against a range of anti-regime armed groups, including U.S.-backed rebels and jihadist groups.</p>
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<p>Each Su-30 has 12 external hardpoints for carrying up to 17,600 pounds of armaments. It can fly at speeds of Mach 2 (1,535 mph) at altitude.</p>
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<p>Russia doesn't just manufacture planes for its own military. India has purchased 230 Su-30MKI variants from Russia (one of which is seen here).</p><p>China has been another major purchaser of Su-30 fighters.</p>
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<p>Called the "single most effective Russian aircraft deployed to Syria" by <a href="http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russias-has-its-own-10-warthog-syria-enter-the-su-25-13988" target="_blank">National Interest</a> foreign policy magazine, the Su-25SM is a single-seat, twin-engine attack plane designed to provide close air support.</p><p>Here a Russian Air Force Su-25 SM attack plane takes off from a Syrian airfield in 2015.</p>
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<p>Andrew Galkin, commander of Russia's Southern Military District, detailed his country's use of Su-25SM attack planes to Russian news agency TASS.</p><p>Over a six month period in 2015-6, the planes "dropped about 6,000 bombs on the terrorists," he said.</p>
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<p>The Su-25SM can carry up to 9,700 pounds of ordnance, but it's not very fast. Its top speed is Mach 0.79 (606 mph), making it about as speedy as a commercial airliner.</p>
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<p>The Su-25, known as "Frogfoot" by NATO, made its first test flight in 1975. Russia will continue upgrading the planes to Su-25SMs through 2020 to provide better attack precision and navigation, as well as the ability to launch newer air-to-air missiles.</p>
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<p>The Sukhoi Su-24, codenamed "Fencer" by NATO, is a supersonic, twin-engine, all-weather attack aircraft. It carries a crew of two: the pilot and a weapons system operator.</p>
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<p>The Su-24 has 8 hardpoints capable of holding up to 17,600 pounds of air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles. Its main weapon, however, is a 23 mm rotary cannon with 500 rounds.</p>
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<p>Russian servicemen prepare one of 12 Su-24 fighter jets in northwest Syria in 2016. </p>
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<p>Though the original plane design dates back to 1967 (T-6), the Su-24 has received a number of high-tech upgrades. The cockpit has been outfitted with multi-function displays and helmet-mounted sights, and can carry the latest guided weapons.</p>
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<p>Once reliant on the Soviet Union for its arsenal, China has been making big investments to modernize its forces and become a bigger player on the international scene.</p><p>The country's defense budget, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-defense-budget-will-top-145-billion-a-record-high/" target="_blank">now $145 billion</a>, is at a record high. Here are some of the newest and most notable weapons in the Chinese military.</p>
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<p>According to the <a href="https://www.usni.org/news-and-features/chinese-kill-weapon" target="_blank">U.S. Naval Institute</a>, China's Dong Feng 21 (DF-21D) missile, seen here in a 2015 military parade, is a "carrier killer." The anti-ship ballistic missile -- said to be the world's first -- has an estimated top speed of Mach 10, with a maximum range of 1,250 miles.</p><p>It's designed to take out an entire U.S. aircraft carrier in one strike.</p>
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<p>Though the DF-21D is a fearsome weapon on paper, the U.S. military remains unconvinced that the missile can to live up to its promise.</p><p>"It's not clear whether China has the capability to collect accurate targeting information and pass it to launch platforms in time for successful strikes in sea areas beyond the first island chain ... that runs from Japan to the Philippines," the Department of Defense <a href="http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2013/December%202013/1213china.aspx" target="_blank">wrote</a> in an annual report.</p>
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<p>This, meanwhile, is the U.S. response to China's DF-21D missile: The SM-6 extended range missile, fired here by the USS Dewey.</p><p>The SM-6 was <a href="http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/how-the-us-navy-trying-make-chinas-carrier-killer-missiles-18766" target="_blank">successfully tested</a> by the U.S. Navy in December 2016 against a target representative of the DF-21D. China's tests of its own missile, meanwhile, have yet to prove its ability to hit mobile targets at sea.</p>
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<p>First unveiled to the public as a 1/4-scale model at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition 2012, the Shenyang J-31 (or Falcon Hawk) is China's shot at a fifth-generation stealth jet fighter. It's expected to enter service in 2018 or 2019.</p><p>The J-31 is billed as a competitor to the U.S. F-35 Lightning II. It is likely that a version of the J-31 will be sold to countries prohibited from purchasing an F-35.</p>
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<p>The J-31 is believed to use stealth coatings to evade radar. The plane can carry both air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles externally and four munitions internally.</p><p>Observers were underwhelmed with the plane's 2014 flying debut, at least in comparison to the highly advanced F-35 Lightning II. Reuben Johnson of <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2014-11-17/chinas-fc-31-fighter-disappoints-first-display" target="_blank">Aviation International News</a> said, "The aircraft bleeds too much energy and the pilot had a hard time keeping the nose up during turns and other maneuvers. He also had to engage afterburners far too often to maintain a proper energy utilization curve."</p>
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<p>China's air force recruited its first 35 female trainee pilots in July 2005. Less than half graduated in 2009, and only four of those recruits were trained to fly China's third-generation J-10 fighter.</p><p>The four, shown here, ultimately joined the August 1st Air Demonstration Team, China's answer to the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels.</p>
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<p>On November 14, 2016, Yu Xu, the first woman to fly a Chinese J-10, reportedly <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/asia/china-woman-fighter-pilot-killed/" target="_blank">was killed</a> in a training accident when her jet collided with another.</p><p>Xu ejected but was struck and killed by the wing of another plane. The other plane was able to land safely.</p>
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<p>The Shenyang J-15 is China's first-ever domestic-built fighter jet, designed for its first-ever domestic-designed aircraft carrier. It made its first takeoff in May 2010.</p>
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<p>Here, a J-15 pilot gives a thumbs up while on the deck of the aircraft carrier Liaoning. The ship, along with others, participated in a live-fire drill in the Bohai Sea in December 2016.</p>
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<p>The J-15 can, in theory, carry 12 air-to-air missiles at once. </p><p>Military analysts, however, <a href="https://theaviationist.com/2013/09/30/j-15-critics/" target="_blank">say</a> that this underpowered plane can only carry four missiles when fully fueled, while the plane's range is limited to just under 75 miles.</p>
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<p>Though China brags about the J-15's capabilities, saying its performance rises to the level of the U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet, there are several key drawbacks.</p><p>Most notably, the J-15 can't take off without a ski-jump ramp. It's also limited to two tons' worth of weapons.</p>
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<p>The J-15 was developed for use with the Liaoning, China's first-ever aircraft carrier. Commissioned in September 2012, it carries a crew of 1,960.</p><p>Unlike the nuclear-powered Nimitz-class carriers used by the U.S., the Liaoning is powered by steam turbines and diesel engines.</p>
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<p>The Liaoning was first laid down as the Riga in the former USSR in 1985. Construction halted when the Soviet Union collapsed; the rusted remains of the ship were purchased at auction in 1998 for $20 million.</p><p>After years of retrofitting, the People's Liberation Army Navy officially commissioned the ship as the Liaoning in September 2012.</p>
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<p>Here, Chinese Navy Lieutenant Wang Yuan (second from the left) gives a delegation from the U.S. Navy a tour of the Liaoning in October 2015. </p><p>The goodwill visit was a part of the annual U.S.-China navy exchange program that includes discussions on training, medical support and other topics of mutual interest.</p>
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<p>In March 2010, the Chinese navy launched its first female sailor training team. Today, the Liaoning is home to roughly 100 female personnel, all of whom live in a private dorm secured by a fingerprint sensor.</p>
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<p>China originally licensed the plans for the Shenyang J-11, its fourth-generation fighter jet, from Russia. As such, it's a carbon copy of the Sukhoi Su-27SK. But sometime in the 2000s, China stopped using Russia-sourced avionics and weapons, switching to domestic tech instead -- an act Russia says is a violation of the countries' secretive arms contract.</p><p>This upgraded plane, renamed J-11B, can be seen here at the bi-annual Changchun airshow in China's Jilin province.</p>
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<p>Each J-11B costs China about $30 million to build. The plane has has a top speed of Mach 2.35 (1,550 mph), and can climb as fast as 60,000 feet per minute.</p>
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<p>Coded "Flanker B-plus" by NATO, the J-11 is meant to be a direct competitor to the U.S. Air Force's <a href="http://www.boeing.com/defense/f-15-strike-eagle/" target="_blank">F-15 Eagle</a> and <a href="http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/f16.html" target="_blank">F-16 Fighting Falcon</a> fighters.</p><p>Here, the People Liberation Army's Western Theater Command readies a J-11 jet as part of their training.</p>
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<p>Crew members load an air-to-air missile onto a J-11 jet during a training exercise in July 2016.</p><p>The J-11 carries infrared-homing and radar-guided air-to-air missiles, sourced both domestically and from Russia.</p>
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<p>Each J-11B can carry up to 10 missiles. It's also armed with a 30mm autocannon that fires 1,500 rounds per minute.</p>
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<p>A J-11 fighter pilot fires an air-to-surface missile at a simulated target in the South China Sea during a live-fire training exercise in July 2016.</p>
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<p>The third-generation VT-4 main battle tank, yet to enter mass production, has two key advantages over competing tanks such as the Russian T-14 Armata: It uses proven tech, and it's inexpensive to build.</p><p>A key feature is its 125mm smoothbore cannon, capable of firing anti-tank warheads at a range of just over 3 miles.</p>
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<p>Norinco, the Chinese builder of the VT-4 tank, has suggested it can keep pace with other third-generation tanks, including the U.S. M1A2 Abrams. </p><p>While this has yet to be proven, China has nevertheless inked a deal with the Royal Thai Army to supply it with 38 VT-4 tanks.</p>
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<p>China joins a very exclusive club with its fifth-generation Chengdu J-20, becoming just the third country to build a stealth fighter domestically. It's not cheap though -- each is expected to cost $110 million.</p>
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<p>Chinese state media says the J-20 <a href="http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/chinas-j-20-stealth-fighter-just-how-good-it-20116" target="_blank">entered service in March 2017</a>. The plane could serve dual purposes as a air-to-air fighter and as a stealthy strike fighter against ground targets.</p><p>That said, while the J-20 is stealthy from the front, it is believed to be vulnerable to detection from the rear and sides, limiting its effectiveness.</p>
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<p>On July 13, 2016, Chinese businessman <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-businessman-sentenced-in-us-hacking-case/" target="_blank">Su Bin was sentenced</a> by a U.S. federal court to 46 months in prison for helping to steal information on the F-22 and F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter jets.</p><p>Prosecutors say Su told hackers which military contractors to target. After the data was stolen, Su would translate the information from English to Chinese.</p>
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<p>Not all of China's planes require a pilot. The Chengdu Pterodactyl I, also known as the Wing Loong, is an unmanned drone that made its first flight in 2009. The Pterodactyl can carry up to 220 pounds' worth of air-to-surface weapons, laser-guided bombs and missiles.</p><p>The drone has an estimated cost of $1 million and is being sold to countries in Africa and the Middle East.</p>
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<p>On March 18, 2017, the Egyptian air force used a China-sourced Pterodactyl to attack Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, targets in the northern Sinai Peninsula. At least <a href="http://mt.sohu.com/mil/d20170321/129578842_418455.shtml" target="_blank">18 militants were reported killed</a> in the attack.</p>
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<p>Though China says its new DN-3 missile will be used for missile defense, U.S. military experts believe it is instead being designed for use as an anti-satellite missile.</p><p>Using the KZ-11 launch system shown, a DN-3 could destroy U.S. surveillance satellites orbiting several hundred miles above the Earth's surface.</p><p>"Adversaries are developing kinetic, directed-energy, and cyber tools to deny, degrade and destroy our space capabilities," Air Force Gen. John Hyten said in testimony to Congress. "The need for vigilance has never been greater."</p>
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<p>China became the fourth country to build its own strategic bomber in October 2009 when this, the H-6K bomber, entered service. The plane is a modified version of the older H-6, which is a licensed version of the Russian Tu-16 bomber.</p><p>Unlike other planes in the Chinese air force, the H-6 bomber is capable of a nuclear strike.</p>
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<p>China President Xi Jinping tours the cockpit of a H-6K bomber, providing a first-ever look inside the plane. The moment was captured by the Chinese media in 2015.</p>
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<p>China loves to put its military on display in public parades. This one, held in September 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, saw a large contingent of tanks pass through Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City in Beijing.</p>
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<p>China's military parades don't just celebrate the country's soldiers -- they also celebrate incredible firepower.</p><p>Though they look fearsome, the missiles used in these military parades are not equipped with warheads.</p>
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<p>Ships and planes aside, one of the most fearsome aspects of China's military is its sheer size. A 2016 congressional report suggests there are 2.33 million active troops in the People's Liberation Army, with another half million in reserve.</p><p>As of February 28, 2017, the U.S. military has 1.33 million active forces.</p>
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<p>While China continues to chafe at U.S. military presence in its region, the two countries' armed forces have grown somewhat closer since the terrorist attacks of 9/11.</p><p>The two countries have recently <a href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/11/18/china-us-militaries-stage-joint-humanitarian-relief-drill.html" target="_blank">staged joint drills</a> to practice their response to humanitarian crises.</p>