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08 January 2022, United Kingdom, London: People take part in a protest at Trafalgar Square to show solidarity with demonstrators in Kazakhstan. The Central Asian country this week experienced the worst street protests since its independence from the Soviet Union three decades ago, with dozens of people killed in the unrest. Photo: Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

POLITICAL UNREST

Kazakhstan says 164 people killed in week of unrest

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/9/22

Almost 6,000 people have been arrested, including many foreigners, the presidential office said

HANDOUT - 07 January 2022, Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev chairs a meeting of the counter-terrorism command in Nur-Sultan. Photo: -/Kazakh Presidency/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

World

RIOTS

Over 4,400 reported detained, 40 dead in Kazakhstan unrest

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/8/22

A Russian-led military alliance of former Soviet states, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), has sent in paratroopers as part of a peacekeeping force

05 January 2022, Spain, Gijon: Firefighters work on the scene of a collapsed terrace at the San Vicente de Paul school where they are looking for trapped or injured people during the incident. Photo: Jorge Peteiro/EUROPA PRESS/dpa-

Spain

ACCIDENT

Two workers dead after Spanish school roof collapses

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/6/22

Local media noted that the accident could have been worse, had school been in session

18 December 2021, Spain, Madrid: Demonstrators sit on the ground during a rally in the Plaza Juan Goytisolo on the occasion of Migrants Day. Photo: Carlos Luján/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Spain

IMMIGRATION

Aid organization records over 4,400 deaths on Spain migrant route

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/4/22

Some 4,016 people died attempting while attempting to travel from West Africa to the Canary Islands alone

16 December 2021, Hamburg: A customs officer diplays pressed and highly concentrated cocaine from after a large cocaine stash was seized, during a press conference of the Hamburg customs. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa.

Spain

DRUGS

Infamous Spanish drugs baron dead at 89

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/2/22

According to the Spanish authorities, the gang controls one of the largest drug trafficking rings in Europe from Galicia

HANDOUT - 17 December 2021, ---: An image aquired via the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite shows the typhoon Rai sweeping through the western side of the Philippines. Emergency teams in the Philippines on Saturday rushed aid to areas battered by the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year, which killed up to 24 people and displaced more than 330,000. Photo: -/Nasa Earth via ZUMA Press Wire Service/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

World

DISASTER

Typhoon death toll hits 389 in the Philippines, with 64 still missing

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/27/21

Power and communication lines were also knocked out in the most affected areas, and many areas were expected to only get electricity in January

FILED - 30 November 2015, South Africa, Cape Town: Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is pictured at the offices of The Desmond Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town. Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, has died aged 90. Photo: Chris Radburn/PA Wire/dpa.

World

'MORAL COMPASS'

Tributes pour in for anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/27/21

Tutu fought consistently for justice for South Africa's black population under apartheid, and spoke for peace and reconciliation after the end of the white supremacist regime in the nineties

Emergency services personnel on scene at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania, Thursday, December 16, 2021. Several children have suffered serious injuries in northwest Tasmania after falling about 10 metres from a jumping castle that was blown into the air. (AAP Image/Grant Wells) NO ARCHIVING Photo: Grant Wells/AAP/dpa.

World

TRAGEDY

Five children die, more injured in Australian bouncy castle accident

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/16/21

Wind picked up a bouncy castle, threw it into the air and several children fell from a height of 10 metres

December 12, 2021, Dawson Springs, United States: A Coke machine is removed from a home of a man who died after a tornado tore through rural Kentucky.. Multiple tornadoes touched down in several midwestern states late Friday evening causing widespread destruction and leaving an estimated 70-plus people dead. (Credit Image: © Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire Photo: Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

World

DISASTER

Kentucky governor says 74 confirmed dead in devastating tornadoes

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/14/21

Houses and businesses were simply "wiped out," US President Joe Biden said

Manolo Santana during a Davis Cup match at the San Sebastián Tennis Club. Photo: Paco Marin / Kutxa Fototeka under Creative Commons License.

Sports

OBITUARY

Spanish tennis legend Manolo Santana dies aged 83

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/11/21

Santana won Wimbledon in 1966 after two French Open triumphs, 1961 and 1964, and victory in New York at the 1965 US Open

FILED - A man embraces his son among the rubble of their house after the family survived a deadly tornado that killed at least seven in Murray County, Georgia, in this file shot from December 11, 2020. Photo: Curtis Compton/TNS via ZUMA Wire/dpa.

World

NATURAL DISASTER

Worst tornadoes for years cause 'mass casualties' in US

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/11/21

Over 50,000 homes were without power

18 November 2021, Mexico, Heroic Veracruz: Numerous people from Central America walk together along a rural road towards the US border. Photo: Yahir Ceballos/dpa.

World

IMMIGRATION

55 dead, 100 injured in truck accident involving migrants in Mexico

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/10/21

The trailer, which was presumably taking the migrants towards the United States, crashed into a pedestrian bridge

30 November 2021, Spain, Barcelona: Police officers stand near a building where a fire has broken out. At least four people have died, two of them minors. Photo: Kike Rincón/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Spain

TRAGEDY

Four dead in fire in Barcelona, two young children among victims

The Nomad Today 11/30/21

All the victims belonged to the same family

28 November 2021, Spain, Madrid: Singers Ana Belen (R) and Victor Manuel (C) leave the Tanatorio Parcesa La Paz after attending the funeral of Spanish novelist Almudena Grandes, who died at the age of 61. Photo: Alejandro Martínez Vélez/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Lifestyle

LITERATURE

Spanish novelist Almudena Grandes dies aged 61

The Nomad Today 11/28/21

Grandes' work addressed difficult subjects for many Spaniards, including the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship

21 November 2021, US, Waukesha: An image captured from a video posted by the City of Waukesha on Facebook shows a red vehicle speeding through the Waukesha Christmas parade in Wisconsin. Several people were dead and dozens injured. Photo: -/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

MORE THAN 20 INJURED

Fatalities reported as car ploughs through Wisconsin Christmas parade

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/22/21

The parade is a cherished annual event that kicks off a season of holiday merriment

FILED - 17 August 2002, Weeze: Hank von Helvete, frontman of the Norwegian death punk music group 'Turbonegro', performs during the 16th Bizarre Festival in Weeze. Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby died on Saturday aged 49. Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa.

World

MUSIC

Former Turbonegro vocalist Hank Von Helvete dead at 49

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/20/21

Husby left the band for good in 2010

25 August 2021, Spain, Arguineguin: Employees of the sea rescue service help a migrant to disembark the vessel Guardamar Talia. The Coast Guard spotted 46 sub-Saharan migrants south of Arguineguin. Among the occupants of the boat were 30 men, 14 women and two minors. Photo: Europa Press/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

Spain

IMMIGRATION

Eight migrants die on sea journey from Africa to Spain's Canaries

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/14/21

The UN's Organization for Migration (IOM) has confirmed at least 785 dead or missing at sea from the beginning of the year until August

FILED - 09 November 2021, Spain, La Palma: A person stands on the Los Guirres beach and watches lava flowing out of Cumbre Vieja volcano, during its eruption in La Palma on the Canary Islands. Photo: Kike Rincón/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Spain

VOLCANO ERUPTION

Body found as La Palma volcano claims first victim

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/13/21

The man found on Saturday is believed to have been trying to clean up the volcanic ash on his property

30 October 2020, Poland, Warsaw: Protesters march during a protest against a court ruling that tightens the abortion law in Poland. Photo: Grzegorz Banaszak/ZUMA Wire/dpa

World

POLAND

Further protests planned after death of Polish woman denied abortion

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/2/21

Local media reported that the doctors chose to wait until the foetus died rather than intervene with an abortion

FILED - 25 February 1988, South Korea, Seoul: President Roh Tae-woo is sworn in as South Korea's new president at his inauguration ceremony in Seoul. Roh, who served as president from 1988-1993, died at the age of 88. Photo: -/YNA/dpa

World

ASIA

Former South Korean president Roh Tae Woo dies

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/26/21

A former general, he succeeded former president Chun Doo Hwan after helping him seize power through a 1979 military coup