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THIS IS ONLY
A DRILL
Staff members
from South
Sudan’s Health
Ministry pose
during an Ebola
preparedness drill
in August. The
second-largest-
ever outbreak of
the disease was
raging just over the
border in Congo,
claiming more
than 2,000 lives.
— IMAGE BY PATRICK
MEINHARDT/AFP/GETTY
IMAGESHISTORY BE DAMMED
Among the cities and towns to be flooded as a
mega dam on the Tigris River comes online: the
ancient Turkish city of Hasankeyf, which has
been inhabited for up to 12,000 years. When the
reservoir reaches full capacity, everything below
the newly built retaining wall will be submerged.
— IMAGE BY DPA PICTURE ALLIANCE/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO