2014 Badakhshan mudslides
Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.
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A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for...
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