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August 19·Every year

World Humanitarian Day

Marks the 2003 bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad that killed 22 aid workers. A day for the people who run toward crises while everyone else runs away.

Category: Awareness
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Notable · 2017

Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington.