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When flames erupted near Eaton Canyon around 6:30 p.m., erratic hurricane-force winds carried red-hot embers for miles, igniting countless small fires that ultimately destroyed thousands of homes.

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The November 10 blast erupted near a busy metro station close to the Red Fort in Old Delhi, where the prime minister delivers the annual Independence Day address.

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A volcano in southern Japan erupted early Sunday sending a plume of ash and smoke into the sky and prompting a warning over ashfall.

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Social media erupted with debate, memes and condemnation.

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Those tensions erupted after the 1994 genocide of the Tutsis over the border in Rwanda, fuelling a cycle of bloody conflict in the eastern DRC that continues to this day.

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