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FILE - In this August 14, 2020 file photo, Hussein Haidar, 27, who got injured at his office during the Aug. 4 explosion poses for a photograph at his parents' house in Beirut, Lebanon. The mental health impact of the Beirut explosion that killed more than 200 and wounded more than 6,000 continues to lay its heavy weight on those who managed to survive the day. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Survivors of Beirut's explosion endure psychological scars

By Dalal Mawad Feb. 01, 2021 01:08 AM EST

Madrid emergency services say they have rushed to a building in the city center following an explosion

Jan. 20, 2021 09:24 AM EST
MADRID (AP) — Madrid emergency services say they have rushed to a building in the city center following an explosion. ...

An unidentified patient uses his mobile phone while receiving oxygen on a stretcher, as Los Angeles Fire Department Paramedics monitor him outside the Emergency entrance, waiting for his room at the CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Increasingly desperate California hospitals are being "crushed" by soaring coronavirus infections, with one Los Angeles emergency doctor predicting that rationing of care is imminent. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Overwhelmed California hospitals contemplate rationing care

Dec. 19, 2020 01:18 AM EST

People ride an escalator to a train station in Tokyo on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A pandemic atlas: Masks key to keeping Japan's caseload low

By Mari Yamaguchi Dec. 16, 2020 12:01 AM EST

People who volunteered to help clean damaged homes and give other assistance, takes notes from a woman on a street that was damaged by last week's explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. In the absence of the state, acts of kindness and solidarity have been numerous and striking. Many extended a helping hand far beyond their circle of friends or family, taking to social media to spread the word that they have a room to host people free of charge. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Abandoned by state after explosion, Lebanese help each other

By Hend Kortam Aug. 13, 2020 08:21 AM EDT

A fire has burned a building above Iran's underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, though officials say it did not affect its centrifuge operation or cause any release of radiation.;
Analysis: Risks grow after blast hits Iran's nuclear program

By Jon Gambrell Jul. 16, 2020 02:28 AM EDT

FILE - This Aug. 10, 2019, shows razor wire fencing at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. Democratic lawmakers are raising questions about the federal Bureau of Prisons’ release of high-profile inmates and are calling for widespread testing of federal inmates as the number of coronavirus cases has exploded in the federal prison system. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Lawmakers question federal prisons' home confinement rules

By Michael Balsamo Jun. 01, 2020 11:50 AM EDT