Death toll climbs to 32 in Indonesia volcano eruption The death toll from an Indonesian volcano that exploded this week has climbed to 32, medical officials said Thursday. Rescue and recovery efforts continue to unfold, with the Indonesian government scrambling to help tens of thousands of residents displaced by the eruption. The volcano erupted at […]
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Cab-driving shutterbug chronicles Istanbul’s underbelly
Sevket Sahintas works the night shift driving his taxi around Istanbul Turkey from midnight until dawn. His route takes him past symbols of wealth old and new: the ornate carved stone gates of a 19th-century Ottoman sultan’s palace, the gleaming high rises in the city’s rapidly growing financial district