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Paul Manafort Resigns From Trump Campaign

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Two days after a campaign shakeup that left his leadership role in doubt, and after a series of damaging reports about his work with a Russian-backed Ukrainian political party, Paul Manafort resigned from his post as chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Friday morning.

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70 Years Ago Today: Anne Frank Was Captured by the Nazis

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Anne Frank, 1941 Anne Frank Fonds Basel/DPA/ZUMA Press

On this day in 1944, German policed discovered the hiding place of Anne Frank and her family in the secret annex of the building where Otto Frank (Anne’s father) worked. Following the arrest of the Franks and two other families that were in hiding, Miep Gies collected papers and photo albums left scattered around the living quarters, including Anne’s diary. Gies saved them, hoping to return them to Anne after the war.

Anne Frank’s diary of her time in hiding was published 1947 and has been made into a play and a film publicizing the plight of millions. Uppa/Photoshot/UPPA/ZUMA Press

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This Is What Gaza Looks Like Right Now

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After ten days of airstrikes, Israel launched a ground incursion into Gaza Thursday, its first since 2009, when a three-week battle with Hamas left 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead. Over the past ten days, Israeli shelling in Gaza has claimed the lives of 200 Palestinians; one Israeli was killed by shrapnel. Israel has activated 50,000 reserve troops and has said it plans to call up 18,000 more in what observers say could be a dangerous escalation of the conflict.

An Israeli soldier directs a Merkava tank near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip. Gili Yaari/NurPhoto/ZUMA

Mourners carried the body of 8-year-old Fulla Tariq Shuhaiber, who according to her family was killed by a missile strike as she fed pigeons on her roof. Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto/ZUMA

An Israeli man held debris from a Quassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. Omer Messinger/zReportage/ZUMA

Israelis stood on a hilltop watching activity in Gaza. Omer Messinger/zReportage/ZUMA

Israeli demonstrators held signs protesting the military action Thursday. Sebastian Scheiner/AP

Palestinian police held back demonstrators near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Shadi Hatem/APA Images/ZUMA

A family that fled their home in the town of Beit Lahiya sought refuge at a United Nations-run school in Gaza City. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/zReportage/ZUMA

Relatives mourned four Palestinian children killed by an Israeli airstrike while playing on a Gaza beach. Ibrahim Khader/Pacific Press/ZUMA

Palestinians held a funeral for family members of Tayseer Al-Batsh, Gaza’s police chief, whose house was struck by an Israeli missile that killed 18, according to Hamas. Ashraf Amra/APA Images/zReportage/ZUMA

Israeli mourners carried the body of Dror Chanin, 37, who was killed by a mortar while delivering food to soldiers near the Gaza border. Dan Balilty/AP

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PHOTOS: 2013′s Most Terrifying Weather Disasters

Many may be harbingers of a changing climate. The year 2013 has seen no less than 39 weather-related disasters costing $1 billion or more in damage. That’s far more than last year, when there were only 27, according to an analysis of disaster statistics by the Weather Underground’s Jeff Masters—and very near the all time high of 40, in 2010. In other words, even as most of us lived in relative comfort this year, we shouldn’t forget that nature dealt out quite a lot of misery and suffering in the world around us. So here’s a rundown of some of the most extreme weather events of 2013, from around the world: 1. BRAZIL’S WORST DROUGHT IN 50 YEARS Dead farm animals in Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil. Rodrigo Lobo/ZUMA From January through May, northeastern Brazil experienced a devastating drought. According to the agricultural secretary of the Brazilian state of Bahia, it was the worst in 50 years. All told, the damage toll was an estimated $8 billion. The drought was so powerful that some experts speculated that the dryness influenced the North Atlantic hurricane season, which was much quieter than expected. 2. AUSTRALIA’S HOTTEST SUMMER EVER A bushfire in Tasmania on Jan. 4, 2013. ToniFish/Wikimedia Commons The continent had never seen a summer like it. January 2013 was Australia’s hottest month since recordkeeping began. Sydney set a new record temperature of 114.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Jan. 18, and that’s just one in a very, very long list of heat records. A study subsequently published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters found that global warming had increased the odds of this type of extreme heat wave. 3. OKLAHOMA’S TERRIFYING TORNADOES Moore, Okla., on May 23. Zhang Yongxing/ZUMA The US always has tornadoes, but this year they were particularly devastating. The May 20 Moore, Okla., tornado was the third most destructive in history. It was an EF-5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, the highest classification. Twenty-four people were killed, and the total damage was on the order of $2 billion, due to the fact that the tornado stayed on the ground for a long time in a highly populated area. And the Moore tornado was followed shortly afterward by the largest tornado on record on May 31: The El Reno tornado, an EF-5 whose winds reached 295 miles per hour, and whose maximum width was 2.6 miles. (Whenever there are devastating tornadoes, some ask whether climate change could be responsible. The answer is that at this point, top experts just don’t know what effect global warming may be having on tornadoes.) 4. CENTRAL EUROPE’S HISTORIC FLOODING Budapest, Hungary, on June 9. Attila Volgyi/ZUMA In late May and early June, many Central European countries—including Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the Czech Republic—experienced record flooding as the Danube, Vltava, and Rhine rivers overtopped their banks. The result was $22 billion in damage, representing the fifth costliest non-US weather disaster on record. It was the worst European flooding “since the Middle Ages,” according to weather expert Jeff Masters. As with so many extremes of late, the flooding was tied to “blocked weather” as a result of a stuck jet stream pattern, which led to extreme rains. Some climate experts think global warming is producing more of these blocking patterns and the resultant extremes. 5. HEAT RECORDS FALL FROM SHANGHAI TO SLOVENIA Pedestrians in Shanghai cover themselves from the sun on Aug. 6. Imaginechina/ZUMA In many parts of the northern hemisphere, the summer of 2013 brought record heat. Alaska tied its all-time heat record of 98 degrees Fahrenheit during a July heat wave. As for Death Valley, Calif., 129.2 degrees Fahrenheit on June 30 just might be Earth’s overall heat record (see discussion here). Austria, Slovenia, and Shanghai also all set new heat records. On Aug. 7, Shanghai’s temperature hit 105.4 degrees. 6. NORTH INDIA’S DEADLY MONSOON FLOODS Flooding in New Delhi. Partha Sarkar/Xinhua/ZUMA According to data from the reinsurance industry intermediary firm Aon Benfield, the deadliest weather event officially recorded so far in 2013 occurred in June in northern India and Nepal, where severe flooding claimed 6,500 lives. The disaster was caused by extreme monsoon rains over the Indian state of Uttarakhand, whose capital, Dehradun, received more than 14 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, a new record. Monsoon floods are often deadly, but this single event may be the deadliest ever. 7. CALIFORNIA’S MASSIVE RIM FIRE A firefighter in Groveland, Calif., battles the Rim Fire. Elias Funez/Modesto Bee/ZUMA After starting in late August, the enormous Yosemite Rim fire eventually grew to encompass more than 250,000 acres, gaining it a ranking of the third largest in California history. To put that in perspective, the Rim Fire grew almost as large as all the other 2013 California fires combined (thus far). It was not fully contained until October 26, more than two months after it formed. (Notably, seven of the 10 largest California fires have occurred since the year 2000.) 8. COLORADO’S THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD Country Road 34 near Platteville, Colo., on Sept. 14. Dejan Smaic/ZUMA The local office of the National Weather Service just went ahead and called it “biblical.” NOAA climate scientist Martin Hoerling added that “this single event has now made the calendar year (2013) the single wettest year on record for Boulder.” The rains that fell in Colorado in September were so intense, and the flooding so damaging, that in some areas, it was the kind of disaster that will only happen once in a thousand years. (The total damage was estimated at $2 billion.) Was climate change involved? For extreme rainfall events, global warming is already contributing a small percentage of additional rainfall through increased atmospheric water vapor. What’s more, the Colorado Floods were also tied to yet another suspicious atmospheric blocking pattern. 9. THE BAY OF BENGAL’S MASSIVE CYCLONE PHAILIN Cyclone Phailin on Oct. 10. NASA The deadliest cyclones in the world, historically, have occurred in the Bay of Bengal. So when a storm here named Phailin reached Category-5 strength in October, fears were great that it could rival the deadly 1999 Odisha Cyclone, which killed as many as 10,000 people in India. Fortunately, evacuation planning and preparedness measures prevented a comparable disaster when Phailin made landfall in India at near full strength. Due to data problems, it is hard to say whether Phailin was the strongest storm ever observed in the Bay of Bengal, but it was certainly close. 10. SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN DEVASTATES THE PHILIPPINES The devastated town of Tanauan, the Philippines. Lucas Oleniuk/The Toronto Star/ZUMA Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Northwestern Pacific didn’t just reach Category-5 strength: With winds of 195 miles per hour, it may be the strongest hurricane by wind speed ever reliably observed. We’ve all seen the ensuing images of disaster: The death toll is over 6,000, and there are still more than 1,000 people missing. In the end, Haiyan may be 2013′s deadliest weather event as well. Read article here:   PHOTOS: 2013′s Most Terrifying Weather Disasters ; ; ;

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PHOTOS: Devastation in the Philippines After Haiyan Hits

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Super Typhoon Haiyan, perhaps the strongest storm ever recorded on Earth, made landfall in the Philippines on Friday. The result was catastrophic, with 10,000 feared dead, according to the Associated Press. The storm made landfall again in Vietnam on Monday morning local time. Here are photos of the preparation for, and aftermath of, Haiyan’s arrival.

A child wraps himself in a blanket inside a makeshift house along a fishing village in Bacoor, south of Manila. Ezra Acayan/ZUMA

Various government agencies monitor the path of Super Typhoon Haiyan inside the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) office in Quezon City, Philippines. Rouelle Umali/ZUMA

This NASA MODIS Aqua satellite image shows Super Typhoon Haiyan shortly before it smashed into the Philippines with 200 mph winds and 50-foot waves. Lightroom Photos/Nasa/ZUMA

Dark clouds from Super Typhoon Haiyan loom over the skyscrapers of metro Manila. Rouelle Umali/ZUMA

People reinforce dykes ahead of Super Typhoon Haiyan in Phu Yen province, central Vietnam. Vna/ZUMA

Local residents are evacuated to safe places before Super Typhoon Haiyan hit Vietnam in Da Nang city, central Vietnam. Vna/ZUMA

Aerial photo taken on November 10 shows the scene after Typhoon Haiyan hit Leyte Province, Philippines. Ryan Lim/ZUMA

Aerial photo shows the scene after Typhoon Haiyan hit Leyte Province. Ryan Lim/ZUMA

Filipino typhoon survivors from Tacloban City disembark from a C130 military plane in an airport in Cebu City, Philippines. Ritchie Tongo/ZUMA

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