Space explorer Alexander Gerst released a staggering timelapse video of the Earth as seen from the International Space Station
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The Central African Republic has begun three days of mourning bearing out a riverboat disaster on the Mpoko River that claimed at the very least 58 lives. An overcrowded vessel, carrying significantly more than 300 individuals to a funeral, tragically capsized close to the capital city of Bangui. Authorities are continuing search efforts, with concerns that the death toll could rise. In reaction to the accident, President Faustin Archange Touadera announced a national inquiry to investigate the catastrophe and pledged support for the bereaved ...