'To Save One Life Is to Save Humanity'
Five years into Syria's civil war, the country's Syrian Civil Defense workers have saved more than 40,000 lives on both sides of the fight.
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North Sea Ailing
Texel Island, the Netherlands—Three out of five beached sperm whales are pictured on January 13; all of them died after being stranded for several hours. According to the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, a group beaching is especially rare in the Netherlands, as the North Sea is too shallow for the deep-diving mammals. Sperm whales can measure up to 60 feet and weigh up to 50 tons. Officials are investigating what caused the whales to be stranded. In the same week, dozens of short-finned pilot whales were beached in Tamil Nadu, India, and at least 73 died.
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