Michelle Bachelet

Survivors of an attack in the western village of Bongende, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, stand next to what is said to be a mass grave containing the bodies of 100 people killed during days of violence in the region in December 2018.

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U.N. Report Says Massacres In Congo Might Constitute Crimes Against Humanity

2:13pm March 13, 2019

by Cat Schuknecht

A United Nations investigation finds at least 535 men, women and children were killed in December amid a conflict between the Banunu and Batende communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Firefighters work to put out a forest fire in Constitucion, Chile, on Thursday.

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'A Nightmare Without An End': Wildfires Burn Out Of Control In Chile

2:30pm January 27, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Hundreds of thousands of acres have been destroyed and at least 10 people have died, including several firefighters. The Chilean government says the blazes are the worst in the country's history.