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Elephants die after eating plastic trash in Sri Lankan …

Wild elephants scavenge for food at an open landfill in Pallakkadu village in Ampara district, about 210 kilometers (130 miles) east of the capital Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in the open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants in the region, after two more were found dead over the weekend. Around 20 elephants have died over the last eight years after consuming plastic trash in the dump. Examinations of the dead animals showed they had swallowed large amounts of nondegradable plastic that is found in the garbage dump, wildlife veterinarian Nihal Pushpakumara said. (AP Photo/Achala Pussalla)

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3 charged in L.A. for allegedly aiding in deadly Sri Lanka …

Sri Lankan officials inspect St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, north of Colombo, after multiple explosions targeting churches and hotels across Sri Lanka on April 21, 2019. (Stringer/Getty Images)

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Travelers wearing face masks wait in line at the departure hall of West Kowloon Station on Jan. 23, 2020 in Hong Kong. (Credit: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

Houses of Worship Were Attacked With Deadly Frequency …

Executive Director Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein (center), who was shot in the hands, hugs his congregants after a press conference outside the Chabad of Poway Synagogue on April 28, 2019. (Credit: SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP/Getty Images)

Islamic State Leader Appears in Video for First Time in …

ISIS media Wing, al- Furqan, released a video titled “In the Hospitality of the Emir of the Believers,” on April 29, 2019, purporting to show the terror group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (Credit: al-Furqan ISIS media via CNN)

Sri Lanka Bans Burqas for ‘Public Protection’ After Bomb …

Sri Lankan Muslim women walk with a girl along a road in Kattankudy, Sri Lanka in an undated image. Credit: Lakruwan Wanniarchchi/Getty Images via CNN)

Churches Closed, Catholics Stay Home to Celebrate Mass …

Indian Christians hold placards and candles as they participate in a peace march to show solidarity with the Sri Lankan victims of the last week's serial bombings in Ahmedabad on April 28, 2019. Sri Lanka's churches remained shuttered on April 28, 2019, forcing Christians to say prayers of grief in private over the Easter suicide attacks that the country's Roman Catholic leader called "an insult to humanity". (Credit: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Soldiers and armed police officers guard the area near Dawatagaha Jumma Masjid ahead of Friday prayers on April 26, 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Security personnel inspect the interior of St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019. Credit: ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)

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A foreign investigator (R) walks into St. Anthony's Shrine as soldiers stand guard in Colombo on April 25, 2019. (Credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Sri Lankan security personnel walk through debris following an explosion in St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, on April 21, 2019. (Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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An ambulance is seen outside the church premises with gathered security personnel following a blast at the St. Anthony's Shrine in Kochchikade, Colombo on April 21, 2019. (Credit: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images)

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Security personnel inspect the interior of St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019. Credit: ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)

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