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Perhaps one of the most spectacular of Olympic cauldron lighting ceremonies took place at the 1992 Summer Olympics, when Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo lit the cauldron by shooting a burning arrow over it, which ignited gas rising from the cauldron.

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• Around 127 people have been killed in north-west China in the country's deadliest earthquake for years.
• Occurred in December 2023
  
• Magnitude: 6.2
• Affected province: Gansu

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• In December 2023, 127 people have been killed in north-west China in the country's deadliest earthquake for years.

• Affected province: Gansu

• Magnitude: 6.2

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In May 2022, Iraq and other parts of the Middle East have been hit by a series of severe dust storms.

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For the first time, United Kingdom recorded 40 degrees Celsius on 19 July 2022

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Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, experienced the largest explosion of 2020.

The explosion occurred on August 4.

This causing widespread devastation and significant loss of life due to a large stockpile of ammonium nitrate in the port area.

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Massive Earthquake (زلزلہ)

Location: Turkiye/Syria

Magnitude: 7.8

Date: 6 February 2023

Casualties: over 50, 000

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A powerful earthquake killed at least 1000 people and left scores injured in Afghanistan in early hours on 22 June 2022.

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Three fuel trucks exploded and a fire broke out near Abu Dhabi airport on 17-01-2022 in what Yemen’s Houthis claimed was an attack deep inside the United Arab Emirates.

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A huge explosion ripped through a crowded mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing 21 people on 17 August 2022.