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A Ugandan quarry worker carrying rocks on her head: Dan Nelken’s best photograph

Date
Aug 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC
Location
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‘Janet had eight children. Her husband drove a boda-boda taxi, but had lost a leg – so she had been working in her local quarry for 10 years. “I am now the husband in this home,” she said’

Scripture

"Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come."

- Matthew 24:42
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Global activity summary (24h)

In the last 24 hours, 13 seismic events have been recorded, including a magnitude 6.0 earthquake north of Caluula, Somalia, and another of magnitude 4.9 near Houma, Tonga. Additionally, there have been 72 disaster-related events, notably multiple forest fires in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, and Namibia, which have been active since mid-August. In the realm of conflicts, 4 events have been documented, although details have not been specified. The passages in Matthew 24 and Luke 21 invite the reader to discern.

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