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26 Dec

The coronavirus has killed far fewer people in Africa than in Europe and the Americas, leading to a widespread perception that it was a disease of the West. Now, a tide of new cases on the continent is raising alarms. nytimes.com/2020/12/26/wor…

In South Africa, a crush of new coronavirus cases is growing exponentially across the nation. At least eight countries, including Nigeria, Uganda and Mali, recently recorded their highest caseloads all year. nyti.ms/2WLW61B

Early on in the pandemic, many African countries were considered particularly at risk because they had weak medical, laboratory and disease-surveillance systems. But governments pursued swift, severe lockdowns that slowed the rate of infection. nyti.ms/2WLW61B

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25 Dec

Here are 12 tales of joy and resilience from around the world during a devastating year. nyti.ms/38xNIZ3

In January, when the pandemic was first unfolding in Wuhan, millions of people — and pet owners — found themselves suddenly locked out of their city. Armed with PPE, a list of addresses, and cat food, Shuai Lihua came to the rescue. nyti.ms/38xNIZ3

A few months into quarantine in a working-class district of Rio de Janeiro, Maura Cristina Silva got a text from one of her students about "saudade" — a Portuguese term that conveys feelings of longing and melancholy. So she came up with a plan. nyti.ms/38xNIZ3

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25 Dec

An explosion linked to a vehicle in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning sent smoke rising high above the buildings, the authorities said. It was not immediately clear whether there were any deaths or injuries. nyti.ms/38DYs86

Update: Nashville authorities said they believe the explosion was an “intentional” act. Officials said at a news conference that three people were injured and taken to hospitals. nyti.ms/38DYs86

An explosion in Nashville that authorities said they believed was an “intentional” act damaged buildings and forced evacuations on Christmas morning. No one was killed, but three people were injured and taken to hospitals, officials said. nyti.ms/38DYs86

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25 Dec

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New Delhi has some of the world’s most polluted air. But how harmful it is can depend on how wealthy you are.

@dwtkns explains how The New York Times documented how much polluted air two children from different backgrounds were exposed to in one day.
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The resulting story aimed to strike a balance between science and journalism. It used hard measurements to back up more traditional, on-the-ground reporting to take a visual look at how an often invisible threat affects two children’s lives.
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The team included @dwtkns, a Times graphics editor, and involved more than a dozen journalists working closely with @gettleman, The Times’s South Asia bureau chief. nyti.ms/3nNT5d1

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23 Dec

The number of hospitals with full or nearly full ICUs has doubled across the U.S. since the beginning of October, according to a New York Times analysis. See where the beds are filling up. nyti.ms/38yeLmW

More than 40% of U.S. hospitals with intensive care units reached average occupancy levels of 85% or higher in the week ending Dec. 17.

In early October, just a quarter of U.S. hospitals’ ICUs were that full. nyti.ms/38yeLmW

Most patients who are hospitalized for Covid-19 do not require intensive care, but those who do tend to stay awhile, meaning additional patients can overwhelm an ICU particularly fast. nyti.ms/38yeLmW

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23 Dec

Coaching and management roles in major U.S. sports leagues have mostly gone to white candidates in the past 30 years, according to our analysis.

Despite initiatives meant to increase diversity, the findings call into question the policies’ effectiveness.
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In North America’s major sports leagues in the 1990s, players were mostly people of color, but the coaches, managers and team owners were nearly all white.

A current snapshot looks mostly the same. nyti.ms/34EyIHs

The NFL once had as many as eight nonwhite head coaches: That number was half that at the beginning of this season, meaning 13% of the league’s head coaches were people of color — 74% of its players were. nyti.ms/34EyIHs

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