eastern

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The WHO has said the outbreak in DR Congo's eastern Ituri province is a public health emergency of international concern, but did not meet the criteria of a pandemic.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

A case has been reported in Goma, a major city in eastern DRC under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 anti-governmental group since early last year.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean, roughly 1,000 miles west of Ecuador, a seafloor fault has been producing magnitude 6 earthquakes with striking regularity for at least 30 years.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

The heaviest concentrations of Chinese traffic appeared along the eastern edge of waters shared by China and South Korea, as well as near key strategic commercial shipping lanes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

There icy runoff from the eastern snowcaps meets the sun in the west, pouring into a river that feeds the glacier blue lake.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera