Ethiopia’s holy town of Lalibela struggles to heal wounds of war
Lalibela, EthiopiaReuters The bedframes where sleepy pilgrims used to rest at the Cliff Edge Hotel lie twisted under the sky, blood spatters the hotel kitchen and a lone picture of a priest hangs on a crumbling wall. The 18-room hotel in the holy town of Lalibela, in the north of Ethiopia, used to welcome visitors […]
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World Heritage sites could be transformed by global warming, finds study
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Everest climbers could face a starkly different landscape stripped of the dramatic Khumbu Icefall within decades as global warming melts icy landmarks, scientists said on Tuesday. Glaciers are set to vanish from almost half of UN-designated World Heritage sites in less than a century if greenhouse gas emissions are not cut, according […]