All articles tagged with #death toll
The Ebola outbreak has killed 177 people, a number the WHO director-general says is deeply worrisome as health officials push intensified surveillance, vaccination, and international aid in ongoing live updates.
The Ebola outbreak has killed 177 people, prompting the World Health Organization’s leader to call the situation deeply worrisome and triggering calls for a intensified global response, including stronger surveillance, faster vaccine distribution, and expanded resources to curb the spread in affected regions.
A fireworks-plant explosion in Liuyang, Hunan Province, China has killed 37 people, with rescuers continuing searches and recoveries as of May 8, 2026.
A second school shooting in Turkey within a week has killed 10 people in Kahramanmaras, prompting security forces and emergency responders to assist victims and investigators to pursue leads.
A Science Advances study using artificial intelligence-derived analysis of death certificates estimates about 155,000 additional Covid-19 deaths occurred in 2020–2021 outside hospitals and were not counted in official tallies, suggesting roughly 16% of Covid-19 deaths were uncounted. The undiagnosed deaths disproportionately affected Hispanic and other people of color in the South and Southwest, due to factors like limited testing outside hospitals, variable death investigations, and political dynamics surrounding reporting.
Royer Perez-Jimenez, 19, died at the Glades County Detention Center in Florida, with ICE saying he was found unconscious and that the death is under investigation; authorities described it as a presumed suicide, and Perez had denied suicide risk at intake. The death marks the youngest ICE detainee death since Trump took office, amid a year with multiple detainee fatalities and ongoing criticism from advocacy groups about facility conditions and safety.
A deadly severe weather outbreak spread across the Midwest and Plains, spawning tornadoes and causing extensive damage with at least 8 deaths and dozens injured as responders assess the aftermath.
The U.S. Southern Command says a strike in the Caribbean killed three people and destroyed a boat linked to drug trafficking, the first known Caribbean attack since November and part of a five-month campaign that has killed 133, prompting legal experts to question whether such lethal force is lawful or constitutes extrajudicial killings.
A rubber dinghy carrying about 55 migrants from several African countries capsized off north‑west Libya, killing 53 people including two babies; two Nigerian women survived and were rescued. The vessel sank about six hours after leaving al‑Zawiya, north of Zuwara, underscoring the ongoing perils of Mediterranean crossings, with around 500 migrants reported dead or missing in 2026 so far. The IOM highlights trafficking networks and unsafe vessels and calls for stronger international cooperation and safe migration pathways to prevent more tragedies.
With protests ongoing, Iran faces mounting calls for an independent, transparent inquiry into the protest deaths after the government offered to publish the names of the deceased to counter claims that the toll is far higher than the official 3,117. Reformists say the plan lacks transparency and favor a public, verifiable database or even UN fact-finding. Distrust remains high as tens of thousands are believed detained, including many young people, while authorities have not released data on detainees under 18.
More than 200 people were killed in a landslide at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; the toll was later reported as at least 227 dead, including miners, children and market vendors. The mine has been controlled by the M23 rebels since 2024 and accounts for about 15% of the world’s coltan supply, with the UN alleging mineral plunder to fund the insurgency amid Rwanda’s denial of backing the group.
After years of denying Gaza Health Ministry death tallies, the Israeli military now accepts them as an accurate count, with efforts to separate civilians from combatants as the toll climbs (at least 71,000). The piece traces prior skepticism from the White House, Congress, and pro-Israel figures, contrasted with human rights groups and the UN that long treated the ministry’s data as credible, and notes the ongoing debate over accountability amid the Gaza conflict.
Israel’s military publicly accepted the Gaza health authorities’ death toll as broadly accurate for the first time, estimating about 70,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 2023 (excluding missing), with Gaza authorities reporting over 71,600 direct deaths and around 10,000 buried. The move ends years of disputing casualty figures and could intensify scrutiny of civilian tolls; Israel also announced the Rafah crossing with Egypt would reopen to pedestrians under EU supervision, a step tied to US-backed ceasefire efforts.
Activists say at least 6,126 people have been killed in Iran’s nationwide crackdown on protests, a toll far higher than the government’s official figure of about 3,117, with HRANA noting 41,800+ arrests and a breakdown that includes protesters, security forces, children, and civilians. The report comes as a U.S. carrier group arrives in the Middle East to lead any potential response and Iranian-backed militias signal willingness to attack, underscoring rising regional tensions after the rial’s collapse and ongoing unrest.
During an extended internet blackout, rare, brief connectivity allows Iranians to message loved ones and share footage abroad, offering a clearer view of the crackdown and suggesting a death toll far higher than prior estimates (verified over 5,000 with thousands more unverified) as authorities experiment with selective, whitelist-based connectivity.