Lake Kariba ferry deaths reach 72 and a Flores earthquake kills at least 47
The death toll from a ferry sinking on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe rose to 72, and a magnitude 7.7 earthquake off Flores in Indonesia killed at least 47 people.
Disasters
Typhoon Dolphin hits eastern China and a Riyadh factory fire kills 16 workers
Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in eastern China, prompting a million evacuations and 1,300 Shanghai flight cancellations, while a sofa-factory fire in Riyadh killed at least 16 migrant workers.
All ten Broad Peak climbers die, a Nazca plane crash kills 13, and a Japan quake kills at least 13
All ten climbers caught in a Broad Peak avalanche, including Nirmal Purja, were confirmed dead, a plane crash near the Nazca Lines killed 13, and a magnitude 7.1 quake in Kumamoto killed at least 13.
Cuba suffers two national blackouts as fires, a tornado, and landslides kill dozens
The grid collapsed twice in five days, a tornado in Hubei killed at least 12, and a Spanish wildfire killed 12.
A tuition-centre roof in Lahore kills at least 14 schoolchildren
Nine more children were hospitalized, floods killed people in Accra and Abidjan, and a bus crash in Balochistan killed 40.
Dozens die of thirst in the Sahara as city fires and crashes add to the toll
Niger confirmed at least 49 deaths after a truck broke down in the desert, while fires in Delhi and a Sri Lankan nursing home killed more people.
Rescue crews count the dead from collapses, a mill blast, and a school fire
Death tolls rose in Angeles and Angola, a paper mill exploded in Washington, and a dormitory fire killed students in Kenya.
Heat, floods, and a chemical scare force evacuations on three continents
Deadly rain in China, a heat wave in Telangana, California wildfires, and a Garden Grove chemical tank drove large evacuations.