Deaths Archives

Climate scientists say that human-driven global warming is bringing hotter summers, worse droughts, fiercer wildfires and other destructive weather events

World

Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don’t add up

Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path? Annual...

AFPJanuary 20, 2026

An outlet for the Australian communications company Optus in Sydney. Optus chief executive Stephen Rue said an outage that prevented calls to emergency services and led to three deaths was "absolutely tragic"

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Australia telco outage leaves three dead

The outage impacted 600 people across South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory shortly after midnight on Thursday.

AFPSeptember 20, 2025

The United Nations said a record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, including 181 in the Gaza Strip

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UN says record 383 aid workers killed in 2024

The 2024 figure was up 31 percent on the year before, the UN said on World Humanitarian Day,

AFPAugust 19, 2025

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Quake in China’s Tibet kills 32 with tremors felt in Nepal, India

A powerful earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 32 people and collapsed "many buildings" on Tuesday.

AFPJanuary 6, 2025

Unprecedented numbers of migrant deaths were recorded last year across Africa (1,866) and Asia (2,138)

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UN says 2023 was deadliest year for migrants in a decade

At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year since records began a decade ago, the United...

AFPMarch 6, 2024

Killings of reporters would have dropped globally year-on-year in 2023 had it not been for the deaths in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon, the Committee to Protect Journalists said

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99 journalists killed in 2023, 77 in Gaza war: report

Seventy-seven of the 99 journalists killed in 2023 were killed in the Israel-Hamas war, making the last 12 months the deadliest for the media...

AFPFebruary 15, 2024

Stacker celebrated the legacy of music icon Tina Turner, drawing information from news accounts, biographies, magazine interviews, and more.

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From Berlusconi to Tina Turner and Delors: notable deaths of 2023

Here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.

AFPDecember 30, 2023

Silvio Berlusconi painted himself as the defender of the people

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From Berlusconi to Prigozhin and Tina Turner: notable deaths of 2023

From Italy’s ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023’s most notable deaths. –...

AFPNovember 28, 2023