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The late ballet dancer came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the worlds biggest stages.
Dozens more were seriously injured after large crowds gathered in a Freetown suburb to collect leaking fuel.
Maya Hughes and her mom kept wondering who was the complete stranger who helped them. He turned out to be former Virginia congressman Tom Perriello.
"And really deeply, truly, I am over the passivity of good men."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Flooding has killed thousands of people in Asia and Africa during the month of August alone.
A mass burial today will free up space for more bodies in the central morgue, which is overloaded.
The disaster is so serious that I myself feel broken, said the country's vice president.
Sandra Musujusu's research focuses on a type of breast cancer that commonly affects black women.