Australian authorities has warned people to stay indoors as a severe heatwave along the northwestern coast pushed temperatures to a blistering 50.7 degrees Celsius (123 degrees Fahrenheit), hitting a high last seen 62 years ago.

Climate scientists and activists have raised alarm bells that global warming due to human-driven greenhouse gas emissions, especially from fossil fuels, is close to spiralling out of control.

The planet’s hottest years on record have all been within the last decade, with 2021 being the sixth-hottest, data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed this week.

An iron ore mining region in the northwest, Australia’s Pilbara, where temperatures hit the record high on Thursday, is known for its hot and dry conditions, with temperatures usually hovering in the upper thirties this time of year.

Australia is one of the world’s biggest carbon emitters per capita, but the government has refused to back down from its reliance on coal and other fossil fuel industries, saying to do so would cost jobs.

Scientists have found that rising temperatures can hit public health and outdoor labour productivity, resulting in billions of dollars in economic losses.

Australia lost an average of A$10.3 billion ($7.48 billion) and 218 productive hours every year in the last two decades because of heat, according to a global study published this week by researchers at Duke University.

These losses will only deepen in the coming decades as the world heads toward global warming of 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial times, they warned.

“These results imply that we don’t have to wait for 1.5°C of global warming to experience impacts of climate change on labour and the economy … Additional future warming magnifies these impacts,” said lead author Luke Parsons.

Zuma Rock is a large monolith, an igneous intrusion composed of gabbro and granodiorite that is located in Niger State, Nigeria.

Rising imposingly from the flat topography of the surrounding area, this colossal granite monolith is hard to miss, with its position towering above the long highway into Abuja from Kaduna.

At 725 meters tall (2,379 ft) and around 3.1 km in circumference, the monolith looks more like a small mountain.

As it rises spectacularly immediately north of Nigeria’s capital Abuja, sometimes is referred to as the “Gateway to Abuja.” Nevertheless, Zuma is depicted on the 100 naira note.

In the past as well, was used for a defensive retreat by the Gbagyi people against invading neighboring tribes during inter tribal warring.

Keen observers say they can recognize a person’s face on the rock, and locals believe that due to the human face, the rock has mysterious powers.

Most of the time it is said that throughout the years, the tourism authorities in Niger state invited foreign investors to develop this area into a tourist attraction.

They built a fine hotel near the rock, but unfortunately the business didn’t perform as well as they had hoped. After rumors circulated that there killings occurred in the hotel, the hotel was finally closed.

Local people say it was the negative influence of the rock that doomed the hotel.

Whether this story is true, or just a legend, definitely something is alluring about this massive rock, which invites you to admire and gaze all day long.

Skanderbeg Square is the main plaza of the capital city of Albania, Tirana, which was named in 1968.

In the time of the Albanian monarchy, the square was composed of a number of buildings that would eventually be detonated during the communist period.

The square was composed of a roundabout with a fountain in the middle.

Tirana’s Old Bazaar used to be established on the grounds of modern-day Palace of Culture, the Orthodox Cathedral at present-day Tirana International Hotel, while the former Municipal building on the grounds of where the National History Museum is located nowadays.

In the past there was a statue erected for Joseph Stalin, however, today, one can not find it, since it was replaced by a statue of Skanderberg.

Besides the construction of the above new elements during communism, the statue of Albania’s leader Enver Hoxha was erected at the space between the National History Museum and the Bank of Albania, but with the fall of the communism, the statue was removed.

In 2010, there was a reconstruction, where the square would transform into a pedestrians and public transport only area, with a new fountain which would use rain water as its water supply.

Nonetheless, in 2011, as the mayor of Tirana changed, the plan changed as well.

The use of the square by all motor vehicles will be restored through the construction of a narrower road segment around the center of the square including bicycle lanes, and the existing green field south of Skanderbeg’s statue was extended northward for a few hundred meters, while trees were planted in most places.

After War and Insurgency Kept Them Away From Iraq for Decades, Members of a French-iraqi Archaeological Expedition Are Making an Enthusiastic Return in Search of Millennia-old Cultural Treasures.

The Team of 20 People Have Made “major Discoveries,” Including the Residence of a Ruler Identified by About 60 Cuneiform Tablets That Have Been Transferred to the National Museum in Baghdad.

Researcher at France’s National Centre for Scientific Research, Heading the Franco-iraqi Mission Regis Vallet Said Larsa Is Like an Archaeological Playground and a “paradise” for Exploring Ancient Mesopotamia.

Larsa Also Hosted Through the Ages the Empire of Akkad, the Babylonians, Alexander the Great, the Christians and the Persians.