Is China’s ‘dark tourism’ turning disaster education into entertainment?
China is seeing growing interest in ‘dark tourism’, where visitors flock to attractions that recreate natural disasters.

China is seeing growing interest in ‘dark tourism’, where visitors flock to attractions that recreate natural disasters.






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Al Jazeera examines a decade of earthquake data to see how 2026 compares and explains how and where earthquakes strike.
Thousands remain displaced after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck East Nusa Tenggara province on Saturday.

Outrage as Colombian president hands out footballs in earthquake-hit city where residents say they await urgent aid.

Patients treated in tents after earthquake damages Indonesia hospital

A three-year-old girl and a 75-year-old man have been pulled alive from the rubble days after Colombia’s earthquake.
Over 1,300 homes damaged and 5,000 people displaced as Indonesia grapples with one of its deadliest quakes in years.

Dozens of people have been killed after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia’s Flores Island.
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least five people.

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia, damaging buildings and sending residents to higher ground.