Location: Northern Tanzania Coordinates: -2.332009081285983, 36.03373896004504 Why it's incredible: The lake is so alkaline, it burns the skin and eyes of most animals and turns some to "stone." ...

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The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow 33-kilometre waterway between Iran and Oman. It's the world's most critical oil chokepoint. In 2024, about 21 million barrels of crude oil and refined products passed ...