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Salla (Finland), Feb 14 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Juanjo Galán).- The remote town of Salla, in Finnish Lapland, has become world-famous thanks to an original campaign on social media that aims to raise awareness on climate change through a false candidacy to host the Summer Olympics in 2032.The campaign, called "Save Salla, save the planet", has gone viral and has already reached more than 250 million people through social media since its launch in late January, according to its promoters. SOUNDBITES OF ERKKI PARKKINEN, SALLA MAYOR.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the city of Kumamoto, Japan in 2016, killing 49, injuring about 3,000, and leaving tens of thousands of residents homeless. The round shape of the Styrofoam vacation homes at the ASO Farm Land Resort proved highly durable and the resort turned into an evacuation center for thousands of victims from the nearby city. The stock of the foam dome manufacturer then skyrocketed, not just due to the quake resistant properties, but also their cheap manufacturing costs, quick construction time and insulation. A dome house can be put together in just one week by a team of three people and costs about $70,000.
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Saint-Denis, near Paris, for the inauguration of the Olympic Village, five months before the start of the Games (26 July - 11 August). IMAGES
Aerial images of burnt houses after a fire that affected the hills in Vina del Mar as Interior Minister Carolina Toha announces at least 19 people have died in forest fires raging near Chile's coast, warning that the toll was likely to climb higher. IMAGES
Images of collapsed houses and destroyed buildings in Anamizu, Japan, after the deadly New Year's earthquake as the death toll rises to 92 on Friday, with the number of missing jumping to 242. IMAGES
A huge fire razed a whole area of traditional wooden houses in Japan's Wajima, following a powerful earthquake that killed at least 78 people and left tens of thousands without power or running water. IMAGES