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Images of state-owned Morowali hospital, where those injured in an explosion at a nickel plant in eastern Indonesia are being treated. At least 13 people were killed and 38 injured in the explosion. IMAGES
US equities soared on Tuesday on the heels of President-elect Joe Biden's victory. The General Services Administration confirmed it would provide the "resources and services" needed to start Biden's transition. According to Business Insider, it's a clear sign that the Trump campaign has accepted its loss in the 2020 race. The typically seamless process has been mired down by President Donald Trump's legal challenges to the election's outcome. The Dow Jones industrial average surged above 30,000 for the first time, ever marking a rapid comeback after sinking in March.
Two explosions have been reported at a flooded Texas chemical plant near storm-battered Houston, just as the region begins its slow recovery following Harvey's onslaught. IMAGES
Several people are missing and others are injured after an explosion at a chemical plant at BASF's headquarters in western Germany, the firm says, advising local residents to stay indoors. IMAGES
At least three were injured after a tornado hit a natural gas drilling rig in northern Texas on Wednesday evening.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).