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Mar 2024
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Baltimore bridge collapse

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Six people are missing after a ship caused a bridge to collapse in Baltimore, USA.

(Images: Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post, Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post, Tasos Katopodis and Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)

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