Landfill collapse kills 30 in Guinea’s capital after heavy rains
A mound of waste collapsed at a landfill in Conakry, Guinea, after heavy overnight rains, engulfing nearby homes.
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While most headlines factually report the "landfill collapse" and death toll, Fox News uses more dramatic language, emphasizing a "massive garbage heap" collapsing "onto homes."
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Different Spin. The left frames it as "Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says". The right frames it as "A landslide at a landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say".
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A mound of waste collapsed at a landfill in Conakry, Guinea, after heavy overnight rains, engulfing nearby homes.
Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African state A landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed 30 people,...
A mountain of garbage collapsed after heavy rain at a major landfill site in Conakry, Guinea, burying nearby homes and launching a search for survivors.
A local woman who lost her five children in the disaster told reporters, ‘I have lost all my children. All I can do is put my trust in God’
A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea's capital Conakry early Sunday killing 30 people, according to an updated toll released by the central government.
A landslide at a waste site in Guinea has killed 30 people after a mound of rubbish collapsed on to nearby homes.