Video has surfaced on YouTube purportedly from the aftermath from a deadly plane crash in Russia Wednesday in which 43 people were killed. The entire roster of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv hockey team, which plays in Russia's elite KHL, was reportedly on board.
The video appears to show fiery wreckage and debris on a riverbank.
Update: Here is some additional footage said to have been shot in the moments after the crash:
We're seeing a big spike in searches this afternoon related to the earthquake that struck the east coast. Most of the searches are tied to the regions that felt the tremors including, D.C., Virginia, and New York. Carole King's "I Feel the Earth Move" is near the top of rising searches as well and is currently the fast rising music search.
As of 6pmET, nearly 2,300 videos tagged with "earthquake" have been uploaded past the previous 24 hours, though it's unclear how many are directly tied to this event. Many of these are reaction videos from people who wanted to share their experience and thoughts immediately following the quake:
We're also seeing a bunch of videos posted from people who happened to have their cameras running for one reason or another when the earthquake hit. Here's a playlist of a few:
Some feel a little less genuine than others. In fact, there are quite a few videos that are being posted poking fun at the "hysteria" around the relatively minor, though very unexpected earthquake.
There are many news videos and reports regarding the quake also hitting YouTube quickly, not all of them professional...
As reports of a rebel takeover of Tripoli begin to quickly emerge from Libya, so do videos of the scenes on the street in many of the country's most populated areas.
Many of the clips appear to be celebratory, though this playlist below just a small sample of what's been posted and described as being from Libya today and last night. We will update with more as it becomes available and as the situation develops.
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Numerous videos were posted to YouTube over the weekend said to depict the violence in Hama ahead of the Ramadan observance, which some anticipate becoming a tipping point for protestors in the country. Reports of over 100 citizens killed in the city came in after security forces were said to have opened fire on protestors in a crackdown Sunday, inciting worldwide outrage.
Here is a selection of that footage, some of which contains mild violence:
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In the evening, large demonstrations in response to the violence were held in cities like Lattakia, Homs, Aleppo, and Horan. And a boisterous solidarity protest took place in Damascus as well. Here is some footage from those locations:
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We will update with any new footage of events on the ground as the story develops.
Norway was hit by two tragic attacks earlier today - the first, a bomb explosion in the capital city of Oslo, near the government headquarters, which killed at least seven people. Just hours later, a gunman opened fire on the island of Utoya, where many more were shot dead.
Eyewitnesses documented the aftermath of the bombing in Oslo.
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This man records his reaction to the blast live, expressing shock that this type of attack could happen in Oslo.
The top rising searches on YouTube this afternoon all have to do with the Casey Anthony trial, which came to a close today in Orlando. In particular, the highest spike queries are for the verdict and, seemingly, for the reaction video of Anthony as she learned of the murder charge aquittal. A number of news organizations have posted both raw video of the announcement and packaged reports of the news.
A number of YouTube users have also begun posting their own reaction videos to the verdict, a sampling of which can be seen in the playlist below via CitizenTube.
