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Meteor Hits Russia, Causes Injuries

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 (YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)

A meteor exploded in the sky above Russia’s Ural Mountains today, causing a shock wave that damaged buildings across a vast territory and injured hundreds of people with flying glass.

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