France ranked sixth on the World Bank GDP rankings in 2016. [br] [originaltext]

World Bank released countries’ 2017 worldwide gross domestic product rankings in early July. On this year’s list, India replaced France as the world’s sixth-largest economy, with a GDP amounting to $2.60 trillion, while France’s figure was $2.58 trillion in 2017.

Tsunamis are rare but devastating. I saw this first-hand during my recent visit to Sulawesi, Indonesia, shortly after the earthquake and tsunami of October 1. More than 2,000 people died and thousands more were harmed or displaced.