Hundreds Injured After Meteor Falls in Russia

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Hundreds Injured After Meteor Falls in Russia

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A meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, Russia. The meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and injuring hundreds of people.

Chelyabinsk.ru/AP
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A meteorite contrail is seen over the village of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo.

Nadezhda Luchinina/AP
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A meteorite is seen on a highway in Kostanai, Kazakhstan.

Nasha gazeta/AP
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Cars pass by a zinc factory building after its roof collapsed in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Boris Kaulin/AP
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A circular hole is seen in the ice of Chebarkul Lake where a meteor reportedly hit in Russia.

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A local resident repairs a window broken by a shock wave from a meteor explosion in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Boris Kaulin/AP
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Municipal workers repair a damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building where the roof collapsed after a meteorite exploded in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Oleg Kargapolov/AP
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A woman cleans away glass debris from a window after a meteorite exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Yevgenia Yemelyanova/AP
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