Between September 2000 and January 2001, the Sudan subtype of the Ebola virus infected 425 cases, including 224 deaths, making this the largest epidemic so far documented of Ebola.
The Ebola virus, first found in Zaire and the Sudan in 1976, causes massive hemorrhaging in human body, which throws the victim into shock and is usually fatal.
The disastrous Hanshin earthquake in 1995 killed 6,400 people, toppled elevated highways, flattened office blocks and devastated the port area of Kobe.
Last year, deaths from malaria fell, and the most significant decreases were in Africa, where 11 of the worst-affected countries have seen deaths fall by over 50% in the last decade.
If an exceptionally rich family, upon seeing the death of a slave or small animal, merely finds a random place to bury them and be done with it, is anyone going to bother come mourn?