- World Report 2024: Haiti (hrw.org)
In 2023, Haiti’s security, justice, political, and humanitarian crises worsened. Killings, kidnappings, and sexual violence by criminal groups increased dramatically. The state response was weak to nonexistent, and the justice system was barely functioning.
- Mirfak (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
MIRFAK (Alpha Persei). Perseus, the ancient hero who rescued Andromeda, climbs the northeastern sky in northern autumn evenings, bright Mirfak marking his side amidst a lovely stream of stars that lies within the northern-hemisphere autumn Milky Way.
- Alpha Persei (Wikipedia)
Alpha Persei (Latinized from α Persei, abbreviated Alpha Per, α Per), formally named Mirfak (pronounced /ˈmɜːrfæk/ or /ˈmɪərfæk/), is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Perseus, outshining the constellation’s best-known star, Algol (β Persei). Alpha Persei has an apparent visual magnitude of 1.8, and is a circumpolar star when viewed from mid-northern latitudes.
