- New Zealand mourns White Island volcanic eruption victims as death toll rises https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/zealand-observe-silence-dead-named-volcano-191216003712948.html 4 comments worldnews
- National Post: Pacific island mourns death of Trevor, the 'world's loneliest duck' https://nationalpost.com/news/world/pacific-island-mourns-death-of-trevor-the-worlds-loneliest-duck 4 comments worldnews
- 'We mourn': Big Island officer fatally shot in Puna honored on floor of US House http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38687701/we-mourn-big-island-officer-fatally-shot-in-puna-honored-on-floor-of-us-house 3 comments politics
- DNA tests show Lonesome George may not have been last of his species - When the giant tortoise died, conservationists mourned the species' extinction. But genetic analysis in a remote area of a Galapagos Island suggests some may still be alive—maybe ancestors of those thrown overboard by sailors. http://news.yale.edu/2012/11/15/dna-tests-show-lonesome-george-may-not-have-been-last-his-species 25 comments science
- Tens of thousands of people on Okinawa protest against the presence of U.S. military bases on the Japanese island, many wearing black to mourn the rape and killing of a local woman in which an American contractor is a suspect. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/massive-protest-okinawa-opposes-u-s-military-after-killing-n595161 4 comments worldnews