France ranked sixth on the World Bank GDP rankings in 2016.

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.