Violence continued to plague parts of the country on Friday.
Natural water shortages, worsened by rampant industrial pollution, plague parts of the country; its central and western provinces are facing China's worst drought in 50 years.
Since the revolutions that brought about the end of the communist bloc 25 years ago, one of the thorniest problems to plague parts of Eastern Europe has been corruption.
This is ever-present in Newark given the deep, historic challenges of gangs and violence that plague parts of our Newark community.
At SecretBurgers they rescue a young woman named Toby from the murderous clutches of her sex-crazed boss, Blanco the Bloat, and it's Toby who is one of the central characters in the post-plague part of the story.
O'Rourke isn't naive about the violence that plagues parts of the city.
Residents clean up from the looting and fires that plagued parts of the city after the funeral for Freddie Gray.
The ailments plaguing parts of Boston are not the same as elsewhere in the country, and each community requires a tailored approach.
Flooding has also plagued parts of Vermont and Maine this week, closing roads, preventing some people from leaving or reaching their homes, and forcing evacuations.
Aides say she has taken particular interest in Pakistan and Israel and in causes of Islamic extremism, which she has related to the economic despair that plagues parts of Alaska.
They are feral pigs, and while they have long plagued parts of the Southern and Western United States, now they have become a problem in the peaceful Champlain Valley of New York, an agricultural heartland on the edge of the Adirondacks.
