Google Maps displayed the location of the Paris tragedy when people searched for 'Daesh'
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"Daesh," is an abbreviation for stands for al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham, the Arabic name for the Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL).
Here's what users found when they typed in 'daesh':
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And here's what people saw when they typed in the French word for "bomb":
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