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Fans and colleagues pay respects to late Italian comics author Giovanni Romanini
Giovanni Romanini riding a motorbike. Photo: a frame of the documentary “Magnus – Il segno del viandante” by TSW films, directed by Giovanni Eccher. Used with permission. Italian comics…
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An Angolan isolation centre for those repatriated lacks screening, space, and even toilet paper
Angola has 7 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Screengrab from a video of Angolans exposed to the open air – from Wilcker Cláudio's profile (used with permission ). With seven confirmed c…
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Belarusian women turn to self-defence in battle against domestic violence
Wen-Do, the women's self-defence technique, has a growing following in Minsk Participants in a WenDo class in Minsk, 2020. Photo (c): Hanna Liubakova. Used with permission. On an ea…
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Great Barrier Reef mass bleaching threatens world heritage icon
Third major event in three years another wake up call Coral bleaching severity survey on Orpheus Island 2017 – Photo courtesy ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Flickr accoun…
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Moldova's meme heroes promote solidarity with Eurosong spoof amid COVID-19 crisis
The Epic Sax Guy has a message to Moldova's mothers Screencap from the Youtube video “Mom, stay home,” by the Sunstroke Project. This story originally appeared on Meta.mk News Age…
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COVID-19 diaries from Wuhan: When human are turned into objects
This society forces us into self-censorship Someone on the riverbank in Wuhan with protective gears. (Photo credit: Guo Jing) The following post is the third in a series of diaries writ…
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Cambodian garment workers strike over unpaid wages amid COVID-19 outbreak
Workers at Canteran Apparel (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. protest over unpaid wages at the Phnom Penh factory on March 25, 2020. (Photo supplied to VOD) This edited article by Saut Sok Prathna is…
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COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects digital rights in the Balkans
Government measures are flouting human rights standards Illustration: Igor Vujčić. Used with permission of SHARE Foundation. Check out Global Voices’ special coverage of the global imp…