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15/09/25: Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail from Tunisia to break Gaza blockade

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September 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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30/10/25: Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after killing dozens in Haiti, Jamaica
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October 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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8/5/25: Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at US’s Columbia University.

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May 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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17/11/2025: Voters in Ecuador reject return of foreign military bases
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November 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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### 26/04/2026: Trump unhurt after shots fired at White House correspondents’ dinner

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April 26, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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June 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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5/11/25: Zohran Mamdani elected as New York City’s first Muslim mayor.
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#ArtistsForDemocracy #ContemporaryArt #CurrentEventsArt #Equality #Hope #NYC #ZohranMamdani #PoliticalChange
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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9/7/2025: At least 31 killed and over 500 arrested in Kenya’s anti-government protests.

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July 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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4/10/25: Hamas says it agrees to parts of Trump’s Gaza plan but seeks more talks

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October 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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09/09/25: UN suspects all sides in DR Congo conflict guilty of war crimes
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September 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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9/6/25: Madleen Gaza flotill Ship, activists being taken to Israel

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June 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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21/6/25: The Netherlands returns 119 stolen sculptures to Nigeria

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June 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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10/7/2025: US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese over Israel criticism

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July 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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7/7/25: Iran demands accountability for Israel and US after ‘war of aggression’

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July 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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5/7/25: Migrants in US detention lose appeal against deportation to South Sudan

#CoversProject #PierreMertens #OnKawara #DailyDrawing #ArtAsWitness #MassVsIndividual #ConceptualArt #JoanMiró #SouthSudan #MigrationJustice #HumanRights #ForcedDeportation
July 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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23/5/25: Palestinian health minister reports 29 ‘starvation-related’ deaths in Gaza

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#MassVsIndividual #GazaStarvation #ContemporaryArt #SilentResistance
#VisualChronicle #ArtAndPolitics #HumanRightsInGaza #ConceptualArt
May 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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2/5/25: 'Everyone lives in fear': Voices of Kashmir after deadly Pahalgam attack.

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#VisualChronicle #ArtAndPolitics #WitnessingHistory
May 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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### 13/03/2026: The Palestinians forced to demolish their own homes by Israel.

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March 13, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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26/09/25: Trump says he ‘will not allow’ Israel to annex occupied West Bank 👉 pierremertens.be/en/current/

#CoversProject #Trump #Israel #WestBank #Annexation #HumanRights #ArtAsResistance
September 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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2/7/25: UN report names companies from China to Mexico complicit in Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza.

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July 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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6/10/25: More Gaza flotilla activists allege mistreatment in Israeli detention
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October 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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17/03/2026: In Ukraine’s Kharkiv, 20,000 children go underground to study
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#Ukraine #Kharkiv #ChildrenInWar #RightToEducation #WarAndChildhood #UndergroundSchools #Resilience #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #MassVsIndividual #OnKawara #ContemporaryArt
March 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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11/05/2025: Putin proposes direct Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul on May 15

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#ArtAsWitness #ArtAndPolitics #ConceptualArt #ContemporaryArt
#Ukraine #Russia #PeaceTalks #VisualChronicle #MassVsIndividual #GeopoliticsAndArt
May 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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10/5/25: European leaders in Ukraine’s Kyiv to press Russia for 30-day ceasefire

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#UkraineWar #CeasefireNow #ArtAndPolitics #ContemporaryArt #VisualResistance
#MassVsIndividual #ArtReflectsNews #PeaceThroughArt
May 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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12/7/25: As millions adopt Grok to fact-check, misinformation abounds ( covers @ pierremertens.be/en/covers/ )

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July 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM