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30/10/25: Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after killing dozens in Haiti, Jamaica
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#ArtAndPolitics #ArtAsWitness #ClimateCrisis #Caribbean #Haiti #Cuba
#ContemporaryArt #CurrentEventsArt #ArtistsForDemocracy
October 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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15/1/25: Biden is poised to remove Cuba’s designation as a “state sponsor of terrorism”
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January 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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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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23/2/25: Netanyahu playing ‘dirty games’ to sabotage Gaza truce deal

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace y #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 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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7/3/25: Bitcoin plunges as Trump’s strategic reserve fails to impress markets

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
March 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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16/1/25: People in Gaza fear next 72 hours, expect intense Israeli bombing before cessation
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January 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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26/1/25: DRC cuts diplomatic ties with Rwanda over violence

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtisticJourney #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
January 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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4/3/25: Arab nations: Israeli is using starvation as a weapon.

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
March 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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15/2/25: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls for united US-Europe support against Russia.

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
February 15, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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10/2/25: Children returning to north Gaza lack basics to survive

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
February 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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17/2/25: Despite ceasefire, Israel still destroying homes in Gaza

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
February 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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12/2/25: North Korea condemns Trump’s Gaza takeover plan as ‘slaughter, robbery’

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
February 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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9/2/25 Sudan army claims major advances against RSF in greater Khartou

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
February 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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18/10/25: French massacre of WWII African riflemen ‘premeditated’, covered up. 👉 [https://pierremertens.be/en/current/](pierremertens.be/en/current/)

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October 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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8/3/25: Israel keeps up Gaza blockade; Muslim nations endorse Egypt-led plan

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
March 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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12/3/25: The upcoming trade war will hammer the US economy

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtisticJourney #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
March 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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17/1/25: China’s population falls for third year in a row as birthrate declines
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January 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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18/2/25: Prominent gay imam shot dead in South Africa

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtisticJourney #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
February 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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2/2/25: Palestinians released by Israel show signs of ‘torture, starvation’

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
February 2, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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28/2/25: Mystery disease kills more than 50 in DRC

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtisticJourney #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
February 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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22/2/25: African Union is in desperate need of a new beginning

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
February 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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20/2/25: UN calls for calm as violence flares in South Sudan

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #love #ArtisticJourney #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
February 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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1/3/25: Mexico has extradited 29 senior drug cartel members to the US
(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
March 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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28/03/25: South Sudan on brink of renewed civil war, UN warns

(Since On Kawara’s death on July 10, 2014, I have been responding to world news on social media with a daily drawing) #peace #ArtisticJourney #ArtistsForPalestine #contemporaryart #AmnestyInternational #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara
March 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM