29/03/26: Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt, Saudi seek to de-escalate US-Israeli war on Iran
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#DailyQuote #Pakistan #Turkiye #Egypt #SaudiArabia #Iran #MiddleEast #Diplomacy #Geopolitics #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
27/03/26: ‘My phone is a brick’: Russians scramble for information as data blocked
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#DailyQuote #Russia #Censorship #FreedomOfInformation #DigitalRights #MediaControl #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
26/03/26: UN adopts slavery resolution despite resistance
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#DailyQuote #UnitedNations #Slavery #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #GlobalJustice #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
25/03/26: UN experts urge Israel to free Gaza doctor amid reports of ‘severe torture’
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#DailyQuote #UnitedNations #Gaza #Israel #HumanRights #MedicalEthics #Torture #InternationalLaw #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
24/03/26: UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese says torture ‘has effectively become state policy’ in Israel
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#DailyQuote #FrancescaAlbanese #UnitedNations #Israel #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #Torture #Palestine #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
23/03/26: Tehran vows to ‘completely close’ Hormuz if power plants hit
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#DailyQuote #Iran #Hormuz #MiddleEast #EnergyCrisis #Geopolitics #WarTensions #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
22/03/26: WHO says attack on Sudan hospital killed 64, including 13 children.
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#DailyQuote #Sudan #WHO #HospitalAttack #HumanRights #WarCrimes #Children #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
21/03/26: US judge sides with New York Times against Pentagon journalism policies
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#DailyQuote #UnitedStates #NewYorkTimes #PressFreedom #Journalism #Pentagon #FreedomOfPress #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
20/03/2026: Brazil’s president criticised the United States’ aggressive foreign policy under Trump.(pierremertens.be/en/current/)
#Brazil #Lula #UnitedStates #Trump #ForeignPolicy #Geopolitics #InternationalRelations #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #DailyDrawing
19/03/26: Israel holding more than half of Palestinian child detainees without charge
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#DailyQuote #Palestine #ChildDetention #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #Israel #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
18/03/26: Argentina officially withdraws from World Health Organization, following US
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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
16/03/26: Poor in an oil-rich country: Republic of Congo’s youth hope for change
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#DailyQuote #RepublicOfCongo #Africa #Youth #Inequality #OilEconomy #SocialChange #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
15/03/25: Brazil pulls visa of Trump adviser who asked to visit Bolsonaro in prison
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#DailyQuote #Brazil #Trump #Bolsonaro #Diplomacy #Visa #Politics #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
14/03/2026: US bombs Iran’s Kharg Island, warns oil facilities next
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#Iran #USIranConflict #MiddleEast #KhargIsland #OilPolitics #WarAndPower #Geopolitics #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #MassVsIndividual #ConceptualArt #PierreMertens
### 13/03/2026: The Palestinians forced to demolish their own homes by Israel.
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#Palestine #IsraeliOccupation #ForcedDisplacement #HomeDemolitions #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #MassVsIndividual #ContemporaryArt
12/03/26: Eight Arab, Islamic countries condemn Israeli closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque
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#DailyQuote #AlAqsa #Jerusalem #Israel #MiddleEast #ReligiousFreedom #HumanRights #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
11/03/2026: Volunteers rebuild Sudan’s oldest psychiatric hospital destroyed by war
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#Sudan #MentalHealth #WarAndRecovery #CivilSociety #RebuildingHope #SudanWar #HealthcareInCrisis #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #MassVsIndividual #ContemporaryArt
10/03/26: Gaza food prices soar as border closures deepen shortages amid Iran war
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10/03/26: Gaza food prices soar as border closures deepen shortages amid Iran war
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#DailyQuote #Gaza #FoodCrisis #HumanitarianCrisis #BorderClosures #MiddleEast #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
09/03/26: Russia kills 10 in Ukraine strike including children with new missile
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#DailyQuote #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #MissileStrike #WarCrimes #HumanRights #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
08/03/26: ‘Our children were sold off’: The South Africans sent to fight Russia’s war
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#DailyQuote #SouthAfrica #RussiaUkraineWar #Mercenaries #HumanTrafficking #WarRecruitment #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
07/03/26: Iranian missiles intercepted over Saudi, UAE, drones launched at Qatar
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#DailyQuote #Iran #SaudiArabia #UAE #Qatar #MiddleEast #Missiles #Drones #Geopolitics #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
6/03/2026: Trump says he must be ‘involved’ in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader
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#Iran #USIranRelations #RegimeChange #Geopolitics #MiddleEastConflict #GlobalPower #WarAndPolitics #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #MassVsIndividual #OnKawara
05/03/26: Trump administration launches US military operation in Ecuador
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#DailyQuote #UnitedStates #Ecuador #Trump #MilitaryOperation #LatinAmerica #Geopolitics #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
04/03/2026: UK to end study visas for Myanmar, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Sudan students
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#StudyVisas #UK #EducationAccess #GlobalInequality #Borders #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #PierreMertens
03/03/26: US Embassy in Riyadh hit by drones, Tehran claims strike on US’s Bahrain base as Middle East conflict escalates.
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#DailyQuote #MiddleEast #US #Iran #SaudiArabia #Bahrain #Riyadh #DroneAttack #Geopolitics #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
01/03/26: Multiple Arab states that host US assets targeted in Iran retaliation, including UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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#DailyQuote #Iran #MiddleEast #USMilitary #ArabStates #Gulf #Retaliation #Geopolitics #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
28/02/26: Ukraine claws back southern territory as Russia’s war enters fifth year
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#DailyQuote #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #TerritorialConflict #Geopolitics #InternationalRelations #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
27/02/26: Kenyan man charged with duping people to fight for Russia in Ukraine war
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#DailyQuote #Kenya #RussiaUkraineWar #HumanTrafficking #WarRecruitment #Ukraine #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
