9/04/2026: Russia confirms 16 Cameroonian soldiers killed in Ukraine war
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#UkraineWar #Russia #Cameroon #ForeignFighters #WarAndInequality #GlobalSouth #InvisibleVictims #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #MassVsIndividual #OnKawara #ContemporaryArt
05/04/2026: Tehran rejects Trump’s ‘helpless, nervous’ ultimatum
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On Kawara’s Pure Consciousness was installed in my kindergarten classroom this week. #onkawara #pureconsciousness #onemillionyearsfoundation
31/03/2026: ‘Dangerous escalation’: World reacts to Israel passing death penalty law
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#Israel #DeathPenalty #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #MiddleEast #WarAndJustice #GlobalTensions #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #MassVsIndividual #OnKawara #ContemporaryArt
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
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
25/02/2026: Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum considers legal action after Elon Musk criticism
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#Mexico #ClaudiaSheinbaum #ElonMusk #FreedomOfSpeech #PoliticalPower #MassVsIndividual #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #OnKawara #ContemporaryArt
24/02/2026: ‘You either fight or die’: Kenyans tricked into joining Russia-Ukraine war
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#RussiaUkraineWar #Kenya #ForeignFighters #WarAndPoverty #GlobalInequality #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #MassVsIndividual #OnKawara #ContemporaryArt #PierreMertens
20/02/2026: More than 1,000 citizens had been lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
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19/02/2026: Gaza death toll exceeds 75,000
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#OnKawara #DailyDrawing #MassVsIndividual #ContemporaryArt
13/02/2026: Chao Tayiana Maina explains how colonial methods of repression used against the Mau Mau resurface in protests worldwide.
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#Decolonisation #MauMau #ChaoTayianaMaina #ColonialHistory #StateViolence #ArtAsWitness #CoversProject #OnKawara
02/02/26: Laura Fernandez declares victory in Costa Rica’s presidential election
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #CostaRica #Elections #Democracy #LatinAmerica #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
01/02/26: Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #FelaKuti #Africa #Grammys #MusicHistory #CulturalRecognition #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
31/01/26: More than 200 killed in mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #DRCongo #Mining #HumanitarianCrisis #WorkersRights #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
30/01/26: Iran prepares for war as US military ‘armada’ approaches
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #Iran #UnitedStates #MilitaryTensions #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
29/01/26: Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #BisanOwda #Palestine #Journalism #FreeSpeech #Censorship #TikTok #HumanRights #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
28/01/26: Gustavo Petro: Colombia’s former rebel fighter turned president
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #Colombia #GustavoPetro #LatinAmerica #Politics #SocialJustice #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
27/01/26: Canadian PM Carney unveils multibillion-dollar push to lower food costs
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #Canada #FoodCosts #CostOfLiving #SocialPolicy #Economy #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
26/01/26: Hunger, death, devastation: No respite in Tigray a year after US aid cuts
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #Tigray #Ethiopia #HumanitarianCrisis #Hunger #AidCuts #USaid #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
25/01/26: Federal agents shoot and kill another US citizen in Minneapolis
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #UnitedStates #Minneapolis #FederalAgents #PoliceViolence #HumanRights #StateViolence #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
23/01/26: Israeli strategy for Gaza caught between settlements and security zones, as it continues to kill Palestinians.
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Settlements #SecurityZones #HumanRights #WarInGaza #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara
22/01/2026: In the occupied West Bank, Israel has mobilised all military and settler-colonial means to make Palestinian life impossible.
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #ArtAsWitness #ArtistsForPalestine #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara #MassVsIndividual #HumanRights
18/01/26:
US air authority warns of ‘military activities’ over Mexico and South America
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#DailyQuote #CurrentEvents #USMilitary #Mexico #SouthAmerica #Geopolitics
#CoversProject #OnKawara #ArtAsWitness #MassVsIndividual
16/01/26: Trump welcomes Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado in closed-door meeting
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #CurrentEvents #MassVsIndividual #VisualResistance
15/01/26: Greenlanders fear Trump’s desire for minerals
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#CoversProject #DailyQuote #OnKawara #ArtAsWitness #MassVsIndividual #Geopolitics #Greenland #Extractivism #Trump #ContemporaryArt
12/01/26: UN top court set to open Myanmar Rohingya genocide case
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #Rohingya #Myanmar #Genocide #InternationalJustice #InternationalCourt #HumanRights #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
10/01/26: ‘We just sit and cry’: Gaza’s cancer patients die waiting for treatment
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #Gaza #CancerPatients #HealthcareCrisis #HumanitarianCrisis #WarInGaza #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
09/01/26: Protests erupt as ICE agent kills woman during immigration raid
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #UnitedStates #ICE #Immigration #Minneapolis #HumanRights #PoliceViolence #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
08/01/26: Trump to withdraw US from dozens of UN, international organisations
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #UnitedStates #UnitedNations #Trump #InternationalLaw #Multilateralism #GlobalPolitics #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
07/01/26: Thousands of refugees fleeing DR Congo arrive at Burundi camps
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #DRCongo #Burundi #Refugees #HumanitarianCrisis #ForcedDisplacement #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
