Beatrice

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UNESCO launches global media literacy week with concern over disinformation, elections and “lost generation” of youth

UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week kicked off today with keynote speakers, students and citizens talking about a world at war between truth and disinformation, changing everything from education and governance to the shape of tomorrow’s cities.
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Art of war: Amid Syria’s heartbreak, an artist creates works that heal

The brush glides over the canvas as she starts to fill in the flowers of her painting. Her hands are a bright mess and colors are splattered across her white sweater. Classical Arabic music coming from the radio gives her the notes she needs to translate the heartbreak of Syria into art that heals. It’s just another day for artist Batoul Makki.
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Rio residents balance hope, sadness as Brazil battles corruption, violence

[Topics such as gang violence and death may distress some readers.] The past two weeks in Brazil have been especially turbulent, with violence at the annual Carnaval festival, Rio police moving on favelas and Brazil President Michel Temer announcing more military crackdowns may take place in weeks ahead. Correspondent Munchenbach conducted and translated interviews with sources in Brazil for this story.
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