February 17, 2024, Santa Barbara, CA, USA: Interview with Heather Graham on the Red Carpet for the showing of her movie “Chosen Family” the selection for the Closing Night Film of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024, at the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara.
Feb 22, 2024: California, US: SpaceX launch “The Falcon 9 rocket” was deploying 22 Starlink satellites to join the company’s existing satellite network already orbiting Earth. Starlink provides internet service in remote locations across the planet.
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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #927 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY February 20, 2024: ‘Small Hands: HEAVY BURDEN’ by ZUMA Partner agency dpa photo-journalist Anas Apkharboutli: After more than a decade of conflict, children in Syria continue to pay the heaviest price. They live a life riddled with fear. Fear of violence, loss of friends and loved ones, landmines, and explosive remnants of war. They struggle with physical and psychological injuries. Many know nothing but the conflict, and were born into it. Syria continues to be one of the most dangerous places for children to live in. Across the country, some 2.4 million children, aged 5-17 years, are out of school. They represent nearly half of the about 5.52 million school-aged population. In Aleppo children are involved in many different forms of labor, from selling vegetables and other much-needed food, to collecting metal scrap and working in mechanic shops. What all children here have in common is desperation as their future hangs by a thread. Welcome to ‘Small Hands: HEAVY BURDEN’