Nov. 9, 2015 – Columbia, Missouri, U.S. – Protesters, students and media fill Traditions Plaza during a press conference following Tim Wolfe’s resignation on the campus of the University of Missouri. Wolfe resigned under pressure from student protesters who claimed the president had not done enough to address recent racially-motivated incidents on the campus.
November 4, 2020, Hong Kong, CHINA: A man watches live coverage of 2020 US ELECTION on TV screen inside the bar restaurant during lunch hours in Central.
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November 4, 2020, Hong Kong, CHINA: News coverage of 2020 US Presidential Election is projected on large outdoor display in Hong Kong on the day of US Election.
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November 4, 2020, Hong Kong, CHINA: News coverage of 2020 US Presidential Election is projected on large outdoor display in Hong Kong on the day of US Election.
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November 4, 2020, Sylhet, Bangladesh: Islamic protesters in Sylhet rallied and protested calling for a boycott of French goods and condemned French President Macron for his comments on the caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.
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October 4, 2020, Stepanakert, Azerbaijan: A grandmother stands with a rifle in the entrance of her home during the shelling of the azeri army over Stepanakert city during the clashes between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh. The elderly woman is determined not to move and will defend her home until the end she said.
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October 7, 2020, Austin, Texas, USA: Travis County (TX) elections officials including LORETTA KING collect mail-in ballots and the only authorized facility in the county a week before early voting starts for the November 2020 elections. Vters sign an ledger and watch as their ballot is dropped into secure ballot box on October 7, 2020.
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October 4, 2020, Sioux City, Iowa, USA: A Woodbury County, Iowa area resident receives his ballot to vote Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, the first date allowed by the state of Iowa for early voting. Family Long Lines, located in Sioux City, Iowa is the county’s designated early polling place and the City of Sioux City still requires people entering public buildings to wear a mask.
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zReportage.com Story Summary: zReportage.com Story of the Week #760: TUESDAY November 3, 2020: ‘CURSE OF COAL’ from ZUMA Press award winning photographer Supratim Bhattacharje who specializes in human rights in the Indian subcontinent: Jharkhand state in eastern India is mineral-rich, but a majority of its people is dirt poor. As in the rest of the country where some 28 million children work to supplement their families’ meagre incomes, 400,000 children aged between five and 14 work in Jharkhand. Children blackened with coal dust, serve as daily reminders of the dark truths of the estimated 15,000 coal mines in the state. Child labour is forbidden in India, but given the proximity to mines, many children work in them. Welcome to: ‘CURSE OF COAL’
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