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3 Jun

'Michel the noble' and 'Panchito the affectionate' are some of the names Leonardo Carrillo has given the pelicans that flock each year to his wooden hut on the southern coast of Cuba reut.rs/3uOSnyI 1/5

For the past two decades, the 62-year-old has cared for the colony of around 100 brown pelicans that land in his village of Guanimar in December to spend the winter months there before heading back north in May 2/5

Carrillo said he does have three children - two who live in the Isle of Youth and one who lives in a nearby town. But he has not been able to see them much lately due to the pandemic 3/5

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31 May

Monday, May 31 marks 100 years since a white mob's deadly attacks on African Americans in the neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thousands were left homeless and up to 300 Black people were killed reut.rs/2Tmhfkp 1/8

No one was ever charged for the violence.

Despite the city's obstructive zoning laws and insurance companies refusing to cover the damage, the Greenwood residents managed to rebuild their neighborhood.

See photos of the damage: reut.rs/3vxmYlK 2/8

According to a Human Rights Watch report, thousands of survivors were also sent to internment camps. Now, African Americans are calling for justice and reparations at the federal and local level 3/8

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28 May

From Delhi to the western state of Gujarat and the southern tech city of Bengaluru, India has been overwhelmed by a surge in deaths after it was swept by a second wave of coronavirus infections. Cases early this month topped more than 400,000 a day reut.rs/3fXJUnM 1/6

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With overburdened hospitals and scant supplies of oxygen and drugs for an already creaky healthcare system, the numbers of cremations and burials reported by several major cities are far larger than official death tolls, @Reuters finds 2/6

In Surat, Gujarat, a city of six million people and is best known for its diamond-polishing industry, at least seven crematoriums and graveyards saw a more than threefold rise in the number of cremations and burials in April versus a year ago 3/6

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24 May

Bettye and Robert Freeman were in their Boston living room when they heard chanting outside. As they opened the front door, they saw the protesters.

It was June 4, 2020, 10 days after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police reut.rs/3oJ1Vdo 1/6

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.@brian_photog’s image shows two faces flooded with pain, pride, sadness and strength.

‘It was a passing of the torch,’ Bettye, a retired lawyer whose father was the first Black mayor of Montclair, New Jersey, told @Reuters in the run-up to the anniversary of Floyd’s death 2/6

Two days after the Freemans raised their fists, 16-year-old Bethel Boateng was in Denver yelling, ‘I can’t breathe!’ into a bullhorn.

‘In that moment, on that day, I felt like I was on top of the world,’ Boateng said 3/6

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24 May

Ryanair Flight 4978 had already begun its descent into the Lithuanian capital when the pilot announced that the plane would be suddenly diverting to Minsk, capital of neighboring Belarus.

There was no explanation reut.rs/3hQDOI3 1/5

But one of the passengers, Belarusian dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, reacted immediately, standing up from his seat, reaching into the overhead locker, pulling a laptop computer from his hand luggage and passing it to a woman along with his mobile phone 2/5

Protasevich, who is wanted in Belarus for his role in broadcasting huge opposition protests in Minsk last year, did not have much time. Minsk is less than 125 miles from Vilnius. The diversion would take minutes 3/5

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21 May

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🔉 Jerusalem bureau chief @farrellreporter, Gaza-based senior correspondent @nidalal, Jerusalem-based senior correspondent @DanWilliams and Middle East editor @samianakhoul break down the situation.

Do we have any idea of Hamas’ military capability going forward?