World
""Activism doesn't have to be full time. It can be a small hobby."" Florian Badita Winner: European Personality of the Year
""The people of Gaza need protection from Hamas"" Nikki Haley US Ambassador to the United Nations
Culture
"There isn't a lot of music out there where people really give a message right now, or speaks to humanity as a whole." Ziggy Marley Recording artist
"The siege on us for 12 years must be broken." Ihab Abu Armana Palestinian student
""What is amazing is that whatever issues they are having at home, whatever is missing from their lives or causes them pain, our school is theirs"" Andria Zafirakou Winner, Global Teacher Prize
""The use of single-use plastics has just got to stop everywhere"" Peter Willcox Captain of Greenpeace vessel The Rainbow Warrior
""This hailstorm has destroyed the harvest"" Didier Gontier Director, Côte de Bourg
""This is no longer a movement by the truckers but a movement by Brazilians."" Vincente Reis Truck driver
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Four peacocks escaped in Philadelphia causing a major traffic jam and two people are injured after a crane collapsed on homes in Florida.
World No Tobacco Day
