"A junior Red Rebel accompanies a funeral bier on April 20, 2024, in Bath, England. Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion Red Rebels took to the streets in a mass procession to mark a massive decline of the natural world in the lead-up to Earth Day, citing the U.K. as one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world." Credit Martin Pope / Getty.
"An activist with a painted face symbolizing the number of days spent in captivity attends the Free Azov rally in support of the captured defenders of Mariupol on April 21, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Participants came out to remind others about the Ukrainian soldiers who have been held in Russian captivity for more than two years." Yan Dobronosov / Global Images Ukraine / Getty
The images are two of the Photos of the Week at The Atlantic.
Free Azov? As in this Azov?
ReplyDeleteNo, this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Azov
DeletePretty sure it is indeed prisoners from the nazi-embracing battalion, and not the entire sea that people are wanting to see released.
DeleteRed Rebel Brigade is (much more at their web page): https://redrebelbrigade.com/
ReplyDeleteI would guess the girl with the slash and three down stroke symbols are meant to represent the 4 weeks of a month. Had to engage my brain as I'd only seen counting with a slash and four down strokes before.
ReplyDeletexoxoxoBruce
The Ukrainian woman with the markings on her face, in context: https://youtu.be/A-QlbaMZvzI?t=1410 Free Azov rally 21.04.24 The marks on her face may be two years worth of days, showing how long the Ukrainian soldiers have been imprisoned by the russians (two + years).
ReplyDeleteInteresting that you picked those two faces, as both persons have the same (or very similar) colored eyes.
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