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HEATHER HAYNES: The painting is of an elderly couple embraced in a loving position. The woman is snuggled up to her husband, almost going to kiss him on the cheek. It s a universal symbol of love. This is an Mbuti couple who we would think of as Pygmy, traditional Pygmy indigenous people of Idjwi Island.
So I ve painted them in a way that they have halos around their head, but in the form of how saints were in churches. I ve actually used 23 karat gold leaf around their heads, and then I have rays coming out from that, like you would in stained glass. And then I ve put in the natural foliage that s seen there on Idjwi Island. I see them as a culture of people that we should be looking up to, but instead, in reality, they re suffering one of the worst fates of a human being on this planet right now.
Democratic Republic of Congo: Volcanic Eruption - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA), DREF Operation n° MDRCD032
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On 22 May 2021 at 19:00 HRS, Mt. Nyiragongo, located in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo suddenly erupted. Saturday’s eruption appears to have been caused when fractures opened in the volcano’s side, causing lava flows in various directions.
The first eruption was reported at 19:00 22 May on the north east side of the crater towards the Rwanda border and not Goma city. The lava initially started flowing towards Rwanda.
The second eruption was reported at 21:30 due to a crack on the crater facing towards Goma city, facing the Goma International Airport. This sudden volcanic eruption created panic within the population, leading to mass movement towards the south-west (from Goma into Sake town in Massisi territory in North Kivu and into Bukavu in South Kivu province). Overall, approximately 30,000 people are rep
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