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Graphic Truth: World on Fire! Why?

Graphic Truth: World on Fire! Why?
By Gabriella Turrisi,
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Gabrielle Debinski
Gabrielle Debinski

Gabrielle Debinski is a former senior writer at GZERO Media.

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October 23, 2019
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It's not quite 1968, true, but the past few months have seen an extraordinary outburst of popular protests in all corners of the world. In some places, protesters are mainly demanding more political freedoms. In others, they are sick and tired of corruption and unemployment and want to throw the old guard out. Here's a map of the locations, and primary causes, of recent unrest around the world.

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