Welcome, Palestine!

The UN general assembly has just voted overwhelmingly to recognise Palestine as a state. An astounding 138 nations chose to support the path of peace and justice. This is just a beggining. There’s much more to be done if all of us want to live in a world with more peace and justice. Welcome, Palestine, now State of Palestine.

Celebrate this historic moment, share this map with everyone.

Just weeks ago, the vote was expected to be much closer, with Israel and the US lobbying hard to deny Palestine key European support. But in the face of major public pressure and vigorous campaigning by the Avaaz community, countries such as France, Spain, Belgium and Sweden decided to vote yes to statehood for Palestine. In the end, just nine countries ended up on the wrong side of history: Israel, the US, Canada, the Czech Republic, Panama, Palau, Nauru, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.

Peace.

Source: avaaz.org

Meanwhile, in Chile…

A demonstrator dressed as Santa Claus is arrested by riot policemen during clashes with students who are demanding changes in the public state education system in Santiago, on Dec. 22, 2011. Chilean students have been protesting against what they say is the profiteering in the state education system.

Children of Earth

Children of Earth, a gallery made with pictures taken from www.woophy.com

Woophy stands for WOrld Of PHotographY, a website founded by a Dutch collective of photo aficionados and internet designers who believe navigation on internet can be more visual, logical and associative. The goal of Woophy’s founders is to create an accessible, visual, current, democratic and collective work of art comprised of a database picturing our remarkable world. With the help of (amateur) photographers across the world we strive to ultimately cover every inch of our world map with images that represent the world’s beauty and peculiarity from all different cultural perspectives.

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1. Jaypur, India. Picture by Mitchell Kanashkevich

2. Lac Gian, Viet Nam. Picture by Rik Herrygers
3. Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Picture by Manuel Librodo, Jr.

4. Indore, India. Picture by bnilesh

5. Bhuj, India. Picture by Mitchell Kanashkevich

6. Phumi Siem Reab, Cambodia. Picture by Manuel Librodo, Jr.

7. Kashgar, China. Picture by Zeeg

8. Toulouse, France. Picture by la rafale

9. Chiang Rai, Thailand. Picture by Manuel Librodo, Jr.

10. Tokyo, Japan. Picture by ericlafforgue.com

11. Indore, India. Picture by bnilesh

12. Barrigada, United States. Picture by leilani

13. Masatepe, Nicaragua. Picture by Cande

14. Lao Cai, Viet Nam. Picture by wim denijs

15. Jaypur, India. Picture by Mitchell Kanashkevich

16. Hagatna, United States. Picture by leilani

17. Indore, India. Picture by bnilesh

18. Taiyuan, China. Picture by Zeeg

19. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Picture by Kambrosis

20. Iloilo, Philippines. Picture by Manuel Librodo, Jr.

21. Kunming, China. Picture by Manuel Librodo, Jr.

22. Alkmaar, Netherlands. Picture by Jan Hemels