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Friday, June 26th, 2015

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Kazakhstan Worried Mosquitoes Will Wreck EXPO 2017
 

As EXPO 2017 draws ever close, the government of Kazakhstan has announced its bold intention to stop mosquitoes in mid-flight and most netizens agree there will only be one winner. (Clue: not the government of Kazakhstan).



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The Viral Adventures of Viktor Yanukovych's Ostriches


Ukraine's ousted ex-President Viktor Yanukovych is no stranger to being the focus of memes and viral videos. But after the Euromaidan protests led him to escape Ukraine in February 2014, he has been off the radar, living in an undisclosed location somewhere in Russia, separated from his trademark ostriches.

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Awesome Images of the Africa the Media Never Shows You
 

Africans on Twitter have came together to showcase the beauty, diversity and innovative modern architecture of the continent that Western media rarely show their audiences. It all began with a hashtag...




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How a Kurdish Woman's Death Triggered a Social Media Conflict

 

Farinaz Khosrawani was a 25-year-old Kurdish chambermaid who fell off of a hotel room balcony on May 4 while allegedly escaping a sexual assault. The tensions caused by this incident led to much social media coverage that has now been documented and analyzed.


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Curated by @Nevin_Thompson
 
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