Tonight, #Eurovision2024 will celebrate #ESC #DoubleStandards, partying on the graves of 9,500 #mothers and 14,500 #children of #Gaza, in tune with music from #Israel.

#EBU 2022: "The decision reflects concern that, in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine, the inclusion of a Russian entry in this year’s Contest would bring the competition into disrepute."

No unprecedented crisis in #Gaza, just a minor Hurricane, and deadly October-to-May Rain, of bombs.

Happy #Cheering4Genocide, Malmö

If a 12yo asked a question in a science lesson about how lethal different chemicals are, how would you expect the teacher to respond?

Poll inspired by a story I heard about today that isn't as interesting as it sounds, but I may explain later.

Boosts to get more responses welcome.

#science #teaching #children #curiosity

• Kid is curious, feed their desire to learn! (82%, 19 votes)
• Question not relevant, dismiss and move on. (4%, 1 vote)
• Red flag! Report to safeguarding! (0%, 0 votes)
• Something else. (13%, 3 votes)

"Over 8,000 others are reported missing or under the rubble – ...at least half of them can be assumed to be #women and #children... an estimated 63 women, including 37 mothers are being killed daily and 17,000 Palestinian children are believed to have been orphaned since the war on #Gaza began.

1.7 million people are internally displaced, and 1.1. million are projected to face catastrophic levels of #food insecurity."
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/05/onslaught-violence-against-women-and-children-gaza-unacceptable-un-experts

#Palestine #Israel #War #Genocide #WarCrimes

"“We are horrified at details emerging from mass graves recently unearthed in the #Gaza Strip. Over 390 bodies have been discovered at Nasser and Al Shifa #hospitals, including of #women and #children, with many reportedly showing signs of #torture and summary executions, and potential instances of people buried alive,” the experts said.

...as of 29 April 2024, of 34,488 #Palestinians killed in Gaza, 14,500 have been children and 9,500 women."
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/05/onslaught-violence-against-women-and-children-gaza-unacceptable-un-experts

#Palestine #Israel #War

Koinobori - Chiba Carp Streamers

Cities and villages across Japan hold koinobori (carp-streamers) festivals in celebration of Children’s Day, May 5th. The koinobori are said to represent good health, happiness and success as a result of the courage and strength of the carp to swim upstream.

https://www.tumblr.com/tokidokitokyo/749603986753142784

@photography
#Japan
#こどもの日
#こいのぼり
#鯉のぼり
#Children'sDay
#CarpStreamers
#千葉県

A girl walks among blooming tulips in a park, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

@photography
@ukraine
#Kyiv
#children
#flowers

A woman with two children carries their belongings as residents of the Lower Delmas flee their homes due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

@photography
#Haiti
#women
#children

This story must be told

Two schoolgirls stand on the ruins of their school on Feb. 12, 2016, in Dzita, Ghana. The Dzita EP Basic School's four compounds fell victim to coastal erosion during the region's rainy season.

"To me this scene summarises it all: it captures the violence of nature that rebels, the powerlessness of the local communities and the lack of hope and future of the coming generations."
Matilde Gattoni

https://www.instagram.com/matildegattoni/?hl=fr

@photography
#Ghana
#schools
#children

This story must be told

A young girl gazes out of a window in Jakarta, Indonesia, to a flooded street.

With over 80,000 kilometers of coastline comprising more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia faces an imminent threat from rising sea levels. Experts predict that by 2050, thousands of the country's islands and nearly one-third of Java, home to the capital Jakarta, will be under water.

https://alainschroeder.myportfolio.com/

@photography
#Indonesia
#floods
#children

More States Are Allowing Child Support Payments to Reach #Children
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Since a ProPublica investigation found that states were seizing child support headed to #families as reimbursement for the mother having received welfare, at least six states have changed their policies. Others are debating doing the same.

https://www.propublica.org/article/more-states-allow-child-support-to-reach-children?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

More States Are Allowing Child Support Payments to Reach Children

Since a ProPublica investigation found that states were seizing child support headed to families as reimbursement for the mother having received welfare, at least six states have changed their policies. Others are debating doing the same.

^ProPublica

Amateur sumo wrestlers hold babies during 'Nakizumo' or a baby-crying sumo contest, where two wrestlers hold a baby each and a referee makes faces and loud noises to make them cry and determine the winner based on the loudest baby, at Sensoji temple in Tokyo, Japan, April 28. The ritual is believed to aid the healthy growth of the children and ward off evil spirits. REUTERS/Issei Kato

@photography
#Japan
#children
#sumo
#Nakizumo

An Ethiopian Orthodox faithful girl wears a palm headband as she attends the Palm Sunday Mass at the Bole Medhanialem Orthodox church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 28. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

@photography
#Ethiopia
#children

Good morning. Spare a thought today for the children of Gaza, who anxiously await Israel's ground invasion.
In this heartbreaking film from Al Jazeera's Close Up team, one small girl says:
"When they enter Rafah, they will start by killing children." I can't even...

#Israel #Gaza #Rafah #Children

How Gaza’s children are preparing for Israel’s invasion of Rafah I Close Up | Gaza | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/al-jazeera-close-up/2024/4/25/how-gazas-children-prepare-for-israels-invasion-of-rafah-i-close-up

How Gaza’s children are preparing for Israel’s invasion of Rafah I Close Up

As an Israeli ground assault on Gaza’s last ‘safe zone’ looms, two children in Rafah brace for it.

^{Al Jazeera}

Children take a bath in a bucket during a hot day in Manila, Philippines, April 25. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

@photography
#Philippines
#children

Army National Guard soldiers stand in the background as Michel, 26, of Venezuela, protects her seven-year-old daughter Aranza from Mexican immigration authorities patrolling near the dry riverbed of the Rio Grande as the migrants search for entry into the United States from the international boundary between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas April 24. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

@photography
#migrants
#Mexico
#Texas
#women
#children

"Nearly 26,000 children – or just over two percent of Gaza’s child population - have been killed or injured in Gaza in six months of a war which has decimated the health system and severed access to education, Save the Children said."

~ Relief Web

#Palestinians #Gaza #Israel #children
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https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/gaza-over-2-gazas-child-population-killed-or-injured-six-months-war

Gaza: Over 2% of Gaza’s child population killed or injured in six months of war - occupied Palestinian territory

News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Education, Health and more; published on 3 Apr 2024 by Save the Children

^ReliefWeb

A Palestinian child cries next to his mother after they were rushed into Nasser hospital, following an Israeli strike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/portfolio-work-mohammed-salem-2024-04-19/

@photography
@palestine
#Gaza
#children
#women

A child sleeps in a makeshift shelter in a new camp sheltering displaced Palestinians who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 5, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

@photography
@palestine
#Gaza
#Rafah
#children
#MohammedSalem

A woman pulls a child sitting on a bag as smoke rises in the background during an Israeli ground offensive in Khan Younis, as seen from Rafah, southern Gaza Strip January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/portfolio-work-mohammed-salem-2024-04-19/

@photography
@palestine
#Gaza
#children
#MohammedSalem

Relatives of a Palestinian, who was killed at the Israel-Gaza border, react at a hospital in Gaza City, June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

@palestine
@photography
#Gaza
#children
#grief
#mourning
#MohammedSalem

Remember kids, if you don't sin, then Jesus died for nothing.

#sin #jesus #religion #quote #life #fun #meme #memes #wisdom #knowledge #kids #children

"Around 1 p.m., Hind’s cousin, 15-year-old Layan, called [her uncle] Samir. She told him they were surrounded and the Israeli army had opened fire on their car.

​​Everyone in the vehicle, except for Hind and Layan, were dead, she said. Samir called another uncle, Mohammed, who eventually reached the PRCS."

Listen to Layan's call using this
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://wapo.st/4aCoCqA

#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #WarCrimes #War #Children #Genocide #News #WorldNews