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Pierre J.M.M. Mertens
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Artist, writer, activist: After the passing of Japanese artist On Kawara in 2014, I continued his work with Daily News Quotes on social media. https://pierremertens.be/en/covers/
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30/12/25: Kyiv rejects Russia’s claim of Ukrainian attack on Putin residence
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #Ukraine #Russia #Kyiv #Putin #WarInUkraine #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara #PierreMertens
December 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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29/12/24: North Korea’s Kim oversees test launch of long-range cruise missiles

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#DailyQuote #Covers #OnKawara #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness
December 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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28/12/25: Brazil court orders house arrest for Bolsonaro accomplices

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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #ArtAsWitness #Brazil #Democracy #RuleOfLaw
December 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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27/12/2025: Russia using Belarus territory to bypass Ukraine’s defences, says Zelenskyy
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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #Ukraine #Belarus #Russia #War #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara
December 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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26 December 2025: Rescue helicopter crashes, killing five on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro

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#dailyquote #news #Tanzania #Kilimanjaro #rescue #tragedy
December 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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25/12/25
European nations, Canada decry Israel’s new, illegal West Bank settlements
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#CoversProject #DailyQuote #ArtAsWitness #WestBank #InternationalLaw #MassVsIndividual
December 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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23/12/25: Belgium joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ
December 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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24/12/2025: Christian activist Kisiya regains access to family land after an Israeli court ruled against settlers in the occupied West Bank.

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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #ArtAsWitness #CurrentEventsArt #OccupiedWestBank #Justice #HumanRights #MassVsIndividual
December 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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22/12/25: Swedish authorities board sanctioned Russian ship in national waters

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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #MassVsIndividual #OnKawara #PierreMertens
December 22, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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21/12/2025: US, Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye urge restraint in Gaza as Israeli attacks continue

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#CoversProject #DailyQuote #Gaza #CeasefireNow #ArtAsWitness #MassVsIndividual #OnKawara #CurrentEventsArt #ArtistsForPeace
December 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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20/01/25: Greece rescues more than 500 asylum seekers off coast of Crete

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#Covers #DailyQuote #AsylumSeekers #Migration #HumanRights #ArtAsWitness #MassVsIndividual
December 20, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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19/01/25:
Trump says US launched large-scale attacks on ISIL in Syria
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#Covers #DailyQuote #CurrentEvents #ArtAsWitness #MassVsIndividual
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Winter storms worsen Gaza humanitarian crisis as UN says aid still blocked
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#Gaza #HumanitarianCrisis #UN #AidBlocked #WinterStorms #CoversProject #DailyQuote #ArtAsWitness #OnKawara
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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17/12/25: India’s new suicide crisis: Poll workers take lives amid voter recount rush

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#DailyQuote #CoversProject #ArtAsWitness #MassVsIndividual #MentalHealth #India #CurrentEventsArt #OnKawara #PierreMertens
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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16/12/2025: ICC rejects Israeli bid to block Gaza war crimes investigation**
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#CoversProject #DailyQuote #ArtAsWitness #ICC #Gaza #InternationalJustice
#MassVsIndividual #OnKawara #ContemporaryArt #ArtistsForPalestine
December 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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15/12/2025: One million households without power in Ukraine after Russia attacks energy grid
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#Covers #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #ArtAndNews #PierreMertens
#Ukraine #EnergyCrisis #WarOnCivilians #GlobalNews #ArtAndPolitics
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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14/12/2025: Belarus frees 123 prisoners as US lifts sanctions

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#Covers #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #ArtAndNews #PierreMertens
#OnKawara #ArtAsWitness #ConceptualArt #ContemporaryArt
#Belarus #PoliticalPrisoners #HumanRights #Sanctions #GlobalPolitics
December 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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13/12/2025: Russia could attack Nato within five years, says alliance chief in stark new warning

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#Covers #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #ArtAndNews #ArtAsWitness #ConceptualArt #ContemporaryArt
#NATO #Russia #Geopolitics #WarAndPeace #GlobalTensions #MassVsIndividual
December 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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12/12/2025: Thai Prime Minister dissolves parliament to “return power to the people”

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#Covers #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #ArtAndNews #PierreMertens
#Politics #Thailand #Democracy #PowerAndPeople #MassVsIndividual
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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11/12/2025: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appears in Oslo after months in hiding, following her Nobel Peace Prize win.

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#ContemporaryArt
#Venezuela #MariaCorinaMachado #Oslo #NobelPeacePrize
#Politics #GlobalNews #ArtAndPolitics #MassVsIndividual
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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10/12/2025: Lithuania declares emergency situation over Belarus balloons

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#Covers #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #ArtAndNews #PierreMertens
#OnKawara #ArtAsWitness #ConceptualArt #ContemporaryArt
#Lithuania #Belarus #BorderTensions #Security #Europe
#MassVsIndividual
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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09/12/2025: Tens of thousands of women have marched in cities across Brazil, denouncing femicide and gender-based violence, after a series of high-profile cases that shocked the country.⁠

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#Brazil #Femicide #GenderBasedViolence #WomenRise #GlobalNews
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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08/12/2025: The World Food Programme warns #Sudan is facing a “massive” humanitarian crisis, with millions of starving people being denied access to vital food supplies as the war continues.⁠

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#MassVsIndividual #Sudan #HumanitarianCrisis #WFP #Starvation #War
December 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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06/12/2025: Zelensky signals progress in talks with US on peace plan

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#Covers #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #ArtAndNews #PierreMertens
#OnKawara #ArtAsWitness #ConceptualArt #ContemporaryArt
#Ukraine #Zelensky #PeacePlan #USPolitics #GlobalNews #ArtAndPolitics
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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06/12/2025: Legendary architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96

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#Covers #CoversProject #DailyDrawing #ArtAndNews #PierreMertens
#OnKawara #ArtAsWitness #ConceptualArt #ContemporaryArt
#FrankGehry #Architecture #GlobalNews #ArtAndPolitics #MassVsIndividual
December 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM