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Thomas van Linge

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Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation

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Just another day at the beach. 📍Odesa, Ukraine 🇺🇦

Just another day at the beach. 📍Odesa, Ukraine 🇺🇦

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No way 😂 You couldn't get away with this plot development in an airport paperback.

No way 😂 You couldn't get away with this plot development in an airport paperback.

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Mali 🇲🇱: Tuareg rebels are inside of the governor's office in Kidal. We can conclude from this that the entire city has fallen into their hands

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Mali 🇲🇱: Tuareg rebels are inside of the governor's office in Kidal. We can conclude from this that the entire city has fallen into their hands

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Cuba 🇨🇺 BREAKING: protesters set fire to the office of the Communist Party in the town of Moron in the Ciego de Avila province, as anti-regime protests are taking place once again.

Cuba 🇨🇺 BREAKING: protesters set fire to the office of the Communist Party in the town of Moron in the Ciego de Avila province, as anti-regime protests are taking place once again.

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Horrifying reports and images coming out of countless protesters being killed across Iran. Reported death tolls range from 2000 up to 6000 people killed, but definitely all in the four digits.

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Horrifying reports and images coming out of countless protesters being killed across Iran. Reported death tolls range from 2000 up to 6000 people killed, but definitely all in the four digits.

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"hey mate, what are you up to? Wanna ride the giant Assad sled later?" #Syria

"hey mate, what are you up to? Wanna ride the giant Assad sled later?" #Syria

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Absolutely historic footage from #Aleppo tonight. Rebel forces reached the statue of Bashar's deceased brother Bassel al-Assad at the eastern edge of the New Aleppo district, taking down the regime flag. #Syria.

Absolutely historic footage from #Aleppo tonight. Rebel forces reached the statue of Bashar's deceased brother Bassel al-Assad at the eastern edge of the New Aleppo district, taking down the regime flag. #Syria.

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#Syria: People are tearing down the statue of Hafez al-#Assad in the city of #Latakia. There are no more "loyalist strongholds" around the country. Everywhere people are rising up.

#Syria: People are tearing down the statue of Hafez al-#Assad in the city of #Latakia. There are no more "loyalist strongholds" around the country. Everywhere people are rising up.

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Syria 🇸🇾: local residents protested in Bab Touma today against the recently announced alcohol ban in Damascus, stating the ban will put many shops and bars out of business.

Syria 🇸🇾: local residents protested in Bab Touma today against the recently announced alcohol ban in Damascus, stating the ban will put many shops and bars out of business.

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Venezuela 🇻🇪: more footage from the notorious El Helicoide prison in Caracas following the announcement that political prisoners will be released. One family member can be seen carrying flowers for her loved one.

Venezuela 🇻🇪: more footage from the notorious El Helicoide prison in Caracas following the announcement that political prisoners will be released. One family member can be seen carrying flowers for her loved one.

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Keep the Georgian people in your thoughts tonight as they continue to fight for their democratic and European future. 🇬🇪🇪🇺

Keep the Georgian people in your thoughts tonight as they continue to fight for their democratic and European future. 🇬🇪🇪🇺

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#Syria: the #SDF finds itself in a very delicate situation as people in #DeirEzZor are protesting en masse to demand their exit. They'll have to negotiate some sort of deal. Cracking down on these protests will rally Syrians against them, & reflect very poorly internationally

#Syria: the #SDF finds itself in a very delicate situation as people in #DeirEzZor are protesting en masse to demand their exit. They'll have to negotiate some sort of deal. Cracking down on these protests will rally Syrians against them, & reflect very poorly internationally

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14 years. Fourteen years which started with a couple of school kids going out to paint anti-Assad graffiti, sparking a revolution. Fourteen years of protests and repression. Of war, destruction and mass murder by a desperate regime. 14 years, after which the tide has turned.

14 years. Fourteen years which started with a couple of school kids going out to paint anti-Assad graffiti, sparking a revolution. Fourteen years of protests and repression. Of war, destruction and mass murder by a desperate regime. 14 years, after which the tide has turned.

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Mali 🇲🇱: the Malian/Russian army base in Bourem was also seized by FLA Tuareg rebels

Mali 🇲🇱: the Malian/Russian army base in Bourem was also seized by FLA Tuareg rebels

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#Syria: rebel forces have seized control of the strategic town of al-Saan. This means the road between #Hama and the eastern junction of Ithriyah is now cut. Regime counter-offensive on Aleppo is becoming impossible at this point.

#Syria: rebel forces have seized control of the strategic town of al-Saan. This means the road between #Hama and the eastern junction of Ithriyah is now cut. Regime counter-offensive on Aleppo is becoming impossible at this point.

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Iran: protesters in the city of Borazjan were seen tearing down Islamic Republic flags.

Iran: protesters in the city of Borazjan were seen tearing down Islamic Republic flags.

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Quite a day for #Ukraine 🇺🇦. The SBU successfully smuggled a fleet of FPV drones into far Siberia in #Russia 🇷🇺. Once they were there the drones struck the Belaya airbase. A number of TU-95 strategic bomber planes were destroyed.

Quite a day for #Ukraine 🇺🇦. The SBU successfully smuggled a fleet of FPV drones into far Siberia in #Russia 🇷🇺. Once they were there the drones struck the Belaya airbase. A number of TU-95 strategic bomber planes were destroyed.

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#Sudan 🇸🇩: horrible footage from the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced in the city of #ElFasher, where relentless shelling by the #RSF had caused part of the camp to catch fire. Thousands of families are forced to abandon what little they have and be displaced once again.

#Sudan 🇸🇩: horrible footage from the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced in the city of #ElFasher, where relentless shelling by the #RSF had caused part of the camp to catch fire. Thousands of families are forced to abandon what little they have and be displaced once again.

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Mali 🇲🇱 BREAKING: major jihadists offensive seems to be ongoing across the country with JNIM fighters advancing on government positions in several regions. JNIM jihadists were spotted entering Kati, a suburb of the capital Bamako

Mali 🇲🇱 BREAKING: major jihadists offensive seems to be ongoing across the country with JNIM fighters advancing on government positions in several regions. JNIM jihadists were spotted entering Kati, a suburb of the capital Bamako

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Gen- Z protests are you taking place in cities all over Mexico 🇲🇽. People are furious at the governments endemic corruption and inaction of drug-related violence following the murder of mayor Carlos Manzo. *Footage taken by me in Xalapa (Veracruz state).

Gen- Z protests are you taking place in cities all over Mexico 🇲🇽. People are furious at the governments endemic corruption and inaction of drug-related violence following the murder of mayor Carlos Manzo. *Footage taken by me in Xalapa (Veracruz state).

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Russia 🇷🇺: A major gas pipeline has just blown up in the Republic of Dagestan. Reports say there were at least three separate explosions.

Russia 🇷🇺: A major gas pipeline has just blown up in the Republic of Dagestan. Reports say there were at least three separate explosions.

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Afghanistan 🇦🇫: shocking footage shows Taliban henchmen beating women and firing directly on a crowd of protesters in the city of Herat where anti-Taliban protests erupted today.

Afghanistan 🇦🇫: shocking footage shows Taliban henchmen beating women and firing directly on a crowd of protesters in the city of Herat where anti-Taliban protests erupted today.

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Myanmar 🇲🇲: PDF resistance fighters celebrating their victory in the local military camp in Yebyar, which they seized earlier this week.

Myanmar 🇲🇲: PDF resistance fighters celebrating their victory in the local military camp in Yebyar, which they seized earlier this week.

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This is abhorrent and very wrong behavior by the way. Even if their husbands and fathers are part of a pro-junta militia, parading around terrified women and even children is totally unacceptable, under any circumstances. Myanmar 🇲🇲

This is abhorrent and very wrong behavior by the way. Even if their husbands and fathers are part of a pro-junta militia, parading around terrified women and even children is totally unacceptable, under any circumstances. Myanmar 🇲🇲

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#Syria: incredible scenes from the moment the prison cells were opened at the women's detention area of Sednaya prison.

#Syria: incredible scenes from the moment the prison cells were opened at the women's detention area of Sednaya prison.

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Cuba 🇨🇺 BREAKING: nighttime protests have erupted in the capital Havana. After more then 60 hours without any electricity people have had enough. Protests against thr communist regime are now being reported in several neighborhoods across the capital.

Cuba 🇨🇺 BREAKING: nighttime protests have erupted in the capital Havana. After more then 60 hours without any electricity people have had enough. Protests against thr communist regime are now being reported in several neighborhoods across the capital.

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Syria 🇸🇾: celebrations erupt in the Damascus suburbs as reports of the death of Ali Khamenei spread across the region

Syria 🇸🇾: celebrations erupt in the Damascus suburbs as reports of the death of Ali Khamenei spread across the region

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'The tide has turned. The free men of the world are marching together to victory.' General Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 6th 1944

'The tide has turned. The free men of the world are marching together to victory.' General Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 6th 1944

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Somalia 🇸🇴 BREAKING: Heavy fighting is being reported in the capital city Mogadishu. Residents are fleeing their homes. This doesn't sound like some small skirmish.

Somalia 🇸🇴 BREAKING: Heavy fighting is being reported in the capital city Mogadishu. Residents are fleeing their homes. This doesn't sound like some small skirmish.

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Mali 🇲🇱 GRAPHIC: JNIM (al-Qaeda) jihadists have released footage of their drones attacking Russian soldiers at the airbase in Mopti on April 25. The drone strikes were part of a larger assault by the jihadist militants on Mopti that day.

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Mali 🇲🇱 GRAPHIC: JNIM (al-Qaeda) jihadists have released footage of their drones attacking Russian soldiers at the airbase in Mopti on April 25. The drone strikes were part of a larger assault by the jihadist militants on Mopti that day.

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Viktor Orban has been defeated! Let's all rise for the European anthem 🇪🇺🫡

Viktor Orban has been defeated! Let's all rise for the European anthem 🇪🇺🫡

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In a shallow attempt to whitewash their own image following the bloodshed they committed RSF genocidaires are filming themselves handing out candy to terrified residents in El-Fasher The expression on that childs face tells you all you need to know about how people feel Sudan🇸🇩

In a shallow attempt to whitewash their own image following the bloodshed they committed RSF genocidaires are filming themselves handing out candy to terrified residents in El-Fasher The expression on that childs face tells you all you need to know about how people feel Sudan🇸🇩

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#DRCongo 🇨🇩: apocalyptic scenes in #Goma as hundreds of thousands of people are forced to flee, desperate to escape from the advancing #M23 and Rwandan forces. Many of the people have been on the run for over 30 years at this point.

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#DRCongo 🇨🇩: apocalyptic scenes in #Goma as hundreds of thousands of people are forced to flee, desperate to escape from the advancing #M23 and Rwandan forces. Many of the people have been on the run for over 30 years at this point.

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Sudan 🇸🇩: RSF militants are chasing people who fled from El Fasher through the Wana hills northwest of the city. Many of the civilians from El Fasher haven't eaten for days. They're literally running for their lives, through the desert, using the last bit of strength they have.

Sudan 🇸🇩: RSF militants are chasing people who fled from El Fasher through the Wana hills northwest of the city. Many of the civilians from El Fasher haven't eaten for days. They're literally running for their lives, through the desert, using the last bit of strength they have.

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Events in #Bangladesh 🇧🇩 were made possible because the military decided not th repress the protests, but to stand with the people.

Events in #Bangladesh 🇧🇩 were made possible because the military decided not th repress the protests, but to stand with the people.

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"Down with communism!" they shout in the streets of Havana tonight. Cuba 🇨🇺

"Down with communism!" they shout in the streets of Havana tonight. Cuba 🇨🇺

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Mali 🇲🇱: Russian mercenaries are being kicked out of Kidal unceremoniously as FLA Tuareg rebels send them their regards. Like Karabakh in 2023, and Syria in 2024, the Russians refuse to fight when things got tough, and are being showed the door as a result.

Mali 🇲🇱: Russian mercenaries are being kicked out of Kidal unceremoniously as FLA Tuareg rebels send them their regards. Like Karabakh in 2023, and Syria in 2024, the Russians refuse to fight when things got tough, and are being showed the door as a result.

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UAE 🇦🇪: an Iranian strike hit at Dubai International Airport this morning, causing repatriation flights to divert for the time being.

UAE 🇦🇪: an Iranian strike hit at Dubai International Airport this morning, causing repatriation flights to divert for the time being.

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Mali 🇲🇱: FLA Tuareg rebels got their hands on the dress uniform of Kidal governor El Hadj Ag Gamou, who fled the city this morning.

Mali 🇲🇱: FLA Tuareg rebels got their hands on the dress uniform of Kidal governor El Hadj Ag Gamou, who fled the city this morning.

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Yemen 🇾🇪: Yemeni government and Saudi forces making their entry into the port city of Aden after the full collapse of the Emirati-backed Southern forces. Via تعز تايم - Taiz Time

Yemen 🇾🇪: Yemeni government and Saudi forces making their entry into the port city of Aden after the full collapse of the Emirati-backed Southern forces. Via تعز تايم - Taiz Time

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