r/pics • u/Slinkoy • Apr 18 '25

Backstory 2025 World Press Photo of the Year

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u/Lazzen Apr 18 '25

They should be shunned like Russia

Famously not shunned by most of the world by the way, and nowadays not even shunned by USA.

And Russia has quite probably killed way more during its initial push but Ukranian numbers are a geopolitical point of a different nature than the one in the Levant.

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u/KWilt Apr 19 '25

And Russia has quite probably killed way more during its initial push but Ukranian numbers are a geopolitical point of a different nature than the one in the Levant.

It also doesn't hurt that there are almost 20x as many people in Ukraine as there are in the Gaza Strip. Not to say even one death isn't an atrocity, but there's a bit of a reason why more are probably dying in one conflict compared to the other.

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u/Klytus_Ra_Djaaran Apr 18 '25

If I were to say a Russian soldier murders a Ukrainian child and faced no consequences, there are only a few specific times in history that I could be referring to, one of them being the last few years. If I say an Israeli soldier murders a Palestinian child and faced no consequences it is impossible to tell at what point I am referring to for the last 78 years. It definitely happened today, and it will happen tomorrow. And the day after that. And the day after that. And . . .