The article deals with the spread of the Delta Variant of Covid-19 worldwide and the impact it could have in different countries. 

The first cases were identified in India, but it has now been reported in lots of countries around the world.

It is expected to become the dominant variant globally in the coming months as the WHO has predicted.

It is a variant of concern, meaning it has undergone some genetic changes that are potentially worrying in terms of transmissibility and vaccine escape; however experts say vaccines still work well to protect against severe disease caused by this variant.

Infections are rising, particularly in Europe and the western Pacific region. Various countries are handling the situation in different ways: for example, some Western countries have started to ease restrictions as death rates have dropped. But those without access to vaccines or with a less effective vaccination campaign are in danger.

-        Indonesia has become Asia's new Covid epicentre: the country is recording more than 50,000 new daily cases, and the government is keeping emergency restrictions. Hundreds of people have died possibly because they could not get immediate treatment or were turned away by overwhelmed hospitals.  Moreover, only the minority of the population has been vaccinated. 

-        In Tunisia this variant of Covid is having the most devastating impact since the beginning of the pandemic: the vaccination campaign has been very slow. In order to encourage people to register for a vaccine the authorities have offered for examples 1GB of free internet or a discount in some well-known restaurants. 

-        In Mexico the government does not plan to increase restrictive measures or shut down economic activities once again, despite the risk of the spread of Delta because the population is exhausted by this crisis.

We are in Covid -19 pandemic and also New York, the most chaotic and vibrant city, is on lockdown. Here lives the narrator Michael George, a photographer, that, being used to travel, has never explore his city to take photographs. The pandemic changes this in an instant. For him it’s the opportunity to rediscover New York, that during lockdown seemed dead with its inhabitants. Therefore, after all the sacrifices of lockdown, he revisits New York’s tourist attractions. In spite of the agonizing months, the city goes back to being the crazy and incredible place it has always been, reminding Michael why he loves this city, maybe more than he ever has before. Likewise the pandemic changes his life, not because it deprives a lot, but because it reminds him to never conceive aspects in life as taken for granted. Not only, eventually lockdown re-invigorates Michael’s wanderlust in his everyday life and he figures how important is to live and discover joy in present.    

The Indonesian Island of Sulawesi is a wonderful heavenly place, famous for its colourful coral reefs and for suitable places for diving. But that’s not it. In 2017 the Indonesian spelunker named Hamrullah did an unbelievable and unlooked-for archaeological excavation exploring the grounds of a concrete plant on the island. He spotted an unassuming hole in the limestone high above his head and found early people’s breath-taking paintings on the mural of an ancient cave. Animal’s and humanoid figure’s paintings, that bear unusual features, are represented on the rock and show the strong and special bond between early humans and animals. Likewise, the mural unfolds early people’s thoughts about themselves as an indivisible part of the wild world.

“When you do an archaeological excavation, you usually find what people left behind, their trash. But when you look at rock art, it’s not rubbish—it seems like a message, we can feel a connection to it” says lead study author Maxime Aubert. He also claims that the uncovered paintings of the ancient cave’s rock have completely changed the picture of our endless human journey. Eventually, they reinforce the notion that the origins of art are more global than once thought.

by Iannarelli Alessia

 

The text deals of two main theses. 

The first these is about the fact that it is not known certainly where the painting is currently located. 

The artwork indeed it should be found somewhere in Saudi Arabia. It was bought at auction in 2017 by the crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman. It is also said that the same prince ordered the painting to be hidden somewhere, but no one knows where it physically is.

The second these that address this article talk about that it is not known certainly if the painting is actually by Leonardo. Many think that the painting was created by assistants in Leonardo’s workshop and that he added only some finishing touches. 

However now the painting has been lost and consequently also the truth about this famous painting is lost. 

Keywords:

ecosystem; safeguard; Wild; eco-conscious; wildlife

This article reports all the global crisis that the Olympics’ history has faced since 1904. In fact, the coronavirus pandemic isn’t the first global crisis the international Olympics Committee has been dealing with. In 1908 the eruption of mount Vesuvian caused the shift of the seat of the games from Rome to London. Then in 1914 cause of the I World War the Committee had to move the games from Berlin to New York, a more neutral seat. But the most important issue was that there weren’t enough men to compete in the games, consequently they were cancelled. Later in 1936 the rise of Adolf Hitler impeded the organization of the Olympics games, because he barred Jewish athletes from competing. So, the Olympics was postponed to 1940 in Finland, but, cause of the Soviet Union’s invasion, they were cancelled, again. In addition, before the Moscow 1980 Olympics, United States led a Boycott to protest in favour of Afghanistan that was invaded by Soviet Union. Finally in early march 2020 Japan prospected to cancel the Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic crisis. It’s interesting how these problems happen approximately every 40 Years. It would mean something or it’s just a coincidence?

by Anna Morabito

 

The chosen article talks about a group "Apache Skateboards", which have a broad look at the future of the world, especially for us young people. I chose this article because the issues are very close to my heart and I hope it is so for many young people like me. Miles who is the founder and spokesperson left his statements in the article about the future of our planet and how it depends only on us. According to his experience he has chosen to get involved not only thinking about himself but also about the future and explains how according to him and according to his group there are ways to live life better, helping those in need and being with the people who make happier we. His main goal is to make a group of young people grow in the best possible way, with all the difficulties that you may have. he helps children on the street and defines himself as an artist by helping them and being with them, he helps them learn to skate and makes other engaging proposals.

50 people of different country and culture answer this question talking about their personal experience.

Among fifth testimonials there’s one that summarize all of them. The testimony  of Isabella Allende. This woman said that she love the world because despite the pandemic and the difficulties that the world is facing she wake up every morning between her husband and her two dogs and she understood that the only important thing in the world is love and consequently loving the world. 

All people have told different things but in all of them there’s the desire of travel and fall in love again with the world and its differences.
By Carolina Paletti 

 

 

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Today I would like to talk about a viking “amulet factory” discovery. In August 2021, in fact some mysterious, ancient female figurines have been found all over Denmark and as far afield as England and Russia. This figurines are very small and they date back more than thousand years, to the height of the Viking age. The researchers notice that the woman represented in amulets are armed by shields and swords. This is so important because generally Viking women weren’t buried with weapons. So they, searching very well, discover that the armed figurines represented Valkyries. 

What is the function of these amulets?

During the excavations, amulets depicting men were also found, and various assumptions about their functions begin. The most likely is the once of Sarah Croix, an Aarhus University archaeologist. She says that: “What the pendants are showing is ambiguity, in fact you have female individuals bearing weapons, and a male pulling his hair, which is a female gesture.”

With this hypothesis Croix shows that todays discussions and debates about gender and identity are nothing new. She says: “It’s an important reminder that we can’t assume ideas about gender roles are fixed or permanent, male and female roles have been changing and differ from one culture to another.”

another harm that this operation did is that it was involuntarily an example, in the following years, of the destruction of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945.

The article says that already from nine years old, all around the world, children know the differences between girls and boys and they feel the gender discrimination. Girls in Kenya know that probably they will be married just for a dowry and otherwise boys know that when they will grow up, they will be pressured to sexually harass girls in street.

Girls and boys say that they are proud of their gender but despite this, they hate that there are some activities that only boys or girls can do that the other gender isn’t supposed to do: girls aren’t supposed to like computers, to ride scooter or to play in some dangerous street, boys can’t play with “games for girls” (for example a jump rope) and they’re not supposed to be calm and quiet. 

This article also exposes the dreams of children and what they want to do when they'll grow up: in Canada a boy says that he plans a future as “a banker or a computer, like, genius guy.”; a girl wants to be a police officer but she says that almost all police officers are men, so she can’t do that; in Pennsylvania a journalist girl rides around her neighborhood on her bike searching for news, suspecting that a boy journalist may “get more information from the police”. 

Keywords: discrimination, gender, society’s pressure, expectations, children.