2024
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March 14, 2024
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Clayton Collins
Director of Editorial Innovation

At key moments in history, “people power” has swelled as an expression of unity and will, a manifestation of agency.

It can be aimed at dug-in regimes or at upstart governments seen as not representing those whose interests they claim to defend. It takes many forms: deft opposition politics, violent clashes, and tactical persistence among them.

It can be snuffed out or take generations to succeed. What always lies at its heart: a fundamental yearning to be heard. Our first story today looks at what’s stirring in Gaza as Palestinians there, focused mainly on survival, begin – ever so tentatively – to more openly question Hamas.


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Today’s stories

And why we wrote them

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Masked men from a so-called Protection Committee patrol the streets armed with batons in Rafah, Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024. Filling a void left by Hamas, the young men monitor law and order and prices across markets in war-ravaged Gaza.

Today’s news briefs

Patterns

Tracing global connections
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A Palestinian man reads the Quran as he waits to break his Ramadan fast, on the rubble of his house in Gaza, destroyed during Israel's military offensive.

The Explainer

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North Miami police Officers Osvald Salien and Orestes Torres patrol Ocean Drive during spring break in Miami Beach, March 9, 2024.

Points of Progress

What's going right
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The Monitor's View

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Palestinians in Rafah break their fast March 13 amid the rubble of their destroyed home during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues in the Gaza Strip.

A Christian Science Perspective

About this feature

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An elephant offers alms to a Buddhist monk during Thailand’s National Elephant Day celebration in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, March 13. Thailand created the celebration in 1998 to commemorate the animal’s place in Thai culture and tradition, with elephants serving in war and work for centuries. The day also seeks to raise awareness and support conservation efforts. Estimates suggest that the population of wild elephants in Thailand has fallen from 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century to no more than 1,500 today.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Karen Norris. )

A look ahead

Thank you for giving us some of your time today. Tomorrow we’ll resume our ongoing project around rebuilding trust with a graphics-based global look at what rapid change has meant for trust in institutions, businesses, governments, and more. 

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