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September 23, 2024
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Amelia Newcomb
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The widening conflict in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine continue to hold the world’s attention. But numerous other conflicts garner far less attention as they grind on around the globe – testing the sense of those caught up in them that their lives, in fact, matter.

Today, we visit with residents of a camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo whose lives have been utterly upended by dehumanizing conflict. Yet they hold to dignity, very intentionally asserting even in mourning that each life in their community holds value and has meaning.


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Salmon fishers stack their nets in Kodiak, Alaska. Despite its capacity to rely solely on the seafood it produces, the U.S. exports the majority of what it catches and imports 80% to 90% of the seafood Americans consume.
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Novelist Sarah Seltzer (left) is the author of "The Singer Sisters." Music journalist David Browne wrote "Talkin' Greenwich Village."

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A woman in Shenzhen, China, lays flowers outside a school following the Sept. 18 stabbing death of a 10-year-old Japanese child.

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Students attend the first day of primary school in Baghdad, Sept. 22, 2024.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Jacob Turcotte. )

A look ahead

Thanks for starting your week with us. Tomorrow, we’ll look at what Donald Trump actually prioritized and achieved during his presidency for clues as to how he might govern again. On Wednesday, we’ll look similarly at what Kamala Harris has prioritized and achieved in her career for clues as to what a Harris presidency might look like.

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