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#12843619

9 October 2025

The Government Retirees Alliance Collective from 2020 to 2024 stages a silent protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 8, 2025. Government retirees in Sri Lanka who leave public service between 2020 and 2024 protest pension disparities, claiming their benefits are unfairly reduced due to lower basic pay during a period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the country's worst economic crisis in decades. With severe inflation, currency devaluation, and austerity measures, their pension rates are calculated on depressed salary levels. The situation worsens when the 2025 budget increases public sector salaries by 70-80%, leaving this cohort at a significant disadvantage compared to others. These pensioners argue that their retirement benefits do not reflect the current economic adjustments and demand fair compensation.

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#12843620

9 October 2025

The Government Retirees Alliance Collective from 2020 to 2024 stages a silent protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 8, 2025. Government retirees in Sri Lanka who leave public service between 2020 and 2024 protest pension disparities, claiming their benefits are unfairly reduced due to lower basic pay during a period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the country's worst economic crisis in decades. With severe inflation, currency devaluation, and austerity measures, their pension rates are calculated on depressed salary levels. The situation worsens when the 2025 budget increases public sector salaries by 70-80%, leaving this cohort at a significant disadvantage compared to others. These pensioners argue that their retirement benefits do not reflect the current economic adjustments and demand fair compensation.

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#12674918

25 August 2025

An aerial view shows Bihar Sponge Iron Ltd., a steel and sponge iron plant set amid agricultural fields and rolling hills in Jharkhand, India, on August 25, 2025. The facility, located in a predominantly tribal and economically disadvantaged region, produces raw materials for steelmaking while raising local environmental concerns.

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#12448264

6 June 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 27: Personal belongings left on a sidewalk by people experiencing homelessness, in front of the World Bank headquarters and just a few hundred meters from the White House, in Washington, District of Columbia, May 27, 2025.

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#12448258

6 June 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 27: A person experiencing homelessness sits with a dog while asking for money outside a Starbucks Coffee Shop, just a few hundred meters from the White House, in Washington, District of Columbia, May 27, 2025.

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#12448252

6 June 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 27: A homeless person sleeps rough on the street outside The Hamilton Live venue, just a few hundred meters from the White House, in Washington, District of Columbia, May 27, 2025.

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#12157990

14 March 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the new Helping Hans livery, composed of 297 handprints symbolically left by collaborators participating in the fundraising campaign to help disadvantaged children and young people around the world, prepares to take off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on March 12, 2025.

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#12157991

14 March 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the new Helping Hans livery, composed of 297 handprints symbolically left by collaborators participating in the fundraising campaign to help disadvantaged children and young people around the world, prepares to take off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on March 12, 2025.

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#12157992

14 March 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the new Helping Hans livery, composed of 297 handprints symbolically left by collaborators participating in the fundraising campaign to help disadvantaged children and young people around the world, prepares to take off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on March 12, 2025.

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#12157993

14 March 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the new Helping Hans livery, composed of 297 handprints symbolically left by collaborators participating in the fundraising campaign to help disadvantaged children and young people around the world, prepares to take off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on March 12, 2025.

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#12157994

14 March 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the new Helping Hans livery, composed of 297 handprints symbolically left by collaborators participating in the fundraising campaign to help disadvantaged children and young people around the world, prepares to take off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on March 12, 2025.

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#12157995

14 March 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the new Helping Hans livery, composed of 297 handprints symbolically left by collaborators participating in the fundraising campaign to help disadvantaged children and young people around the world, prepares to take off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on March 12, 2025.

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#12157996

14 March 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the new Helping Hans livery, composed of 297 handprints symbolically left by collaborators participating in the fundraising campaign to help disadvantaged children and young people around the world, prepares to take off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on March 12, 2025.

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#12157997

14 March 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the new Helping Hans livery, composed of 297 handprints symbolically left by collaborators participating in the fundraising campaign to help disadvantaged children and young people around the world, prepares to take off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on March 12, 2025.

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#12157998

14 March 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the new Helping Hans livery, composed of 297 handprints symbolically left by collaborators participating in the fundraising campaign to help disadvantaged children and young people around the world, prepares to take off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on March 12, 2025.

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#12157999

14 March 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A321 with the new Helping Hans livery, composed of 297 handprints symbolically left by collaborators participating in the fundraising campaign to help disadvantaged children and young people around the world, prepares to take off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on March 12, 2025.

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