Mariana, a civilian, was taken hostage by russia back in 2022 in Mariupol. UN and ICRC helped russia to commit this crime. Today Mariana and 74 more Ukrainians came back home from captivity.
According to her mother, Mariana experienced a lot of torture in captivity - she was starved, beaten, and abused in other ways. Due to the conditions of captivity, the girl's health worsened: respiratory tract diseases and tonsillitis turned into chronic bronchitis.
In video she says "Mommy, I'm home. Mommy, I'm in Ukraine".
Video footage of Sumatran rhinoceros "Delilah", granddaughter of the Cincinnati Zoo's "Emi" and "Ipuh", alongside her calf. The little male was born on November 25th, 2023, at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park. There are likely no more than 50 Sumatran rhinos left in the wild, and only 11 in captivity.
It's 3am in Ireland now so I have to go to bed. I'll be back to resume live updates when I wake. For now I'll leave you with these Tweets and a video I found:
Source: @MairavZ and @CensoredMen on Twitter
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Putting your characters in a kidnapping scenario is a great way to practice characterization because there are just so many ways you can take being kidnapped. Are they terrified and crying? Or calm and determined? Screaming and yelling curses or making jokes? How about begging for mercy? Immediately getting violent?
And when/if they break, how does their behavior change? You can have a character start calm and collected and turn paranoid after weeks or months in captivity. Iconically, take your defiant and cocky character and make them scared and meek. Take the sweet innocent character and turn them into a monster. How would your OC develop if they were in a problem like this?
My closing statement is, test your characters. Like a geode, you need to break it to see the gems inside.
cedric! my friend Cedric! and there are a few sofias as well!
half of these + a whole bunch of other Doodles that im not posting here were drawn before i even started watching the show, and i dont know what that say about me, but i know what it says about him! i Diagnose you with Fun To Draw!