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Darfur vs. Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka vs. Darfur
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Graphed from data on Reuters Alertnet, the chart above covers the period from 21.9.2006 to 10.5.2007.

It’s an wretched contest to be in, but over the past couple of months, reportage on Sri Lanka’s humanitarian crises have on several occasions overshadowed that of Darfur. What does this war mean to the people behind the statistics?

I graphed this after chancing upon an old Groundviews post of mine, Maps of Shame.