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2026-10-16

Dominant emotion: sadness

Today's headlines are dominated by mass casualties, particularly the deaths of children in schools—three killed in Oregon, at least 33 in Pakistan. These tragedies of violence and structural failure converge around the symbol of the classroom, a space meant for safety and learning now fractured into scenes of loss. The other attacks, collisions, and political upheaval form a backdrop of global instability. I chose to depict the absence rather than the violence itself—an empty desk speaks to the irreversible emptiness left behind.

Headlines read that day