By DAPHNE OKUYAMA, age 11 Poaching also threatens those animals that are becoming extinct, including wild tigers, which number as few as 3,200. PHOTO: Ross Elliott/Flickr When people illegally sell wild animals, this is called animal trafficking. Trafficking wild...
By HASSAN DOOSTDAR, age 12 Code Pink is a women-led anti-war activist group that was founded shortly before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons During a September 16, 2014 U.S. Senate hearing, Code Pink protesters showed up to speak out against the...
By SOPHIA ROTHMAN, age 11 Women cyclists want a full-length tour on the same track as the men to prove that they too can go the distance. PHOTO: Liakada Photography/Flickr On July 27, 2014, for the first time in history, women competed on the same track as men do in...
By RIDA ALI, age 10 Critics argue that many of the deaths in Kashmir could have been prevented if the the Indian government had evacuated the area or taken action more quickly. PHOTO: kavitakapoor/Flickr In the first week of September 2014, heavy rains hit the Indian...
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