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In Tragedy, Empathy Still Dependent On Proximity

In Tragedy, Empathy Still Dependent On Proximity
Farah Mohamed
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Managing Editor, The WorldPost

The Twitter Inc. logo is displayed on the company's preliminary prospectus arranged for a photograph in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Twitter Inc., which embarks on its road show to investors today, will make the case to potential investors in its initial public offering that it needs to keep spending to grow, and profit will come once it can reap the benefits of those investments. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Twitter Inc. logo is displayed on the company's preliminary prospectus arranged for a photograph in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Twitter Inc., which embarks on its road show to investors today, will make the case to potential investors in its initial public offering that it needs to keep spending to grow, and profit will come once it can reap the benefits of those investments. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Today’s Pakistani Taliban attack on a Peshawar school has resulted in the deaths of at least 145, many of them children. In Sydney, meanwhile, Monday’s fraught café hold-up left two innocent people dead. Then there’s Yemen. And Darfur. And Nigeria. It’s a seemingly endless news cycle of violence, and it can be hard to find even a sliver of hope.

Thanks to Twitter hashtags like #prayforpeshawar and #illridewithyou—a sign of anti-Islamaphobia—social media can help bring a sense of camaraderie and togetherness to people from around the world. But, it seems, when speaking about empathy, the personal touch is still best.

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