There has been a lot in the news this week. From a massive exam-results scandal in the UK to massive protests in Belarus, never mind that coronavirus is still rampaging across the world, there is a lot to take in.
So we have chosen the best of social media to lift your spirits a little. Let us know your favourite posts!
https://twitter.com/Glitterbeard_/status/1294904047259078656
I’ve never loved anyone more https://t.co/7DbQf3RRZv
— Karen Kilgariff (@KarenKilgariff) August 16, 2020
Have to be rooting for the courageous and long suffering people of Belarus right now.
They’ve never had protests anything like this before. pic.twitter.com/2HMgNdr9jO
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) August 16, 2020
“My character’s not written as disabled. She is because I am.” Maysoon Zayid talks to @VeronicaDagher about the TV show she’s developing. #WSJWhatsNow pic.twitter.com/h6J4o7lRL6
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 15, 2020
THREAD: I've just had the most extraordinary morning. I was waiting to get on the train to work & an elderly man asked me if the train was going to Cambridge. I said it was, & we got chatting – his name is JJ.
— Anna Lapwood (@annalapwood) August 17, 2020
160,000+ dead in the USA,
but far & away the MOST important thing to Trump at the moment is,
showerheads in the USA are not legally powerful enough, we’ll not powerful enough to wash the SIN out of his hair! 🤬https://t.co/rccXzVWxwm pic.twitter.com/pXxFJKox9K— 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟 𝕎𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕙 (@TheWantonWench) August 16, 2020
Image credit: Milo Bostock