Something that really annoys me is when people who have rarely or ever left their own country, city or suburb try to compare themselves to the rest of the world. Here I’m going to provide some graphic evidence of what the rest of the world looks like, in the hope that a few people see it and realise that maybe they don’t actually know all there is to know about the world, and that they should get out more.
What a refugee camp looks like
What child labour looks like
What inequality looks like
The world’s 100 richest people earned enough money last year to end world extreme poverty four times over, according to a new report released by international rights group and charity Oxfam.The $240 billion net income of the world’s 100 richest billionaires would have ended poverty four times over, according to the London-based group’s report released on Saturday.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/01/201312061337695543.html
What modern trains look like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WKeE6Vcvxo
What everyday tasks in the world’s largest democracy look like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDjqpCQSA7I
What the Australian economy looks like
What climate change looks like
What electricity in developing countries looks like
What high-tech bicycle parking looks like
What recycling in developing countries looks like
What a must-see film looks like