Hey all, We just published "News on Wikipedia: Explosions in China, Brazilian protests, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/19/chinese-explosions-brazilian-protests/ We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely. Please do comment for tone - this is quite a morbid week... *Twitter:* • Thai police are seeking a suspect following a bomb blast in Bangkok. #NewsOnWikipedia • Tens of thousands took part in protests across Brazil on Sunday. #NewsOnWikipedia • Massive explosions in Tianjin, China, killed over a hundred people last week. #NewsOnWikipedia • Why were Jordan Spieth and Jason Day celebrating this week? #NewsOnWikipedia • Indonesia tragically suffered its third-most deadly plane crash in eight months on Sunday. #NewsOnWikipedia *Facebook/G+:* • A bomb blast at a shrine in Bangkok on Monday killed 23 people. #NewsOnWikipedia • Protests in all 26 Brazilian states on Sunday called for President Rousseff's impeachment. #NewsOnWikipedia • Last week's explosions in Tianjin, China, were so massive they could be seen from space. #NewsOnWikipedia • 22-year-old Jordan Spieth became golf's new number one this week—but he didn't win on Sunday. #NewsOnWikipedia • A 45-minute domestic flight in Indonesia ended tragically this week. #NewsOnWikipedia best, Joe -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>
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