1. Shaikh Mohammad feeds birds
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, took some time out of his busy schedule to feed birds. The video posted on his official Instagram account garnered close to 400,000 likes in just four days.
[Instagram] @xaki.zakir: I am so proud of you sir and it’s an honour to be under your leadership may you live long and May Allah give you good health always.
2. Cyclone Mekunu
Powerful cyclone Mekunu struck Oman, Yemen, causing loss of lives, property with heavy rains and strong winds in the region.
[Twitter]@bhensonweather: One reason we’re very worried about Category 3 Cyclone #Mekunu: there’s a wall of mountains just a few miles inland from #Salalah. Huge rainfall amounts and devastating floods are possible.
3. #Wherearethechildren
Following news that the US Department of Health and Human Services had lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children it had released from custody, a report by the American Civil Liberties Union released on May 23 said that US authorities have been accused of allegedly abusing minors in their custody.
[Twitter]@_SJPeace_ This is how America houses the undocumented children stolen from their parents.
THIS IS DISGUSTING!
#WhereAreTheChildren
4. Elon Musk
Elon Musk received flak on social media after a female journalist claimed she was subjected to a wave of online abuse from Elon Musk’s army of “young, mostly white” fans dubbed “MuskBros” for daring to criticise the billionaire.
[Facebook]The Frustrated Indian: Elon musk announced a site to rate the media’s credibility. Media - Since we can’t do anything to Elon Musk, let’s target his fans and claim moral victory. Foreign Media is learning tricks from our secular Media.
5. Ramos-Salah
During the first half of Real Madrid’s 3-1 victory over Liverpool, Sergio Ramos dragged Mohammad Salah to the ground leaving the Egyptian clutching his shoulder. Football fans couldn’t stop discussing the injury especially on Twitter.
[Twitter]@KindPrins: I’m not a fan of Ramos, but if you still blame him for Salah’s injury after watching what happened from this angle, then football is not for you.
6. Sikh cop hailed
A Sikh police officer prevented a ferocious mob from assaulting a Muslim youth by becoming a human shield in Uttarakhand, India.
[Instagram] @huemen.co: This brave human deserves a great round of applause. Sikh cop saved life of Muslim youth from a Hindutva mob... #GagandeepSingh #salute #respect
7. Malian Spiderman
A young Malian man was hailed a hero on social media on Sunday after he sprang into action to save a four-year-old child hanging from a fourth-floor balcony in Paris, by singlehandedly scaling the facade of the building and hauling the youngster to safety.
[Twitter]@AllAfricanStyle: #Africa’s real life spiderman, Mamoudou Gassama, a 22-year-old undocumented Malian immigrant living in Paris climbed 4floors of an apartment to rescue a baby hanging off a balcony
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