Sri Lanka, April 9 -- In a deeply troubled world, the past week looked not just troubled, but traumatic-a 7.7 magnitude earthquake devastated Myanmar, already torn apart by civil war; Ekrem Imamoglu, the liberal Istanbul mayor who's become the principal political opponent of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was arrested; and urgent appeals for aid came from South Sudan, Gaza and Haiti, facing massive food shortages.

Malnourished child in Gaza

The Assassinated Journalist, Hossam Shabat

The worst affected are the Palestinian residents of Gaza, back in the frying pan after a fragile two-month ceasefire between Israel and Hamas broke down. The plight of civilians under fire in Gaza is heartbreaking. Over 48,000 Palestinian men, w...