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

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Joe Sutherland
Communications Intern [remote]
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