World Safe Crossing Day
A day for roads, crosswalks, signals, ferry landings, station platforms, and the care people owe one another in motion.
Rwanda Edition
World Safe Crossing Day leads today's complete edition for Rwanda.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for roads, crosswalks, signals, ferry landings, station platforms, and the care people owe one another in motion.
The barber shop near the Kimironko Market has a green chair and a mirror with a crack in the corner. You sit down and the barber asks about your week, then trims your hair with careful precision. A good barber makes you feel like the most important person in the room, even for twenty minutes.
A day for turning yesterday into something good enough to look forward to.
In Kigali, the leftover isombe from last night's dinner is even better today, the cassava leaves soaked in peanut sauce. You scoop it onto a plate with some rice, and the flavors are deeper, like they had time to become friends. Leftovers are a second chance to taste what you were too hungry to appreciate the first time.
You witness the resplendent quetzal, jaguar, and howler monkeys that thrive in Guatemala's cloud forests and jungles. You find that Guatemalan families typically keep chickens, dogs, and colorful macaws as their most popular domestic animals.