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Painting by Rebecca Wu from Groton School, Massachusetts, USA Painting by Rebecca Wu from Groton School, Massachusetts, USA

Painting by Mia Huang from The Bishops School, California, USA Painting by Mia Huang from The Bishops School, California, USA

Painting by Sen Ming Hu from Eaglebrook School, Massachusetts, USA Painting by Sen Ming Hu from Eaglebrook School, Massachusetts, USA Artist Statement: My artwork explores the essence of peace through the profound interconnectedness between humanity and the natural world. Inspired by the visual language of traditional indigenous dot painting, the piece captures a serene twilight where three figures sit in quiet contemplation, gazing at a setting sun. Below the surface, an in

Photograph by Eric Zhu from Blair Academy in New Jersey, USA Photograph by Eric Zhu from Blair Academy in New Jersey, USA

Written by Yuze Zhu from St. George's School, Rhode Island, USA In 2022, the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine War marked the start of a new era of warfare technology. The term “drone warfare” was suddenly seen in headlines about this conflict in publications across the world. Inexpensive small drones went from being used by civilians for taking pictures and bringing pleasure to being transformed into mass-produced killing machines. Yet new technology brings new pollution and w

Written by Katherine Wu Seven Lakes High School, Texas, USA Humming low, a hymn of wings and buzzing bodies. Dungeness crabs scuttle like restless mourners in silent prayer. The mud smells of salt and something older, brine and decay braided together, an inheritance carried by tides. Grass stalks bow under the weight of wind, whispering secrets to the water. This place knows how to hold loss, how to fold it gently into sediment until grief becomes silt, soft enoug

Written by Ian Zou from Ranny School in NJ, USA First week of world peace, people ponder Who are the ones to redeem Why did we go through all the torture All because of an unraveled dream Beyond the time, things shall alter Second week of world peace, people rebuild Urban revive, skyscrapers erected Not a single drop of cement spilt Happy are the families to connect Cities lay flourished like a quilt Third week of world peace, people delete None suffer from poverty People des

Written by Yixuan (Eason) Liu from Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School, Shanghai, China Where I live, autumn typically arrives through storms. This year’s autumn, as if making up for its sudden entrance, has been unusually, uncharacteristically gentle. The murderous summer sun that hung above Shanghai is now overthrown, and the world lets out a long sigh of relief in the cool breeze. Summer wind is not really wind, but a ripple of heat, like air around an open oven. Autumn’