International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is next week – This is an annual event to show support for the efforts made by individuals and organisations to end racial discrimination worldwide. The event is commemorated every year on 21 March, the day that, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful protest in Sharpeville, South Africa in 1960, against the apartheid “pass laws”.

Read more about the day on the UN’s website here.