Day 1,290: distress
It is proving hard to rescue countries in debt distress, such as Sri Lanka, because of obstruction by China, a big creditor.
Artwork of the day
Charity relieving Distress
Thomas Gainsborough
Style: Rococo
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Word of the day
distress: a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, or pain
Quote of the day
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations