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May 28, 2016: The Internet's Wild Grief Spiral: D’s Out for Harambe

May 28, 2016: The Internet's Wild Grief Spiral: D’s Out for Harambe

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On May 28, 2016, a child fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo—and within minutes, Harambe, a 17-year-old silverback gorilla, was shot and killed. What followed was a cultural explosion: public outrage, an avalanche of memes, political satire, and a surreal wave of digital mourning that turned Harambe into a global symbol.

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