Across Latvia, farmers are planting sunflowers as part of an effort to raise money for Ukraine. The idea is to attract people to take selfies with the flowers and donate to Ukraine. The money will then go to the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv, which was hit by a Russian strike last month. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports from Latvia.
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