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![[IMAGE] One hand is reaching out for the support of another. Faces are obscured.](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pexels-photo-517047-1-e1501080604936.jpg?w=270&h=300&crop=1)
![[IMAGE] A crowd of people outside during daylight. You can't see anybody's face. Many people have one hand raised in the air](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pexels-photo-490193.jpg?w=270&h=300&crop=1)

![[IMAGE] The headline on a De Correspondent story. The headline reads 'Dear Shell Employees: Let's Talk' and next to it is a black and white illustration of the journalist who presents as a young white man with dark hair](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Call-1.png?w=270&h=300&crop=1)
![[IMAGE] Three adults - two men, one woman - stand in front of a large image. They have their arms around each other, and they are smiling.](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/14725458_10101008515733188_5714672803483785949_n.jpg?w=270&h=300&crop=1)
![[IMAGE] A pair of white male hands holding a newspaper suggesting that someone out of shot is reading the newspaper](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/man-hands-reading-boy-e1482449090819.jpg?w=270&h=300&crop=1)
![[IMAGE] Close up of a polling card for the UK referendum on leaving the EU. In the foreground, it reads "Poll Card" in white letters on a black background.](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pollcard2.jpg?w=270&h=300&crop=1)
![[IMAGE] Two people sat on a part bench reading newspapers. Their faces are obscured.](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/512309138_aef2793032_o.jpg?w=270&h=300&crop=1)



![[IMAGE] A woman (Talia Stroud) with light skin and brown hair presents to the left of a blue text filled screen holding a clicker and wearing a lanyard.](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Knight-Event-T-presentation.jpg?w=270&h=300&crop=1)
![[IMAGE] A background of closeups of forms asking for reader responses from Deseret News. In the foreground, the Deseret News logo and a question: "Would you be willing to share more of your story? If so, include your email address (Emails will remain private and not be published)" There is a green button below the question labeled Submit](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/deseret2.png?w=270&h=300&crop=1)
![[image] A screengrab of The Coral Comments Lab. The text at the top reads Coral Comments Lab, and there are instructions and a row of buttons displayed on the side.](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-07-24-at-5.01.00-PM.png?w=270&h=300&crop=1)
![[IMAGE] A large TV graphic that says Aqui y Ahora in 3D letters. In the background of the graphic is a map of the world.](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/322364_10150541353089985_1886051621_o.jpg?w=270&h=300&crop=1)


![[IMAGE] The GroundSource logo: a conversation balloon composed of smaller multicolored balloons](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1TTraD1_KCg5Jqqyys73GHQ.png?w=270&h=300&crop=1)

![[IMAGE] Three multiple choice questions in Norwegian and a submit button](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Screen-Shot-2017-03-10-at-6.11.37-PM.png?w=270&h=300&crop=1)


![[IMAGE] Labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral. Visitors walking on an inlaid stone labyrinth](https://guides.coralproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Labyrinth_at_Chartres_Cathedral.jpeg?w=270&h=300&crop=1)

