{
  "id": 259649,
  "title": "Antwerp's 'human zoo': Belgium confronts shame of colonial past",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/antwerps-human-zoo-belgium-confronts-shame-of-colonial-past",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T08:57:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20260807-antwerp-human-zoo-belgium-confronts-shame-colonial-past"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 1894, when the Belgian city of Antwerp was hosting a World's Fair, 144 Congolese people were forcibly brought to the city to be exhibited in the Congo Pavilion. In this \"human zoo\", seven Congolese men ultimately died of disease. Today, this shocking episode still haunts Belgium as one of its colonial history's darkest chapters.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}