I honestly don't mean to attack but I think I'd read this simply on the basis of good photography. This is our generation's Fall of the Berlin Wall; I'd say that's an interesting new phenomenon.
Nothing too political about this, either. Libya's also connected to us on a closer level with the .ly TLD.
The keyword in the second sentence is probably, but I think that enough people (55 now) found this interesting and made it acceptable here.