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Carbon emissions highest in 66 million years, since dinosaur age: image via Reuters World @ReutersWorld, 21 March 2016

The sire then shook the honours from his head

beneath the remembered or imagined foot lights 

where infant punks in buskins their tender voices try --

wonders of the 1965 Wellington stage! --

they had been accumulating there, wreathed 

with cobweb meanwhile, for nothing at all,

the whole minstrelsy kit

my warbling lute, the lute I whilom strung

when to King John of Portugal I sung,

for example. But now... damp brows

and oblivion in the potting shed.

 

     In your day, just saying

Ben Jonson appeared on stage in socks, understandably

distracted, my handsome thespian...

I know how he felt... total bunny rabbit to thy crimson satin 

all human things are subject to decay

     But thou

And thou -- the common fate of all things rare

maybe not so much, O sweet and fair.

How small a part of time we've shared really

when you come to think of it. 

One half century lost in the vastness, not so long.

Obscurity pretty much just happens to people

because the world is not charged up

with the grandeur of original dawg any more. 

Still something shines through, shook foil 

moments of slippage through the ooze

albeit within the larger web of emissions.

Thanks very much for that. It was awesome. 

But... is this it?

 

Michigan outlines Flint recovery plan: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 21 March 2016

The Airlander 10 airship, the world’s largest aircraft, is unveiled for the first time since being fully assembled at Cardington hanger in Bedfordshire. The 302ft long part plane, part airship was first developed for the US government as a long-endurance surveillance aircraft: photo by Chris Radburn/PA, 21 March 2016



The Airlander 10 airship, the world’s largest aircraft, is unveiled for the first time since being fully assembled at Cardington hanger in Bedfordshire. The 302ft long part plane, part airship was first developed for the US government as a long-endurance surveillance aircraft: photo by Chris Radburn/PA, 21 March 2016

Honour guards adjust their attire before a welcome ceremony for German President Joachim Gauck at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The German President is on a five-day state visit to China: photo by How Hwee Young/EPA, 21 March 2016

Honour guards adjust their attire before a welcome ceremony for German President Joachim Gauck at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The German President is on a five-day state visit to China: photo by How Hwee Young/EPA, 21 March 2016

At AIPAC 2016 Mr. Trump focused heavily on Iran, promising to dismantle the nuclear deal negotiated by President Obama, thwart what he described as Iran’s efforts to destabilize the Middle East, and punish Iran for testing ballistic missiles: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 21 March 2016

At AIPAC 2016 Mr. Trump focused heavily on Iran, promising to dismantle the nuclear deal negotiated by President Obama, thwart what he described as Iran’s efforts to destabilize the Middle East, and punish Iran for testing ballistic missiles: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 21 March 2016

Far more applause than boos for @realDonaldTrump at #AIPAC2016. Very few out of thousands have walked out so far.: image via Joel Griffith @joelgriffith, 21 March 2016

A lone protester was removed as he tried to approach the stage when Mr. Trump was speaking: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 21 March 2016

A lone protester was removed as he tried to approach the stage when Mr. Trump was speaking: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 21 March 2016

Mr. Trump spoke from prepared remarks: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 21 March 2016

Mr. Trump spoke from prepared remarks: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 21 March 2016

Hindu widows apply coloured powder to each other during Holi celebrations at Gopinath temple near New Delhi: photo by Manish Swarup/AP, 21 March 2016

Hindu widows apply coloured powder to each other during Holi celebrations at Gopinath temple near New Delhi: photo by Manish Swarup/AP, 21 March 2016

At AIPAC 2016 Mrs. Clinton took aim at Donald J. Trump for declaring recently that he would be “neutral” when it came to negotiating a peace accord between the Israelis and Palestinians.: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 21 March 2016

At AIPAC 2016 Mrs. Clinton took aim at Donald J. Trump for declaring recently that he would be “neutral” when it came to negotiating a peace accord between the Israelis and Palestinians.: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 21 March 2016

Hillary Clinton promises AIPAC 2016 she would stand unwaveringly with Israel: photo by Zach Gibson/The New York Times, 20 March 2016

 

Hillary Clinton promises AIPAC 2016 she would stand unwaveringly with Israel: photo by Zach Gibson/The New York Times, 20 March 2016

Hooded penitents from the “El beso de Judas” brotherhood walk to the church to take part in a traditional annual procession in Seville, Spain: photo by Daniel Hayduk/AFP, 21 March 2016



Hooded penitents from the “El beso de Judas” brotherhood walk to the church to take part in a traditional annual procession in Seville, Spain: photo by Daniel Hayduk/AFP, 21 March 2016

Pro Palestinian protest in front of @AIPAC2016 convention in DC. #FreePalestine @adri16: image via Viva la causa! 70 @torinoman, 20 March 2016

Marching towards the Convention Center to protest #AIPAC2016. Many in the crowd are here with @answercoalition: image via Julia Carmel @JuliaCarmel, 20 March 2016 Washington, DC
 

NOW: March is STRONG headed to confront #AIPAC2016! #SupportPalestineinDC2016: image via Mike Prysner @MikePrysner, 21 March 2016

An #AIPAC2016 delegate just assaulted @MikePrysner. I witnessed part of it. Cops did nothing.: image via Max Blumenthal @Max Blumenthal, 21 March 2016

So #AIPAC2016 attendees can see Israel through these virtual reality headsets. Do they have to go thru checkpoints?: image via Julia Carmel @JuliaCarmel, 20 March 2016 Washington, DC

Supporters of ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM – Party of the Revolution) celebrate in the streets in Stone Town, Zanzibar after the Zanzibar Electoral Commission announced that incumbent President Ali Mohamed Shein has won with over 90 percent the election re-run: photo by Daniel Hayduk/AFP, 21 March 2016



Supporters of ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM – Party of the Revolution) celebrate in the streets in Stone Town, Zanzibar after the Zanzibar Electoral Commission announced that incumbent President Ali Mohamed Shein has won with over 90 percent the election re-run: photo by Daniel Hayduk/AFP, 21 March 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuba’s President Raul Castro hold their first meeting in Havana on the second day of Obama’s visit to Cuba: photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters, 21 March 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuba’s President Raul Castro hold their first meeting in Havana on the second day of Obama’s visit to Cuba: photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters, 21 March 2016

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French president Francois Hollande speaks with Prime Minister Manuel Valls and minister of defence Jean-Yves Le Drian after they held a crisis defence meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris: photo by Ian Langsdon/EPA, 22 March 2016
 

Less easily cured than caught

more easily caught then cured

never tempted never tried

inside every unknown isolato

a humanoid aching to be aught

if waker care

if sodayne pale colour
speak without words

nails broken glass puzzle bits

left from a lost bigger picture

after the initial impact

a second blast

to test the structure

that should not be tried
and unknit again the knot
that should not slide 

 

Two wounded women are seen in Brussels Airport, after explosions were heard: photo by Ketevan Kardava/AP, 22 March 2016

Two wounded women are seen in Brussels Airport, after explosions were heard: photo by Ketevan Kardava/AP, 22 March 2016

Penitents of San Esteban brotherhood pose before taking part in a procession during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain: photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters, 22 March 2016

Penitents of San Esteban brotherhood pose before taking part in a procession during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain: photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters, 22 March 2016

French president Francois Hollande speaks with Prime Minister Manuel Valls and minister of defence Jean-Yves Le Drian after they held a crisis defence meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris: photo by Ian Langsdon/EPA, 22 March 2016

Injured women are seen in Brussels Airport in Brussels after explosions were heard. A developing situation left a number dead in explosions that ripped through the departure hall at Brussels airport Tuesday, police said. All flights were canceled, arriving planes were being diverted and Belgium's terror alert level was raised to maximum, officials said.: photo by Ketevan Kardava/ Georgian Public Broadcaster via Associated Press, 22 March 2016

Dozens killed in twin blasts during Brussels rush hour: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 22 March 2016

Aid groups withdraw from Greece refugee "hotspots" citing Turkey-EU mass expulsion operation: image via AJE News @AJE News, 22 March 2016

 

A soldier stands near broken windows after explosions at Zaventem airport near Brussels: photo by Francois Lenoir/Reuters, 22 March 2016

An injured man lies at the scene of explosions at Zaventem airport near Brussels: photo by Ketevan Kardava, 22 March 2016

A video screengrab shows metro commuters being evacuated from a subway train in Brussels, after an explosion at the Maalbeek station. A series of apparently coordinated explosions ripped through Brussels airport and a city metro station, killing at least 36 people in the latest attacks to target Europe.: photo by AFP, 22 March 2016

Police officers direct passengers in a smoke filled terminal at the Brussels Airport. Authorities locked down the Belgian capital on Tuesday after explosions rocked the Brussels airport and subway system, killing a number of people and injuring many more. Belgium raised its terror alert to its highest level, diverting arriving planes and trains and ordering people to stay where they were. Airports across Europe tightened security.: photo by Ralph Usbeck via Associated Press, 22 March 2016

A private security guard helps a wounded woman outside the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels after a blast at this station located near the EU institutions. Belgian firefighters said at least 31 people had died after "enormous" blasts rocked Brussels airport and a city metro station today, as Belgium raised its terror threat to the maximum level.: photo by Michael Villa/AFP, 22 March 2016

An unidentified traveller lies on the ground in a smoke filled terminal at Brussels Airport. Authorities locked down the Belgian capital on Tuesday after explosions rocked the Brussels airport and subway system, killing a number of people and injuring many more.: photo by RRalph Usbeck via Associated Press, 22 March 2016

Policemen stand guard near a security perimeter set in the Rue de la Loi near the Maalbeek subway station, in Brussels, after an explosion there: photo by NNicolas Maeterlinck/AFP, 22 March 2016

An unidentified traveller gets to his feet in a smoke filled terminal at Brussels Airport. Authorities locked down the Belgian capital on Tuesday after explosions rocked the Brussels airport and subway system, killing a number of people and injuring many more.: photo by Ralph Usbeck via Associated Press, 22 March 2016

A victim receives first aid by rescuers near Maalbeek metro station in Brussels, after a blast at this station near the EU institutions caused deaths and injuries: photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP, 22 March 2016

People are evacuated from Brussels airport in Zaventem following twin blasts. A string of explosions rocked Brussels airport and a city metro station, killing at least 31 people in apparently coordinated attacks, officials said. : photo by Dirk Waem/AFP, 22 March 2016

A young girl looks out of the window of a bus after being evacuated from Brussels airport. Authorities locked down the Belgian capital on Tuesday after explosions rocked the Brussels airport and subway system.: photo by Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Associated Press, 22 March 2016

A refugee boy holds up a placard reading "Sorry for Brussels" as refugees and migrants take part in a protest against the closure of the border at the Greek-Macedonian border near the Greek village of Idomeni: photo by Fedja Grulovic/Reuters, 22 March 2016

Belgian police officers carry out checks on people during an operation to limit the number of people allowed into the central Station in Brussels following co-ordinated attacks at the Airport serving the Belgian capital and its Metro system: photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP, 22 March 2016

Two women comfort each other as passengers and airport staff are evacuated from the terminal building after explosions at Brussels Airport in Zaventem: photo by Olivier Hoslet/EPA, 22 March 2016

After Brussels attacks, Ted Cruz proposes police surveillance to stop Muslim radicalisation: image via AJE News @AJENews, 22 March 2016

#Baseball, goodwill and communism. @POTUS #CubaVisit via @JohnSheaHey: image via SF Chronicle Verified account @sfchronicle, 22 March 2016

 

And now they are releasing doves! They've certainly left the best till last on this trip.: image via Dan Roberts @RobertsDan, 22 March 2016  Cuba

Another spine-tingling moment of Cold War history ending as the stadium all rises proudly for both national anthems: image via Dan Roberts @RobertsDan, 22 March 2016  Cuba

Huge cheers from the Cuban crowd here as the Obama family take to their seats below us: image via Dan Roberts @RobertsDan, 22 March 2016

 

The crush getting into the big baseball game between the Cuban national side and MLB's Tampa Bay Rays was insane: image via Dan Roberts @RobertsDan, 22 March 2016 

Serious crowd crush to get into stadium but Tampa Bay Rays vs Cuban national team already has the look of epic game: image via Dan Roberts @RobertsDan, 22 March 2016

 
Packed Cuban crowd cheers Obama and the US national anthem at a baseball stadium in Havana: image via AJE News @AJENews, 22 March 2016

Here’s how you know 2016 is already decided / AP Photo: image via Politico @politico, 22 March 2016

The Islamic State is threatening "dark days ahead" for the West / Getty: image via Politico @politico, 22 March 2016

Thousands of commuters in front of the Brussels North Station hoping to get a train home @Ruptly: image via bart biesemans @bart_bies, 22 March 2016

 U.S. cities ramp up security in wake of #Brussels attacks: image via CNN Verified account @CNN, 22 March 2016

Here's how to check on the safety of your loved ones in #Brussels: image via CNN Verified account @CNN, 22 March 2016

Prosecutor: Men in black "probably" suicide bombers, 3rd man wanted in #Brussels attack: image via CNN Verified account @cnnbrk, 22 March 2016

 

Politie verspreidt opsporingsbericht van verdachte met witte jas op luchthaven Zaventem: image via VTM NIEUWS @VTMNIEUWS, 22 March 2016

Another beautiful #sunset from #Berkeley #goldengate @NWSBayArea @berkeleyside #cawx: image via catherine @trynriley, 20 March 2016 

Josephine Miles: Tally / Silencing the Lambs

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Palestinians herd sheep in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem: photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters, 6 February 2016

Josephine Miles: Tally

After her pills the girl slept and counted

Pellet on pellet the regress of life.

Dead to the world, the world's count yet counted

Pellet on pill the antinomies of life.

Refused to turn, the way's back, she counted

Her several stones across the mire of life.

And stones away and sticks away she counted

To keep herself out of the country of life.

Lost tally. How the sheep return to home

Is the story she will retrieve

And the only story believe

Of one and one the sheep returning home

To take the shapes of life,

Coming and being counted.

Josephine Miles (1911-1985): Tally from Collected Poems 1930-1983 (1983) 

A flock of sheep walks in the smoggy haze in a suburb of Beijing, where poor air quality has proved to be a persistent health hazard: photo by Lintao Zhang / The New York Times, 15 January 2015

An Iraqi shepherd herds his sheep in the Kurdish town of Aqrah, 500 kilometres north of Baghdad: photo by Safin Hamed/AFP, 21 March 2016



An Iraqi shepherd herds his sheep in the Kurdish town of Aqrah, 500 kilometres north of Baghdad: photo by Safin Hamed/AFP, 21 March 2016

 

Silence of the lambs. Narkanda, Himachal, India: photo by Manik Sharma via the land below water, 2016

Fair Day, Glenties, County Donegal: photo by Robert French, c. 1890-1910 (Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland)

Sheep farmers try to round up a flock as they walk through a cloud of ash pouring out of the erupting Grimsvoetn volcano in Mulakot: photo by Vilhelm Gunnarsson/AFP,  22 May 2011



Sheep on an Irish road: photo by Thorsten Pohl, August 2003

Sheep: photo by Kabsik Park, 17 January 2003

Sheep staring, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland: photo by Bug in Box, 10 October 2009

Afield, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland: photo by Bug in Box, 10 October 2009
 

Sheep graze on a field at the Siennese clays area near Asciano, Italy. The Crete Senesi, located in Tuscany, consists of an untouched natural landscape of hills and woods: photo by Max Rossi/Reuters, 2011

It seems there is no escaping a bit of rural decay is there. Ruined miners' houses with sheep, Cwn Ystradllyn, Wales: photo by Carl Jones, 23 June 2008

Life [Marand, Azarbayjan-e Sharqi, Iran]: photo by Seyed Mostafa Zamani, 29 September 2010

A villager attempts to rescue a sheep during Israel attack on frontline area of Zanna (Khan Younis), two miles from the border with Israel: photo by Hazem Balousha, 23 July 2014

That's a veeeery long queue to be security-checked into #Brussels Gare Central. Metro replacement buses working well: image via Ryan Heath @PoliticoRyan, 23 March 2016

 

  
Yisrael "Slim" Katz (middle) has said that Belgians spend too much time eating chocolate, rather than fighting terrorism: photo by Menahem Kahana via Huffington Post, 23 March 2016

That crass Katz critique: Peter Beaumont from Brussels, The Guardian, 23 March 2016

Israel’s minister of transport, intelligence and atomic energy has delivered a harsh critique of Belgian anti-terrorism strategy shortly after co-ordinated attacks claimed by Isis that left at least 31 people dead.

In jarring and unsympathetic language, Yisrael Katz declared in an interview on Israel Radio: “If in Belgium they continue to eat chocolate and enjoy the good life with their liberalism and democracy, and do not understand that some of the Muslims there are planning terror, they will never be able to fight against them.”

Katz’s crass remarks came amid a flurry of columns in the Israeli media and remarks by security experts, criticising the European strategy against Isis, barely 24 hours since the deadly attacks -- and with a large element of victim blaming.

Also joining in was former Mossad director Shabtai Shavit, who echoed Katz’s remarks, although in moderately less inflammatory language, blaming the attacks on Belgium’s “laid-back culture” in a country he described as “ultra-liberal, that exists with no governability”.

“It is human nature to react only after large-scale disasters. An example is the September 11 terror attacks in New York. But immediately after the terror attack in New York, the US came to its senses and carried out extensive reforms, of a scope that it had not carried out since the end of the cold war. Homeland security in the US today, from the aspects of budgets and manpower, is the largest ministry in the US cabinet. They also upgraded their law enforcement and intelligence systems by the same degree.

“The European Union, in numbers, has more residents that the US. It could be that the disaster that befell them yesterday will finally wake them up. Isis succeeded in discerning, very well, the soft underbelly of western Europe. And that is Brussels, Belgium, a country that is ultra-liberal, that exists with no governability. It has had a transition government for years because it is impossible to form a real government. It is a country that is madeup of three ethnic groups with three languages, French, Flemish and German. It is a country in which the people don’t know how to communicate with each other because of the language problems.

“There is a general laid-back culture. So the bad guys discerned this, and slowly but steadily, set up base there. They found fertile ground for building a base of helpers from their own people and religion. The Muslim quarters in Brussels are quarters that the police will not enter. In short, that is the situation today. And to get out of it, and this is not just Belgium, Europe has to come to its senses and to decide that this is a number one priority. Belgium is not on its own. We saw that it was a terrorist from Belgium who carried out the terror attack in France.”

Katz’s remarks were immediately condemned by Israeli opposition figures. “The government has devised a system to eradicate terrorism: stop eating chocolate,” opposition MK Shelly Yachimovich tweeted.

For his part, the Zionist Union leader, Isaac Herzog, said: “Stop this contemptible talk. Where did you get the chutzpah to degrade innocent victims of terror? Where do you get this miserable cynicism from? This is a distortion of the most basic human morality. This is a painful moment internationally that obligates all people to identify with the bereaved families, whoever they are, and wish the wounded a speedy recovery.”

 #Israel soldiers mocking Palestinian TV reporter on-air. #BDS #IsraeliApartheidWeek #BrusselsAttacks: image via Dr. Basem Naim @basemn63, 23 March 2016

Suppressing criticism of Zionism on campus is catastrophic censorship: image via Ben White @benabyad, 23 March 2016

 

The final report of the UC regents working group on principles against intolerance is a thinly disguised attempt to suppress academic freedom and stifle open debate on our campuses: image via Los Angeles Times, 23 March 2016

Suppressing criticism of Zionism on campus is catastrophic censorship: Saree Makdisi and Judith Butler, Los Angeles Times, 23 March 2016

Carefully adorned in the language of moderation and tolerance, the final report of the UC regents working group on principles against intolerance is a thinly disguised attempt to suppress academic freedom and stifle open debate on our campuses.

The report presents itself as the solution to a problem that it is actually helping to manufacture. Its point of departure is the unfounded claim that “manifestations of anti-Semitism have changed and that expressions of anti-Semitism are more coded and difficult to identify.” It then not so subtly shifts to a generalization so broad it sweeps all before it: “[O]pposition to Zionism often is expressed in ways that are not simply statements of disagreement over politics and policy, but also assertions of prejudice and intolerance toward Jewish people and culture.” And so on to the inevitable coup de grace: “Anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and other forms of discrimination have no place at the University of California.”

In a few paragraphs, the report conflates two distinct phenomena: hatred of Jews on the one hand, and criticism of a political ideology on the other. The overall claim is that the latter -- objections to the Israeli state, its military occupation, its demolition of homes, its two-tiered system of citizenship -- is the new, covert form of anti-Semitism. These are issues regularly debated in public discourse; it is imperative that they be freely discussed in universities as well. But if the report is adopted, scholarship and teaching that include critical perspectives deemed “anti-Zionist” could be branded illegitimate, and open discussion shut down.

All forms of discrimination must be opposed, including anti-Semitism, but this report is neither inclusive nor balanced in its representation of how racism operates on our campuses. In an age of unprecedented Islamophobia, Arab and Muslim students have suffered overt prejudice and repression of their views, yet the document makes only passing reference to their experience. It is less interested in actual conditions of intolerance that we all must oppose than in singling out and redefining anti-Semitism to include political viewpoints that it seeks to suppress.

If the report is adopted, scholarship and teaching that include critical perspectives deemed "anti-Zionist" could be branded illegitimate, and open discussion shut down.

The report is merely the latest manifestation of a well-funded and increasingly desperate -- even panicky -- political campaign to eradicate criticism of Israeli policy from American campuses. A compelling student movement for Palestinian rights has emerged, as have a proliferation of Jewish voices distancing themselves from traditional Zionist narratives and affirming the Palestinian right to self-determination, freedom and equality. Not coincidentally, the focal point of this campaign has been an attempt to get universities to adopt a widely discredited State Department definition that collapses the distinction between criticism of Israel and hatred of the Jewish people.

Although the UC report claims the need to track “the evolving nature of anti-Semitism,” what needs to be tracked instead is the drive to hijack, for malign political purposes, the definition of a genuine scourge. Ironically, by persistently misidentifying anti-Semitism, the promoters of this politicized new definition will, like the boy who cried wolf, make it more difficult to combat the real thing when it occurs.

Whereas the UC working group met with individuals and institutions unconnected to the university who have been promoting this redefinition of anti-Semitism, it seems to have made no effort to find balance by consulting the many scholars of Zionism, anti-Semitism and the question of Palestine on UC's own faculty, relying instead on a sophomoric dictionary entry on of Zionism.

And the report was produced under a cloud of external pressure by, among others, UC regent Richard Blum, who publicly issued a veiled threat: “My wife, and your senior senator” -- Dianne Feinstein -- “is prepared to be critical of this university,” unless UC finds a way to punish the supposed new form of anti-Semitism.

The report is as bad as it sounds. Its adoption would be catastrophic. It would be a travesty to let UC become a place where censorship triumphs over the pursuit of truths, however uncomfortable some may find them.

Saree Makdisi is a professor of English and comparative literature at UCLA. Judith Butler is a professor of comparative literature at UC Berkeley and a member of the Coordinating Committee for the Academic Council of Jewish Voice for Peace.

Judith Butler speaking to UC Regents: conflating anti-Zionism w/ antisemitism is censorship: image via JewishVoicesForPeace @jvplive, 23 March 2016

Black students demanding to speak. Student: "You invest in prisons but you wont let us speak!" UC Regents: "Public comment is over" Audience: #BlackLivesMatter: image via JewishVoicesForPeace @jvplive, 23 March 2016

Boycott all the Supporters of #Israel. #Palestine: image via ISLAMIC freedom @islamicfreedom, 2 March 2016

 

 #Heartbreaking #Israel killed his family and did this to him: image via Mohammed Abdul Hay @MSham87, 23 March 2016

@Hillary Clinton email: #Assad must be toppled to protect #Israel: image via Sputnik Verified account @Sputnikint, 23 March 2016

LIVE: Hillary Clinton discusses counter-terrorism at Stanford University in Palo Alto: image via Reuters Live @ReutersLive, 23 March 2016

VERBATIM: Clinton slams Trump on Brussels attacks: image via Reuters TV @ReutersTV, 23 March 2016

Trump says Muslims are not doing enough to prevent attacks: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 23 March 2016

LIVE: Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz makes remarks in New York: image via Reuters Live @ReutersLive, 23 March 2016

Jeb Bush endorses Ted Cruz for Republican nomination #Election2016: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 23 March 2016

Thank you @SenTedCruz for your strong words to @AIPAC tonight in support of #Israel. It was a pleasure meeting you.: image via Danny Ayalon @DannyAyalon, 21 March 2016

A member of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas holds his weapon during a rally to mark the 12th anniversary of the death of assassinated Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassine in Gaza city: photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP, 23 March 2016

A member of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas holds his weapon during a rally to mark the 12th anniversary of the death of assassinated Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassine in Gaza city: photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP, 23 March 2016

Local band members wait to board a passenger bus to reach a wedding procession venue in Kolkata, India: photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters, 23 March 2016

Local band members wait to board a passenger bus to reach a wedding procession venue in Kolkata, India: photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters, 23 March 2016

A family looks out of a tent as rain falls at a makeshift camp set by migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni: photo by Andrej Isakovic/AFP, 23 March 2016

A family looks out of a tent as rain falls at a makeshift camp set by migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni: photo by Andrej Isakovic/AFP, 23 March 2016

This general view shows a layer of fog descending upon buildings in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong as ships sail in Victoria Harbour: photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP, 23 March 2016



This general view shows a layer of fog descending upon buildings in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong as ships sail in Victoria Harbour: photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP, 23 March 2016

An Orbital ATK’s Cygnus space craft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to go to the International Space Station as seen from Viera in Brevard County, Florida: photo by Tim Shortt/Florida Today/AP, 23 March 2016

 

An Orbital ATK’s Cygnus space craft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to go to the International Space Station as seen from Viera in Brevard County, Florida: photo by Tim Shortt/Florida Today/AP, 23 March 2016 

An injured Syrian man walks holding his daughter’s hand in Tishreen, a northern suburb of the capital Damascus: photo by Sameer Al-Doumy, 23 March 2016



An injured Syrian man walks holding his daughter’s hand in Tishreen, a northern suburb of the capital Damascus: photo by Sameer Al-Doumy, 23 March 2016

  

Hindu devotees daubed in colours sing religious songs inside a temple during Holi celebrations in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 23 March 2016

Hindu devotees daubed in colours sing religious songs inside a temple during Holi celebrations in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 23 March 2016

Happy Holi: The Hindu festival of colors heralds the beginning of spring: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 March 2016

Happy Holi: The Hindu festival of colors heralds the beginning of spring: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 March 2016
 

Happy Holi: The Hindu festival of colors heralds the beginning of spring: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 March 2016

Breaking stigma: Vrindavan widows to get drenched in #Holi colours this year: image via dna Verified account @dna, 17 March 2016 



 Holi celebrations: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 23 March 2016

Brussels attack is another nail in the European Union’s coffin: image via Reuters Opinion @ReutersOpinion, 23 March 2016

 

British tourists play pool at a English bar in Benalmadena, Spain. Spain is Europe’s top destination for British expats with the southern regions of Costa del Sol and Alicante being the most popular places to live: photo by David Ramos via FT Photo Diary, 21 March 2016



British tourists play pool at a English bar in Benalmadena, Spain. Spain is Europe’s top destination for British expats with the southern regions of Costa del Sol and Alicante being the most popular places to live: photo by David Ramos via FT Photo Diary, 21 March 2016

Tor Head, Northern Ireland. A typical Irish encounter -- on a road barely wide enough for two cars to pass each other you meet a herd of sheep moved along not by a shepherd of old but by a modern farmer in his Landrover.: photo by yakshini, 3 June 2008

Sheep and lambs (Ireland): photo by cosmo_71, 23 February 2014

Baaahhd man! (Ireland): photo by Chris Dixon, 18 March 2008

blaaack lamb -- smiling mum! (Wicklow): photo by davida3, 7 April 2009

Sheep and lambs (outside Dublin): photo by Andreas Georghiou, 15 May 2007

Herding Sheep in Ireland: photo by Stacy, 21 May 2008

 Sheep 3 (Balmoral, Belfast, Northern Ireland): photo by sarahluv, 15 May 2009

Shetland sheep, Baltasound. These sheep are closely eyeing the photographer, wondering if it's safe to return to the feeder which they've just run from: photo by Mike Pennington,3 February 2010
 

Polluted Landscape. 'Due to the vast exploitation of coal mines, meadows in Holingol City, Inner Mongolia, China, are left degraded and no cattle or sheep exist there. In order to maintain the image of the city, the local government sculptured more than 120 sheep, as well as cattle, horses and camels in the Horqin grassland': photo by Lu Guang, 2012, via The Guardian, 21 February 2013

Two exhibitors eye each other's charges, Sheep Show: photo by Jeff Carter for Walkabout magazine, c. 1945 (State Library of New South Wales)

Domestic Sheep, Kanazawa Zoo: photo by Toshiro Gamo, 16 January 2015

Attentive sheep [Sarre, Val d'Aosta, Italy]: photo by enki22, 1 March 2013



Sheep [Skipaskagi, Akranes, Iceland]: photo by Atli Hardarson, 23 September 2007

Muddy feet sheep: photo by Micolo J, 1 February 2015

field full of sheep: photo by Micolo J, 3 February 2015

field full of sheep: photo by Micolo J, 3 February 2015

Cunda-sheep and lambs: photo by Güldem Ustün, 29 December 2014

Mrs Sheep. Leicestershire, near Gumley. My first portrait photo. Found this lady when out for a day in the countryside. There were a few of them and their lambs in this field but they were not too happy when I clicked the camera. Managed to get one or two though before they turned their back on me: photo by Katie Dalton, 21 April 2009

Sheep. Kleinfleckschen and 2 of her friends [Morsan, Upper Normandy]: photo by stanze, 10 March 2015

Smoked sheep. Another photograph of sheep in the park [Morsan, Upper Normandy]: photo by stanze, 6 February 2015

Affectionate sheep: photo by Mark Dries, 22 November 2015

Portrait of a sheep on Adox CHS II: photo by Mark Dries, 8 November 2015

Sheep, darkroom print: photo by Mark Dries, 11 November 2015

Sheepish [original version]: photo by Karena Goldfinch, 27 March 2010

Sheepish[hand coloured photogravure version]: photo by Karena Goldfinch, 21 March 2013
 

New Zealand (sheep and herder): albumen print, photographer unknown, c. 1900 (Museum of Photographic Arts)



Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), slightly west of Logan Pass along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park: photo by Wing-Chi Poon, 16 June 2004

 
It went so far, it was so bad (that the best thing was that you were not like them): photo by y Coyhand, 15 November 2015 

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U.S. President Barack Obama dances tango during a state dinner hosted by Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri at the Centro Cultural Kirchner as part of President Obama’s two-day visit to Argentina, in Buenos Aires: photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters, 24 March 2016

Little here has changed least of all the crows divebombing  
the speeding cars on the Ave don't they know it's Holy Week 

Then let the sharp Oceanview March wind tread our ears

I to you turn with tiny dumbo weather-tears starting

later the weird thought memory  you insubmarine tango bar   

Old Edgethrow roaming the questionable waterfront
who to wedlock this wonder wedlock brought not enough
enough to stand up to the numerousness of years expecting 

each be other’s comfort kind but then life happens

always the same almost forever feeling sometimes merciful

sometimes binding close sometimes falling apart

Un sonriente Trump, convertido en Judas de cartón, será quemado en México #AFP @AFPMexico: image via Agence France-Presse @AFPespanol, 24 March 2016

Mexicans to burn @realDonaldTrump effigy in Easter ritual named "Burning of Judas": image via AFPMexico @AFPMexico, 24 March 2016

A man runs after he tried to put himself on fire at a #migrants camp near Idomeni #Greece #AFP Photo by @andrej: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 24 March 2016

 

People hold a child as they protest at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near Idomeni. By @andrej: image via Stephanie Beauge @sbeaugeAFP, 21 March 2016

  

A boy gestures at a #refugee camp near on the Greek-Macedonian border. Thousands of migrants are stranded @AFPphoto @andrej: image via SundayTimesPictures @STPictures, 21 March 2016

Greece: A child stands in a field at the Greek-Macedonian border where migrants and refugees are stranded by @andrej: image via Talar Kalajian @TalarKala, 20 March 2016 

My tribute what I experienced in one week in Idomeni: image via Andrej Isakovic @iandrej. 24 March 2016

When you lookup on Wikipedia you get the following description: Idomeni is a small village in Greece, near the borders with the Republic of Macedonia. The village is located in the municipality of Paeonia, Kilkis regional unit of Central Macedonia. But in the history books it will be remembered by human suffering.  For the past three years, and especially since September 2014, this global drama called migration has unfolded in Idomeni, on the border between Greece and Macedonia. The victims are refugees from Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Morocco, Somalia… Their odyssey was halted in this forgotten place in Europe. I’ve spent only one week photographing all those people at a makeshift camp, but I will remember this for my whole life. -- Andrej Isakovic

A child tries to shake colored powder off during Holi festival celebrations in Bangalore, India: photo by Jagadeesh Nv / European Pressphoto Agency, 24 March 2016

Revelers dance during Holi celebrations, or the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, India: photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press, 24 March 2016
 

Revelers dance during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Gauhati, India: photo by Anupam Nath / Associated Press, 24 March 2016

Hindus celebrate in Ahmadabad, India: photo by Ajit Solanki / Associated Press, 24 March 2016

 
A couple dances during Holi celebrations in Allahabad, India: photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press 24 March 2016

Residents get cleaned up after taking part in Holi celebrations in Chennai, India: photo by Martin Bernetti / AFP, 24 March 2016

US President Barack Obama and his counterpart from Argentina Mauricio Macri make a floral tribute to the victims of the military dictatorship at Parque de la Memoria in Buenos Aires: photo by David Fernandez/EPA 24 March 2016



US President Barack Obama and his counterpart from Argentina Mauricio Macri make a floral tribute to the victims of the military dictatorship at Parque de la Memoria in Buenos Aires: photo by David Fernandez/EPA 24 March 2016

Tomomi Ota pushes a trolley loaded with her humanoid robot Pepper as she crosses a street in Omotesando shopping district in Tokyo: photo by Franck Robinchon/EPA, 24 March 2016



Tomomi Ota pushes a trolley loaded with her humanoid robot Pepper as she crosses a street in Omotesando shopping district in Tokyo: photo by Franck Robinchon/EPA, 24 March 2016

 
Actors playing the role of Jesus and Roman soldiers reenact the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus in a street play as part of Lenten observance during Holy Week in Manila ahead of Easter: photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP, 24 March 2016

Actors playing the role of Jesus and Roman soldiers reenact the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus in a street play as part of Lenten observance during Holy Week in Manila ahead of Easter: photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP, 24 March 2016 

Special police forces stand guard outside the Council Chamber of Brussels during investigations into the Paris and Brussels terror attacks: photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP, 24 March 2016



Special police forces stand guard outside the Council Chamber of Brussels during investigations into the Paris and Brussels terror attacks: photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP, 24 March 2016

 Pope Francis celebrates a Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. During the Mass the Pontiff blesses a token amount of oil that will be used to administer the sacraments for the year: photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AP, 24 March 2016



Pope Francis celebrates a Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. During the Mass the Pontiff blesses a token amount of oil that will be used to administer the sacraments for the year: photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AP, 24 March 2016

A rebel fighter plays football in a damaged street in the neighbourhood of Jobar, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus: photo by Abd Doumany/AFP, 24 March 2016

A rebel fighter plays football in a damaged street in the neighbourhood of Jobar, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus: photo by Abd Doumany/AFP, 24 March 2016

President Obama took to the dance floor last night in Argentina. See him dance the tango.: image via NYT Photo @nytimesphoto, 24 March 2016

Cherry blossoms are in bloom along the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C.: photo by Marc-Antoine Baudoiux/AFP, 24 March 2016

 

Cherry blossoms are in bloom along the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C.: photo by Marc-Antoine Baudoiux/AFP, 24 March 2016

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Part of the body of a migrant protrudes from the sand on a beach in the Alqarbula area, east of the city of Tripoli, Libya. Workers for the Libyan Red Crescent collected nine bodies over two days after a boat sank off the east coast of the city of Tripoli.: photo by Mohamed Ben Khalifa / AP, 19 March 2016

Easter lilies in window on Fresno, bringing
back early maunderings
upon the idea of death, plain and simple, or
cosmetically clothed in familiar
ritual mollifications of
an ordinary uncanny or uncanny
ordinary, in which everybody lived
but only for a while... Then later
God would be there, positioned on a sort of dais
made of blue vaporous cloud
or else simply upon something large and vague
and your childish mind would be ever alive, wondering
what kind of lounge furniture do they have in heaven
a cloud, awash in a soft spray of golden
yellowish light... God-light... perhaps extending a hand
or more likely ignoring your presence
as though you hadn't really died
yet, but were just being treated to a brief
preview of the festivities, which for that
matter didn't really appear to have anything festive in them
certainly no creaturely joy or solid colour or sweet wild song
for without the material world, how
throw together a halfway decent festivity?
Is there no change of death in paradise?

When they roll away the stone, does light pour in?
Are there, like... snacks? 
The idea of death
in the mind of a child
is an idea wasted on an unformed mind
way back when, in the pre-world
before imagination died
God would be there, in that spray of golden
yellowish light
coming out of a bright mist of cloud
through which one might walk
or fall...  that wide water
without sound
but for the soft calls of the wood doves
beside a pool in Palestine
along the Perkiomen,
the deer coming down to water,
the quail uttering their spontaneous cries
as Jesus walks off
with Pontius Pilate and Pontius Pilate's dog
into the stars, on a beam of light
but are these memories or dreams
or the mere last blurts of the imagination of the child
from under the pillowcase
in the moments of forgetting
something important, what is it again?
... what is there left to believe?
He walks with me and he talks
with me and he calls me his own
as we walk out into the cosmic dark
on the broad beam of light
across that wide water without sound

A very painful picture of a lifeless body buried under sand of Garabulli beach east of Tripoli #libya #migrant crisis: image via Mohamed Ben Khalifa @mbenkhalifaly, 22 March 2016 

A very painful picture of a lifeless body that is buried under the sand of Garabulli beach east of Tripoli, Saturday, March 19, 2016

The more painful part is that this lifeless body was added by the Red Crescent to another 11 lifeless bodies saved in death bags on the beach since last Friday March 18th, as there wasn't any legal department responsible for the burial ceremony.

The Red Crescent mentioned that the death fridges in Tripoli medical center were ruined and the central hospital's death fridges are full, therefore those lifeless bodies couldn't be saved anywhere.

It's probably leading to a real disaster as the number of the lifeless bodies is expected to be increased by the coming days which will lead to spreading the diseases in the area.

The Red Crescent wasn't able to put all the lifeless bodies in death bags.

In addition it's very painful that those people couldn't find a place to live in when they were alive or a place to be buried in when they have passed away.

-- Mohamed Ben Khalifa, 22 March 2016

Guards with mood... Libya: image via Mohamed Ben Khalifa @mbenkhalifaly, 22 February 2016

"Then the campaign took a darker turn..."

Suicide bomber kills 29 people at Iraq football stadium. #Iraq #RIP: image via Photos of Football @photosoffootball, 25 March 2016

[Welcome to the Free World, Brussels]: image via AFP news agency Verified account @AFP, 26 March 2016

 

Cruz calls Trump a 'sniveling coward' @Election2016: image via Reuters Politics @Reuters Politics, 25 March 2016

Campaign update: image via Matt Pearce @mattdpearce, 25 March 2016

"Then the campaign took a darker turn...""how low will Donald go? - @tedcruz in Wisconsin: image via Hallie Jackson @Hallie Jackson, 25 March 2016   Oshkosh, WI 

A blast near Palmyra citadel as Syrian troops reclaim 4,000-year-old city from Islamic State: image via AFP news agency Verified account @AFP, 25 March 2016

IS setbacks in Syria and Iraq: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 26 March 2016

Suicide bombers kill three soldiers in attack on Iraq base: image via Yahoo News @Yahoo News, 26 March 2016

 

Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees, supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, hold a position during clashes with Shiite Houthi rebels west of the city of Taez: photo by Ahmad Al-Basha / AFP, 21 March 2016

An Indian artist works on a clay figure of Gopal, a Hindu idol, in Kolkata, India. Hundreds of families make their living from idol-making figures. Most of the effigies of deities are immersed in the river during Hindu festivals.: photo by Bernat Armangue / AP, 19 March 2016

 
Fans try to get out of the way after San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Duffy loses his bat in the third inning during a spring training game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Arizona: photo by Rick Scuteri / USA Today Sports / Reuters, 23 March 2016

 
A woman wearing a traditional “Mantilla” coverchief stands during the “Gitanos”, or The Gypsy, brotherhood procession in Ronda, Spain, during Holy Week: photo by Jorge Guerrero/AFP, 20 March 2016

 
A ram stands pegged to the ground ahead of a ram fighting competition held at the National Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria. With eight weight categories and referees, the Ram Lovers Association of Nigeria (RLAM) is working to bring ram fighting into the mainstream by enforcing a strict set of rules to ensure ram safety and fair play. Hundreds of people gathered under a blazing sun to watch the rams fight on a sandy pitch, fenced off with orange and blue rope. The Nigerian ram-fighting rules state that at the start of a tournament rams are allowed to hit 30 blows before the referee calls a tie. By the finals, rams can head-butt up to 100 times.: photo by Stefan Heunis / AFP, 20 March 2016

 
Boys play near rubble of damaged buildings in the rebel held besieged town of Douma, eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria: photo by Bassam Khabieh / Reuters, 19 March 2016
 

Indian revelers, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during Holi celebrations, or the Hindu festival of colors in Allahabad, India: photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP, 24 March 2016

A refugee sets himself and a fellow refugee on fire during a protest demanding the Greek-Macedonian border be opened, at a makeshift camp near the village of Idomeni, Greece: photo by Kostas Tsironis / Reuters, 22 March 2016
 

McLaren Honda's Spanish driver Fernando Alonso crashes into the wall after colliding with Haas F1 Team's Brazilian driver Esteban Gutierrez during the Formula One Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne: photo by Max Blyton / AFP, 20 March 2016


A member of security (left) tries to break up a scuffle between an anti-Donald Trump protester, out of picture, and another person (right) as the Republican presidential candidate was speaking during a campaign rally in Tucson, Arizona: photo by  Ross D. Franklin / AP, 19 March 2016

An Indian Hindu widow smeared with colors sits and watches others playing during Holi celebrations at the Gopinath temple, 180 kilometers (112 miles) southeast of New Delhi, India. A few years ago this joyful celebration was forbidden for Hindu widows. Like hundreds of thousands of observant Hindu women they would have been expected to live out their days in quiet worship, dressed only in white, their very presence being considered inauspicious for all religious festivities: photo by Manish Swarup / AP, 21 March 2016
  

A policeman stands guard at the Midi train station following bomb attacks in Brussels, Belgium: photo by Christian Hartmann / Reuters, 22 March 2016 
 

In this framegrab taken from VTM, armed police officers escort Salah Abdeslam to a police vehicle during a raid in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels, Belgium. The identity of Salah Abdeslam was confirmed Saturday 19 March 2016, by French police and deputy mayor of Molenbeek, Ahmed El Khannouss quoting official Belgium police sources. After an intense four-month manhunt across Europe and beyond, police on Friday captured Salah Abdeslam, the top suspect in last year's deadly Paris attacks, in the same Brussels neighborhood where he grew up.: photo by AP, 18 March 2016 


Penitents from the “Real Hermandad del Santisimo Cristo de las Injurias—El Silencio” brotherhood parade during a Holy Week procession in the northwestern Spanish city of Zamora: photo by Cesar Manso / AF, 23 March 2016


The Airlander 10 airship in its hangar during its media launch at Cardington Airfield in Shortstown near Bedford. The Airlander, which was originally developed for the US military, is 300 feet (91 metres) long, according to its British maker, Hybrid Air Vehicles. The Airlander is essentially three streamlined airship-type bodies merged into one with wings and rotary engines.: photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP, 21 March 2016


A girl cries in front of injured people at the scene of an explosion on the pedestrian Istiklal avenue in Istanbul, Turkey. A suicide bombing ripped through a famous shopping street in central Istanbul killing four people and injuring dozens less than a week after an attack by Kurdish rebels left 35 dead in Ankara.: photo by AFP 19 March 2016


Shaun Lee, nephew of the late former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, takes a photo of a portrait made up of 4877 erasers bearing the Singapore flag ahead of the first anniversary of Lee's passing in Singapore.: photo by Edgar Su / Reuters, 20 March 2016 


An Israeli spectator watches a giant T-Rex balloon during the Purim Parade and Festival in Petah Tikva, Israel: photo by Oded Balilty / AP, 24 March 2016 

Students of the special military school Saint-Cyr attend a ceremony as part of a presentation of a 15th-century ring believed to have been owned by French heroine Joan of Arc, at the theme park in Les Epesses, western France. The Puy du Fou foundation announced in early March 2016 to have bought the ring attributed to Joan of Arc and valued at 376,883 euros in Great Britain, but whose “authenticity could not be certified” by the L'Historial Jeanne d'Arc museum in Rouen.: photo by Jean-Sebastien Evrard / AFP, 20 March 2016

An elephant attacks an Indian resident in a field in Baghasole, in the Burdwan district of West Bengal. Five people were killed by wild elephants that went on a rampage through a number of villages in eastern India, a local official said on 21 Marc. Another man was critically injured by the four elephants in West Bengal state on 20 March after they apparently strayed from their herd.: photo by AFP, 20 March 2016
 

Air Force One carrying U.S. President Barack Obama and his family flies over a neighborhood of Havana as it approaches the runway to land at Havana's international airport for the first visit to Cuba by a sitting U.S. president in nearly 90 years: photo by Reuters, 20 March 2016

 

Miniature cars cover the dashboard of taxi driver Roman Donoso as he navigates the streets of downtown Santiago, Chile. Donoso said he has just 40 miniature cars inside his taxi, with hundreds more at home.: photo by Esteban Felix/Associated Press, 22 February 2016

An Iranian woman walks past a graffiti depicting bird wings in downtown Tehran: photo by Behrouz Mehri/AFP, 25 February 2016

Pink's Towing hauls the big head from MOSH over the Acosta Bridge to Hemming Park. The giant mouth that has served as the entrance to the Museum of Science and History's The Body Within exhibit since 2009 was moved to its new home in Hemming Park in downtown Jacksonville, Florida: photo by Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP, 25 February 2016

A woman carries a boy through a flooded alley following a heavy rain in Jakarta, Indonesia: photo by Dita Alangkara/Associated Press, 26 February 2016 

A Palestinian girl dressed in a traditional outfit walks in a field near her house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza: photo by WAC/AFP, 7 February 2016

Palestinian children play in old damaged cars in Gaza City's eastern suburb of Al-Shejaiya. Scrap dealers collect the remains of old vehicles near the border with Israel.: photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP, 3 February 2016

A 6-month old female giant panda cub, an offspring of Xing Xing, formerly known as Fu Wa and Liang Liang, formerly known as Feng Yi, plays with a soft-toy panda at the Giant Panda Conservation Center at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Two giant pandas have been on loan to Malaysia from China for 10 years since May 21, 2014, to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations.: photo by Joshua Paul/Associated Press, 18 February 2016

A Pakistani vendor who sells corns to earn a living for his family, waits for customers in Karachi, Pakistan: photo by Shakil Adil/Associated Press, 23 February 2016

A Bangladeshi worker uses a welder to make repairs to a large ferry, at a dockyard on the river bank of Buriganga, Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least twenty-eight dockyards occupying 30.96 acres of the Buriganga shore have been in operation without proper safety measures and guidelines.: photo by Abir Abdullah/EPA, 18 February 2016

A man is silhouetted against a wall as he walks through an alley in a slum in Jakarta, Indonesia: photo by Dita Alangkara/Associated Press, 18 February 2016

A person rides a moped on an empty street with the sign of destinations in each lane in Tokyo, on the National Foundation Day holiday: photo by Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press, 11 February 2016

Palestinian youth, members of a Gazan martial art group, perform fire breathing at ruins of a house that was destroyed in the 2014 Israeli invasion, in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip: photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP, 11 February 2016

A man rows a small wooden boat on a misty morning on Inya lake in Yangon, Myanmar: photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/Associated Press, 20 February 2016

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True Miracle Tabernacle Community Church of God in Christ (Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia).: photo by efo, 11 March 2016

When first we met we did not guess
we eased back the way you did no door open
alone as if enduring to the end
surrounded by thy slotted saints

we stood there in the middle of the road
who could foretell this disaster

When first we met we did not guess

we stood there in the middle of the road
surrounded by thy slotted saints
we eased back the way you did no door open
alone as if enduring to the end
who could foretell this disaster

When first we met we did not guess
alone as if enduring to the end
we eased back the way you did no door open
we stood there in the middle of the road
surrounded by thy slotted saints
who could foretell this disaster

Holy Ghost Crusade Church Diptych. Philadelphia. Diptych from Zarya.: photo by efo, 27 March 2016

Hassan's Make A Choice Variety Store. Philadelphia. Iskra.: photo by efo, 26 March 2016

Doghouse. Philadelphia. Iskra. Or is it some other kind of dwelling?.: photo by efo, 26 March 2016

Excellent freedom (Philadelphia): photo by efo, 11 March 2016

Auto repair, Philadelphia: photo by efo, 11 March 2016

High Test (Philadelphia): photo by efo, 12 March 2016

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  Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by SAQ, 14 March 2015

Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by SAQ, 14 March 2015

 

  Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by SAQ, 14 March 2015

  Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by SAQ, 14 March 2016

                        You little stars that live in skies

So runs my dreambut what am I?
And with no language but a cry
As it turns it picks up  an accelerated

random  stranger on a train

psychomimetic reflected in somebody's lost
 glasses

  freako-whacko-future

day in the park

mechanical wailing unheard in dream
kind of 
   momentum

spinning off the rails

out of control exploding

and the kids...

  Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by SAQ, 14 March 2015

Gulshan park is the only entertainment for local kids who can't afford xbox, iPad etc #LahoreBlast: image via Rahman Anwer @rahmananwer, 27 March 2016

This photo was taken shortly before the attack. #LahoreBlast: image via The AnonMessage  @The AnonMessage, 27 March 2016

 Pakistan blast kills 56, injures hundreds in Lahore: officials #LahoreBlast: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 27 March 2016

 Pakistan blast kills 56, injures hundreds in Lahore: officials #LahoreBlast: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 27 March 2016


After bombing at Lahore park, Pakistanis ask: "What was the crime of these children?": image via Los Angeles Times @latimes, 28 March 2016
 

 
Women try to comfort a mother who lost her son in bomb attack in Lahore, Pakistan: photo by K.M. Chaudary / AP, 28 March 2016


Eric John, bottom, who survived Sunday's attack, cries during the funeral of his cousin. The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore rose on Monday as the country started observing a three-day mourning period following the attack.: photo by K.M. Chaudary / AP, 28 March 2016

People mourn over the coffin of a victim a day after a suicide bomb attack at a park, in Lahore, Pakistan. At least 70 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack that targeted a public park in Lahore.: photo by Rahat Dar / EPA, 28 March 2016

Members of a civil society group light candles during a vigil for the victims of Sunday's suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan: photo by Shakil Adil / Associated Press, 28 March 2016
 
 
Pakistani Christians mourn the death of a blast victim in Lahore. Pakistan's army launched raids and arrested suspects after a Taliban suicide bomber targeting Christians over Easter killed 72 people including many children in a park crowded with families: photo by Arif Ali/AFP, 28 March 2016

The scene of the attack on the day after the blast in Lahore, Pakistan: photo by Rahat Dar / EPA, 28 March 2016

Pakistani Christians mourn a blast victim at a cemetery in Lahore: photo by Arif Ali/AFP, 28 March 2016

People mourn over the coffin of a victim a day after a suicide bomb attack at a park, in Lahore, Pakistan: photo by Rahat Dar / EPA, 29 March 2016

People who were injured in a suicide bomb attack are hospitalized in Lahore, Pakistan: photo by Omer Saleem / EPA, 28 March 2016


Pakistani police officers stand guard at the site of a bomb blast in a park in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday: photo by K.M. Chaudary / AP, 28 March 2016


A woman injured in the bomb blast is comforted by a family member at a local hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday: photo by K.M. Chaudary / AP, 27 March 2016


A man carries an injured child to a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday: photo by Arif Ali/AFP, 27 March 2016

Pakistani rescuers carry a body from a bomb blast site in Lahore, Pakistan, in an ambulance Sunday: photo by Arif Ali/AFP, 27 March 2016

Pakistani emergency workers and police officers gather at a bomb blast site in Lahore on Sunday: photo by Arif Ali/AFP, 27 March 2016
   

 #UPDATE: Pakistan blast kills 65, injures hundreds in Lahore: officials #LahoreBlast: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 March 2016

Suicide attack in Pakistan kills 65 at Easter: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 March 2016

An injured Pakistani child victim of the Lahore Taliban suicide blast is treated in hospital: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 27 March 2016

UPDATE: Pakistan army crackdown as families bury victims of Easter blast #LahoreBlast: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 March 2016

Worst fears come true for Pakistan's Christians in Easter attack #LahoreBlast: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 March 2016

Families bury victims of Pakistan Easter attack, after Taliban bomber killed 72 #LahoreBlast: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 March 2016

Families bury victims of Pakistan Easter attack, after Taliban bomber killed 72 #LahoreBlast: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 28 March 2016

Pakistan hunts militants behind blast that killed 70:: image via Reuters Top News  @Reuters, 28 March 2016

Facebook stumbles again with 'Safety Check' after Lahore blast: image via Reuters Tech News  @ReutersTech, 28 March 2016

Pakistan to launch paramilitary crackdown after Easter bombing kills 70: image via Reuters Top News  @Reuters, 28 March 2016

Pope calls Pakistan attack hideous, demands protection for Christians: image via Reuters India @ReutersIndia, 28 March 2016

 #LahoreBlast : "Until when will we see our loved ones getting killed in such attacks?": image via Al Jazeera English Verified account @AJEnglish, 27 March 2016

Finest example of humanity---> crowd gathered in the hospital corridors to donate blood #LahoreBlast: image via Nazia Memon @NaziaMemon01 @Reuters, 27 March 2016

UPDATE: Death toll in #LahoreBlast rises to at least 70 Photo: Arif Ali/AFP: image via AJE News Verified account @AJE News, 28 March 2016

  
#LahoreBlast:"Until when will we see our loved ones getting killed in such attacks?": image via AJE News Verified account @AJE News, 28 March 2016

Details of 57 of the #LahoreBlast victims.: image via M H T @HanzalaOfficial, 28 March 2016

Dua for the victims and the injured of #LahoreBlast was also held.: image via PTI Karachi Official @PTI_KHI, 28 March 2016

Lemme just leave this here #LahoreBlast #turkeybombing: image via Ali de behzad @aliiovo, 28 March 2016

The Crows. taken at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by Nauman Khawaja, 29 March 2007

A view of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore, Pakistan: photo by Adnanrail, 6 December 2009

   
Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by SAQ, 14 March 2015

  Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by SAQ, 14 March 2015

 Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by SAQ, 14 March 2015

 Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by SAQ, 14 March 2015

  Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by SAQ, 14 March 2015

  Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore: photo by SAQ, 14 March 2015

On the village green

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An elevated view shows the remains of the production site of a poultry farm at Wiesenhof in Lohnde, northern Germany, after a fire destroyed large parts of the production site: photo by Lars Klemmer/AFP, 29 March 2016

 

An elevated view shows the remains of the production site of a poultry farm at Wiesenhof in Lohnde, northern Germany, after a fire destroyed large parts of the production site: photo by Lars Klemmer/AFP, 29 March 2016

Suns rage
And suns rage,
Days want sun,
Sun wants bright,
Night wants shade,
Dead queens graves,
Down I sat, 
I sat down, 
There I sat, 
I sat there, 
Straight I saw, 
I saw straight, 
I did look, 
Look did I, 
Bright they were, 
They were bright,
Still I gazed, 
I gazed still, 
Two stars then, 
Then two stars,
Appeared there,
There appeared,
Eyes she had, 
She had eyes, 
This was she, 
She was this,  

Suns rage
And suns rage,
Days want sun,
Sun wants bright,
Night wants shade,
Drank Kool-Aid,
Down sat, 
Sat down, 
There sat, 
Sat there, 
Straight saw, 
Saw straight, 
Did look, 
Look did I, 
Bright they were, 
They were bright,
Still I gazed, 
I gazed still,

Two stars then, 
Then two stars,
Appeared there,
There appeared,
Eyes she had, 
She had eyes, 
This was she, 
She was this.

Firefighters stand next to a burnt production hall of poultry farm Wiesenhof in Lohnde, northern Germany: photo by Ingo Wagner / DPA / AFP, 29 March 2016 

A model waits backstage before a fashion show in Beijing: photo by Wu Hong / EPA, 29 March 2016

Freddy Nock of Switzerland walks on tightrope during a competition in Wulong county, Chongqing, China: photo by Reuters / China Daily, 30 March 2016

Geishas perform a traditional dance at a department store in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. Geishas working in the area displayed some of their skills for visiting shoppers to promote a cultural event taking place next month.: photo by Toru Yamanaka / AFP, 30 March 2016

A model presents a creation for the Hempel Award 24th China International Young Fashion Designers Contest at China Fashion Week in Beijing: photo by Kim Kyung-hoon / Reuters, 25 March 2016

Special paramilitary policemen attend a training session in Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China: photo by Reuters, 30 March 2016

A general view shows the Tata steelworks in the town of Port Talbot, Wales: photo by Rebecca Naden / Reuters, 30 March 2016

Palestinians run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest marking the 40th Land Day anniversary, outside Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Wednesday: photo by Majdi Mohammed/AP, 30 March 2016



Palestinians run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest marking the 40th Land Day anniversary, outside Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Wednesday: photo by Majdi Mohammed/AP, 30 March 2016

A man walks his dog on Aberavon beach in the shadow of the Tata Steel plant at Port Talbot on Wednesday. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry: photo by Christopher Furlong via FT Photo Diary, 30 March 2016



A man walks his dog on Aberavon beach in the shadow of the Tata Steel plant at Port Talbot on Wednesday. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry: photo by Christopher Furlong via FT Photo Diary, 30 March 2016

 
A man takes a photograph of the stage before a campaign event featuring Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, USA: photo by Patrick Semansky/AP, 30 March 2016


 
A man takes a photograph of the stage before a campaign event featuring Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, USA: photo by Patrick Semansky/AP, 30 March 2016

A Palestinian protester uses a sling to return a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes at a protest marking Land Day, near Israel’s Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah today. March 30 marks Land Day, the annual commemoration of protests in 1976 against Israel’s appropriation of Arab-owned land in the Galilee.: photo byMohamad Torokman/Reuters, 30 March 2016

A Palestinian protester uses a sling to return a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes at a protest marking Land Day, near Israel’s Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah today. March 30 marks Land Day, the annual commemoration of protests in 1976 against Israel’s appropriation of Arab-owned land in the Galilee.: photo byMohamad Torokman/Reuters, 30 March 2016

Delivery men attend a training session in Shanghai, China: photo by Reuters, 30 March 2016



Delivery men attend a training session in Shanghai, China: photo by Reuters, 30 March 2016

Palestinian boy Sabri Attalah, 17, works at a pottery workshop in Gaza City March 21, 2016. Attalah, who works along with his family members at their workshop, earns around 25 Shekels ($6.4) per working day. The boy, who has quit school, had hoped to be a design engineer.: photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters, 30 March 2016

Palestinian boy Sabri Attalah, 17, works at a pottery workshop in Gaza City March 21, 2016. Attalah, who works along with his family members at their workshop, earns around 25 Shekels ($6.4) per working day. The boy, who has quit school, had hoped to be a design engineer.: photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters, 30 March 2016

 Migrants play soccer at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece today: photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters, 30 March 2016



Migrants play soccer at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece today: photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters, 30 March 2016

Women take a selfie with blooming cherry blossoms at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo today. Visitors enjoy a total of 1,100 cherry trees of 65 different types that start to bloom from February until the end of April at the park.: photo by Shizuo Kambayashi/AP 30 March 2016



Women take a selfie with blooming cherry blossoms at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo today. Visitors enjoy a total of 1,100 cherry trees of 65 different types that start to bloom from February until the end of April at the park.: photo by Shizuo Kambayashi/AP 30 March 2016

 

Freddy Nock of Switzerland walks on tightrope during a competition in Wulong county, Chongqing, China today: photo by China Daily/Reuters, 30 March 2016



Freddy Nock of Switzerland walks on tightrope during a competition in Wulong county, Chongqing, China today: photo by China Daily/Reuters, 30 March 2016

A close up of the damaged tower in Ajman: photo by Antonie Robertson / The National, 29 March 2016

Crews continue to douse the fire the next morning: photo by Antonie Robertson / The National, 29 March 2016

The Ajman tower: photo by Antonie Robertson / The National, 29 March 2016

Fire and smoke billow from a high-rise building in Ajman. Five are believed to have suffered minor burns.: photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP, 29 March 2016

 
Members of the Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire at residential buildings in the Sowan area of Ajman.: photo by Ali Haider / EPA 29 March 2016

Members of the Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire at residential buildings in the Sowan area of Ajman.: photo by Ali Haider / EPA 29 March 2016

Debris falls from a high-rise building as a fire spreads up the side of the building in Ajman.: photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP, 29 March 2016

Fire and smoke billow from a high-rise building in Ajman. Five are believed to have suffered minor burns.: photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP, 29 March 2016

Fire engulfs a tower at a residential cluster in Ajman: photo by AFP, 29 March 2016

A monkey walks on a power line in Colombo, Sri Lanka: photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters, 29 March 2016

Refugees sit around a fire at a camp on the Greek-Macedonian border: photo by Georgi Licovski / EPA, 29 March 2016

A Bangladeshi labourer bales water from a boat while waiting to unload watermelons at a dock in Dhaka: photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP, 28 March 2016

A child walks on a rail carriage at a makeshift camp for refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece: photo by Marko Djurica / Reuters, 28 March 2016

A labourer works on the roof of an old building on a hazy morning in central Beijing, China: photo by Jason Lee / Reuters, 28 March 2016

A general view of the new Shanghai Disney Resort in the Pudong area of the Chinese city: photo by AFP Photo, 28 March 2016

Syrian troops take a selfie as they walk along the damaged streets of the residential neighbourhoods in the modern town adjacent to the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The city has been recaptured from ISIL.: photo by Maher Al Mounes / AFP, 28 March 2016 
 

A Pakistani man, seen through shattered glass, assess damage at a bus station after a protest against the hanging of policeman Mumtaz Qadri turned violent in Islamabad: photo by Anjum Naveed / AP Photo, 28 March 2016

A soldier of the People’s Liberation Army attends a training session in Heihe, Heilongjiang Province, China: photo by Reuters, 27 March 2016

Hungary’s captain Balazs Dzsudzsak celebrates scoring with fans during the friendly football match Hungary v Croatia at the Ferenc Puskas Stadion in Budapest, Hungary: photo by Attila Kisbenedek / AFP, 27 March 2016

A job fair is held at Shandong University in Jinan, Shandong Province, China: photo by Reuters, 26 March 2016

North Korean defectors fly balloons that carry 50,000 anti-North Korean government propaganda leaflets, along with US dollar notes, into North Korea, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Paju in Gyeonggi-do Province. South Korean president Park Geun-hye recently warned that North Korea’s provocations will eventually lead to the regime’s collapse, as she increased pressure on the reclusive regime to dismantle its nuclear weapons program: photo by EPA, 26 March 2016

China’s president Xi Jinping, centre right, meets the Russian presidential chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov, centre left, at The Great Hall Of The People in Beijing: photo by Lintao Zhang / EPA, 25 March 2016

A damaged Taiwanese cargo ship grounded offshore near Shihmen district in New Taipei City: photo by Sam Yeh / AFP Photo, 25 March 2016

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UNHCR warns against refugee returns to Turkey: image via Reuters TV @ReutersTV, 1 April 2016

A shadow of migrants waiting for food in the makeshift refugee camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece: photo by Darko Vojinovic/AP, 31 March 2016



A shadow of migrants waiting for food in the makeshift refugee camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece: photo by Darko Vojinovic/AP, 31 March 2016

Macedonian Army soldiers patrol between the two-line fence set along the border line between Macedonia and Greece, near southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija: photo by Boris Grdanoski/AP, 31 March 2016 



Macedonian Army soldiers patrol between the two-line fence set along the border line between Macedonia and Greece, near southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija: photo by Boris Grdanoski/AP, 31 March 2016

Migrants and refugees wait in the line for food distribution in the makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of Idomeni: photo by Bulent Kilic / AFP, 31 March 2016 

Migrants stranded in Greece, along with human rights activists and students, shout during a protest against recent border closures across the Balkans: photo by Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters, 31 March 2016

A woman refugee sits in the makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near Idomeni I By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 March 2016

#instantané Une femme sèche du linge dans le camp de migrants d'Idomeni. Photo par @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpfr, 31 March 2016

  Extraña soledad en Idomeni #DiaenImagenes por @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpespanol, 1 April 2016

A man cuts a boy's hair at a makeshift camp near #Idomeni on the #Greece #Macedonia border photo @Kilicbil @AFPphoto: image via SundayTimesPictures @STPictures, 1 April 2016

Today's @Newsweek Big Shot by @Kilicbil: Turkey accused of forcing refugees back to Syria: image via Jen Tse @jentse, 1 April 2016

#migrants and #refugees in #Idomeni #Greece today #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 1 April 2016

#migrants and #refugees in #Idomeni #Greece today #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 1 April 2016

#migrants and #refugees in #Idomeni #Greece today #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 1 April 2016

#migrants and #refugees in #Idomeni #Greece today #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 1 April 2016

#migrants Syrian refugee women gather around bonfire in #Idomeni #Greece today #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 1 April 2016

GREECE - Refugees get water at the makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near Idomeni I By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 March 2016

GREECE - A refugee boy plays with a paper boat at the makeshift camp near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 April 2016

Jugando entre charcos: refugiados pero también niños #Idomeni #DiaenImagenes @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpespanol, 1 April 2016

Harrowing #refugeecrisis photos from Idomeni by James Nachtwey @TIME: image via Patrick Witty @patrickwitty, 24 March 2016

An estimated 1,000 migrants made their way from the sprawling camp in Idomeni, Greece and crossed a river near the border in the hopes of crossing into Macedonia on 14 March: photo by James nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

 

A man prays near the railroad tracks in the Idomeni refugee camp at the Greece Macedonia border, where thousands of refugees now seek shelter, as they are unable to make their way further north in Europe: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

A man warms his feet at a sprawling refugee camp along the border of Greece and Macedonia near the town of Idomeni. The refugees are being stopped from moving beyond Greece and have been languishing in the rain, mud, and cold with insufficient food and medical care while sleeping in small tents: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March  2016

 Refugees seek warmth in a camp at the border of Greece and Macedonia near the town of Idomeni. The path that more than a million asylum seekers had used to reach Germany last year, going from Turkey to Greece and up through the Balkans is no longer possible because of border closures, leaving thousands stranded in Greece: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

Refugees seek warmth in a camp at the border of Greece and Macedonia near the town of Idomeni. The path that more than a million asylum seekers had used to reach Germany last year, going from Turkey to Greece and up through the Balkans is no longer possible because of border closures, leaving thousands stranded in Greece: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

  Refugees languish in the rain, mud and cold at the sprawling Idomeni camp on the Greece Macedonia border: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

 

Refugees languish in the rain, mud and cold at the sprawling Idomeni camp on the Greece Macedonia border: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

Refugees wearing rain gear stand on a food distribution line at refugee camp in Greece, near the border with Macedonia. Under the terms of the Brussels agreement signed March 20, all asylum seekers who reach the Greek islands will be sent back to Turkey. Nations to the north of Greece will keep their borders closed to asylum seekers, guarding them with a system of checkpoints and razor-wire fences.: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

 

Refugees wearing rain gear stand on a food distribution line at refugee camp in Greece, near the border with Macedonia. Under the terms of the Brussels agreement signed March 20, all asylum seekers who reach the Greek islands will be sent back to Turkey. Nations to the north of Greece will keep their borders closed to asylum seekers, guarding them with a system of checkpoints and razor-wire fences.: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

A man sleeps at a camp for refugees near the border town of Idomeni in Greece. Thousands are stranded in Greece because of border closures in the Balkans.: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

A man sleeps at a camp for refugees near the border town of Idomeni in Greece. Thousands are stranded in Greece because of border closures in the Balkans.: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

 Thousands of refugees are stranded in a "no-mans land" camp at the border of Greece and Macedonia near the town of Idomeni. Since it was created around railway tracks last summer, conditions have grown increasingly unlivable, with shortages of food, toilets and health care, as well as beds. The camp’s inhabitants cook their meals over bonfires of plastic and other trash.: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

 

Thousands of refugees are stranded in a "no-mans land" camp at the border of Greece and Macedonia near the town of Idomeni. Since it was created around railway tracks last summer, conditions have grown increasingly unlivable, with shortages of food, toilets and health care, as well as beds. The camp’s inhabitants cook their meals over bonfires of plastic and other trash.: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

Laundry hangs on a line on 13 March in the sprawling camp for refugees near the village of Idomeni, Greece at the border with Macedonia, where thousands are now stranded unable to make their way north: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

Laundry hangs on a line on 13 March in the sprawling camp for refugees near the village of Idomeni, Greece at the border with Macedonia, where thousands are now stranded unable to make their way north: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

 

 A boy peers out of a tent at a refugee camp in Greece at the Macedonian border, where 12,000 inhabitants -- nearly all of them Syrians, Iraqis or Afghans -- have been huddling in their shelters atop the mud: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

 The sprawling camp near Idomeni, Greece which now houses thousands of refugees who have been stopped from moving across the border into Macedonia, in order to make their way further north in Europe. The Idomeni camp is a visible symbol of Europe's inability to cope with the migrant crisis.: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

 

The sprawling camp near Idomeni, Greece which now houses thousands of refugees who have been stopped from moving across the border into Macedonia, in order to make their way further north in Europe. The Idomeni camp is a visible symbol of Europe's inability to cope with the migrant crisis.: photo by James Nachtwey for TIME, 24 March 2016

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Indian rescue workers work on a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India. A long section collapsed, with tons of concrete and steel falling midday traffic, killing several and injuring many.: photo by Bikas Das/AP, 31 March 2016

Indian rescue workers work on a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India. A long section collapsed, with tons of concrete and steel falling midday traffic, killing several and injuring many.: photo by Bikas Das/AP, 31 March 2016
 

Rescue workers clear the rubble of a partially collapsed flyover in Kolkata: photo by Bikas Das / AP, 31 March 2016 

A view of the collapsed flyover in #Kolkata. Reuters pic by Rupak De Chowdhuri.: image via Reuters India @ReutersIndia, 31 March 2016

PHOTOS: Flyover collapse in #Kolkata: image via Reuters India @ReutersIndia, 31 March 2016

Flyover collapse in Kolkata kills 14; scores feared trapped: image via Reuters India @ReutersIndia, 31 March 2016

 

WATCH: Security camera footage ofLatest Reuters update on the #Kolkata flyover collapse: image via Reuters India @ReutersIndia, 31 March

A man seen trapped in #Kolkata flyover debris. (Pic: Rupak De Chowdhuri): image via Reuters India @ReutersIndia, 31 March 2016

India overpass collapse kills 14; scores feared trapped:: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 31 March 2016

Virginia St. level crossing, Berkeley: photo by TJ Gehling, 10 February 2014

Byron (Trials of Transportation)

We crossed paths often in the same late hour

At that fearsome death corner on Colusa -- Byron alone

Rigid intent fierce determined tough in all weathers
Independent beyond anybody ever known
Resistant to outside influence other than that of his exacting God

Infinitely vulnerable totally blind ever since long ago Bible College

Hermit Byron
Pathetically girded in the night

For heartstopping expedition down the Ave to Safeway

The Lord's own stifflegged wooden warrior marching ever onward with 

Crash helmet kneepads dark goggles in mysterious shadow world
Backpack for groceries long white red-tipped stick
The lance of a Uccello footsoldier

Poking out ahead hesitating 

To listen before launching within permanent dark

From tiny traffic island perch mid torrent

Into insane traffic stream crossing without seeing never seeinganything
Since losing his sight completely long long ago
While at Bible College 
Furious headlong in purpose as a man possessed by inner vision

Against the light in face of mad oncoming bumping into curbs into 

Parked cars falling getting up undaunted plunging on readjusting course
Inner navigation flaw errant repeated correction path providential
Zigzag

Through shapeless yet tangible unknown
Traffic pandemonium

As if unstoppable... Byron the blind guy not getting killed
In a series of impossible miracles managing

To escape all dangers 
Without ever knowing they were there
Rushing directly toward him

At that most lethal corner surviving somehow all these years...

Byron the nocturnal somnambulist 

Byron the evangelist
Byron the dogged foe of the forces of atheism in their several guises

Byron the hermit Byron the blest interrogator Byron the ever unappeased

Byron the obscure scourge of a crazy grim Lord...

The trials of transportation
For the old are continuous yet variable by degree and for none ever more acute
Than every day for Byron the blind isolato
A walking collection of bruises in boots uncomplaining

...Then
One morning last month at the Gilman Street Amtrak level crossing 
Byron marched out onto the tracks toting a trash bag
En route to the recycling center

Just as a silent-running UP commuter train came along

Oaktown to Sac Martinez Division

And separatedByron from one of his feet... 

At Highland they sawed off the rest of the leg and there

Attended by nobody but the ICU nurses
After two and a half weeks Byron finally slipped

Out of the too bright world he couldn't see

Into the permanent darkness he'd always known was out there

But could never see coming 

 The Blink of an Eye. [Near Gilman St. level crossing, Berkeley.] An Amtrak California train speeds through a signal bridge on the Union Pacific Martinez subdivision.: photo by Matt Blaze, 17 October 2010

Amtrak train, Berkeley, California: photo by Jeremy Brooks 23 March 2010

Drawbridge No. 8 (Richmond, California): photo by efo, 27 July 2010

Amtrak train 734 (Pinole, California): photo by efo, 30 April 2006



A man was transported to Highland Hospital after being struck by an Amtrak train on the morning of Tuesday Feb. 23, 2016: photo by Ariel Nava/Berkeleyside, 23 February 2016.



The Gilman Street track crossing was closed to traffic for about one hour on Feb. 23 after a train struck a pedestrian who had trespassed onto the track: photo by peregrinekt @peregrinekt, 23 February 2016

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Frenchhigh school and university students attend a demonstration against the French labour law proposal in Nantes, France, as part of a nationwide labour reform protests and strikes. The slogan reads ” We have a leftist party who deserves to be punched”.: photo by Stephane Mahe/Reuters, 31 March 2016

At night, above the street, the colors of the bushes and the trees, repeating themselves

in the semaphore flashes of headlights approaching, far then near, then fading back into black, 

create an argument with the moving shadow of each passing car in the glass, as the largest trees rustle and sigh in the night wind,

and in the space between branches where a star would be, were there stars, all you can make out is the aftertrace of

departing visitors carrying away with them their life concealed in memory, in absence there is

nothing to be sad about, therefore you must be sad tonight about something else

but why be sad when you could be young and full of anger about everything that made you what you are.

 

 

Frenchhigh school and university students attend a demonstration against the French labour law proposal in Nantes, France, as part of a nationwide labour reform protests and strikes. The slogan reads ” We have a leftist party who deserves to be punched”.: photo by Stephane Mahe/Reuters, 31 March 2016
 

French high school and university students attend a demonstration against the French labour law proposal in Nantes, France, as part of a nationwide labor reform protests and strikes. The slogan reads ”We have a leftist party who deserves to be punched”.: photo by Stephane Mahe/Reuters, 31 March 2016

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French riot police take cover during a protest by unions and students in Paris: photo by Thomas Samson / AFP, 31 March 2016

At night above the street the colors of the ruined trees 

repeating themselves in the flashes of headlights

no interval wave after oncoming wave of cars

approaching far then near then fading back into black

perhaps perhaps perhaps  

                                      this must be the place

where the gentleman with no pants said he lived 

in absence there is nothing to be sad about

in presence there is nothing to think about

but why be sad or think about anything
or be alive and old in any of this alone or with others  

when you could be young and full of anger 

about everything that made you what you are...

or not 

 

 
Child models gather outside the venue of a fashion show during the Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week in Beijing: photo by How Hwee Young / EPA, 31 March 2016

Female Kurdish Peshmerga attend their graduation ceremony at a police academy in Zakho district of the Dohuk Governorate in Iraq: photo by Ari Jalal /Reuters, 31 March 2016

Female Kurdish Peshmerga attend their graduation ceremony at a police academy in Zakho district of the Dohuk Governorate in Iraq: photo by Ari Jalal /Reuters, 31 March 2016

People walk during a polluted day in Shenyang: photo by Reuters, 31 March 2016

People walk during a polluted day in Shenyang: photo by Reuters, 31 March 2016

People walk during a polluted day in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China: photo by Reuters, 31 March 2016

Yorkshire Terriers sit on a miniature car for photographs at the ‘Interpets’ international pet fair in Tokyo, Japan: photo by Franck Robichon / EPA, 31 March 2016

Opposition parliamentary campaigners dressed as Superman perform on a street in Iksan, southwestern South Korea: photo by Yonhap / EPA, 31 March 2016

Where the gentleman with no pants said he lived

Where the gentleman with no pants said he lived (Philadelphia): photo by efo, 11 March 2016

Where the gentleman with no pants said he lived (Philadelphia): photo by efo, 11 March 2016

Where the gentleman with no pants said he lived (Philadelphia): photo by efo, 11 March 2016

Untitled (Newark): photo by JPerez, 12 May 2013

Untitled (Newark): photo by JPerez, 17 September 2013

Untitled (Newark): photo by JPerez, 25 May 2013

 

Untitled (Newark): photo by JPerez, 25 May 2013

  

Untitled (Newark): photo by JPerez, 25 May 2013

Reality and fiction (Stockholm): photo by Jimmy Dovholt, 25 November 2010

Electricity (El Cerrito, California): photo by efo, 8 February 2014

[Untitled]: photo by J Perez, 25 May 2013

There is a checkpoint at my school

 

Pro-Palestinian students set up a mock Israeli checkpoint near Sather Gate at UC Berkeley: photo by Leah Mills / San Francisco Chronicle, 2 April 2016

 

David McCleary (right) takes video as Palestinians’ supporters role-play during a mock Israeli checkpoint demonstration near Sather Gate at UC Berkeley: photo by Leah Mills / San Francisco Chronicle, 2 April 2016

 

Protesters role-play detained Palestinians at the border during the mock demonstration to raise awareness about Israeli-Palestinian relations and protest Israel’s security policies: photo by Leah Mills / San Francisco Chronicle, 2 April 2016

 

A person role playing a Palestinian is grabbed by another person role playing an Israeli soldier (all of whom preferred to not give their names) during a mock Israeli check-point demonstration near the Sather Gate on the University of California, Berkeley campus March 29, 2016 in Berkeley, California. The event was sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine and was part of a week of events meant to raise awareness about the Palestinian situation.: photo by Leah Mills / San Francisco Chronicle, 2 April 2016

 Yasmeen Ahmed and David McCleary construct a wall: photo by Leah Mills / San Francisco Chronicle, 2 April 2016


Protesters who preferred not to give their names role play as Israeli soldiers with a person role playing a Palestinian during a mock Israeli check-point demonstration near the Sather Gate on the University of California, Berkeley campus March 29, 2016 in Berkeley, Calif. The event was sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine and was part of a week of events meant to raise awareness about the Palestinian situation. . photo by Leah Mills / San Francisco Chronicle, 2 April 2016

There is a guy at my school

WHO DID THIS? WHO DO I BLAME FOR MY NIGHTMARES HMM?#TedCruzIsTheZodiacKiller: image via TheLitCritGuy @TheLitCritGuy, 3 April 2016

"There is a guy at my school...": Jessica Kanra Murphy via Ted Cruz Is The Zodiac Killer, 23 March 2016

The receipt for these bumper stickers is AMAZING #tedcruzisthezodiackiller #decision2016: image via Angela Speight @angelaspeight, 3 April 2016



 whew! went on a great run today :): image via Kevin Tang @Yolo_Tengo, 25 February 2016


Kid grabs selfie with @tedcruz  at Wisconsin campaign stop today, writes pretty epic caption (cc: @darth): : image via Frank Thorp V @frankthorp, 29 March 2016  Wisconsin, USA

  
Wait a second, there's ANOTHER #tedcruz selfie from yesterday on Instagram with a Zodiac Killer reference! whew! : image via Frank Thorp V @frankthorp, 29 March 2016  Wisconsin, USA


be careful who you call ugly in middle school: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 28 March 2016 



be careful who you call ugly in middle school: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 28 March 2016

 
when your crush says "i need a serial killer like you" and youre a serial killer like you: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 26 March 2016


we got em boys: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 25 March 2016

the LAPD just got a new letter which came from a man claiming to be the zodiac killer and this is it: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 23 March 2016



 even donald trump knows now: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 22 March 2016

i miss these memories!! #InternationalDayofHappiness: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 20 March 2016

  
 this is me: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 20 March 2016

 
[Untitled]: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 19 March 2016

when she gave you the best you ever had but metro boomin doesnt trust her: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 19 March 2016

[Untitled]: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 16 March 2016


Proof #23: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 16 March 2016



Proof #23: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 16 March 20196



Proof #21: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 16 March 2016


this is why i have trust issues: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 16 March 2016


Proof #5 this was on an episode of wheel of fortune: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 16 March 2016

Proof #2 you can do a faceswap and it will look the same: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 16 March 2016

Proof #1: image via Zodiac Killer Ted @TedTheZodiac, 15 March 2016

this is why i have trust issues

Trump's probability of winning the nomination drops: betting site: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 1 April 2016

#BREAKING @WonderElectrodeImplants can lift your mood from "Dismal" to "Superbright" in less that .02 seconds @Hildebeest 2016: image via Liars for President @Liars4Prez, 1 April 2016

Assad: Look at me! I saved Christian relics and ancient Palmyra, too! : image via ReutersOpinion @Reuters Opinion, 31 March 2016

[Untitled]: image via baraa al halabi @baraaalhalabi, 1 April 2016

[Untitled]: image via baraa al halabi @baraaalhalabi, 1 April 2016

[Untitled]: image via baraa al halabi @baraaalhalabi, 1 April 2016

Sunset in Srinagar

A Kashmiri man paddles his boat on Dal Lake during sunset in Srinagar: photo by Tauseef Mustafa / AFP, 31 March 2016

Wisconsin: early signs

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View from living quarters at 730 West Winnebago Street, looking toward alley, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by Carl Mydans, April 1936 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Junk, with living quarters close by, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by Carl Mydans, April 1936 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Slums in Milwaukee: photo by Carl Mydans, April 1936 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Group of houses at Detroit and Van Buren Streets, near electric railroad, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by Carl Mydans, April 1936 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Labor Day, Greendale, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, September 1939 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Hartford, Wisconsin, Fourth of July: photo by John Vachon, 4 July 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Hartford, Wisconsin, Fourth of July: photo by John Vachon, 4 July 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Advertising, Plymouth, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, July 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Sign on US 41, Kenosha County, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, July 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Sign on US 41, Kenosha County, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, July 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Sign on US 41, Kenosha County, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, July 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Sign on US 41, Kenosha County, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, July 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Sign on US 41, Kenosha County, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, July 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Barrels of powdered milk at condensary, Antigo, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, July 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)
 

Lorine Niedecker: Poet's work

Grandfather

    advised me:
            Learn a trade.

I learned
    to sit at desk
           and condense.

No layoff
    from this
          condensery.

Lorine Niedecker ((b. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, 1903 d. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, 1970): Poet's work from Origin II.6, 1963

Barrels of powdered milk at milk condensing plant, Antigo, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, August 1941 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Abandoned farm and snow fence, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, September 1939 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Lorine Niedecker: Mother Goose Is On Relief

The land of four o'clocks is here

the five of us together

      looking for our supper.

Half past endive, quarter to beets,

seven milks, ten cents cheese,

      lost, our land, forever.

Lorine Niedecker (b. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, 1903 d. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, 1970): "The land of four o'clocks is here" from Mother Geese in New Directions 1, 1936

Baby of Daisy Heath, near Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Mrs. Heath lives alone on two acres of land: photo by Russell Lee, June 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)



Alonzo Heath with two of his children. He is a farmer near Black Falls, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, June 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Barn on Alonzo Heath's cut-over farm near Black River Falls, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, June 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Backporch of Henry McPeak's house, Black River Falls, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, June 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Art Simplot and his family in front of their house near Black River Falls, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, June 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Art Simplot's children, near Black River Falls, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, June 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Art Simplot's sons in the kitchen and washroom of their house near Black River Falls, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, June 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Art Simplot's youngest child in her home at Black River Falls, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, June 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Abandoned farm buildings near New Lisbon, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, June 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Abandoned farm buildings near New Lisbon, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, June 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Barn on the Bodray farm, Tipler, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, May 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Abandoned farm on the road from Tipler to Long Lake, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, May 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Bed in William Howell's home near Tipler, Wisconsin. He is a cut-over farmer on relief: photo by Russell Lee, May 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Attic bedroom in Max Sparks's house near Long Lake, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, May 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Gravestones in an isolated cemetery on cut-over land in Florence County, Wisconsin: photo by Russell Lee, May 1937(Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Barn with roof in need of repair, Chippewa County, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, September 1939 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

Abandoned farmhouse, Chippewa County, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, September 1939 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)
 

Abandoned farmhouse, Chippewa County, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, September 1939 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

 

 

Abandoned automobile on farm, Chippewa County, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, September 1939 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Signboard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by John Vachon, September 1939(Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Sign, Wisconsin (?): photo by John Vachon, October 1940(Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Sign, Wisconsin (?): photo by John Vachon, late summer 1941(Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Small town main street, Wisconsin (?): photo by John Vachon, late summer 1941(Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

Pancake and Pizza Breakfast

Tommy Bartlett's Pancake and Pizza Restaurant, Lake Delton, Wisconsin. Photographer's general caption:  "Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town.": photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)

Yellow Olds with 1970 Iowa plates so hideously familiar
you put me in mind too abruptly of cheap summertime duckboat adventures

trawling back through soggy years to that halcyon epoch

when all it took to inflate the heart with a bilious rush ofexpectation

was the mere thought of a weekend of relative abandon at the Dells

Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)



Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)

Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)

Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)

 
Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)

Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)



Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)



Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)

Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)

Boating on the Wisconsin River at Wisconsin Dells: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)



Boating on the Wisconsin River at Wisconsin Dells:: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)



Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)

 
Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)

Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)



Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)



Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)

 
Near the town of Wisconsin Dells the Wisconsin River channels through deep, soft sandstone cliffs, cutting rock into fantastic shapes. These natural splendors have given rise to a booming tourist industry. People come in droves, often in campers and trailers. Boat trips, shops, bars, and diversions of every kind vie for patronage in an amusement complex extending 2 or 3 miles beyond the town: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)


 
Youngsters fishing at Wisconsin Dells on the Wisconsin River: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)

Canoeing on the Wisconsin River at Wisconsin Dells: photo byJonas Dovydenas (1939-) for the Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA, September 1973 (US National Archives)



Pabst Blue Ribbon sign, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by RickM2007, 27 September 2006

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Deported Pakistani migrants on a bus in Lesbos on Monday morning, awaiting return via Turkey: photo by Tyler Hicks/The New York Times, 4 March 2016 

Deported Pakistani migrants on a bus in Lesbos on Monday morning, awaiting return via Turkey: photo by Tyler Hicks/The New York Times, 4 March 2016 

Migrants arrive on a bus at the port of Mytilini on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday during the first day of the implementation of the deal between the EU and Turkey. Under the deal, migrants arriving illegally in Greece will be returned to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum or if they make an asylum claim that is rejected.: photo by Petros Giannakouris / AP, 4 April 2016

A woman walks during a misty morning at a makeshift refugee camp in Idomeni, at the Greek-Macedonian border: photo by Bulent Kilic / AFP, 5 April 2016

Migrants board a ferry for Turkey at the port of Mytilini on the Greek island of Lesbos, during the first day of the implementation of the deal between EU and Turkey. Under the deal, migrants arriving illegally in Greece will be returned to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum or if they make an asylum claim that is rejected.: photo by Petros Giannakouris / AP, 4 April 2016

Migrants who camp out at the port of Chios watch the arrival of a Turkish catamaran to carry the first group of migrants to be sent back to Turkey. Under a new agreement, designed to halt the main influx which comes from Turkey, all “irregular migrants” arriving since March 20 face being sent back, although the deal calls for each case to be examined individually.: photo by Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP, 4 April 2016

 Greek anti-riot police embark on a Turkish catamaran taking the first group of migrants to be sent back to Turkey at the port of Chios’ customs area. Greece sent a first wave of migrants back to Turkey on April 4 under an EU deal that has faced heavy criticism from rights groups..: photo by Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP, 4 April 2016

An Iraqi woman pushes a tricycle after government forces evacuated hundreds of civilians from the town of Heet in Iraq’s Anbar province: photo by  Moadh Al Dulaimi / AFP, 5 April 2016

Iraqis from the town of Heet in Iraq's Anbar province, are evacuated by government forces to a safe area far from the battlefields where Iraqi troops are trying to retake the western town from the Islamic State: photo by adh Al-Dulaimi/AFP, 6 April 2016



Iraqis from the town of Heet in Iraq's Anbar province, are evacuated by government forces to a safe area far from the battlefields where Iraqi troops are trying to retake the western town from the Islamic State: photo by adh Al-Dulaimi/AFP, 6 April 2016



#Iraq Government forces evacuate the town of Heet #AFP Photo by Moadh Al-Dulaimi: image via Aurelia BAILLY @Aurelia BAILLY, 6 April 2016

#Iraq Government forces evacuate the town of Heet #AFP Photo by Moadh Al-Dulaimi: image via Aurelia BAILLY @Aurelia BAILLY, 6 April 2016

A young girl and a young boy speak at former first reception center near to the port of Chios. By @lgouliam #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department  @AFPphoto, 6 April 2016

GREECE - A young girl charges a mobile phone at former reception center near to the port of Chios. By @lgouliam #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 4 April 2016

Migrants protest inside Moria detention center in Lesbos against deportation to Turkey. By @ArisMessinis #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department  @AFPphoto, 6 April 2016

Migrants protest inside Moria detention center in Lesbos against deportation to Turkey. By @ArisMessinis #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department  @AFPphoto, 6 April 2016

Migrants protest inside Moria detention center in Lesbos against deportation to Turkey. By @ArisMessinis #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department  @AFPphoto, 6 April 2016
 

GREECE - A baby sits on a blanket near his mother in the port of Chios. By @lgouliam #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 April 2016

GREECE - Children dry their laundry behind a fence at the VIAL detention center on Chios' island. By @lgouliam #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 April 2016

 

#Lesbos #Refugees arrive: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 4 April 2016

#Lesbos #Refugees arrive: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis,, 4 April 2016

 TURKEY - An activist holds a placard as ferry docks in Dikili with migrants returned from Greece. By @ozannkose #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 April 2016

 

 Refugee crisis: Photos of first migrants deported from Greece to Turkey in EU deal: image via David Sim @davidsim, 4 April 2016 

TURKEY - Turkish officers use a tarp to block the gate of a ferry carrying migrants in Dikili. By @ozannkose #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 4 April 2016


Riots threaten deal to deport migrants back to Turkey: image via The Times of London @thetimes, 4 April 2016

 

Gate at the closed migrant facility on Greek island of Lesbos.: image via William Booth @BoothWilliam, 4 April 2016

TURKEY - A deported migrant from Greece leaves for a medical check after registering in Dikili. By @ozannkose #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 4 April 2016


First Syrians arrive in Germany under EU-Turkey pact. Photo @tobiasschwarz#RefugeeCrisis: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 April 2016

 

 PAKISTAN - Residents cross a flooded street following heavy rain on the outskirts of Peshawar. By A Majeed #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 April 2016

PAKISTAN- Flood waters rush through a market area as man tries to salvage materials near Peshawar. By A Majeed #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 3 April 2016



A Pakistani man rests on top of his house following heavy rain on the outskirts of Peshawar: photo by A Majeed / AFP, 4 April 2016

  

TURKEY - A ferry carrying migrants who are deported to Turkey arrives at the port of Dikili By @zannkosee: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 April 2016

GREECE - A catamaran arrives at Chios to carry 1st group of migrants to be sent back to Turkey. By @lgouliam #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 April 2016

GREECE - The Moria migrant camp transformed into police-run detention facility in Mytilene. By@ArisMessinis #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 April 2016

 

GREECE - The Moria migrant camp transformed into police-run detention facility in Mytilene. By@ArisMessinis #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 April 2016



GREECE - The Moria migrant camp transformed into police-run detention facility in Mytilene. By@ArisMessinis #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 April 2016

An #Afghan girl walks with her prosthetic leg at ICRC hospitals for war victims and the disabled in #Kabul: #AFP: image via shahmarai  @shahmarai, 3 April 2016

AFGHANISTAN - A farmer walks by a poppy field in Zari District of Kandahar province. By Jawed Tanveer #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 3 April 2016

Many migrants will never move onward to northern Europe; others will only move backward: image via Reuters Opinion @ReutersOpinion, 6 April 2016

 

#migrants and refugees wait for a food distribution in Idomeni #Greece #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY Aurelia BAILLY, 6 April 2016 

GREECE - Children sit by a bonfire as a man cooks at the migrants makeshift camp near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 6 April 2016
 

 

Greece ships first migrants back to Turkey under EU deal: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 5 April 2016

#migrants and refugees block a road in the northern border village of #Idomeni #Greece #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @Aurelia BAILLY. 5 April 2016

GREECE - A mother washes her daughter's hair at a makeshift camp in Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department  @AFPphoto, 5 April 2016 

GREECE - A girl holds her cat that she has brought from Syria at a makeshift camp in Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 6 April 2016

A Syrian boy stands at a #migrants makeshift camp in #Idomeni #Greece #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @Aurelia BAILLY, 6 April 2016

GREECE - Women with their children at a makeshift camp in Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 3 April 2016

GREECE - Women with their children at a makeshift camp in Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 3 April 2016

 

GREECE - Women with their children at a makeshift camp in Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 3 April 2016

GREECE - A man prays at a makeshift camp set by refugees and migrants near Idomeni. By @Kilicil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department  @AFPphoto, 3 April 2016 

GREECE - Refugees block the highway near Polykastro to protest for the opening of the border. By @Kilicil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department  @AFPphoto, 2 April 2016

 

Daily life at the Idomeni makeshift camp on the Greek border with Macedonia. Photo @Kilicbil #RefugeeCrisis: image via Stéphane Arnaud @StephaneArnaud, 2 April 2016

Daily life at the Idomeni makeshift camp on the Greek border with Macedonia. Photo @Kilicbil #RefugeeCrisis: image via Stéphane Arnaud @StephaneArnaud, 2 April 2016

Daily life at the Idomeni makeshift camp on the Greek border with Macedonia. Photo @Kilicbil #RefugeeCrisis: image via Stéphane Arnaud @StephaneArnaud, 2 April 2016

instantané Une fillette syrienne du camp de réfugiés d'Idomeni, dans le nord de la Grèce. Photo @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpfr, 2 April 2016 

GREECE - A man carries a child as migrants & refugees carry on with their daily lives near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 2 April 2016

GREECE - A refugee plays a string instrument near border fence at the makeshift camp near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardafp, 2 April 2016

Migrants are deported to Turkey from the port of Mytilene on April 4. Migrants return from Greece to Turkey under the terms of an EU deal that has worried aid groups, as Athens struggles to manage the overload of desperate people on its soil.: photo by Aris Messinis / AFP, 4 April 2016

Refugees are escorted by Turkish police as they arrive by ferry from the Greek island of Lesbos at the Dikili harbour in Izmir, Turkey. Some 160 migrants, from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Morroco, who refused to apply for asylum, were deported under an agreement between the EU and Turkey on the refugee crisis.: photo by Tolga Bozoglu / EPA, 4 April 2016

“Refugees welcome to EU” is painted on a street in front of Austrian police officers in the village of Brenner on the Italian-Austrian border: photo by Kerstin Joensson / AP, 4 April 2016

A family walks through a field at a makeshift camp for refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni: photo by Greece. Marko Djurica / Reuters, 4 April 2016

Are police body cameras reliable? You be the judge: image via The New York Times @nytimes, 2 April 2016

The authorities on the Greek island of Lesbos began deporting refugees to Turkey on Monday: image via The New York Times @nytimes, 4 April 2016

Members of the Economic Club of New York waited to hear Janet L. Yellen, the Federal Reserve chairwoman, speak on Tuesday: photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters, 29 March 2016

Members of the Economic Club of New York waited to hear Janet L. Yellen, the Federal Reserve chairwoman, speak on Tuesday: photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters, 29 March 2016

Waves crash on the seawall of a restaurant while clouds darken the sky over the Lebanese capital of Beirut: photo by Bilal Hussein / AP, 28 March 2016

Musicians honoring the long tradition of an orchestra poker game at intermission on the opening night of “Roberto Devereux” in New York: photo by James Estrin/The New York Times, 1 April 2016



Musicians honoring the long tradition of an orchestra poker game at intermission on the opening night of “Roberto Devereux” in New York: photo by James Estrin/The New York Times, 1 April 2016
 

Mariam Muhammad, a 7-month-old Syrian, slept in a tent at a camp for refugees in Jordan on Wednesday: photo by Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press, 30 March 2016

Mariam Muhammad, a 7-month-old Syrian, slept in a tent at a camp for refugees in Jordan on Wednesday: photo by Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press, 30 March 2016

People sleep in the port of Chios, Greece where refugees and migrants who managed to leave the VIAL detention centre a few days ago are camping: photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP, 6 April 2016



People sleep in the port of Chios, Greece where refugees and migrants who managed to leave the VIAL detention centre a few days ago are camping: photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP, 6 April 2016

This photograph of the moon taken by Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency from aboard the International Space Station: photo by Tim Peake/ESA/Nasa/AFP, 6 April 2016



This photograph of the moon taken by Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency from aboard the International Space Station: photo by Tim Peake/ESA/Nasa/AFP, 6 April 2016

Sunrise on Friday in Idomeni, Greece, where thousands of refugees have been living in a camp near the Greek border with Macedonia: photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters, 1 April 2016
 
 

Sunrise on Friday in Idomeni, Greece, where thousands of refugees have been living in a camp near the Greek border with Macedonia: photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters, 1 April 2016

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A man rides an escalator in front of high rise buildings in the financial district Lujiazui in Shanghai: photo by Johannes Eiseke/AFP, 6 April 2016

A man rides an escalator in front of high rise buildings in the financial district Lujiazui in Shanghai: photo by Johannes Eiseke/AFP, 6 April 2016

People queue to receive free food at a refugee camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni: photo by Marko Djurica / Reuters, 6 April 2016

Seized electric bikes, electric tricycles and motorcycles at a parking lot in Shenzhen, southern China’s Guangdong province: photo by AFP, 6 April 2016

Football fans outside the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany: photo by Adam Pretty / Bongarts, 6 April 2016

Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson leaves after holding a meeting at Iceland’s Parliament in Reykjavik to announce his resignation: photo by APTN / AP, 6 April 2016

A swan floats on lake Weissensee near Fuessen, southern Germany: photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa/AP, 6 April 2016

 

A swan floats on lake Weissensee near Fuessen, southern Germany: photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa/AP, 6 April 2016

"The hibbing of those vipern lorke that quann..."

The hibbing of those vipern lorke that quann

Hither sometimes sinne steales and staines

The silken sad uncertain rustling in the thousand
Wreaths of dangling water-smoke of each borble quartan

Sweet Fido at my feet curled like a quarled willow

Upon the wild sea-banks an waful wuv moved wivver

Smooth cartage from thy chamber 

On boated heapes of heavy gold thickwit ermids

A monkey jumps from a branch at Yangon Zoological Gardens in Yangon, Myanmar. Yangon Zoological Gardens (Yangon Zoo) is the oldest and second largest zoo in Myanmar: photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA, 6 April 2016



A monkey jumps from a branch at Yangon Zoological Gardens in Yangon, Myanmar. Yangon Zoological Gardens (Yangon Zoo) is the oldest and second largest zoo in Myanmar: photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA, 6 April 2016

 
A member of a civilian vigilante group carries a bow and arrow while running on patrol with the Cameroonian military in Kerawa, Cameroon. Kerawa is on the border with Nigeria and is subject to frequent Boko Haram attacks. After watching its influence spread during a six-year campaign that has killed around 15,000 people according to the U.S. military, Nigeria has now united with its neighbours to stamp out Boko Haram. An 8,700-strong regional force of troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria is seeking to finish the job.: photo by Joe Penney / Reuters, 16 March 2016
 

Security personnel stand guard near the venue of a Congress party election rally in Guwahati, Assam, India: photo by Stringer/EPA, 6 April 2016



Security personnel stand guard near the venue of a Congress party election rally in Guwahati, Assam, India: photo by Stringer/EPA, 6 April 2016

 

Sand diggers load trucks at a quarry on the banks of the Congo river in the Kombe district of Brazzaville: photo by Marco Longari / AFP, 28 March 2016

  

A ranger of Kenya Wildflife Serive (KWS) shoots a lion after the feline ran away from the Nairobi National Park in Nairobi: photo by AFP, 30 March 2016
 

 
Stray lion shot dead after it attacks man in Kenya: image via Reuters India @ReutersIndia, 30 March 2016 

 
President Barack Obama reads “Where the Wild Things Are” during the annual White House Easter Egg roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington: photo by Andrew Harnik / AP, 28 March 2016



A Sumatran tiger called Tila is pictured in its area at the Bioparco of Rome: photo by Tiziana Fabi / AFP, 31 March 2016


 
Spanish bullfighter Jose Maria Manzanares is overturned by Spanish Garcigrande bull during the first bullfight of the Feria de Paques (Easter Feria), in Arles, southern France.: photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP, 26 March 2016


 
Contestants ride during a camel race at “Temeenii bayar,” the Camel Festival, in Dalanzadgad, Umnugobi aimag, Mongolia. On the steppes of the Gobi Desert, the crowd urges on Bactrian camels laden down with all that's needed to build and live in a traditional Mongolian tent. Guinness World Records classes the 15 kilometers race as the largest camel race in the world, drawing 1,108 participants. The winning camel romped home in 35 minutes and 12 seconds, according to the records website.: photo by Rentsendorj Bazar, 7 March 2016

A member of the Malaysian Federal Reserve Unit lies on the ground after fainting due to the hot weather during the 209th Police Day parade in Kuala Lumpur: photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP, 25 March 2016

Brooklyn Nets guard Markel Brown trips over New Orleans Pelicans guard Tim Frazier: photo by Kathy Willens / AP, 3 April 2016 

A man crosses a flooded street during rainfall in Shanghai: photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP, 6 April 2016



A man crosses a flooded street during rainfall in Shanghai: photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP, 6 April 2016 



Filipino boys play on a raft beside their creekside homes in Manila, Philippines: photo by Aaron Favila / AP,  30 March 2016

A child sleeps on a bridge in Manila: photo by Noel Celis/AFP, 6 April 2016

A child sleeps on a bridge in Manila: photo by Noel Celis / AFP, 16 April 2016

People cross a flooded road following torrential rains on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. The death toll in Pakistan due to heavy rains over the last few days have risen to 75.: photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA, 6 April 2016

A shopkeeper tries to salvage belongings as others walk across a bridge covered with floodwater after heavy rain in Peshawar: photo by Fayaz Aziz / Reuters, 4 April 2016
 
 

A replica of the Statue of Liberty stands on a hill overlooking the construction of new homes in Bahria Town on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan: photo by Caren Firouz / Reuters, 16 March 2016
 

Attendees cheer for Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas and 2016 presidential candidate, not pictured, during a campaign event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg, 6 April 2016



Attendees cheer for Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas and 2016 presidential candidate, not pictured, during a campaign event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg, 6 April 2016

Spectators arrive for the final practice round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia: photo by David J. Phillip/AP, 6 April 2016



Spectators arrive for the final practice round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia: photo by David J. Phillip/AP, 6 April 2016
 
Sailors monitoring radar and other instruments in the Combat Information Center aboard the Chancellorsville, a US guided missile cruiser: photo by Bryan Denton for The New York Times, 1 April 2016\

Sailors monitoring radar and other instruments in the Combat Information Center aboard the Chancellorsville, a US guided missile cruiser: photo by Bryan Denton for The New York Times, 1 April 2016

Capt. Curt Renshaw, the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Chancellorsville, at the helm during a patrol in the South China Sea, where China is exerting territorial claims over small islands and coral atolls: photo by Bryan Denton for The New York Times, 1 April 2016



Capt. Curt Renshaw, the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Chancellorsville, at the helm during a patrol in the South China Sea, where China is exerting territorial claims over small islands and coral atolls: photo by Bryan Denton for The New York Times, 1 April 2016

Kurdish Peshmerga take part their graduation ceremony at a police academy in Zakho district in Iraqi Kurdistan: photo by Ari Jalal/Reuters, 30 March 2016

Kurdish Peshmerga take part their graduation ceremony at a police academy in Zakho district in Iraqi Kurdistan: photo by Ari Jalal/Reuters, 30 March 2016



Members of Japanese idol group Kamen Joshi (Masked Girls) are seen through a gap between mirrors as they perform during a rehearsal at their theater in Tokyo's Akihabara district. For countless girl and pop-idol bands in Japan, standing out from the crowd can be daunting, but one group, “Kamen Joshi,” seems to have found the answer by hiding behind masks. The Tokyo-based all female band has 18 members, split into three groups that perform across Japan and elsewhere in Asia.: photo by Toru Hanai / Reuters, 17 March 2016



French riot police clash with protesters demonstrating against labor law reforms close to the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris. France faced fresh protests over labour reforms just a day after the beleaguered government of President Francois Hollande was forced into an embarrassing U-turn over constitutional changes.: photo by Thomas Samson / AFP, 31 March 2016


 
A man runs while police officers spray tear gas at him during a demonstration against the French government's proposed labor reforms, in Nantes, western France: photo by Loic Venance / AFP, 31 March 2016
 

Anti-riot police officers arrest a man during clashes within a demonstration of high school students protesting against the government’s planned labour reform in eastern Paris: photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP, 6 April 2016

Anti-riot police officers arrest a man during clashes within a demonstration of high school students protesting against the government’s planned labour reform in eastern Paris: photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP, 6 April 2016

Supporters raise their arms during a rally in support of Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Dilma Rousseff, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in the greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil: photo by Andre Penner/AP, 6 April 2016

Supporters raise their arms during a rally in support of Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Dilma Rousseff, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in the greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil: photo by Andre Penner/AP, 6 April 2016

President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil  faces impeachment over corruption charges and criticism for naming former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to her cabinet, a move seen as an attempt to shield him from arrest.: photo by Tomas Munita for The New York Times, 24 March 2016



President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil  faces impeachment over corruption charges and criticism for naming former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to her cabinet, a move seen as an attempt to shield him from arrest.: photo by Tomas Munita for The New York Times, 24 March 2016
  

Gwyneth Paltrow shares beauty, hair and life advice: image via The New York Times @nytimes, 4 April 2016

A woman feeds birds as the sun rises in Bal Harbour, Florida: photo by Wilfredo Lee/AP, 6 April 2016

 

A woman feeds birds as the sun rises in Bal Harbour, Florida: photo by Wilfredo Lee/AP, 6 April 2016

 

Product and graphic designer Ricky Ma, 42, poses with his life-size robot “Mark 1,” modeled after a Hollywood star, in Hong Kong on March 31, 2016. Ma, a robot enthusiast, spent a year-and-a half and more than HK$400,000 ($51,000) to create the humanoid robot to fulfill his childhood dream.: photo by Bobby Yip / Reuters, 31 March 2016


 
Humanoid? Hollywood star? Both?: image via Reuters Tech News @ReutersTech, 1 April 2016

 
 
A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Hu Sheguang from Sheguang Hu collection at China Fashion Week in Beijing: photo by Jason Lee / Reuters, 31 March 2016



A man takes a picture of cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo: photo by Issei Kato / Reuters, 1 April 2016

Women chat as they look at cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo: photo by Issei Kato/Reuters, 1 April 2016


Women chat as they look at cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo: photo by Issei Kato/Reuters, 1 April 2016

A man is seen trapped amid the debris of an under-construction flyover after it collapsed in Kolkata, India: photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters, 31 March 2016



A man relaxes amongst the daffodils in St James’ Park in London, England: photo by Ben Pruchnie, 31 March 2016

Rescue workers cut through parts of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India. A long section of a road overpass under construction collapsed Wednesday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood, with tons of concrete and steel slamming into midday traffic, killing several and injuring many.: photo by Bikas Das / AP, 31 March 2016

 
People look at sharks from an underwater room structure installed in the Aquarium of Paris, France. Airbnb and the Aquarium of Paris offered contest winners a night underwater sleeping with sharks and create a research platform for misunderstood shark species: photo by Charles Platiau / Reuters, 14 March 2016

A family visits the Unconditional Surrender statue, a recreation of the photo shot by Life photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt on August 14, 1945 in Times Square celebrating V-J Day: photo by Stan Grossfeld/ Boston Globe,30 March 2016

Amelia Dencke, 15, of Olney, Md., listens to instruction before auditions for the Youth America Grand Prix regional semi-finals at John Hancock Hall in Boston on March 19. Hundreds of ballet dancers, ages 9 to 19, were auditioning that weekend.: photo by Stan Grossfeld/ Boston Globe,30 March 2016

 

The mother of the house owner reacts near the rubble of her son’s house after the Israeli Army demolished it in the West Bank village of Soureef, near Hebron: photo Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA, 4 April 2016



The mother of the house owner reacts near the rubble of her son’s house after the Israeli Army demolished it in the West Bank village of Soureef, near Hebron: photo Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA, 4 April 2016


 
Palestinian youths walk on the rubble of a home destroyed by Israeli forces in the West Bank village of Qabatiyah: photo by Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP, 4 April 2016

 

Fans of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s national soccer team celebrated after it scored a goal against Switzerland in a friendly match in Zurich on Tuesday. Bosnia and Herzegovina won, 2-0.: photo by Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse, 2 April 2016

 

Fans of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s national soccer team celebrated after it scored a goal against Switzerland in a friendly match in Zurich on Tuesday. Bosnia and Herzegovina won, 2-0.: photo by Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse, 2 April 2016

An injured man was treated after a suicide bomber struck in a park in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday. The blast killed at least 69 people and injured 300 more.: photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters, 27 March 2016

 

An injured man was treated after a suicide bomber struck in a park in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday. The blast killed at least 69 people and injured 300 more.: photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters, 27 March 2016

People on a train at Place General Meiser in Brussels, where a man was shot last Friday: photo by Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times, 1 April 2016



People on a train at Place General Meiser in Brussels, where a man was shot last Friday: photo by Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times, 1 April 2016

Having a rich social life is good for you, even if your friends have lice: image via The New York Times @nytimes, 2 April 2016

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A general view over construction works on the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau bridge on Lantau island in Hong Kong, China. The construction project consists of a series of bridges and tunnels crossing part of the Pearl River Estuary that will connect Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai in mainland China: photo by Jerome Favre/EPA, 7 April 2016



A general view over construction works on the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau bridge on Lantau island in Hong Kong, China. The construction project consists of a series of bridges and tunnels crossing part of the Pearl River Estuary that will connect Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai in mainland China: photo by Jerome Favre/EPA, 7 April 2016
 

La serveuse de chocolat (La belle chocolatière/The chocolate girl): Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789), 1743-1745 (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden)

Thomas Wyatt: It may be good

It may be good like it who list

..but I do dowbt who can me blame
..for oft assured yet have I myst
..and now again I fere thesame
..The wyndy worde[s] the Ies quaynt game
..of soden chaunge maketh me agast
..for dred to fall I stond not fast
Alas I tred an endles maze
..that seketh to accorde two contraries
..and hope still & nothing hase
..imprisoned in liberte[s]
..as oon unhard & and still that cries
..alwaies thursty & yet nothing I tast
..for dred to fall I stond not fast
Assured I dowbt I be not sure
..and should I trust to suche suretie
..that oft hath put the prouff in ure
..and never hath founde it trusty
..nay sir In faith it were great foly
..and yet my liff thus I do wast
..for dred to fall I stond not fast 
Hase hazard, attempt
ure use

ThomasWyatt(1503-1542):It may be good like itwho list:transcription from British Library Egerton MS 2711, fol. 22 by Richard Harrier in The Canon of Sir Thomas Wyatt's Poetry,1975

Illustration of "the nurse" on Droste cocoa tin, showing a visual form of recursion known as the Droste effect; the woman in the image is holding an object which contains a smaller image of herself holding the same object, and so forth: image by Jan (Johannes) Musset (?), c. 1903

A Vatican Swiss guard stands in the corridor of the entrance of the Bronze Door of the Apostolic Palace, at the Vatican. The door is the main entrance to the Palace and tradition goes that when a pontiff dies the door is closed by a Swiss guard: photo by Alessandro Di Meo/AP, 7 April 2016

 

A Vatican Swiss guard stands in the corridor of the entrance of the Bronze Door of the Apostolic Palace, at the Vatican. The door is the main entrance to the Palace and tradition goes that when a pontiff dies the door is closed by a Swiss guard: photo by Alessandro Di Meo/AP, 7 April 2016

Members of Saudi security forces cross through a fire during a military exercise west of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: photo by Saudi Press Agency/Reuters, 7 April 2016

A boy from the Arab Jahalin Bedouin community stands next the rubble of his home in the village of Umm al-Kheir south of the West Bank city of Hebron after Israeli authorities demolished six houses that they said were built without permission: photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP, 7 April 2016



A boy from the Arab Jahalin Bedouin community stands next the rubble of his home in the village of Umm al-Kheir south of the West Bank city of Hebron after Israeli authorities demolished six houses that they said were built without permission: photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP, 7 April 2016

 
Quality control workers pick out unsuitable green, unroasted coffee beans from a conveyor belt at Dormans coffee factory in Nairobi, Kenya: photo by Carl de Souza/AFP, 7 April 2016



Quality control workers pick out unsuitable green, unroasted coffee beans from a conveyor belt at Dormans coffee factory in Nairobi, Kenya: photo by Carl de Souza/AFP, 7 April 2016

A migrant boy has a haircut in a makeshift camp at the border crossing at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece. Stranded migrants are spending their days in a makeshift camp near the railway station and waiting for borders to be opened.: photo by Amel Emric / AP, 7 April 2016

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel smile as they participate in the conclusion of exchanges of the “Café du Monde” organised by the Franco-German Youth Office in Metz, eastern France, as part of a Franco-German cabinet meeting.: photo by Frederick Florin / AFP, 7 April 2016

Afghan labourer Hamid Gul, 25, working at a brick factory on the outskirts Mazar-i-Sharif: photo by Farshad Usyan/AFP, 7 April 2016



Afghan labourer Hamid Gul, 25, working at a brick factory on the outskirts Mazar-i-Sharif: photo by Farshad Usyan/AFP, 7 April 2016



Afghan labourers work at a brick factory on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghanistan remains one of the poorest countries in the world, with nearly half the population estimated to be living below the poverty line.: photo by Farshad Usyan / AFP, 7 April 2016


A tailor’s shop at a market in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Helmand was the deadliest province, accounting for more than half of all combat deaths in the last year.: photo by Adam Ferguson for The New York Times, 6 April 2016



A tailor’s shop at a market in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Helmand was the deadliest province, accounting for more than half of all combat deaths in the last year.: photo by Adam Ferguson for The New York Times, 6 April 2016

Afghan boys attend class in an Islamic religious school in Lashkar Gah. The school has 990 students between the ages of 7 and 19.: photo by Adam Ferguson for The New York Times, 6 April 2016

Afghan boys attend class in an Islamic religious school in Lashkar Gah. The school has 990 students between the ages of 7 and 19.: photo by Adam Ferguson for The New York Times, 6 April 2016

Most of the boys at the school come from districts outside Lashkar Gah, where the Taliban controls five of Helmand Province’s 14 districts.: photo by Adam Ferguson for The New York Times, 6 April 2016


  
Most of the boys at the school come from districts outside Lashkar Gah, where the Taliban controls five of Helmand Province’s 14 districts.: photo by Adam Ferguson for The New York Times, 6 April 2016

Men gather to smoke heroin at a park in Lashkar Ga: photo by Adam Ferguson for The New York Times, 6 April 2016



Men gather to smoke heroin at a park in Lashkar Ga: photo by Adam Ferguson for The New York Times, 6 April 2016

A farmer walks through rice fields in Qiantang village of Suichuan county, Jiangxi Province, China: photo by China Daily/Reuters, 7 April 2016



A farmer walks through rice fields in Qiantang village of Suichuan county, Jiangxi Province, China: photo by China Daily/Reuters, 7 April 2016 

 

A Ground crew member from the United States Navy VFA-115 squadron inspects the tail of a FA/18E Super Hornet in its hangar at the Townsville airport in Australia. Exercise Black Dagger is a field training exercise held at RAAF Base Townsville and surrounding airspace from 1 to 15 April.: photo by Ian Hitchcock via FT Photo Diary, 7 April 2016

A Ground crew member from the United States Navy VFA-115 squadron inspects the tail of a FA/18E Super Hornet in its hangar at the Townsville airport in Australia. Exercise Black Dagger is a field training exercise held at RAAF Base Townsville and surrounding airspace from 1 to 15 April.: photo by Ian Hitchcock via FT Photo Diary, 7 April 2016

A Ground crew member from the United States Navy VFA-115 squadron inspects the tail of a FA/18E Super Hornet in its hangar at the Townsville airport in Townsville, Australia. Exercise Black Dagger is a field training exercise held at RAAF Base Townsville that aims to further enhance military cooperation with coalition partners and provides essential training to ensure Army and Air Force personnel are capable of coordinating close air support to soldiers on the ground.: photo by Ian Hitchcock, 7 April 2016
 

Workers clean used cooking oil tins in a recycling workshop in Mumbai, India: photo by Shailesh Andrade / Reuters, 7 April 2016

A paramilitary policeman attends a training session in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China: photo by Reuters / China Daily, 7 April 2016


“You can sip it, you can shoot it, you can pour it over ice in a martini glass if you wanted to,” said Harley Bauer, who co-founded LIQS in 2013: photo by Krista Schlueter for The New York Times, 6 April 2016



 “You can sip it, you can shoot it, you can pour it over ice in a martini glass if you wanted to,” said Harley Bauer, who co-founded LIQS in 2013: photo by Krista Schlueter for The New York Times, 6 April 2016



A server, at center, offering LIQS to a crowd at New York’s Webster Hall last month: photo by Krista Schlueter for The New York Times, 6 April 2016


 
A server, at center, offering LIQS to a crowd at New York’s Webster Hall last month: photo by Krista Schlueter for The New York Times, 6 April 2016


 
By 2020, the maker of LIQS shots expects to be in more than 30 markets in the United States: photo by Krista Schlueter for The New York Times, 6 April 2016
 

Giant panda Ai Bao eats bamboo at Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea. South Korean amusement park Samsung Everlan introduced their new panda couple, a present given from China to South Korea. The area with the panda couple will be open to the public on April 8.: photo by Chung Sung-Jun, 7 April 2016

A group of women take a selfie beneath cherry blossoms on Yeouido island in Seoul. The annual cherry blossom festival on Yeouido island in central Seoul runs from April 1-10.: photo by Ed Jones / AFP, 7 April 2016


Smartphones at the ready, from left, Andrew Warren, Barron Hilton and Ezra J. William with friends at Vandal in Manhattan: photo by Deidre Schoo for The New York Times, 6 April 2016

Smartphones at the ready, from left, Andrew Warren, Barron Hilton and Ezra J. William with friends at Vandal in Manhattan: photo by Deidre Schoo for The New York Times, 6 April 2016

 Mr. William, Kyra Kennedy, Mr. Hilton, Gaia Matisse, Mr. Warren, Reya Benitez and Alexandre Assouline at Vandal: photo by Deidre Schoo for The New York Times, 7 April 2016

 

Mr. William, Kyra Kennedy, Mr. Hilton, Gaia Matisse, Mr. Warren, Reya Benitez and Alexandre Assouline at Vandal: photo by Deidre Schoo for The New York Times, 7 April 2016


From left, Ms. Benitez, the daughter of the D.J. Jellybean Benitez; Ms. Matisse, the great-great-granddaughter of Henri Matisse; and Ms. Kennedy, the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at Vandal: photo by Deidre Schoo for The New York Times, 7 April 2016  

 

From left, Ms. Benitez, the daughter of the D.J. Jellybean Benitez; Ms. Matisse, the great-great-granddaughter of Henri Matisse; and Ms. Kennedy, the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at Vandal: photo by Deidre Schoo for The New York Times, 7 April 2016  


Ms. Benitez models an outfit designed by Mr. Warren as he is interviewed by Greg Kelly and Rosanna Scotto on “Good Day New York”: photo by Deidre Schoo for The New York Times, 7 April 2016

 

Ms. Benitez models an outfit designed by Mr. Warren as he is interviewed by Greg Kelly and Rosanna Scotto on “Good Day New York”: photo by Deidre Schoo for The New York Times, 7 April 2016  


Ms. Matisse models an Andrew Warren design on “Good Day New York”: photo by Deidre Schoo for The New York Times, 7 April 2016

 

4-H member [Greenfield, California]: photo by efo, 2 April 2016

 

Norwalk No.2 [Dean, California]: photo by efo, 2 April 2016

Gonzales #3 [Gonzales, California]: photo by efo, 3 April 2016

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TURKEY - First aid officials carry a migrant in Dikili after his deportation from Greece. By @Ozannkosee #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 8 April 2016

......................March 1988

when a spirit comes to me
  and frightens
and the weight on my chest
  turns butterflies into desert lands
and rivers flow through
             arms to heart
shepherds and farmers sit to drink
my isolated soul,
but not because I'm away
from you or may never see again
  the drunken night
      or shaking star's illusion
  that distance is not time
  and time not space
  but the spirit comes to me

Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988): "When a spirit comes to me..."(March 1988) from Collected Poems, 2012

Men tend to an injured cow after an airstrike in the rebel-held town of Turmanin, in Idlib Governorate near the Syrian-Turkish border, in Syria: photo byAmmar Abdullah / Reuters, 6 April 2016 

 

A baby plays on railway tracks at the railway station where he lives with his family at the border crossing at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece. Stranded migrants are spending their days in a makeshift camp near the railway station and waiting for borders to be opened.: photo by Amel Emric / AP, 6 April 2016

Migrants and refugees clash with Greek policemen as they try to open the border fence at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece: photo by Marko Djurica / Reuters, 7 April 2016

 
Floodwaters rush through a Pakistani market area as vendors and residents scramble to save their possessions on the outskirts of Peshawar. Heavy rains have killed at least 121 people, injured 124, and damaged 852 houses since 9 March across Pakistan, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.: photo by A Majeed / AFP, 3 April 2016

A boy cries during a protest held by migrants and refugees to call for the reopening of the borders in Idomeni. #AFP: image via Stephanie Beauge @sbeaugeAFP, 8 April 2016

A boy faces police during protests to call for the reopening of the #borders at #Idomeni Photo: @Kilicbil @AFPphoto: image via SundayTimesPictures @STPictures, 8 April 2016

GREECE - Pro-migrant activists try to interfere with deportation of migrants to Turkey in Lesbos. By @AFPphoto: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 April 2016
 

TURKEY - Turkish officials register deported migrants at the port of Dikili.By @ozannkosee #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 8 April 2016

TURKEY - A man looks at a life jacket floating near Dikili where a ferry carrying a second group of deported migrants is arriving.By @ozannkosee: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 April 2016

TURKEY - Greek police officers look out of the window of a ferry carrying migrants as it arrives in Dikili.By @ozannkosee #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 8 April 2016

TURKEY - A police officer escorts a migrant from a Turkish ferry carrying migrants in Dikili. By @ozannkosee #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 8 April 2016

GREECE - A child cries as migrants and refugees clash with riot police during a protest near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 7 April 2016

Refugees have a right to asylum, not bias and barbed wire, says @UN chief @HuffingtonPost: image via UNHCR Washington @UNHCRdc, 8 April 2016

GREECE - Migrants and refugees protest to call for the reopening of the borders near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 7 April 2016

GREECE - Migrants and refugees protest to call for the reopening of the borders near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 April 2016


GREECE - Migrants and refugees protest to open border gate at their makeshift camp call for the reopening of the borders near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 6 April 2016


GREECE - Migrants and refugees protest to call for the reopening of the borders near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 6 April 2016

 
GREECE - Migrants and refugees protest to call for the reopening of the borders near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 6 April 2016

A woman sits with a baby as #refugees block a road in the Greek border village #Idomeni Photo: @Kilicbil@AFPphoto: image via SundayTimesPictures @STPictures, 6 April 2016

Survivre à Idomeni @Kilicbil: image via Le Soir @lesoir, 6 April 2016


GREECE - Migrants and refugees try to grab clothes at their makeshift camp near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 6 April 2016  


GREECE - A child sits in a tent at dusk at the makeshift camp near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 6 April 2016 

TURKEY - A man fishes at sunset as Greek island of Lesbos is seen in the background in Izmir. By @ozannkose #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 April 2016

An ethnic Chinese Malaysian family visits the grave of an ancestor at a cemetery on the eve of the annual Qingming Festival in Kuala Lumpur. Qingming, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, is an annual Chinese festival to commemorate the dead. Families visit and clean the graves of their ancestors, burning incence, paper money and presenting offerings such as food, tea, wine and joss paper accessories.: photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP, 3 April 2016

People wait near a tube station for shuttles going to a cemetery in Shanghai, during Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Festival: photo by Reuters, 4 April 2016

People burn joss paper money as they pray at a public cemetery during the Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Festival, in Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province, China: photo by Reuters, 4 April 2016
 

People tag a wall as thousands of people demonstrate on March 9, in Nantes, western France, as part a nationwide day of protest against proposed labor reforms: photo by Loic Venance/AFP, 9 March 2016

A Pakistani man walks past a wall during a foggy morning in Lahore: photo by K.M. Chaudary/Associated Press, 9 February 2016

An Iranian clergyman walks past a mural depicting a woman in downtown Tehran: photo by Behrouz Mehri/AFP, 24 February 2016

Faded movie posters hang on the charred walls of an abandoned cinema house, that was torched 20 years ago, in Gaza City: photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters, 29 February 2016

 A pedestrian walks past a mural for the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, New York: photo by Mike Groll/Associated Press, 5 February 2016 

Seen from below, clouds shroud the Shanghai World Financial Center, the Jinmao Tower, and the Shanghai Tower in Shanghai: photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP, 6 April 2016

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Macedonian police use tear gas on #migrants: image via Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng, 10 April 2016

Short the way, but pitiless

The need to walk it.

Alcman (7th c. BC): Fragment 102, translated by Guy Davenport in Archilochus, Sappho, Alkman: Three Lyric Poets of the Late Greek Bronze Age (1980)

 

Next UN chief urged to tackle #refugee crisis: image via Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng, 10 April 2016

Au - 260 migrants blessés ds les heurts à la frontière greco-macédonienne selon MSF #AFP #Idomeni photo @Kilicbil: image via Sophie Makris @samakris, 10 April 2016 

GREECE - 'Dozens hurt' as police tear gas migrants on Greece-Macedonia border near Idomeni. Photo @Kilicbil#AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 10 April 2016

#Idomeni A man runs with a baby to the emergency services after Macedonian police threw tear gas Photo @Kilicbil#AFP:: image via Stephanie Beauge @sbeaugeAFP, 10 April 2016

'Dozens hurt' as police tear gas migrants on Greece-Macedonia border. Photo @Kilicbil #AFP: image via LeCoMax @lecomaxnews, 10 April 2016

GREECE - Migrants clash with Macedonian police during a protest to reopen the border near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil#AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 10 April 2016

GREECE - Migrants clash with Macedonian police during a protest to reopen the border near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil#AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 10 April 2016

Riot police use tear gas on migrants at Greece-Macedonia border: image via Telegraph News @Telegraph News, 10 April 2016

#Idomeni A refugee tries to set a fire during rainy weather at a makeshift camp. Photo @Kilicbil #AFP:: image via Stephanie Beauge @sbeaugeAFP, 9 April 2016

GREECE -  Refugee children wait in line for food distribution at the makeshift camp near Idomeni. By@Kilicbil#AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 April 2016


Refugees try to fix their tent during rainy weather at a makeshift camp near Idomeni.  By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 April 2016

Refugees wait under the rain for food distribution at their makeshift camp near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 April 2016

Syrian children run with balloons past heavily damaged buildings in the neighbourhood of Jobar. #Syria #AFP:: image via Stephanie Beauge @sbeaugeAFP, 9 April 2016

 

A Syrian army soldier sits amidst the debris as civilians return to their in the modern town of #Palmyra #AFP:: image via Stephanie Beauge @sbeaugeAFP, 9 April 2016

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#Idomeni. A woman and a child. In the unlivable land of razor wire, clashes, rubber bullets, tear gas: image via Valerio De Cesaris @ValerioDeC, 11 April 2016 

The mountain-summits sleep, glens, cliffs and caves
   Are silent -- all the black earth's reptile brood --
   The bees -- the wild beasts of the mountain wood;
In depths beneath the dark red ocean's waves
   Its monsters rest, whilst wrapt in bower and spray
   Each bird is hush'd that stretch'd its pinions to the day.

Alcman (7th c. BC): Fragment 89, translated by Thomas Campbell in 'Lectures on Poetry: Lecture V. Part I, Greek Poetry', The New Monthly Magazine, 2 (1821)

 

 #Idomeni A refugee walks along train tracks at the camp near the border btwn Greece and Macedonia By Kostas Tsironis: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 11 April 2016

#Greece - Migrants and Greek riot police clash at Greece-Macedonia Border. By @Kilicbil: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 11 April 2016 

GREECE - Migrants face Macedonian soldiers at border fence as they protest to reopen border near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2016

Migrants show empty canisters lobbed by Macedonian soldiers as they protest to reopen border By @Kilicbil: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2016 

#Idomeni Migrant crisis tensions rise after police fired tear gas at hundreds of people stranded I By @Kilicbil#AFP: image via Stephanie Beauge @sbeaugeAFP, 11 April 2016

GREECE- Flames rise after a fight between Kurds and Arab Syrians at the makeshift camp near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2016


Refugees and migrants protest to reopen the border near their makeshift camp #Idomeni  I By @Kilicbil#AFP: image via Stephanie Beauge @sbeaugeAFP, 11 April 2016
 

GREECE - A man calls to migrants to walk through the torn down wire fencing along border near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 10 April 2016

Refugees in #Idomeni say: "Today - we either break the fence or we die" more ppl arriving all with bags @Ruptly: image via Katica Djurovic @zoontangmarg, 9 April 2016

Teargas fired by Macedonian border police as refugees march on the border in #Idomeni: image via Anna McKelvey @japanna, 10 April 2016

#Idomeni clashes @Ruptly stun grenades and tear gas thousands of refugees against Macedonian police: image via Katica Djurovic @zoontangmarg, 10 April 2016

 Chaos in #Idomeni as police clash with refugees @Ruptly: image via Katica Djurovic @zoontangmarg, 10 April 2016


 Stones and teargas between #refugeesGR and FYROM police in #Idomeni @Faloulah: image via Dimitris Tosidis @d_tosidis, 10 April 2016  Greece


Teargas keeps on coming #RefugeesGR way inside Greek territory @d_tosidis: image via Marianna Karakoulaki @Faloulah, 10 April 2016



The amount of teargas by the Macedonian police is unbelievable! #RefugeesGR @d_tosidis @JohnPapanikos: image via Marianna Karakoulaki @Faloulah, 10 April 2016
 
 
Children once again hearing sound of guns, blasts and helicopters they ran from. Shame on us #Idomeni #refugees: image via Lighthouse Relief @LighthouseRR, 10 April 2016 

LIVE: Protesters at #Idomeni have dragged a train wagon in front of the police bus. Tensions are high.: image via MSF Sea Verified account @MSF Sea, 11 April 2016

The day after #Idomeni protests, #RedCross is still assisting people stranded at the border: image via IFRC Verified account @Federation, 11 April 2016 

GREECE - A child sits in a tent at dusk at the makeshift camp near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP news agency Verified account @AFP, 6 April 2016

 

GREECE - A child sits in a tent at dusk at the makeshift camp near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP news agency Verified account @AFP, 6 April 2016
 

GREECE - A child sits in a tent at dusk at the makeshift camp near Idomeni. By @Kilicbil #AFPl: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 12 April 2016 
 

#Idomeni. Where European values ​​are sinking: image via Valerio De Cesaris @ValerioDC, 11 April 2016

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Migrants at Idomeni: image via Forgotten in Idomeni @OlaHelle, 9 April 2016

For them the sun shines at full strength -- while we here walk in night.

 

Fields of canola bloom extend into the horizon as Bob Calvey looks under the hood of a 1949 Pontiac which sits at his salvage yard, Tuesday, in Oak Grove, Kentucky: photo by David Goldman/AP, 12 April 2016

149 people jump off a bridge in an attempt to set a “rope jumping” world record in Hortolandia, Brazil: photo by Paulo Whitaker / Reuters, 11 April 2016

A couple poses for wedding photos in a park in Luoyang, Henan Province, China: photo by Reuters, 11 April 2016

 

The plains around their city are red with roses

and shaded by incense trees heavy with golden fruit.

 

 

Brian Hughes is unseated from Urban Hymn in The Gaskells Waste Management Handicap Hurdle Race during the 2016 Crabbie’s Grand National Steeple Chase at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England: photo by Laurence Griffiths via The National, 9 April 2016

Geordan Speiller, left, tries to pin Mason Manville during their 75kg Greco-Roman match at the US Olympic wrestling trials in Iowa City, Iowa: photo by Charlie Neibergall/AP, 9 April 2016

 

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, enjoys a game of cricket during a visit to meet children from Magic Bus, Childline and Doorstep, three non-governmental organisations, at Mumbai’s iconic recreation ground, the Oval Maidan, during the royal visit to India and Bhutan: photo by Chris Jackson via The National, 10 April 2016

Racegoers attend Ladies Day, the second day of the Grand National Festival horse race meeting, at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. The annual three day meeting culminates in the Grand National which is run over a distance of four miles and four furlongs (7,242 metres), and is the biggest betting race in the United Kingdom: photo by Oli Scarff / AFP, 9 April 2016

And some enjoy horses and wrestling, or table games and the lyre,

and near them blossoms a flower of perfect joy.

Aerial view of the flower fields in Marco Polo Flower World in Yangzhou, China. The Marco Polo Flower World included seven themed sessions with various kinds of flowers.: photo by VCG via FT Photo Diary, 10 April 2016



 Aerial view of the flower fields in Marco Polo Flower World in Yangzhou, China. The Marco Polo Flower World included seven themed sessions with various kinds of flowers.: photo by VCG via FT Photo Diary, 10 April 2016

Thousands of runners are seen during a long exposure crossing the Reichsbrucke bridge over the Danube river, during the Vienna City Marathon in Vienna, Austria. This year, around 42,000 participants were estimated to take part at the Vienna Marathon: photo by Joe Klamar / AFP, 10 April 2016

The feet of Alexander Zverev of Germany are seen during his match against Andrey Rublev of Russia: photo by Eric Gaillard/Reuters, 11 April 2016

 

 

The feet of Alexander Zverev of Germany are seen during his match against Andrey Rublev of Russia: photo by Eric Gaillard/Reuters, 11 April 2016

Perfumes always hover above the land

from the frankincense strewn in deep-shining fire of the gods' altars.

A devotee with his body painted poses as he waits to perform during a ritual as part of the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival at Sona Palasi village, in West Bengal, India: photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters, 11 April 2016



A devotee with his body painted poses as he waits to perform during a ritual as part of the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival at Sona Palasi village, in West Bengal, India: photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters, 11 April 2016

A man sleeps on a girder between the two pillars of a bridge on the Sabarmati river during a hot day in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 11 April 2016



A man sleeps on a girder between the two pillars of a bridge on the Sabarmati river during a hot day in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 11 April 2016

Viconte Du Noyer ridden by jockey Jonathan Burke in the Betfred Red Rum Handicap Chase during the Grand Opening Day of the Crabbie’s Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool: photo by Mike Egerton/PA, 7 April 2016



Viconte Du Noyer ridden by jockey Jonathan Burke in the Betfred Red Rum Handicap Chase during the Grand Opening Day of the Crabbie’s Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool: photo by Mike Egerton/PA, 7 April 2016

And across from them the sluggish rivers of black night

vomit forth a boundless gloom.

Pindar (518? BC - after 446 BC: Dirges 129 and 130, translated by Willis Barnstone in Greek Lyric Poetry, 1962

@reuterspictures #refugiados en #Idomeni.: image via El Mundo Fotografia @ElMundoFoto, 10 April 2016

Un migrante devuelve un bote de gas lagrimógeno: photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters via El Mundo, 10 April 2016

We hope #Europe will take necessary steps in fulfilling obligations to refugees: photo @Achilleas Zavallis/UNHCR: image via UN Refugee Agency Verified account @Refugees, 12 April 2016

UNHCR statement on violence on the Greece-FYROM border on 10 April

Press Release, 11 April 2016

(This statement is attributable to UNHCR Spokesperson Adrian Edwards)

Yesterday's violence at the Greece-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border near Eidomeni and the extensive scenes we have all seen of teargas in use are a matter of great worry to UNHCR. It should be too for all who are concerned with Europe's response to the situation of refugees and migrants.

Time and again in recent months we have seen tension unfolding at various European borders, between security forces on the one hand and people fleeing war and in need of help on the other. People get hurt and property is damaged. Harm is done to perceptions of refugees and to Europe's image alike. Everyone loses.

In recent days media and public attention has focused on how the EU-Turkey agreement is being implemented in the Aegean islands and in Turkey. We should not forget the many other refugees and migrants who continue to be affected by the situation, especially the nearly 46,000 on the Greek mainland who arrived before the agreement took effect. At Eidomeni, about 11,000 have been sleeping for many weeks now in the open in dismal conditions, fuelling hopelessness and despair.

UNHCR is ready to support the voluntary transfer of people to sites to be put in place by the Greek Government, including helping with the necessary services while registration and processing is taking place. This is urgent. In the meantime, in Eidomeni, UNHCR together with the Greek Government, Greek NGOs and other partners are providing food, medical support, help for persons with specific needs, and prevention and response to sexual and gender based violence.

A wider solution -– namely to relocate those who may qualify for international protection to other European States –- has been agreed for many months. It needs action.

Violence is wrong whatever the circumstances. UNCHR hopes Europe will take the necessary steps now, and we stand ready to help governments further in fulfilling their obligations to refugees.

Europe's back wall: Macedonian border police confront stranded migrants at Idomeni: photo by Konstantinos Tsakalidis / SOOC via The Press Project, 12 April 2016

 Στιγμιότυπο από την Ειδομένη την Τρίτη [Migrants at Idomeni on Tuesday]: screenshot by Konstantinos Tsakalidis / SOOC via The Press Project, 12 April 2016

Προσαγωγές στην Ειδομένη [Aerial view of border encampment at Idomeni] #refugeesGR: image via dromografos @dromografos, 12 April 2016

Many are reported to be injured in the clashes at Idomeni more than a month after the closure of the #Balkanroute: image via Balkan Newsbeat @BalkanNewsbeat, 10 April 2016

Το μικρό κορίτσι δεν μπορεί να αναπνεύσει απο τα χημικά. Εθελοντες προσπαθουν να το βοηθησουν #refugeesGR: image via U @kinimatini, 10 April 2016

Dos niñas se cubren la cara por el gas lacrimógeno ayer en #Idomeni #WeDenounce #RefugeesGR #Europe: image via Fotomovimiento @fotomovimiento, 11 April 2016

UPDATE: Even our staff are affected. Tear gas is being fired directly into the camp which is home to 1000s.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 10 April 2016

Una nube de gas cubre el perímetro de la frontera tras los momentos de tensión: photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters via El Mundo, 10 April 2016

Un migrante se cubre la cara para evitar inhalar el gas: photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters via El Mundo, 10 April 2016

Un migrante devuelve un bote de gas a los policías al otro lado de la alambrada: photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters via El Mundo, 10 April 2016

Varios participantes en la protesta se retiran tras verse afectados por el gas lacrimógeno: photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters via El Mundo, 10 April 2016

Varias personas evacuan a un herido durante los enfrentamientos: photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters via El Mundo, 10 April 2016

Varios participantes en la protesta tratan de esquivar el gas lanzado desde el otro lado de la alambrada: photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters via El Mundo, 10 April 2016

Rubber bullets are still being fired a #refugees in #Idomeni: image via Lighthouse Relief @LighthouseRR, 10 April 2016  Axioupoli, Greece

Aquí un niño con un bote de gas lacrimógeno. Lo q está lanzando la policía d FYROM. Por @FatimaMG #WEDENOUNCE: image via Voice on-site @Voicesonsite, 10 April 2016

FYROM Police shoots #refugeesGR now also with big rubber bullets. #Idomeni: image via Björn Kietzmann @bjokie, 10 April 2016

Rain and thunder in miserable #Idomeni this afternoon...: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 9 April 2016

At #Idomeni, Greece about 11,000 people have been sleeping for weeks in dismal conditions: image via UN Refugee Agency Verified account @Refugees, 12 April 2016

A bra left at the fence. Maybe Macedonian police has some female fans among refugees #Idomeni :): image via Katica Djurovic @zoontangmarg, 12 April 2016

A girl eats on the ground as people line up for food at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece: photo by Stoyan Nenov / Reuters 12 April 2016

A boy sitting on a football watches Macedonian police at a checkpoint on the Greek-Macedonian border: photo by Alexandros Avramidis / Reuters, 12 April 2016

A boy looks out of a bus window as refugees from Syria and Iraq board a bus transferring them to a new facility in Attica from the port of Piraeus, Greece: photo by Simela Pantzartzi / EPA, 12 April 2016

 

Un migrante trata de recuperar el aliento tras inhalar el gas lacrimógeno: photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters via El Mundo, 10 April 2016

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The horse, the dog... and Phoebe! [Cañicosa, Castille and Leon, Spain]: photo by Natalia Romay, 24 December 2013hobvias sudoneighm, 6 May 2006

 
He came from Malta; and Eumêlus says
He had no dog like him in all his days;
We called him Bull; he went into the dark;
Along those roads we cannot hear him bark.
 
Tymnes (c. 3rd C. BC): [The Maltese Dog], from The Greek Anthology, Vol. 2, 7.211, translated by Edmund Blunden in Halfway House: A Miscellany of New Poems, 1932

patton and the sign. This dog does not 'get' the leash. [Edmonton, Alberta]: photo by hobvias sudoneighm, 6 May 2006

IMG_8807 (dogs, Xoloscuintle): photo by locaburg, 7 December 2005

Left to right, Gladiator Ramanus and Chasing Lane’s Firing Aces vie for the lead during the 22nd race of the Solitude-Race 2016 in Sachsenheim, Germany: photo by Matthias Hangst / Bongarts, 11 April 2016

Black Dogs, Portland: photo by Austin Granger, 2 April 2014

Judy in Stoneybatter (Dublin): photo by Stoneybutter, 23 December 2009

DSCF8927 (Playa Trocones): photo by locaburg, 22 December 2013

 

[Untitled]: photo by Prof Alex O Chevtchenko, 9 May 2012

 

A small dog peers from a car at an Ukrainian army checkpoint near Kurakhove, Ukraine, on a road leading to Russia-backed separatist-held territory: photo by Vadim Ghirda/Associated Press, 16 March 2016)

Brodie, a border collie, takes in the sights on his bus as he rides The Common Dog dog shuttle enroute to doggie day care in Everett, Massachusetts: photo by Joanne Rathe/Boston Globe, 16 September 2015

Bruno, a bearded collie cross, walks in the wind in Newquay in Cornwall, England. Parts of the UK were battered by Storm Imogen, the ninth named storm to hit the UK this season.: photo by Matt Cardy via Boston Globe, 8 February 2016

 
The industrial landscape across the Dee Estuary at sunrise as steam rises from Deeside power station, Shotton Steelworks and other heavy industrial plants in Flint, Wales: photo by Christopher Furlong via FT Photo Diary, 12 April 2016



The industrial landscape across the Dee Estuary at sunrise as steam rises from Deeside power station, Shotton Steelworks and other heavy industrial plants in Flint, Wales: photo by Christopher Furlong via FT Photo Diary, 12 April 2016

A Chinese, wearing a mask, passes by a sculpture during a smoggy day in Beijing city: photo by Wu Hong/EPA, 12 April 2016



A Chinese, wearing a mask, passes by a sculpture during a smoggy day in Beijing city: photo by Wu Hong/EPA, 12 April 2016

A man covers his face as he pushes a bicycle through a dust storm on the banks of the Ganga river in Allahabad, India: photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters, 12 April 2016

A man covers his face as he pushes a bicycle through a dust storm on the banks of the Ganga river in Allahabad, India: photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters, 12 April 2016

 

A Palestinian beekeeper uses smoke to calm bees in the process of collecting honey at a farm in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip: photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters, 12 April 2016



 A Palestinian beekeeper uses smoke to calm bees in the process of collecting honey at a farm in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip: photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters, 12 April 2016

 Dog (Los Angeles): photo bymichaelj1998, 7 April 2014

snowhere: photo by Jordi Huisman, 5 May 2010

 

Black dog, liquid metal (Ocean Grove, New Jersey): photo by nosha, 29 December 2013

Black strong and handsome - what a dog! #blackdog: image via frank ferreira @Bleu1995, 3 October 2014



A dog sits in front of the head of a Sphinx replica, removed from its body, at a theme park which is also a location for the production of movies, television shows and animation shows, on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China: photo by Reuters, 3 April 2016