bright lights, big city #datenight: image via Ivanka Trump @IvankaTrump, 16 January 2017
These stills of #Trump as red have their own implications #оттенок #сообщник: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 16 January 2017
#MLK Day meets the Trump Inauguration in One Portrait: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 16 January 2017
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MLK Day Meets the Trump Inauguration: Reading The Pictures, 16 January 2017
We felt a special obligation this year to find just the right photo to commemorate Martin Luther King Day. The goal was to find an image that also informed the auspicious event taking place on Friday. Then the task became even more specific and complicated after Rep. John Lewis called Trump’s election illegitimate, and Trump lashed out at the civil rights hero, and his Atlanta district, with a racist dogwhistle.
All that in mind, what jumped out at us was this photo Instagrammed by ABC. The brief caption read:
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) is seen in this photo taken during the second Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights march, also known as ‘Turnaround Tuesday,’ in Selma, Alabama, March 9, 1965.
Projecting as much ambiguity as tension, the key element is King’s left hand. Adorned with the french cuff and the shining wedding ring, those objects are juxtaposed with a pair of scars. Also charged by King’s compression between two other figures, the hand reads two ways at once. The arrangement of the index and the middle finger, the way they meet King’s lower lip, conveys contemplation. It’s King “the thinker.” If you put more emphasis on the knuckles, and the configuration of the ring finger, the thumb and the pinky, though, it looks more like a fist. What is the appropriate stance of the African-American community, and all who feel threatened by the polarizing, patronizing and divisive Trump? Depending on Trump’s engagement, the response, or more specifically, the range, is on hand.
Women's march in DC planned one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump, has an echo of the past: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 16 January 2017
Women's march in DC planned one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump, has an echo of the past: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 16 January 2017
Women's march in DC planned one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump, has an echo of the past: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 16 January 2017
Inauguration merchandise is seen near the White House in Washington, DC. Authorities expect tens of thousands of supporters and protesters to descend on Washington for Friday’s Inauguration ceremony.: photo Aaron P. Bernstein, 16 January 2017
Inauguration merchandise is seen near the White House in Washington, DC. Authorities expect tens of thousands of supporters and protesters to descend on Washington for Friday’s Inauguration ceremony.: photo Aaron P. Bernstein, 16 January 2017
The race to have Wax Trump ready #Trump #TrumpInaugural: image via Derek Gatopoulos @dgatopoulos, 19 January 2017
This composite photo shows people watching the advertising screens at Piccadilly Circus in London before, and also after the lights are are switched off in preparation for redevelopment. The iconic lights have been switched off so that the electronic hoardings can be replaced with a state-of-the-art screen measuring 790 square metres which is expected to be unveiled in the autumn: photo by Dominic Lipinski /PA, 16 January 2017
This composite photo shows people watching the advertising screens at Piccadilly Circus in London before, and also after the lights are are switched off in preparation for redevelopment. The iconic lights have been switched off so that the electronic hoardings can be replaced with a state-of-the-art screen measuring 790 square metres which is expected to be unveiled in the autumn: photo by Dominic Lipinski /PA, 16 January 2017
UK - Big Ben, the Elizabeth Tower and the statue of Winston Churchill are seen reflected in a puddle in London. #AFP by Daniel Leal-Olivas: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 16 January 2017
UK: Pound drops after Brexit backing from Trump. People pass the Elizabeth Tower ("Big Ben"), at the Houses of Parliament #AFP Ben Stansall: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 16 January 2017
Jorge Luis Borges: Argumentum Ornithologicum
Cierro los ojos y veo una bandada de pájaros. La visión dura un segundo o acaso menos; no sé cuántos pájaros vi. ¿Era definido o indefinido su número? El problema involucra el de la existencia de Dios. Si Dios existe, el número es definido, porque Dios sabe cuántos pájaros vi. Si Dios no existe, el número es indefinido, porque nadie pudo llevar la cuenta. En tal caso, vi menos de diez pájaros (digamos) y más de uno, pero no vi nueve, ocho, siete, seis, cinco, cuatro, tres o dos pájaros. Vi un número entre diez y uno, que no es nueve, ocho, siete, seis, cinco, etcétera. Ese número entero es inconcebible; ergo, Dios existe.
I close my eyes and see a flock of birds. The vision lasts a second or perhaps less; I don’t know how many birds I saw. Were they a definite or an indefinite number? This problem involves the question of the existence of God. If God exists, the number is definite, because how many birds I saw is known to God. If God does not exist, the number is indefinite, because nobody was able to take count. In this case, I saw fewer than ten birds (let’s say) and more than one; but I did not see nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, or two birds. I saw a number between ten and one, but not nine, eight, seven, six, five, etc. That number, as a whole number, is inconceivable; ergo, God exists.
Jorge Luis Borges 1899-1986): Argumentum Ornithologicum, from El hacedor, 1960; English version by Midred Boyer
UK: Pound drops after Brexit backing from Trump. People pass the Elizabeth Tower ("Big Ben"), at the Houses of Parliament #AFP Ben Stansall: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 16 January 2017
UK: Pound drops after Brexit backing from Trump. People pass the Elizabeth Tower ("Big Ben"), at the Houses of Parliament #AFP Ben Stansall:image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 16 January 2017
Kashmiri women watch the funeral procession of Adil Reshi, a suspected rebel in Hussainpora. Thousands participated in the funerals of three suspected rebels who were killed in an overnight gun-battle with Indian security forces on Monday.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 16 January 2017
Kashmiri women watch the funeral procession of Adil Reshi, a suspected rebel in Hussainpora. Thousands participated in the funerals of three suspected rebels who were killed in an overnight gun-battle with Indian security forces on Monday.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 16 January 2017
INDIA - A Kashmiri man walks past a snow-covered park in Srinagar. By @TauseefMUSTAFA #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
A group of inmates stand on a roof inside the State Penitentiary of Alcacuz in Nisia Floresta near Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. On Sunday Police said they had regained control over the prison where at least 30 inmates died in a riot that started on Saturday.: photo by Ney Douglas/EPA, 16 January 2017
A group of inmates stand on a roof inside the State Penitentiary of Alcacuz in Nisia Floresta near Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. On Sunday Police said they had regained control over the prison where at least 30 inmates died in a riot that started on Saturday.: photo by Ney Douglas/EPA, 16 January 2017
BRAZIL - A rebellion in Alcacuz Penitentiary Center near Natal - read "We want peace but don't run away from war". By Andressa Anholete #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
BRAZIL - Relatives of inmates wait for news outside Alcacuz Penitentiary after a fight between rival gangs near Natal. By Andressa Anholete: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
Anglers gather at the River Tay for the opening of the Salmon Fishing season in Kenmore, Scotland. The village of Kenmore has been the traditional venue for the opening of the season since 1947, with this year marking the 70th anniversary.: photo by Jeff J Mitchell, 16 January 2017
Anglers gather at the River Tay for the opening of the Salmon Fishing season in Kenmore, Scotland. The village of Kenmore has been the traditional venue for the opening of the season since 1947, with this year marking the 70th anniversary.: photo by Jeff J Mitchell, 16 January 2017
The tail of a crashed Turkish Boeing 747 cargo plane lies at a residential area outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The cargo plane crashed Monday morning, killing people in the residential area adjacent to the Manas airport as well as those on the plane.: photo by Vladimir Voronin/AP, 16 January 2017
The tail of a crashed Turkish Boeing 747 cargo plane lies at a residential area outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The cargo plane crashed Monday morning, killing people in the residential area adjacent to the Manas airport as well as those on the plane.: photo by Vladimir Voronin/AP, 16 January 2017
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KYRGYZSTAN - 37 dead after Turkish cargo plane hits the village of Dacha-Suu outside Bishkek. By Vyacheslav Oseledko #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
KYRGYZSTAN - 37 dead after Turkish cargo plane hits the village of Dacha-Suu outside Bishkek. By Vyacheslav Oseledko #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
A Kyrgyz firefighter inspects a plane crash site outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. A Turkish Boeing 747 cargo plane crashed just outside the Manas airport Monday morning killing people in the residential area adjacent to the Manas airport as well as those on the plane. #Kyrgyzstan #planecrash: photo by Azamat Imanaliev/AP via AP Images @AP_Images, 16 January 2017
KYRGYZSTAN - 37 dead after Turkish cargo plane hits the village of Dacha-Suu outside Bishkek. By Vyacheslav Oseledko #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
KYRGYZSTAN - 37 dead after Turkish cargo plane hits the village of Dacha-Suu outside Bishkek. By Vyacheslav Oseledko #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
SERBIA - A migrant is seen inside of an abandoned train wagon used as a makeshift shelter near Belgrade's main railway station. By @Iandrej: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
Serbia - A migrant washes his hands inside a derelict warehouse used as a makeshift shelter in Belgrade on January 16 #AFP @iandrej: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 16 January 2017
SERBIA - A migrant is seen inside of an abandoned train wagon used as a makeshift shelter near Belgrade's main railway station. By @Iandrej: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
A picture shows Israel's controversial wall separating Jewish settlement of Neve Yaakov and Palestinian neighborhood of al-Ram, West Bank: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 16 January 2017
IRAQ - A demining expert from the Iraqi army searches for booby-trapped buildings in eastern Mosul. By @dilkoff #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
IRAQ - People stand on a street while demining experts from the Iraqi army search for booby-trapped buildings in eastern Mosul. By@dilkoff: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
IRAQ - A demining expert from the Iraqi army inspects a house that was occupied by IS group jihadists in eastern Mosul. By@dilkoff: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
#Syria Children play next to a destroyed building in the rebel-held town of #Douma, eastern outskirts of #Damascus By @AbdDoumany @AFPphoto: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 16 January 2017
A worker of Torrent Power Limited removes kites tangled up in electric power cables after the end of the kite flying season in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 16 January 2017
A worker of Torrent Power Limited removes kites tangled up in electric power cables after the end of the kite flying season in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 16 January 2017
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ARGENTINA - Members of Tupac Amaru neighbourhood association demand the release of activist Milagro Sala in Buenos Aires. By @chatoeitan: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
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ARGENTINA - Aerial view of Parana River near Rosario, Santa Fe province. By @FranckFife #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
ARGENTINA - Members of Tupac Amaru neighbourhood association demand the release of activist Milagro Sala in Buenos Aires. By @chatoeitan: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017
Reclaman la libertad de la activista Milagro Sala, presa en Argentina #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @AFPespanol, 16 January 2017
ARGENTINA - Aerial view of Parana River near Rosario, Santa Fe province. By @FranckFife #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 January 2017