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Mosul @felipedana: image via Quentin Sommerville @sommervillebbc, 8 July 2017
More photos of destruction around Mosul's Old City. Old doors riddled with bullets, bodies of ISIS fighters left to rot in the sun.: image via Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck, 8 July 2017
More photos of destruction around Mosul's Old City. Old doors riddled with bullets, bodies of ISIS fighters left to rot in the sun.: image via Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck, 8 July 2017
#Nigeria A man looks at potatoes displayed on a stall at the Monday-Market, one of the biggest markets, in Maiduguri. Photo @HeunisStephan.: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 July 2017
#India Farm labourers plant paddy seedlings in a field on the outskirts of Amritsar. Photo @nanuworld #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 July 2017
#Indonesia A bird flies in front of the cloud-covered sunset in Jakarta. Photo @b4yismoyo #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 July 2017
#India An Indian family travels on a bike as heavy rain falls in Jalandhar. Photo @shammiphotos #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 July 2017
#Spain Moroccan migrants sleep at the port of Barbate after being rescued in waters of the Strait of Gibraltar. Photo Marcos Moreno #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 July 2017
SYRIA - Smoke rises from buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held town of Ayn Tarm. Photo @amer_almohibany #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 July 2017
#Spain People watch the parade of "Gigantes y Cabezudos" as part of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona. Photo @CesarMansoFoto: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 July 2017
#India A youth carries a container of drinking water through floodwaters in Padderpar. Photo Lovely Ghosh #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 July 2017
Industry challenges include managing clothing production costs, quality control, distribution logistics and reaching large markets. Such concerns, however, were an afterthought as stylish crowds gathered for the fashion spectacle that ran June 27-July 2.
A model waits backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday June 30, 2017.: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 30 June 2017
Models wait backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday June 30, 2017.: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 30 June 2017
Designer Oumar Dicko, right, of Mali and Belgium, laces up a model in one of his creations backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Saturday July 1, 2017.: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 1 July 2017
Models wait backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Saturday July 1, 2017: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 1 July 2017
Models remove their wigs after the finale of Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday July 1, 2017: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 1 July 2017
A model ties her sandals after the finale of Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday July 1, 2017: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 1 July 2017
A dress hangs on a clothes rack at the end of Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday July 1, 2017: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 1 July 2017
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Fleeing Iraqi civilians wait to be taken from Mosul's Old City during fighting of Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants today. @felipedana: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 8 July 2017
Mosul, July 2017: photo by Felipe Dana / AP via AP Images @AP_Images, 6 July 2017
Mosul endgame: Felipe Dana, AP blogs, 6 July 2017The Islamic State group is striking back as Iraqi forces are on the cusp of full victory in Mosul, sending women suicide bombers to target soldiers as the battle for the country's second-largest city nears its end. The attacks underscore the intense violence still plaguing the battered nation and the perils that will remain even after IS militants are pushed out of Mosul.
Mosul, July 2017: photo by Felipe Dana / AP via AP Images @AP_Images, 6 July 2017
Mosul @felipedana: image via Quentin Sommerville @sommervillebbc, 8 July 2017
More photos of destruction around Mosul's Old City. Old doors riddled with bullets, bodies of ISIS fighters left to rot in the sun.: image via Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck, 8 July 2017
More photos of destruction around Mosul's Old City. Old doors riddled with bullets, bodies of ISIS fighters left to rot in the sun.: image via Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck, 8 July 2017
More photos of destruction around Mosul's Old City. Old doors riddled with bullets, bodies of ISIS fighters left to rot in the sun.: image via Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck, 8 July 2017
More photos of destruction around Mosul's Old City. Old doors riddled with bullets, bodies of ISIS fighters left to rot in the sun.: image via Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck, 8 July 2017
More photos of destruction around Mosul's Old City. Old doors riddled with bullets, bodies of ISIS fighters left to rot in the sun.: image via Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck, 8 July 2017
Big Heads
#Nigeria A man looks at potatoes displayed on a stall at the Monday-Market, one of the biggest markets, in Maiduguri. Photo @HeunisStephan.: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 July 2017
#India Farm labourers plant paddy seedlings in a field on the outskirts of Amritsar. Photo @nanuworld #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 July 2017
#Indonesia A bird flies in front of the cloud-covered sunset in Jakarta. Photo @b4yismoyo #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 July 2017
#India An Indian family travels on a bike as heavy rain falls in Jalandhar. Photo @shammiphotos #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 July 2017
#Spain Moroccan migrants sleep at the port of Barbate after being rescued in waters of the Strait of Gibraltar. Photo Marcos Moreno #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 7 July 2017
SYRIA - Smoke rises from buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held town of Ayn Tarm. Photo @amer_almohibany #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 July 2017
#Spain People watch the parade of "Gigantes y Cabezudos" as part of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona. Photo @CesarMansoFoto: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 July 2017
#India A youth carries a container of drinking water through floodwaters in Padderpar. Photo Lovely Ghosh #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 8 July 2017
An anti-G20 protester stands in front of a burning barricade as police fire tear gas to disperse crowds in Hamburg: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 7 July 2017
Sur
Reaching Out
A police officer tries to hold onto a member of a counter-protest group against anti-Shariah protesters in Harrisburg, Pa., Saturday, June 10, 2017. Demonstrators at small but raucous gatherings around the country Saturday raised the specter that extremist interpretations of Islamic law might somehow spread across the U.S., but many of the rallies drew even more boisterous counter-protests by people who called such fears unfounded.: photo by Sean Simmers/PennLive dot com via AP, 10 June 2017
At Dakar Fashion Week
Models sit backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday June 30, 2017.: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 30 June 2017
At Dakar Fashion Week: Finbarr O'Reilly, AP, 6 July 2017
When it launched 15 years ago, Dakar Fashion Week had a handful of aspiring local designers and models gathering in often run-down hotels. Now dozens of designers from around the world present their creations to thumping DJ mixes as drone cameras hover above the runway shows that are broadcast live on national television.
Among the guests last week was Jenke Ahmed Tailly, an Ivorian and Senegalese stylist who has worked as Beyonce’s creative director and now advises Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.
Africa’s fashion scene has grown steadily over the past two decades, with sub-Saharan Africa’s apparel and footwear market now worth $31 billion, according to data by Euromonitor. Michelle Obama and Beyonce have worn labels such as Nigeria’s Maki Oh.
“When I started it was a young girl’s dream to build something in my country,” she said.
Industry challenges include managing clothing production costs, quality control, distribution logistics and reaching large markets. Such concerns, however, were an afterthought as stylish crowds gathered for the fashion spectacle that ran June 27-July 2.
A model has her make up done backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday June 30, 2017.: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 30 June 2017
One evening, a street show was held for free in a low-income neighborhood to allow other Dakar residents to sample the glamor and hype.
Amid the excitement was a strain of concern. After attacks on hotels by al-Qaida-linked militants elsewhere in West Africa, security was tight at the various fashion events.
And organizer Ndiaye was compelled to address the issue of Africans migrating to Europe after one of her friends and collaborators was among 180 people who drowned when a boat sank off the coast of Libya earlier this year.
Senegalese youth watch a runway show during Dakar Fashion Week in the capital's Niari Tali neighborhood, Thursday June 29, 2017.: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 29 June 2017
“It was heart-breaking to hear that we lost someone so close to us and so modern and working in this industry and he had a name,” Ndiaye said. “I still can’t figure out why someone like that would try to go to Europe by boat.”
A panel discussion titled “Our African Dream” was part of Dakar Fashion Week’s program and featured a Senegalese entrepreneur who spoke of a failed crossing to Europe that almost cost him his life. Students and local youth were invited to share the message that opportunities also exist at home.
“I hope that this is only the beginning of inspiring more young people to educate them on how hard work and struggle and pain and loneliness is all part of becoming successful,” said Ndiaye, who will host similar talks later this year in Ivory Coast, Gabon and the Republic of Congo. “It’s important for we Africans to tell our stories to help others to realize what we have here is good.”
A model eats a sandwich backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday June 30, 2017.: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 30 June 2017
A model waits backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday June 30, 2017.: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 30 June 2017
Models wait backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday June 30, 2017.: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 30 June 2017
Designer Oumar Dicko, right, of Mali and Belgium, laces up a model in one of his creations backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Saturday July 1, 2017.: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 1 July 2017
Models wait backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Saturday July 1, 2017: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 1 July 2017
Models remove their wigs after the finale of Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday July 1, 2017: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 1 July 2017
A model ties her sandals after the finale of Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday July 1, 2017: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 1 July 2017
A dress hangs on a clothes rack at the end of Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday July 1, 2017: photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/AP, 1 July 2017
Trouble Every Day
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