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epa editor's choice 23 July 2018: People bury a victim of a suicide bomb attack that targeted the convoy of exiled Afghan vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 23 July 2018. At least ten people were killed and more than a dozen injured in the suicide attack on 22 July near the Kabul airport, just minutes after a plane carrying the former vice president, who had just returned from exile in Turkey, landed, police said. #SuicideAttack #SuicideBomb #BombAttack #AbdulRashidDostum #Kabul #Afghanistan #epaphotos Photo epa-efe Hedaytullah Amid: image via eraphotos @epaphotos, 23 July 2018
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#Afghanistan Kabul suicide attack death toll rises to 23 Photo @Noorullah700 #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 23 July 2018
Fourteen people have died in a blast which rocked Kabul airport shortly after Afghan Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum returned from self-imposed exile, according to police.
Gen Dostum was unhurt in the attack on a square he had just passed through.
He left for Turkey more than a year ago, after he was accused of ordering his men to kidnap and rape a political rival - accusations he denies.
Militant group Islamic State has said it carried out the attack.
Hashmat Estankzai, of Kabul police, said nine security forces members and traffic officers were among the 14 who had died, while another 60 people had been injured, according to news agency AFP.
An AFP reporter later tweeted that a driver for the agency, Akhtar Mohammad, was also killed.
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We lost another great colleague today. Akhtar Mohammad, a long time AFP driver, a calm and honest man, a true and great friend was killed in the suicide attack in Kabul today. Rest In Peace Brother.: image via Usman Sharifi @usharifi, 22 July 2018
Mr Estankzai told the BBC a suicide attacker on foot had set off his explosives outside the gate of the airport.
Some reports said Gen Dostum's convoy was departing as the blast was heard. He was in an armoured vehicle.
The ethnic Uzbek and former warlord had been cheered by supporters on arrival.
Television footage showed Gen Dostum greeting supporters at his office not long after the explosion.
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Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport as he returned home from more than a year in exile.: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
Analysts believe President Ashraf Ghani sanctioned the return of Gen Dostum to try to shore up support ahead of the presidential election next year.
Gen Dostum helped the US oust the Taliban in 2001 but has been blamed for some of the worst atrocities in the country's long-running civil war.
He joined its national unity government in 2014.
Ahmad Eshchi, a former ally, said he had suffered days of severe beatings and sexual abuse at Gen Dostum's command.
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The ex-warlord denies the claims and has said that Mr Eshchi was detained by Afghanistan's intelligence service.
Gen Dostum's spokesman said he went to Turkey simply for a medical check-up.
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People watch a wildfire burning in the town of Rafina, as forest fires rage uncontrolled in several places across Greece.: Photo @alkiskon: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
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A house in Kineta near Athens is engulfed by flames.: photo by Valerie Gache/AFP/Getty Images, 23 July 2018
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Firefighters and soldiers try to extinguish a wildfire burning in the town of Rafina, near Athens.: photo by Costas Baltas/Reuters, 23 July 2018
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People evacuate the village of Mati on Monday night.: photo by Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images, 23 July 2018
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Cars are blocked at Kineta near Athens on Monday.: photo by Valerie Gache/AFP/Getty Images, 23 July 2018
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The Latest: Wildfires in Greece leave 6 people with burns.: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 23 July 2018
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A person dressed as Santa Claus uses a restroom at the annual World Santa Claus Congress in Denmark. Photo Andrew Kelly: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
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Watching the war in Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
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Watching the war in Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
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Watching the war in Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
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A truce between Israel and Hamas largely held after one of the most fierce flare-ups along the volatile border in years: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 7:05 AM 23 July 2018
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A truce between Israel and Hamas largely held after one of the most fierce flare-ups along the volatile border in years: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 7:05 AM 23 July 2018
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A truce between Israel and Hamas largely held after one of the most fierce flare-ups along the volatile border in years: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 7:05 AM 23 July 2018
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Farmer Scott Cooper is reflected in a dam as he rides his horse on his drought-affected property named 'Nundah' on the outskirts of Gunnedah, Australia. Photo David Gray: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
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A man cleans his submerged house after heavy rainfall caused by tropical storm Son Tinh in Vietnam Photo @Kham: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
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To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE AND DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS! tweet via Donald J. TrumpVerifedaccount @realDonaldTrump, 1:24 PM EDT, 22 July 2018
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Who amongst us can honestly say they haven't threatened nuclear war to distract from an illicit payment to a Playmate: tweet via Fred Delicious @Fred_Delicious, 23 July 2018
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COLOR US UNIMPRESSED: The world heard even harsher words of bluster a few months ago. And Iranians have heard them — albeit more civilized ones — for 40 yrs. We’ve been around for millennia and seen fall of empires, incl our own, which lasted more than the life of some countries. BE CAUTIOUS!: tweet via Javad Zarif @JZarif, 23 July 2018
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Constantly admire the creativity and conscience of the DC press corps. Slick allusion to our fortress state. Photo @oliverzero @SipaUSA #WhiteHouse #MarineOne #SecretService: image via Reading the Pictures @ReadingThePix, 23 July 2018
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epa editor's choice 23 July 2018: People bury a victim of a suicide bomb attack that targeted the convoy of exiled Afghan vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 23 July 2018. At least ten people were killed and more than a dozen injured in the suicide attack on 22 July near the Kabul airport, just minutes after a plane carrying the former vice president, who had just returned from exile in Turkey, landed, police said. #SuicideAttack #SuicideBomb #BombAttack #AbdulRashidDostum #Kabul #Afghanistan #epaphotos Photo epa-efe Hedaytullah Amid: image via eraphotos @epaphotos, 23 July 2018
#Afghanistan Kabul suicide attack death toll rises to 23 Photo @Noorullah700 #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 23 July 2018
Afghan airport blast: VP Dostum unhurt as Kabul bomb kills 14: BBC News, 23 July 2018
Fourteen people have died in a blast which rocked Kabul airport shortly after Afghan Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum returned from self-imposed exile, according to police.
Gen Dostum was unhurt in the attack on a square he had just passed through.
He left for Turkey more than a year ago, after he was accused of ordering his men to kidnap and rape a political rival - accusations he denies.
Militant group Islamic State has said it carried out the attack.
Hashmat Estankzai, of Kabul police, said nine security forces members and traffic officers were among the 14 who had died, while another 60 people had been injured, according to news agency AFP.
An AFP reporter later tweeted that a driver for the agency, Akhtar Mohammad, was also killed.
We lost another great colleague today. Akhtar Mohammad, a long time AFP driver, a calm and honest man, a true and great friend was killed in the suicide attack in Kabul today. Rest In Peace Brother.: image via Usman Sharifi @usharifi, 22 July 2018
Some reports said Gen Dostum's convoy was departing as the blast was heard. He was in an armoured vehicle.
The ethnic Uzbek and former warlord had been cheered by supporters on arrival.
Television footage showed Gen Dostum greeting supporters at his office not long after the explosion.
Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport as he returned home from more than a year in exile.: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
Gen Dostum's reappearance was preceded by unrest in his powerbase in northern Afghanistan, as supporters demanded his return and the release of a militia leader.
Analysts believe President Ashraf Ghani sanctioned the return of Gen Dostum to try to shore up support ahead of the presidential election next year.
Gen Dostum helped the US oust the Taliban in 2001 but has been blamed for some of the worst atrocities in the country's long-running civil war.
He joined its national unity government in 2014.
Ahmad Eshchi, a former ally, said he had suffered days of severe beatings and sexual abuse at Gen Dostum's command.
Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport as he returned home from more than a year in exile.: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
He said the vice-president and 10 other men assaulted him while he was forcibly kept at Gen Dostum's residence in November 2016.The ex-warlord denies the claims and has said that Mr Eshchi was detained by Afghanistan's intelligence service.
Gen Dostum's spokesman said he went to Turkey simply for a medical check-up.
People watch a wildfire burning in the town of Rafina, as forest fires rage uncontrolled in several places across Greece.: Photo @alkiskon: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
A house in Kineta near Athens is engulfed by flames.: photo by Valerie Gache/AFP/Getty Images, 23 July 2018
Firefighters and soldiers try to extinguish a wildfire burning in the town of Rafina, near Athens.: photo by Costas Baltas/Reuters, 23 July 2018
People evacuate the village of Mati on Monday night.: photo by Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images, 23 July 2018
Cars are blocked at Kineta near Athens on Monday.: photo by Valerie Gache/AFP/Getty Images, 23 July 2018
The Latest: Wildfires in Greece leave 6 people with burns.: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 23 July 2018
A person dressed as Santa Claus uses a restroom at the annual World Santa Claus Congress in Denmark. Photo Andrew Kelly: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
Watching the war in Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
Watching the war in Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
Watching the war in Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
A truce between Israel and Hamas largely held after one of the most fierce flare-ups along the volatile border in years: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 7:05 AM 23 July 2018
A truce between Israel and Hamas largely held after one of the most fierce flare-ups along the volatile border in years: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 7:05 AM 23 July 2018
A truce between Israel and Hamas largely held after one of the most fierce flare-ups along the volatile border in years: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 7:05 AM 23 July 2018
Farmer Scott Cooper is reflected in a dam as he rides his horse on his drought-affected property named 'Nundah' on the outskirts of Gunnedah, Australia. Photo David Gray: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
A man cleans his submerged house after heavy rainfall caused by tropical storm Son Tinh in Vietnam Photo @Kham: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE AND DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS! tweet via Donald J. TrumpVerifedaccount @realDonaldTrump, 1:24 PM EDT, 22 July 2018
COLOR US UNIMPRESSED: The world heard even harsher words of bluster a few months ago. And Iranians have heard them — albeit more civilized ones — for 40 yrs. We’ve been around for millennia and seen fall of empires, incl our own, which lasted more than the life of some countries. BE CAUTIOUS!: tweet via Javad Zarif @JZarif, 23 July 2018
Constantly admire the creativity and conscience of the DC press corps. Slick allusion to our fortress state. Photo @oliverzero @SipaUSA #WhiteHouse #MarineOne #SecretService: image via Reading the Pictures @ReadingThePix, 23 July 2018
1489: photo by Petros Kotzabasis, 13 July 2018
London: photo by Dave Mason, 13 July 2018
London: photo by Dave Mason, 13 July 2018
London: photo by Dave Mason, 13 July 2018
Untitled | Naples, 2018: photo by Dave Mason, 13 July 2018
A long exposure picture shows stars and meteor trails above the mountains of Tien Shan in Kazakhstan Photo Shamil Zhumatov: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 23 July 2018
ship 2017: photo by siegfried hansen german street photography, 2 June 2017
from Junkets on a Sad Planet: Percipience (Late 1820)
The last chapter starts that March, with the palpitations
That usher the naked heartache, the wound grief
Into the increasingly complex song -- elegiac,
Then lyric, this liquid wounding rising in the voice
As it issues out of the quiet covert of the glade
Like bubbles rising in some clear sparkling wine
Shot through with morphine, shading violet to green,
Cool slipstream currents -- Styx, Lethe -- the Maria
Crowther becalmed in Portsmouth Roads, where
He writes of a sense of darkness coming over him --
Then comes the slow departure of the death ship,
Seasickness, panic in a cramped berth,
Foul winds, stale air, squalid dead end passage
Of ten days' quarantine in the Bay of Naples,
Five hemorrhages in nine days of a nightmare
December in Rome, pathos, delirium,
Growing conviction the whole grotesque
Adventure's being authored by a malicious
Hand -- hapless history, disenchanted
Percipience of a common fate --
Percipience (Late 1820),from TC: Junkets on a Sad Planet: Scenes from the Life of John Keats, 1994
IMG_3725 1000 px | Weymouth: photo by Paul Russell, 16 July 2018
Untitled: photo by noppadol maitreechit,23 July 2018
Untitled: photo by noppadol maitreechit,23 July 2018
Untitled: photo by noppadol maitreechit,23 July 2018
820 09886: photo by Sotiris Lamprou, 22 July 2018
820 09886: photo by Sotiris Lamprou, 22 July 2018
820 09886: photo by Sotiris Lamprou, 22 July 2018