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A Syrian civil defense worker led an injured man to safety after airstrikes in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria: photo by Amer Almohibany/Agence France-Presse, 12 February 2016
lontano lontano
come un cieco
m'hanno portato per mano
..................Versa il 15 febbraio 1917
An Afghan woman begged in Kabul, Afghanistan, a the country that still relies on foreign aid for most of its national income.: photo by Hedayatullah Amid/European Pressphoto Agency, 10 February 2016
as from a distance
as from a distance
as from a distance
like one blinded
they led me by the hand
..........Versa, 15 February 1917
GIuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970): Lontano (15 February 1917), from Allegria di naufragi, 1919; English approximation TC
Chinese burned incense to worship the God of Fortune at Guiyuan Temple on the fifth day of Lunar New Year in Wuhan, China: photo by China Stringer Network/Reuters, 12 February 2016
A Greek farmer clashed with the police over proposed pension changes outside the Agriculture Ministry in Athens: photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters, 12 February 2016
Syrian emergency workers carried a body after the airstrikes in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area on the outskirts of Damascus: photo by Abdulmonam Eassa/Agence France-Presse, 12 February 2016
Syrian emergency workers carried a body after the airstrikes in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area on the outskirts of Damascus: photo by Abdulmonam Eassa/Agence France-Presse, 12 February 2016
Poultry arrived in Syria on a truck from Turkey near Kilis, a border crossing in southeastern Turkey: photo by Osman Orsal/Reuters, 12 February 2016
Pakistani mourners gathered around the bodies of people killed when a tanker carrying gas collided with a car in Pakistan’s Punjab province: photo by Arif Ali/Agence France-Presse, 10 February 2016
Yemenis inspected a building that destroyed in what appeared to be a Saudi airstrike in Sana, Yemen. A family of five was killed.: photo by European Pressphoto Agency, 10 February 2016
Syrians waited to cross into Syria at the Oncupinar border crossing in the southeastern city of Kilis, Turkey, on Thursday: photo by Osman Orsal/Reuters, 12 February 2016
The Oncupinar crossing gate. Syrians who went to Turkey to earn money have been unable to get back into Syria to bring their families to safety.: photo by Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Presse, 12 February 2016
The body of a Syrian teenager killed in a mortar attack in Douma, Syria, was brought to a mosque before the funeral: photo by Abd Doumany/Agence France-Presse, 11 February 2016
Migrants and refugees build a church in the “jungle” of Calais: photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP, 11 February 2016
A rally was held protesting North Korea in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, in part to condemn the North for a recent nuclear test and rocket launching: photo by Chung Sung-Jun via New York Times, 11 February 2016
A family waved a flag on Thursday in support of the last of the occupiers at Malheur Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon: photo by Rob Kerr/Agence France-Press, 11 February 2016
A puddle in a road in Minsk, during warm winter weather: photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP, 1 February 2016
A woman is reflected in a puddle as she crosses a road in Minsk, during warm winter weather: photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP, 1 February 2016
Migrants and refugees build a church in the “jungle” of Calais: photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP, 11 February 2016
A rally was held protesting North Korea in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, in part to condemn the North for a recent nuclear test and rocket launching: photo by Chung Sung-Jun via New York Times, 11 February 2016
like a blind man
they led meA Syrian civil defense worker led an injured man to safety after airstrikes in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria: photo by Amer Almohibany/Agence France-Presse, 12 February 2016
The body of a Syrian teenager killed in a mortar attack in Douma, Syria, was brought to a mosque before the funeral: photo by Abd Doumany/Agence France-Presse, 11 February 2016