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![A shadow of migrants wait for food in the makeshift refugee camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece]()
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 wait for food in the makeshift refugee camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece]()
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]()
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]()
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
![World in focus – best photos for March 31, 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
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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
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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
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#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
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Extraña soledad en Idomeni #DiaenImagenes por @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpespanol, 1 April 2016
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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
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Today's @Newsweek Big Shot by @Kilicbil: Turkey accused of forcing refugees back to Syria: image via Jen Tse @jentse, 1 April 2016
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#migrants and #refugees in #Idomeni #Greece today #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 1 April 2016
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#migrants and #refugees in #Idomeni #Greece today #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 1 April 2016
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#migrants and #refugees in #Idomeni #Greece today #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 1 April 2016
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#migrants and #refugees in #Idomeni #Greece today #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 1 April 2016
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#migrants Syrian refugee women gather around bonfire in #Idomeni #Greece today #AFP Photo by @Kilicbil: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 1 April 2016
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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
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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
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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, March 14, 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, March 18, 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, March 12, 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, March 13, 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, March 13, 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, March 16, 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, March 16, 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, March 12, 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, March 12, 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, March 17, 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, March 17, 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, March 17, 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, March 17, 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
![A woman hangs laundry in a camp for refugees at the border of Greece and Macedonia near the town of Idomeni. Since Balkan countries have shut their borders to asylum seekers, thousands are now stranded in a "no-mans land" in Greece, March 12, 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 woman hangs laundry in a camp for refugees at the border of Greece and Macedonia near the town of Idomeni. Since Balkan countries have shut their borders to asylum seekers, thousands are now stranded in a "no-mans land" in Greece, March 12, 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, March 13, 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, March 15, 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, March 15, 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
![Indian rescue workers work on a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India. A long section of a road overpass currently under construction collapsed, with tons of concrete and steel falling midday traffic, killing several and injuring many.]()
Bikas Das/APIndian 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 of a road overpass currently under construction collapsed, with tons of concrete and steel falling midday traffic, killing several and injuring many.]()
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
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Rescue workers clear the rubble of a partially collapsed flyover in Kolkata: photo by Bikas Das / AP, 31 March 2016
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A view of the collapsed flyover in #Kolkata. Reuters pic by Rupak De Chowdhuri.: image via Reuters India @ReutersIndia, 31 March 2016
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A man seen trapped in #Kolkata flyover debris. (Pic: Rupak De Chowdhuri): image via Reuters India @ReutersIndia, 31 March 2016
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India overpass collapse kills 14; scores feared trapped:: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 31 March 2016
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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
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Amtrak train, Berkeley, California: photo by Jeremy Brooks 23 March 2010
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Drawbridge No. 8 (Richmond, California): photo by efo, 27 July 2010
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Amtrak train 734 (Pinole, California): photo by efo, 30 April 2006
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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 train track-street 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: @peregrinekt / Twitter]()
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
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
Bikas Das/APIndian 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
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
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
As if unstoppable... Byron the blind guy not getting killed
In a series of impossible miracles managing
Byron (Trials of Transportation)
We crossed paths often in the same late hour
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
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
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
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
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
Inner navigation flaw errant repeated correction path providential
Zigzag
Through shapeless yet tangible unknown
Traffic pandemonium
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
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 nocturnal somnambulist
Byron the evangelist
Byron the dogged foe of the forces of atheism in their several guises
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
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
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
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