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RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via MUBI @Mubi, 4 July 2016
Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016
Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016
Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016
Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016
Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami has passed away at the age of 76. One of the all-time greatest filmmakers.: image via Rob Trench, 4 July 2016
I have come along with the wind
Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016)
Neden İran sineması? #Kiarostami [Close-Up, dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1990]: image via Zeynep Cavusoglu @zepcavusoglu, 15 March 2013
Close-Up [1990], dir. Abbas Kiarostami: image via Bombastic Scholastic @BombasticScholastic, 3 February 2015
Close-Up [1990], dir. Abbas Kiarostami: image via Bombastic Scholastic @BombasticScholastic, 3 February 2015
Neden İran sineması? #Kiarostami [from Close-Up, 1990]: image via Stella Morgana @stellamorgana, 16 November 2013
El viento nos llevará Forough Farrokhzad #Poetuit #Cine #Kiarostami The Wind Will Carry Us, 1999]: image via Jorge Fuentes @jjorgefuentes, 26 December 2013
Dede kapıyı aç! #Hamsarayan #Koro (#KisaFilm) #Abbas Kiarostami lHamasarayan / The Chorus, 1982]: image via Mahmut Islam @mahmutislam, 24 September 2013
La banlieue de Téhéran capitale d'un pays très riche en Pétrole! Merci #Kiarostami et #Farhadi pour vos beaux films!: image via Dadsetan Djavad @Dadsetan, 9 April 2014
You can sympathize, understand, show compassion. But feel my pain? No. #Kiarostami #TasteofCherry [1997]: image via Alma Krillic @ AlmaKrillic, 2 August 2014
If I told you, ... you wouldn't understand. #Kiarostami #TasteofCherry [1997] : image via Alma Krillic @ AlmaKrillic, 2 August 2014
Et La Vie Continue... (Va Zendegi edame darad, 1992) Abbas Kiarostami #Kiarostami: image [from And Life Goes On / Life, and Nothing More, 1991] via Xacobo Martínez @Iacobus_81, 9 August 2014
Untitled, 1978, Abbas Kiarostami © 2003, from a series of 32 photographs, 122 x 93 cm.#Fotografía #Cine #Kiarostami: image via Xacobo Martínez @Iacobus_81, 9 August 2014
Rain: photo by Abbas Kiarostami, 2007
Where Is the Friend's House, dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1987
Ten RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Certified Copy RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Like Someone in Love RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series.: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series.: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series.: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series.: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery): image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery): image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery): image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery): image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami's first film, Naan o Kooche, the Bread and the Alley (1970): image via Sidewalk Lyrics @pedestrian, 4 July 2016
Rest In Peace to the maestro of maestros: Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) Cinema will never be the same.: image via The Cinegogue @TheCinegogue, 4 July 2016
Abbas #Kiarostami, photographed by Kris Dewitte: image via Gabrielle Magazzù @GabrielleMagazzu, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami in Tokyo, 2011, shooting what became his final film "Like Someone In Love": image via Hiroko Tabuchi Verified account @HirokoTabuchi, 4 July 2016
One of the few filmmakers to stay in Iran after the 1979 revolution, Abbas Kiarostami has died at age 76: image via AJ+ Verified account @ajplus, 4 July 2016
RIP Abbas #Kiarostami, you showed us so much beauty: image via Harbourfront Centre @HarbourfrontTO, 4 July 2016
Thank you, Mr. #Abbas #Kiarostami for all the inspiration you brought us. You'll be missed.: image via Ali Shirazi @AliShirazi, 4 July 2016
Where Is the Friend's House, dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1987
The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of 07 July Kazakh time. All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October.: photo by Ben Ingalls/NASA, 4 July 2016
The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of 07 July Kazakh time. All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October.: photo by Ben Ingalls/NASA, 4 July 2016
Queen Elizabeth II holds a private audience with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh: photo by Andrew Milligan/PA, 4 July 2016
Queen Elizabeth II holds a private audience with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh: photo by Andrew Milligan/PA, 4 July 2016
Anti-EU champion Farage quits after Brexit vote: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 4 July 2016
Honour guards prepare for the ceremony as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomes Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China: photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters, 4 July 2016
Honour guards prepare for the ceremony as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomes Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China: photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters, 4 July 2016
A Chinese honour guard prepares for the ceremony to welcome Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing: photo by Damir Sagolj / Reuters, 4 July 2016
An Afghan man makes sweets at a small traditional factory during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in preparation for Eid al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan: photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters, 4 July 2016
An Afghan man makes sweets ahead of Eid Al Fitr in Kabul: photo by. Omar Sobhani / Reuters, 4 July 2016
An Afghan man makes sweets at a small traditional factory during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in preparation for Eid al-Fitrin Kabul, Afghanistan: photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters, 4 July 2016
Shir Alam, 31, left, preparing shorba, an Afghan soup made from beef or lamb, which is served with bread and potatoes for iftar with colleagues in Kabul, Afghanistan: Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters, 2 June 2016
AFGHANISTAN - Pedestrians walking through market ahead of Eid-al Fitr festival at Mandewi bazar in Kabul. By @kohsar: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 July 2016
Graffiti artists Oguz Sen (L) and Justus Becker (R) make the finishing touches to a new mural of drowned refugee Aylan Kurdi, at Osthafen in Frankfurt Main, Germany: photo by Boris Roessler/EPA, 4 July 2016
Graffiti artists Oguz Sen (L) and Justus Becker (R) make the finishing touches to a new mural of drowned refugee Aylan Kurdi, at Osthafen in Frankfurt Main, Germany: photo by Boris Roessler/EPA, 4 July 2016
Children follow English lessons at the #refugees camp of Skaramangas, south of Athens: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 4 July 2016 Attiki, Greece
Children follow English lessons at the #refugees camp of Skaramangas, south of Athens: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 4 July 2016 Attiki, Greece
Children follow English lessons at the #refugees camp of Skaramangas, south of Athens: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 4 July 2016 Attiki, Greece
SYRIA - View of Aleppo from the citadel shows collapsed and damaged buildings. By George Ourfalian #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016
Sanaa, second right, having iftar with her children, while sitting next to relatives near a clothes shop advert in Beirut, Lebanon. Sanaa, 23, mother of three children, begs on Hamra street in Beirut. The family fled Syria two years ago, after her husband went missing. Her iftar meal is lentil soup with chicken and rice, which she received from passers-by. “Ramadan is about kindness and giving. I mostly like the decorations,” she says.: photo by Alia Haju/Reuters, 10 June 2016
Syrian civil defence members breaking fast in the rebel-controlled area of Maaret Al Numan town, in Idlib province, Syria: photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters, 10 June 2016
Iraqis react as they visit the aftermath of a massive bombing in Baghdad’s Karrada neighbourhood. Iraqis mourned the more than 200 people killed by a jihadist-claimed suicide car bombing that was among the deadliest ever attacks in the country. The blast, which the Islamic State group said it carried out, hit the Karrada district on Sunday.: photo by Sabah Arar/AFP, 4 July 2016
Iraqis react as they visit the aftermath of a massive bombing in Baghdad’s Karrada neighbourhood. Iraqis mourned the more than 200 people killed by a jihadist-claimed suicide car bombing that was among the deadliest ever attacks in the country. The blast, which the Islamic State group said it carried out, hit the Karrada district on Sunday.: photo by Sabah Arar/AFP, 4 July 2016
IRAQ - Men mourn over bodies during funeral in Najaf of victims of suicide bombing in Baghdad. By @HaidarAfp #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016
MOROCCO - A man pushes a cart through through the souk (market) in Marrakech. By @CarldeSouza1 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016
PAKISTAN - A woman sits on a train on her return home ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival in Lahore. By Arif Ali: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016
BANGLADESH - Prayers and tributes after hostage bloodbath in Dhaka. By @robertoindelhi #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016
A long exposure picture taken in the village of Gornaya Mayevka about 30km form Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek shows stars trails around the Polaris or the North Star.: photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP, 4 July 2016
A goat stands inside a rickshaw under repair at a garage in Colombo: photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters, 4 July 2016
Fruits and vegetables, which workers at a brick factory will share for iftar during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, are seen at a brickmaking factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan: photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters, 14 June 2016
Mohammed, 27, a labourer at a brick factory sharing iftar with coworkers at a brickmaking factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. “For me Ramadan is a test and this is God’s will. We should obey God’s commands so that we are successful,” Mohammed says.: photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters, 14 June 2016
Matt Stonie competes in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest men’s competition: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Bangladeshi workers preparing to break their fast at The Leo dormitory during Ramadan in Singapore: photo by Edgar Su/Reuters, 14 June 2016
Joey Chestnut, right, is declared Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest men’s competition winner: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Haji Husain, 65, a fisherman, sitting with colleagues to eat iftar on a fishing boat in Ibrahim Hyderi, on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. Husain says: “For me Ramadan is to fast and do good deeds, it keeps you away from Satan.”: photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters,12 june 2016
Joey Chestnut competes in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest men’s competition. Chestnut came in first eating 70 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. Matt Stonie came in second eating 53 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Yasmine Diane, 22, third left, having iftar with her parents at their house in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Diane, a law student at Felix Houphouet Boigny University, says: “Ramadan is very important for all Muslims because it is a great time to be a little closer to God through constant prayer and acts of sharing.”: photo by Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters, 19 June 2016
Miki Sudo, of Las Vegas, is crowned the winner of the female segment of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016
Fishermen from Suriname and Indonesia breaking fast together aboard the Nisshin Maru No 7 fishing trawler, docked along the Suriname River at Livorno, Suriname: photo by Ranu Abhelakh/Reuters, 9 June 2016
People ride the subway toward Coney Island before Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016
Anwaar Hussain, 35, having iftar with his co-workers and employer inside a shop in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Hussain, a mechanic who repairs second hand electric motors and water pumps, says that Ramadan is about self improvement and kindness, and that one should stay away from all evil: photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters, 14 June 2016
People arrive on the subway at Coney Island before the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016
Filipino tricycle drivers having iftar during Ramadan in Taguig, Metro Manila, the Philippines: photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters, 3 July 2016
A police officer stands guard on the roof of Nathan’s Famous store: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Mohamed, an Egyptian policeman, firing a cannon to announce the time to break fast during Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt: photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters, 13 June 2016
Miki Sudo competes in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest woman’s competition. Sudo came in first eating 38.5 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Coal miners deep inside the Haljinici coal mine, in Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina: photo by Dado Ruvic/Reuters, 21 June 2016
Female contestants compete during the hot dog-eating contest: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016
Abdi Hasan, 78, walking away with food for iftar from a charity in Mogadishu, Somalia. “We were worried before Ramadan started because we had no food. But now we are happy because we are getting bread, rice and juice for Ramadan breakfast and supper. Thank God,” Hasan says.: photo by Faisal Omar/Reuters, 10 June 2016
A man dressed in American colours walks through a dining area before Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016
People having iftar at a mosque in Sao Paulo, Brazil: photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters, 30 June 2016
Matt Stonie, reigning hot dog-eating champion, poses for a selfie with a fan before competing in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Monday in New York: photo by. Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Muslims in Kashmir offer prayers at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar: photo by Farooq Khan / EPA, 3 July 2016
Palestinians at a house that was demolished by Israeli authorities in the Qalandia refugee camp, between Jerusalem and Ramallah: photo by Abbas Momani / AFP, 4 July 2016
WEST BANK - Israel razes homes of 2 Palestinian assailants in the Qalandia refugee camp. By @Abbasmomani #AFP: image va Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016
A Palestinian family as they wait to break their fast together outside their shelter in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip: photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters, 14 June 2016
Members of the Palestinian National Security Forces having iftar in the dining hall at a base in the West Bank town of Jericho: photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters, 14 June 2016
Spectators watched the fireworks display from a bridge in Bloomington, Minnesota: photo by Isaac Hale / Star Tribune via AP, 4 July 2016
RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via MUBI @Mubi, 4 July 2016
Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016
Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016
Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016
Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016
Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami has passed away at the age of 76. One of the all-time greatest filmmakers.: image via Rob Trench, 4 July 2016
For a lot of us Abbas Kiarostami changed what films even were. He grew everlasting flowers out of hard ground.: image via Danny Leigh @dannytheleigh, 4July 2016
on the first day of summer
The wind will carry me away
on the last day of autumn
Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016)
Neden İran sineması? #Kiarostami [Close-Up, dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1990]: image via Zeynep Cavusoglu @zepcavusoglu, 15 March 2013
Close-Up [1990], dir. Abbas Kiarostami: image via Bombastic Scholastic @BombasticScholastic, 3 February 2015
Close-Up [1990], dir. Abbas Kiarostami: image via Bombastic Scholastic @BombasticScholastic, 3 February 2015
Close-Up [1990], dir. Abbas Kiarostami: image via Bombastic Scholastic @BombasticScholastic, 3 February 2015
Neden İran sineması? #Kiarostami [from Close-Up, 1990]: image via Stella Morgana @stellamorgana, 16 November 2013
El viento nos llevará Forough Farrokhzad #Poetuit #Cine #Kiarostami The Wind Will Carry Us, 1999]: image via Jorge Fuentes @jjorgefuentes, 26 December 2013
Dede kapıyı aç! #Hamsarayan #Koro (#KisaFilm) #Abbas Kiarostami lHamasarayan / The Chorus, 1982]: image via Mahmut Islam @mahmutislam, 24 September 2013
La banlieue de Téhéran capitale d'un pays très riche en Pétrole! Merci #Kiarostami et #Farhadi pour vos beaux films!: image via Dadsetan Djavad @Dadsetan, 9 April 2014
You can sympathize, understand, show compassion. But feel my pain? No. #Kiarostami #TasteofCherry [1997]: image via Alma Krillic @ AlmaKrillic, 2 August 2014
If I told you, ... you wouldn't understand. #Kiarostami #TasteofCherry [1997] : image via Alma Krillic @ AlmaKrillic, 2 August 2014
Et La Vie Continue... (Va Zendegi edame darad, 1992) Abbas Kiarostami #Kiarostami: image [from And Life Goes On / Life, and Nothing More, 1991] via Xacobo Martínez @Iacobus_81, 9 August 2014
Untitled, 1978, Abbas Kiarostami © 2003, from a series of 32 photographs, 122 x 93 cm.#Fotografía #Cine #Kiarostami: image via Xacobo Martínez @Iacobus_81, 9 August 2014
Rain: photo by Abbas Kiarostami, 2005
Rain: photo by Abbas Kiarostami, 2007
Where Is the Friend's House, dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1987
Ten RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Certified Copy RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Like Someone in Love RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series.: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series.: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series.: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series.: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery): image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery): image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery): image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery): image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami's first film, Naan o Kooche, the Bread and the Alley (1970): image via Sidewalk Lyrics @pedestrian, 4 July 2016
"and cover me with soil... That's all." Abbas Kiarostami, 1940-2016: image via Beeta @beetasays, 4 July 2016
I hope they're right. RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via Kyle Pletcher @HerrKman, 4 July 2016
Seamless art, a true #poet filmmaker, who saw not only with his physical eyes. Peace, Abbas #Kiarostami: image via Ailish Hopper @ailishhopper, 4 July 2016
"In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you." -Abbas Kiarostami: image via Janus Films @janusfilms, 4 July 2016
Rest In Peace to the maestro of maestros: Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) Cinema will never be the same.: image via The Cinegogue @TheCinegogue, 4 July 2016
Abbas #Kiarostami R.i.p.: image via Rossana Valsecchi @RossValsecchi, 4 July 2016
From the first shot of Abbas Kiarostami’s final film, ‘Like Someone in Love’: image via the Film stage @TheFilmStage, 4 July 2016
Cinema Great Abbas Kiarostami Dies at 76: image via Living with Shadows @LwSFilm, 4 July 2016
Devastated by passing of Abbas Kiarostami, a truly great artist and dear friend. Our last discussion. RIP: image via Geoff Andrew @Geoff_Andrew, 4 July 2016
Abbas #Kiarostami, photographed by Kris Dewitte: image via Gabrielle Magazzù @GabrielleMagazzu, 4 July 2016
Taste of Cherry #AbbasKiarostami 1997: image via Rubens Junior @jrrubensjr, 4 July 2016
Taste of Cherry And cover me with soil... Thant's all #Abbas_Kiarostami: image via spinooza @Spinooza, 4 July 2016
Abbas Kiarostami in Tokyo, 2011, shooting what became his final film "Like Someone In Love": image via Hiroko Tabuchi Verified account @HirokoTabuchi, 4 July 2016
One of the few filmmakers to stay in Iran after the 1979 revolution, Abbas Kiarostami has died at age 76: image via AJ+ Verified account @ajplus, 4 July 2016
RIP Abbas #Kiarostami, you showed us so much beauty: image via Harbourfront Centre @HarbourfrontTO, 4 July 2016
Thank you, Mr. #Abbas #Kiarostami for all the inspiration you brought us. You'll be missed.: image via Ali Shirazi @AliShirazi, 4 July 2016
Where Is the Friend's House, dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1987
The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of 07 July Kazakh time. All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October.: photo by Ben Ingalls/NASA, 4 July 2016
The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of 07 July Kazakh time. All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October.: photo by Ben Ingalls/NASA, 4 July 2016
Queen Elizabeth II holds a private audience with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh: photo by Andrew Milligan/PA, 4 July 2016
Queen Elizabeth II holds a private audience with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh: photo by Andrew Milligan/PA, 4 July 2016
UK's Osborne to slash corporation tax to cushion Brexit blow: FT: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 4 July 2016
Ex-London mayor Johnson says UK government needs to spell out Brexit benefits: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 4 July 2016
Anti-EU champion Farage quits after Brexit vote: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 4 July 2016
Honour guards prepare for the ceremony as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomes Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China: photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters, 4 July 2016
Honour guards prepare for the ceremony as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomes Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China: photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters, 4 July 2016
A Chinese honour guard prepares for the ceremony to welcome Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing: photo by Damir Sagolj / Reuters, 4 July 2016
An Afghan man makes sweets at a small traditional factory during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in preparation for Eid al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan: photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters, 4 July 2016
An Afghan man makes sweets ahead of Eid Al Fitr in Kabul: photo by. Omar Sobhani / Reuters, 4 July 2016
An Afghan man makes sweets at a small traditional factory during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in preparation for Eid al-Fitrin Kabul, Afghanistan: photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters, 4 July 2016
Shir Alam, 31, left, preparing shorba, an Afghan soup made from beef or lamb, which is served with bread and potatoes for iftar with colleagues in Kabul, Afghanistan: Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters, 2 June 2016
AFGHANISTAN - Pedestrians walking through market ahead of Eid-al Fitr festival at Mandewi bazar in Kabul. By @kohsar: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 July 2016
Graffiti artists Oguz Sen (L) and Justus Becker (R) make the finishing touches to a new mural of drowned refugee Aylan Kurdi, at Osthafen in Frankfurt Main, Germany: photo by Boris Roessler/EPA, 4 July 2016
Graffiti artists Oguz Sen (L) and Justus Becker (R) make the finishing touches to a new mural of drowned refugee Aylan Kurdi, at Osthafen in Frankfurt Main, Germany: photo by Boris Roessler/EPA, 4 July 2016
Odd jobs in Istanbul for young Syrians who dreamed big: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 4 July 2016
Children follow English lessons at the #refugees camp of Skaramangas, south of Athens: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 4 July 2016 Attiki, Greece
Children follow English lessons at the #refugees camp of Skaramangas, south of Athens: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 4 July 2016 Attiki, Greece
Children follow English lessons at the #refugees camp of Skaramangas, south of Athens: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 4 July 2016 Attiki, Greece
Sanaa, second right, having iftar with her children, while sitting next to relatives near a clothes shop advert in Beirut, Lebanon. Sanaa, 23, mother of three children, begs on Hamra street in Beirut. The family fled Syria two years ago, after her husband went missing. Her iftar meal is lentil soup with chicken and rice, which she received from passers-by. “Ramadan is about kindness and giving. I mostly like the decorations,” she says.: photo by Alia Haju/Reuters, 10 June 2016
Syrian civil defence members breaking fast in the rebel-controlled area of Maaret Al Numan town, in Idlib province, Syria: photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters, 10 June 2016
Iraqis react as they visit the aftermath of a massive bombing in Baghdad’s Karrada neighbourhood. Iraqis mourned the more than 200 people killed by a jihadist-claimed suicide car bombing that was among the deadliest ever attacks in the country. The blast, which the Islamic State group said it carried out, hit the Karrada district on Sunday.: photo by Sabah Arar/AFP, 4 July 2016
Iraqis react as they visit the aftermath of a massive bombing in Baghdad’s Karrada neighbourhood. Iraqis mourned the more than 200 people killed by a jihadist-claimed suicide car bombing that was among the deadliest ever attacks in the country. The blast, which the Islamic State group said it carried out, hit the Karrada district on Sunday.: photo by Sabah Arar/AFP, 4 July 2016
IRAQ - Women walk past a damaged building at the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by IS in Bagdad. By @SabahAFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016
IRAQ - Men mourn over bodies during funeral in Najaf of victims of suicide bombing in Baghdad. By @HaidarAfp #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016
IRAQ - A man reacts as he enters a building that was destroyed in bombing attack in Baghdad. By Ahmad Al-Rubaye #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 July 2016
IRAQ - A man searches for bodies of victims inside building damaged by bombing attack in Baghdad. By Ahmad Al-Rubaye: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 July 2016
NEPAL - A farmer returns from his paddy field at Khokana on the outskirts of Kathmandu. By @PrakashMathema: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016
MOROCCO - A woman wearing a head scarf walks through the souk (market) in Marrakech. By @CarldeSouza1 #AFP: image va Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016
MOROCCO - A man pushes a cart through through the souk (market) in Marrakech. By @CarldeSouza1 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016
PAKISTAN - A woman sits on a train on her return home ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival in Lahore. By Arif Ali: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016
BANGLADESH - Prayers and tributes after hostage bloodbath in Dhaka. By @robertoindelhi #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016
BANGLADESH - Memorial service for those killed in a bloody siege in Dhaka. By @AFPphoto #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 July 2016
U.S.-backed militias face second Islamic State counter attack - official, monitor image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 4 July 2016
A long exposure picture taken in the village of Gornaya Mayevka about 30km form Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek shows stars trails around the Polaris or the North Star.: photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP, 4 July 2016
KYRGYZSTAN - A long exposure in Tian Shan mountains shows stars trails around the North Star. By Vyacheslav Oseledko: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016
An elephant performs at a zoo near Colombo. Elephants are venerated in Sri Lanka, and capturing them is illegal.: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016
A goat stands inside a rickshaw under repair at a garage in Colombo: photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters, 4 July 2016
Fruits and vegetables, which workers at a brick factory will share for iftar during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, are seen at a brickmaking factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan: photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters, 14 June 2016
Mohammed, 27, a labourer at a brick factory sharing iftar with coworkers at a brickmaking factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. “For me Ramadan is a test and this is God’s will. We should obey God’s commands so that we are successful,” Mohammed says.: photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters, 14 June 2016
Matt Stonie competes in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest men’s competition: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Bangladeshi workers preparing to break their fast at The Leo dormitory during Ramadan in Singapore: photo by Edgar Su/Reuters, 14 June 2016
Joey Chestnut, right, is declared Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest men’s competition winner: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Joey Chestnut competes in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest men’s competition. Chestnut came in first eating 70 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. Matt Stonie came in second eating 53 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Yasmine Diane, 22, third left, having iftar with her parents at their house in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Diane, a law student at Felix Houphouet Boigny University, says: “Ramadan is very important for all Muslims because it is a great time to be a little closer to God through constant prayer and acts of sharing.”: photo by Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters, 19 June 2016
Miki Sudo, of Las Vegas, is crowned the winner of the female segment of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016
Fishermen from Suriname and Indonesia breaking fast together aboard the Nisshin Maru No 7 fishing trawler, docked along the Suriname River at Livorno, Suriname: photo by Ranu Abhelakh/Reuters, 9 June 2016
People ride the subway toward Coney Island before Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016
Anwaar Hussain, 35, having iftar with his co-workers and employer inside a shop in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Hussain, a mechanic who repairs second hand electric motors and water pumps, says that Ramadan is about self improvement and kindness, and that one should stay away from all evil: photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters, 14 June 2016
People arrive on the subway at Coney Island before the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016
Filipino tricycle drivers having iftar during Ramadan in Taguig, Metro Manila, the Philippines: photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters, 3 July 2016
A police officer stands guard on the roof of Nathan’s Famous store: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Mohamed, an Egyptian policeman, firing a cannon to announce the time to break fast during Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt: photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters, 13 June 2016
Miki Sudo competes in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest woman’s competition. Sudo came in first eating 38.5 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Coal miners deep inside the Haljinici coal mine, in Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina: photo by Dado Ruvic/Reuters, 21 June 2016
Female contestants compete during the hot dog-eating contest: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016
Abdi Hasan, 78, walking away with food for iftar from a charity in Mogadishu, Somalia. “We were worried before Ramadan started because we had no food. But now we are happy because we are getting bread, rice and juice for Ramadan breakfast and supper. Thank God,” Hasan says.: photo by Faisal Omar/Reuters, 10 June 2016
A man dressed in American colours walks through a dining area before Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016
People having iftar at a mosque in Sao Paulo, Brazil: photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters, 30 June 2016
Matt Stonie, reigning hot dog-eating champion, poses for a selfie with a fan before competing in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Monday in New York: photo by. Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016
Muslims in Kashmir offer prayers at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar: photo by Farooq Khan / EPA, 3 July 2016
Palestinians at a house that was demolished by Israeli authorities in the Qalandia refugee camp, between Jerusalem and Ramallah: photo by Abbas Momani / AFP, 4 July 2016
WEST BANK - Israel razes homes of 2 Palestinian assailants in the Qalandia refugee camp. By @Abbasmomani #AFP: image va Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016
A Palestinian family as they wait to break their fast together outside their shelter in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip: photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters, 14 June 2016
Members of the Palestinian National Security Forces having iftar in the dining hall at a base in the West Bank town of Jericho: photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters, 14 June 2016
Bank of Israel buying 'hundreds of millions' of dollars: sources: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 4 July 2016
Washington Nationals centre fielder Ben Revere hits the wall after catching a fly ball by Cincinnati Reds’ Jay Bruce: photo by Nick Wass / AP, 3 July 2016
Washington Nationals centre fielder Ben Revere hits the wall after catching a fly ball by Cincinnati Reds’ Jay Bruce: photo by Nick Wass / AP, 3 July 2016
Spectators watched the fireworks display from a bridge in Bloomington, Minnesota: photo by Isaac Hale / Star Tribune via AP, 4 July 2016