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#SrinagarVsMuzaffarabad Kashmiris bleed green, breathe Green, wear Green and paying the cost of it with their lives: image via AK47 @KhatijahFatima, 9 August 2016
Who will win??? #SrinagarVsMuzaffarabad: image via Waheed Gul @waheedgul, 9 August 2016
Kashmiris receive bullets for their love for this sabz hilali #SrinagarVsMuzaffarabad: image via Aisha Baloch @AyishaBaloch, 9 August 2016
This is Srinagar #SrinagarVsMuzaffarabad: image via Waheed Gul @waheedgul, 9 August 2016
#SrinagarVsMuzaffarabad Facing the odds, they are not afraid to raise Sabz hilali. Pic frm Srinagar: image via Aisha Baloch @AyishaBaloch, 9 August 2016
#SrinagarVsMuzaffarabadIndependence Day preparations in full swing #Kashmir: image via M H T @HanzalaOfficial, 9 August 2016
#SrinagarVsMuzaffarabadIndependence Day preparations in full swing #Kashmir: image via M H T @HanzalaOfficial, 9 August 2016
#SrinagarVsMuzaffarabadIndependence Day preparations in full swing #Kashmir: image via M H T @HanzalaOfficial, 9 August 2016
#SrinagarVsMuzaffarabad launched, join patriots: image via Aabekosar @Aabekosar, 9 August 2016
A man rests inside a pedicab in suburban Navotas, north of Manila, Philippines: photo by Aaron Favila/AP. 9 August 2016
Indian Border Security Force soldiers pay homage to their slain colleagues during a wreath-laying ceremony in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir: photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP, 9 August 2016
A Palestinian child with family members collecting their belongings after Israeli authorities destroyed their home because they said it was built without permission in the village of Umm al-Kheir, south of the West Bank city of Hebron: photo by Hazem Bader/Agence France-Presse, 9 August 2016
INDIA - A student stays seated during sudden downpour during 75th anniversary of 'Quit India' in Mumbai. By @thisisindra: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 August 2016
WEST BANK - Palestinian houses have been destroyed by Israeli authorities in Umm al-Kheir. By @hazemjbader #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 August 2016
PAKISTAN - A woman looks from a broken window of the Civil Hospital after suicide bombing in Quetta. By Banaras Khan: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 August 2016
MYANMAR - Slum dwellers dismantle their shanty house in Yangon. By @ye_aung_thu #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 August 2016
INDIA - Men cross a road during a heavy rainfall in New Delhi. By @Chandanphoto #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 August 2016
INDIA - A wreath-laying ceremony at Border Security Force headquarters in Srinagar. By @Tauseef MUSTAFA #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 August 2016
WEST BANK - Demonstration against administrative detention of Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayed. By @gharabli_ahmad: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 August 2016
YEMEN - A man checks destruction at a food factory in Sanaa, after it was hit by coalition strike. By Mohammed Huwais: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 August 2016
INDIA - Tea plantation workers hold umbrellas as they make their way to pick leaves in Sonitpur. By @BoroBiju #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 August 2016
YEMEN - A Yemeni tribesman from the Popular Resistance Committees holds a position in Taez. By Ahmad Al Basha #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 August 2016
SYRIA - Boy looks away from blood stained floor at makeshift hospital following mortar attack in Douma. By @AbdDoumany: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 9 August 2016
Northern hemisphere sky-gazers are in for a special treat on Thursday night: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 9 August 2016
Putin and Erdogan meet to mend ties after jet downing rift: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 9 August 2016
[The Dragon Speaks]*
'I wille you allë swalewë withouten any bot;
But some wille I save, and some wille I not.'
*part of a medieval description, in Latin, of Fortune's wheel
bot deliverance
[The Dragon Speaks]: from the Grimestone Lyrics
Putin and Erdogan meet to mend ties after jet downing rift: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 9 August 2016
Egypt's Elghobashy (L) and Italy's Giombini prepare to jump during a #volleyball qualifier at the #Rio2016 Olympics: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 9 August 2016
CHINA - Young women take a selfie photo with a smartphone at a shopping mall complex in Beijing. By @NAsfouri #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 August 2016
MYANMAR - Long-exposure photograph shows lighting from heavy rain clouds over Yangon.By @ye_aung_thu #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 August 2016
#RIO2016 The women’s individual sabre bronze medal bout as part of the fencing event. Photo Kirill Kudryavtsev: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 August 2016
#RIO2016 Rowers warm up at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas ahead of their race. Photo @jeffpachoud: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 August 2016
#RIO2016 Clouds cover the Christ the Redeemer statue. Photo @DamienMeyerAfp: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 August 2016
INDIA - lluminated buildings of Central Secretariat and President's House are seen in New Delhi. By @Chandanphoto: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 August 2016
PAKISTAN - Vigil to pay tribute to victims a day after a suicide bombing at Civil Hospital in Quetta. By Banaras Khan: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 August 2016
INDIA - Children of local boatmen prepare to jump into the flooded Yamuna river in Allahabad. By @sanjaykanojia07: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 August 2016
Death toll in Pakistani hospital bombing rises #QuettaBlast: image via Reuters World @ReutersWorld 8 August 2016
Pakistan hanged ldrs of #Balochistan in 1960 hoping to crush r Azadi movmnt. In 2016 we're still here @BalochWorld: image via (((Tarek Fatah))) Verified account @TarekFatah, 9 August 2016 Toronto, Ontario
#India attacks hospitals and ambulances in #Kashmir, its terror proxies attack a hospital in #Quetta #Balochistan #IndianTerrorism #Pakistan: tweet via Ahmed Quraishi @AQpk, 9 August 2016
#Boxing effects during #OlympicGames in #Rio2016 #Brazil: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 August 2016
#Boxing effects during #OlympicGames in #Rio2016 #Brazil: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 August 2016
Mehtap Kurnaz (TUR) of Turkey competes in the final of the women’s 63kg weightlifting competion at the Rio Olympics: photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters, 9 August 2016
Mehtap Kurnaz (TUR) of Turkey competes in the final of the women’s 63kg weightlifting competion at the Rio Olympics: photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters, 9 August 2016
Yu Mengyu (SIN) of Singapore plays against Kim Song I (PRK) of North Korea in the women’s table tennis quarter finals at the Rio Olympics: photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters, 9 August 2016
digging for gold #OlympicFail: image via Schlick Willy @Jordan_Andrae11, 8 August 2016
#TeamCanada after a 2-1 win over #ITA #beachvolleyball @CBCOlympics: image via Volleyball Canada Verified account @VBallCanada, 7 August 2016
#Rio2016 photo @tabascokid #AFP: image via Rob Bodman @robbodman, 7 August 2016
@JamieBroder and @KristinaValjas win first #Rio2016 #beachvolleyball match #TeamCanada: image via Volleyball Canada Verified account @VBallCanada, 7 August 2016
I've had worse places to work. #lifesabeach: image via Leon Neal@tabascokid, 6 August 2016
#CAN faces #LAT in Men's #beachvolleyball LIVE now on @visaca #cbcvirtualreality: image via CBC Olympic Verified account @CBC Olympics, 8 August 2016
#USA's Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena defeat Tunisia in #beachvolleyball prelim 21-7, 21-13: image via Sports Illiustrated Verified account @SInow, 8 August 2016
Well, my fantasy football team name for 2016 just fell from the sky: image via Justin Henry@JRHWriting, 7 August 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in St. Petersburg, Russia: photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters, 9 August 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in St. Petersburg, Russia: photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters, 9 August 2016
A woman shelters from the sun as she walks in an outdoor shopping mall complex in Beijing: photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP, 9 August 2016
A woman shelters from the sun as she walks in an outdoor shopping mall complex in Beijing: photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP, 9 August 2016
An Indian Border Security Force soldier salutes near the coffins of three colleagues during a wreath-laying ceremony at BSF headquarters in Srinagar: photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP, 9 August 2016
An Indian Border Security Force soldier salutes near the coffins of three colleagues during a wreath-laying ceremony at BSF headquarters in Srinagar: photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP, 9 August 2016
People watch an elimination round of the men’s individual archery competition at the Sambadrome venue, located in a residential area, at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AP, 9 August 2016
People watch an elimination round of the men’s individual archery competition at the Sambadrome venue, located in a residential area, at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AP, 9 August 2016
Fiji’s Rebecca Tavo, left, scores a try as USA’s Kelly Griffin, defends during the women’s rugby sevens match at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: photo by Themba Hadebe/AP. 9 August 2016
Fiji’s Rebecca Tavo, left, scores a try as USA’s Kelly Griffin, defends during the women’s rugby sevens match at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: photo by Themba Hadebe/AP. 9 August 2016