Green Chain Gang / José Emilio Pacheco: Three Poems
. La Ventana, El Malpais, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárrage, June 2017 La Ventana, El Malpais, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2017La Ventana, El Malpais, New Mexico:...
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. SYRIA - Residents of the rebel-held town of Douma break their fast with the "iftar" meal on a heavily damaged street. Photo Hamza Al-Ajweh: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 19 June...
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.Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga,...
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. #Iraq An Iraqi boy carries a birdcage on his back as he flees from the Old City of Mosul during #Mosul Offensive Photo Ahmad Al Rubaye #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 June 2017The...
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.#India Indian Hindu devotees offer prayers on the eve of the annual Ambubachi festival at the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 June 2017#Philippines Activists...
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.Smoke from an explosion rises during fighting against Islamic State militants in the old city of Mosul, Iraq, Friday, June 23, 2017. Formally launched in October, the fight for Mosul has displaced...
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.Sturgis Guns.Murica reigns supreme. No health care, no family leave, lousy internet (most of the country), poverty on the increase, and drug abuse is rampant. But, by God, one thing we've got in...
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. For the first time I saw #EidKaChand myself in #Srinagar #Kashmir. #EidMubarak =#Eid2AlFitr #Eid: image via Umar Ganie @UmarGanie1, 25 June 2017Eid Mubarak. #Kashmir: image via Mir @Gowhar_, 25 June...
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.GAZA CITY - A Palestinian man washes his horse on a hot day. @mohmdabed #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 26 June 2017GAZA CITY - A paramedic gives first aid to a man following an...
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. [Dhaka]: photo by Muhammad Imam Hasan, 22 August 2016 On the sixth day of Hate Week, after the processions, the speeches, the shouting, the singing, the banners, the posters, the films, the...
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.sebati 0009-150: photo by sebati, 10 September 2004 sebati 0009-150: photo by sebati, 10 September 2004 sebati 0009-150: photo by sebati, 10 September 2004"Libérer la parole" contre l'état de stress...
View ArticleMosul, nearly done
. Thanks to @SamOnTheRoad for use of June 29 pic of Nadia Aziz Mohammed, as she waits for recovery of 11 family members killed in airstrike: photo by Sam Kimball /image via Airwars @airwars, 1 July...
View Article"I won..." (a reminder from Great Lord Teeny Tiny Hands) / Danny Lyon:...
.A choir performed The Battle Hymn of the Republic at the Trump rally.: photo by Pool/Getty Images, 1 July 2017There are grandpas and there are grandpas. Photo @dougmillsnyt: image via Reading The...
View ArticleBeyond the pail (A Day at the Beach)
.#NewYork Muslim women prepare to take part in Eid al-Fitr prayers at Staten Island. By @GabrielaBhaskar @reuterspictures: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 3 July 2017Morgan MurphyVerified...
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.#Iraq A girl who fled the fighting in Mosul, waits to be relocated while sitting in the city's western industrial district. Photo Fadel Senna #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July...
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.An elderly Iraqi woman who fled Islamic State carries a baby, as Iraqi forces uproot the last militants from Mosul: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 5 July 2017Â Iraqi forces push Islamic...
View ArticleThe other way around (Der Untergang des Abendlandes)
.#China A man uses his phone on the observation floor of a high-rise commercial building in Hong Kong. Photo @AntAFP #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 6 July 2017Oswald Spengler: Der...
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.Curtains [Lviv, Ukraine]: photo by Tetyana Bunyak, 24 April2012Curtains [Lviv, Ukraine]: photo by Tetyana Bunyak, 24 April2012Curtains [Lviv, Ukraine]: photo by Tetyana Bunyak, 24 April2012Russian...
View ArticleTrouble Every Day / Clarksdale, Saturday night
.Fleeing Iraqi civilians wait to be taken from Mosul's Old City during fighting of Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants today. @felipedana: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 8 July 2017Â Iraqi Special...
View Article"Liberation" of Mosul: What time's the parade? / I once tickled Lou Reed....
.Ead, 13, who was injured by an explosion while fleeing with his family from his house still under ISIL control in al-Zanjili district, is transferred with his father and another injured woman, inside...
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