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Monday 7 March 2016

In the Clock Forest, where every living thing is a target

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A Yemeni man walks past graffiti showing a US drone after al-Qaida in Yemen confirmed the death of its leader in a US drone strike, in Sana’a
: photo by Yahya Arhab/EPA, 7 March 2016
 


Pakistani tribesmen gather
in the North Waziristan village of Tapi, 10 kilometers away from Miranshah, for funeral prayers before the coffins of people killed in a US drone attack. Tribesmen and villagers claim that innocent civilians were killed in the 15 June attack.: photo by Thir Khan/ AFP, 16 June 2011
 

Every living thing in Saada is a #Saudi target. Even, now, the most needed food supplies. #Yemen Photo by @yahiasham
: image via Ahmad Algohbary @AhmadAlgohbary, 7 March 2016


A man pulls two children on a sled through fresh snow at the clock forest, part of a park in Düsseldorf, Germany: photo by Maja Hitij/DPA, via Agence France-Presse, 7 March 2016
 
To look on youth, not as in the false heat and deceptive brightness of that first 
Elated hour, the hour of the unwonted asterism, the hour
Of actually having it, but as in that minor hour, the hour of second order
Experience, in which you've been stuck since
That particular year, in which nature, revealing its ample power
To subdue and chasten, knocked flat your soul, and, in the hollow spot once filled, left 
Road kill swaddled in a powder blue baby blanket
As though it were auditioning as the world's worst set designer
And still the fat slow flakes fluttered down
And still the hands turned, and still the hours
Chimed idiotically, and for a moment you inkled the still, sad music of humanity
You heard playing in the Chancellor's office, as you stood outside
In the hallway, in your unmatched bedroom slippers, praying
She wouldn't notice. Busy gal, you know. 
How else are you going to stand it?
Otherwise, how could anybody stand it?
 
 

A man pulls two children on a sled through fresh snow at the clock forest, part of a park in Düsseldorf, Germany: photo by Maja Hitij/DPA, via Agence France-Presse, 7 March 2016
 

 
Kosovo Albanians hold torches in Prekaz, Kosovo, to commemorate the 46 soldiers in the Kosovo Liberation Army who were killed there by Serbian forces in 1998: photo by Armend Nimani/Agence France-Presse, 7 March 2016
 

 
Kosovo Albanians hold torches in Prekaz, Kosovo, to commemorate the 46 soldiers in the Kosovo Liberation Army who were killed there by Serbian forces in 1998: photo by Armend Nimani/Agence France-Presse, 7 March 2016
 

The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are visible over the Sycamore Gap at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, in northeast England: photo by Owen Humphreys/Press Association, via Associated Press, 7 March 2016
 

The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are visible over the Sycamore Gap at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, in northeast England: photo by Owen Humphreys/Press Association, via Associated Press, 7 March 2016
 

 
 Security barrier in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where the National People’s Congress, China’s Parliament, is meeting: photo by Jason Lee/Reuters, 7 March 2016
 

A security officer on guard in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where the National People’s Congress, China’s Parliament, is meeting: photo by Jason Lee/Reuters, 7 March 2016
 

Clothing is left to dry on the barbed wire fencing at the impromptu refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece: photo by Valdrin Xhemaj/European Pressphoto Agency, 7 March 2016


Clothing is left to dry on the barbed wire fencing at the impromptu refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece: photo by Valdrin Xhemaj/European Pressphoto Agency, 7 March 2016 


A refugee stands in line for tea at a camp near Idomeni, Greece. Thousands of refugees are waiting there to cross into Macedonia, a route north that some European leaders want to close.: photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse, 7 March 2016

 
A refugee stands in line for tea at a camp near Idomeni, Greece photo Dimitar Dilkoff @AFP: image via NYT Photo @nytimes photo, 7 March 2016
 
Dutch company trains birds of prey to catch drones...epa05199531 A trained eagle of the company 'Guard from Above' grabs a hovering drone during a exercise of the Dutch police in Katwijk, The Netherlands, 07 March 2016. The bird of prey can get drones from the air by catching them with his claws. Media reports state that various polices, including London's Metropolitan Police, are taking into consideration the idea that the birds could be deployed against what was described as 'hostile drones'.  EPA/KOEN VAN WEEL

A hovering drone is seen during a exercise by the Dutch police unit ‘Guard from Above’ in Katwijk, The Netherlands.  An eagle trained by the unit can snatch drones from the air by catching them with its claws. Media reports indicate that various police forces are considering the idea that the birds could be deployed against what are described as ‘hostile drones’.: photo by Koen Van Weel/EPA, 7 March 2016

Dutch company trains birds of prey to catch drones...epa05199531 A trained eagle of the company 'Guard from Above' grabs a hovering drone during a exercise of the Dutch police in Katwijk, The Netherlands, 07 March 2016. The bird of prey can get drones from the air by catching them with his claws. Media reports state that various polices, including London's Metropolitan Police, are taking into consideration the idea that the birds could be deployed against what was described as 'hostile drones'.  EPA/KOEN VAN WEEL

A trained eagle of the unit ‘Guard from Above’ grabs a hovering drone during an exercise by the Dutch police in Katwijk, The Netherlands. The bird of prey can snatch drones from the air by catching them with its claws. Media reports indicate that various police forces are considering the idea that the birds could be deployed against what are described as ‘hostile drones’.: photo by Koen Van Weel/EPA, 7 March 2016
 
New WTC State-Of-The-Art Transportation Hub "Oculus" Opens To The Public...NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 07: Commuters walk through the Oculus of the partially opened World Trade Center Transportation Hub after nearly 12 years of construction on March 7, 2016 in New York City. The grand structure was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava at a cost of $4 billion in public money, almost $2 billion over budget. The hub offers connections to the PATH train connecting New York City and New Jersey. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Commuters walk through the Oculus of the partially opened World Trade Center Transportation Hub after nearly 12 years of construction on Monday in New York City. The grand structure was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava at a cost of $4 billion in public money, almost $2 billion over budget. The hub offers connections to the PATH train connecting New York City and New Jersey.: photo by Spencer Platt via FT Photo Diary, 7 March 2016

New WTC State-Of-The-Art Transportation Hub "Oculus" Opens To The Public...NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 07: Commuters walk through the Oculus of the partially opened World Trade Center Transportation Hub after nearly 12 years of construction on March 7, 2016 in New York City. The grand structure was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava at a cost of $4 billion in public money, almost $2 billion over budget. The hub offers connections to the PATH train connecting New York City and New Jersey. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Commuters walk through the Oculus of the partially opened World Trade Center Transportation Hub after nearly 12 years of construction on Monday in New York City. The grand structure was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava at a cost of $4 billion in public money, almost $2 billion over budget. The hub offers connections to the PATH train connecting New York City and New Jersey.: photo by Spencer Platt via FT Photo Diary, 7 March 2016 

Hindu women collect water from the Pushkar lake to pour on idols of Lord Shiva, on occasion of Mahashivratri festival in Pushkar, India, Monday, March 7, 2016. Hindus across the world are celebrating Mahashivratri, or Shiva's night festival believed to be the day when Shiva got married. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Hindu women collect water from the Pushkar lake to pour on idols of Lord Shiva, on the occasion of the Mahashivratri festival in Pushkar: photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP, 7 March 2016

Hindu women collect water from the Pushkar lake to pour on idols of Lord Shiva, on occasion of Mahashivratri festival in Pushkar, India, Monday, March 7, 2016. Hindus across the world are celebrating Mahashivratri, or Shiva's night festival believed to be the day when Shiva got married. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Hindu women collect water from the Pushkar lake to pour on idols of Lord Shiva, on the occasion of the Mahashivratri festival in Pushkar: photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP, 7 March 2016


Kurdish people display a picture of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a protest outside an EU-Turkey summit in Brussels: photo by Yves Herman/Reuters, 7 March 2016

An official makes a phone call outside a...An official makes a phone call outside a group meeting for Tibetan delegates at the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on March 7, 2016. China's Communist-controlled parliament opened on March 5 to approve a new five-year plan to tackle slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.   / AFP / GREG BAKERGREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images

An official makes a phone call outside a group meeting for Tibetan delegates at the National People’s Congress in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People in China: photo by Greg Baker/AFP, 7 March 2016

An official makes a phone call outside a...An official makes a phone call outside a group meeting for Tibetan delegates at the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on March 7, 2016. China's Communist-controlled parliament opened on March 5 to approve a new five-year plan to tackle slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.   / AFP / GREG BAKERGREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images

An official makes a phone call outside a group meeting for Tibetan delegates at the National People’s Congress in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People in China: photo by Greg Baker/AFP, 7 March 2016

Otherwise, how are you going to stand it?

TOPSHOT - A Sadhu (Hindu holy man), smok...TOPSHOT - A Sadhu (Hindu holy man), smokes a chillum, a traditional clay pipe, as a holy offering to Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on March 6, 2016, on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting.  / AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMAPRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images

A Sadhu smokes a chillum, a traditional clay pipe, as a holy offering to Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu: photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP, 7 March 2016


A Sadhu smokes a chillum, a traditional clay pipe, as a holy offering to Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu: photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP, 7 March 2016

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with European Council President Donald Tusk, right, during a meeting on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Monday, March 7, 2016. European Union leaders are holding a summit in Brussels on Monday with Turkey to discuss the current migration crisis.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, reacts as she speaks with European Council President Donald Tusk, right, during a meeting on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Monday
: photo by
John Thys/Pool/AP, 7 March 2016

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with European Council President Donald Tusk, right, during a meeting on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Monday, March 7, 2016. European Union leaders are holding a summit in Brussels on Monday with Turkey to discuss the current migration crisis.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, reacts as she speaks with European Council President Donald Tusk, right, during a meeting on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Monday: photo by John Thys/Pool/AP, 7 March 2016
   
Children from Syria play on truck trailers at the Athens' port of Piraeus where over 2,000 stranded refugees and migrants stay at the passenger terminal buildings and their tents, on Monday, March 7, 2016. European Union leaders will be looking to boost aid to Greece as the Balkan migrant route is effectively sealed, using Monday's summit as an attempt to restore unity among the 28 member nations after months of increasing bickering and go-it-alone policies. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Children from Syria play on truck trailers at Athens' port of Piraeus where over 2,000 stranded refugees and migrants stay at the passenger terminal buildings and their tents: photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP, 7 March 2016

Children from Syria play on truck trailers at the Athens' port of Piraeus where over 2,000 stranded refugees and migrants stay at the passenger terminal buildings and their tents, on Monday, March 7, 2016. European Union leaders will be looking to boost aid to Greece as the Balkan migrant route is effectively sealed, using Monday's summit as an attempt to restore unity among the 28 member nations after months of increasing bickering and go-it-alone policies. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Children from Syria play on truck trailers at Athens' port of Piraeus where over 2,000 stranded refugees and migrants stay at the passenger terminal buildings and their tents: photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP, 7 March 2016

An investor smiles in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai...An investor reacts in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China, March 7, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song

An investor reacts in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai
: photo by
Aly Song/Reuters, 7 March 2016

An investor smiles in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai...An investor reacts in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China, March 7, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song

An investor reacts in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai: photo by Aly Song/Reuters, 7 March 2016
 
Spring weather Mar 7th 2016...The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, shine over the Sycamore Gap at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday March 6, 2016. The ethereal spectacle is caused by charged solar particles interacting with the Earth's magnetic field and is usually only visible in the far north of Scotland. See PA story WEATHER Aurora. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, shine over a solitary figure standing in the Sycamore Gap at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, United Kingdom: photo by Owen Humphreys/PA, 7 March 2016

Spring weather Mar 7th 2016...The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, shine over the Sycamore Gap at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday March 6, 2016. The ethereal spectacle is caused by charged solar particles interacting with the Earth's magnetic field and is usually only visible in the far north of Scotland. See PA story WEATHER Aurora. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, shine over a solitary figure standing in the Sycamore Gap at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, United Kingdom: photo by Owen Humphreys/PA, 7 March 2016

2 comments:

awbradley said...

merkel's gonna notice the slippers. bet on it...

TC said...

Yes, no doubt she will, but I understand she gets temporarily so much more... what would be the word? agreeable? permissive? wild and crazy?... whenever she's been hanging around with those Sadhus for a while.