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?
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
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 photo Dimitar Dilkoff @AFP: image via NYT Photo @nytimes photo, 7 March 2016
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
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
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
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 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 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?
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, 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, 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 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 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 reacts in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai: photo by Aly Song/Reuters, 7 March 2016
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
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
merkel's gonna notice the slippers. bet on it...
ReplyDeleteYes, 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.
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