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Thursday 7 April 2016

"The hibbing of those vipern lorke that quann..."

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A man rides an escalator in front of hig...A man rides an escalator in front of high rise buildings in the financial district Lujiazui in Shanghai on April 6, 2016.  / AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELEJOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images

A man rides an escalator in front of high rise buildings in the financial district Lujiazui in Shanghai: photo by Johannes Eiseke/AFP, 6 April 2016

A man rides an escalator in front of hig...A man rides an escalator in front of high rise buildings in the financial district Lujiazui in Shanghai on April 6, 2016.  / AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELEJOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images

A man rides an escalator in front of high rise buildings in the financial district Lujiazui in Shanghai: photo by Johannes Eiseke/AFP, 6 April 2016

World in focus – best photos for April 6, 2016

People queue to receive free food at a refugee camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni: photo by Marko Djurica / Reuters, 6 April 2016

World in focus – best photos for April 6, 2016

Seized electric bikes, electric tricycles and motorcycles at a parking lot in Shenzhen, southern China’s Guangdong province: photo by AFP, 6 April 2016

World in focus – best photos for April 6, 2016

Football fans outside the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany: photo by Adam Pretty / Bongarts, 6 April 2016

World in focus – best photos for April 6, 2016

Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson leaves after holding a meeting at Iceland’s Parliament in Reykjavik to announce his resignation: photo by APTN / AP, 6 April 2016

In this picture taken Tuesday evening, April 5, 2016, a swan floats on lake Weissensee near Fuessen, southern Germany. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP)

A swan floats on lake Weissensee near Fuessen, southern Germany: photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa/AP, 6 April 2016

 In this picture taken Tuesday evening, April 5, 2016, a swan floats on lake Weissensee near Fuessen, southern Germany. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP)

A swan floats on lake Weissensee near Fuessen, southern Germany: photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa/AP, 6 April 2016

"The hibbing of those vipern lorke that quann..."

The hibbing of those vipern lorke that quann
Hither sometimes sinne steales and staines
The silken sad uncertain rustling in the thousand
Wreaths of dangling water-smoke of each borble quartan
Sweet Fido at my feet curled like a quarled willow
Upon the wild sea-banks an waful wuv moved wivver
Smooth cartage from thy chamber 
On boated heapes of heavy gold thickwit ermids


Myanmar animals at Yangon Zoological Gardens...epa05246530 A monkey jumps from a branch at Yangon Zoological Gardens in Yangon, Myanmar, 06 April 2016. Yangon Zoological Gardens (Yangon Zoo) is the oldest and second largest zoo in Myanmar.  EPA/LYNN BO BO

A monkey jumps from a branch at Yangon Zoological Gardens in Yangon, Myanmar. Yangon Zoological Gardens (Yangon Zoo) is the oldest and second largest zoo in Myanmar
: photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA, 6 April 2016


Myanmar animals at Yangon Zoological Gardens...epa05246530 A monkey jumps from a branch at Yangon Zoological Gardens in Yangon, Myanmar, 06 April 2016. Yangon Zoological Gardens (Yangon Zoo) is the oldest and second largest zoo in Myanmar.  EPA/LYNN BO BO

A monkey jumps from a branch at Yangon Zoological Gardens in Yangon, Myanmar. Yangon Zoological Gardens (Yangon Zoo) is the oldest and second largest zoo in Myanmar: photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA, 6 April 2016


 
A member of a civilian vigilante group carries a bow and arrow while running on patrol with the Cameroonian military in Kerawa, Cameroon. Kerawa is on the border with Nigeria and is subject to frequent Boko Haram attacks. After watching its influence spread during a six-year campaign that has killed around 15,000 people according to the U.S. military, Nigeria has now united with its neighbours to stamp out Boko Haram. An 8,700-strong regional force of troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria is seeking to finish the job.: photo by Joe Penney / Reuters, 16 March 2016
 

Security personnel stand guard near the venue of a Congress party election rally in Guwahati, Assam, India: photo by Stringer/EPA, 6 April 2016



Security personnel stand guard near the venue of a Congress party election rally in Guwahati, Assam, India: photo by Stringer/EPA, 6 April 2016

 

Sand diggers load trucks at a quarry on the banks of the Congo river in the Kombe district of Brazzaville: photo by Marco Longari / AFP, 28 March 2016

   

A ranger of Kenya Wildflife Serive (KWS) shoots a lion after the feline ran away from the Nairobi National Park in Nairobi: photo by AFP, 30 March 2016
 

 
Stray lion shot dead after it attacks man in Kenya: image via Reuters India @ReutersIndia, 30 March 2016 


 
President Barack Obama reads “Where the Wild Things Are” during the annual White House Easter Egg roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington: photo by Andrew Harnik / AP, 28 March 2016



A Sumatran tiger called Tila is pictured in its area at the Bioparco of Rome: photo by Tiziana Fabi / AFP, 31 March 2016


 
Spanish bullfighter Jose Maria Manzanares is overturned by Spanish Garcigrande bull during the first bullfight of the Feria de Paques (Easter Feria), in Arles, southern France.: photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP, 26 March 2016


 
Contestants ride during a camel race at “Temeenii bayar,” the Camel Festival, in Dalanzadgad, Umnugobi aimag, Mongolia. On the steppes of the Gobi Desert, the crowd urges on Bactrian camels laden down with all that's needed to build and live in a traditional Mongolian tent. Guinness World Records classes the 15 kilometers race as the largest camel race in the world, drawing 1,108 participants. The winning camel romped home in 35 minutes and 12 seconds, according to the records website.: photo by Rentsendorj Bazar, 7 March 2016


A member of the Malaysian Federal Reserve Unit lies on the ground after fainting due to the hot weather during the 209th Police Day parade in Kuala Lumpur: photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP, 25 March 2016

World in focus – best photos for April 4, 2016

Brooklyn Nets guard Markel Brown trips over New Orleans Pelicans guard Tim Frazier: photo by Kathy Willens / AP, 3 April 2016 

A man crosses a flooded street during rainfall in Shanghai

A man crosses a flooded street during rainfall in Shanghai
: photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP, 6 April 2016


A man crosses a flooded street during rainfall in Shanghai

A man crosses a flooded street during rainfall in Shanghai: photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP, 6 April 2016 



Filipino boys play on a raft beside their creekside homes in Manila, Philippines: photo by Aaron Favila / AP,  30 March 2016

TOPSHOT - A child sleeps on a bridge in ...TOPSHOT - A child sleeps on a bridge in Manila on April 6, 2016.  Roughly one quarter of the nation's 100 million people live in poverty, which is defined as surviving on about one US dollar a day, according to government data / AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELISNOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images

A child sleeps on a bridge in Manila: photo by Noel Celis/AFP, 6 April 2016

World in focus – best photos for April 6, 2016

A child sleeps on a bridge in Manila
: photo by Noel Celis / AFP, 16 April 2016




People cross a flooded road following torrential rains on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. The death toll in Pakistan due to heavy rains over the last few days have risen to 75.: photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA, 6 April 2016

World in focus – best photos for April 4, 2016

A shopkeeper tries to salvage belongings as others walk across a bridge covered with floodwater after heavy rain in Peshawar: photo by Fayaz Aziz / Reuters, 4 April 2016
 
 

A replica of the Statue of Liberty stands on a hill overlooking the construction of new homes in Bahria Town on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan: photo by Caren Firouz / Reuters, 16 March 2016
 
Attendees cheer for Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas and 2016 presidential candidate, not pictured, during a campaign event in Milwaukee

Attendees cheer for Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas and 2016 presidential candidate, not pictured, during a campaign event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg, 6 April 2016

Attendees cheer for Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas and 2016 presidential candidate, not pictured, during a campaign event in Milwaukee

Attendees cheer for Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas and 2016 presidential candidate, not pictured, during a campaign event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg, 6 April 2016

Spectators arrive for the final practice round for the Masters golf tournament Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Spectators arrive for the final practice round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia: photo by David J. Phillip/AP, 6 April 2016

Spectators arrive for the final practice round for the Masters golf tournament Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Spectators arrive for the final practice round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia: photo by David J. Phillip/AP, 6 April 2016
 
Sailors monitoring radar and other instruments in the Combat Information Center aboard the Chancellorsville, a US guided missile cruiser: photo by Bryan Denton for The New York Times, 1 April 2016\



Sailors monitoring radar and other instruments in the Combat Information Center aboard the Chancellorsville, a US guided missile cruiser: photo by Bryan Denton for The New York Times, 1 April 2016


Capt. Curt Renshaw, the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Chancellorsville, at the helm during a patrol in the South China Sea, where China is exerting territorial claims over small islands and coral atolls: photo by Bryan Denton for The New York Times, 1 April 2016



Capt. Curt Renshaw, the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Chancellorsville, at the helm during a patrol in the South China Sea, where China is exerting territorial claims over small islands and coral atolls: photo by Bryan Denton for The New York Times, 1 April 2016

Female Kurdish Peshmerga take part their graduation ceremony at a police academy in Zakho district of the Dohuk Governorate of the Iraqi Kurdistan province, Iraq

Kurdish Peshmerga take part their graduation ceremony at a police academy in Zakho district in Iraqi Kurdistan: photo by Ari Jalal/Reuters, 30 March 2016

Female Kurdish Peshmerga take part their graduation ceremony at a police academy in Zakho district of the Dohuk Governorate of the Iraqi Kurdistan province, Iraq

Kurdish Peshmerga take part their graduation ceremony at a police academy in Zakho district in Iraqi Kurdistan: photo by Ari Jalal/Reuters, 30 March 2016



Members of Japanese idol group Kamen Joshi (Masked Girls) are seen through a gap between mirrors as they perform during a rehearsal at their theater in Tokyo's Akihabara district. For countless girl and pop-idol bands in Japan, standing out from the crowd can be daunting, but one group, “Kamen Joshi,” seems to have found the answer by hiding behind masks. The Tokyo-based all female band has 18 members, split into three groups that perform across Japan and elsewhere in Asia.: photo by Toru Hanai / Reuters, 17 March 2016



French riot police clash with protesters demonstrating against labor law reforms close to the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris. France faced fresh protests over labour reforms just a day after the beleaguered government of President Francois Hollande was forced into an embarrassing U-turn over constitutional changes.: photo by Thomas Samson / AFP, 31 March 2016


 
A man runs while police officers spray tear gas at him during a demonstration against the French government's proposed labor reforms, in Nantes, western France: photo by Loic Venance / AFP, 31 March 2016
 
Anti-riot police officers arrest a man d...Anti-riot police officers arrest a man during clashes within a demonstration of high school students protesting against the government's planned labour reform, on April 5, 2016 in eastern Paris.  The Socialist government is desperate to push through reforms to France's controversial labour laws, billed as a last-gasp attempt to boost the flailing economy before next year's presidential election.  / AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARDKENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images

Anti-riot police officers arrest a man during clashes within a demonstration of high school students protesting against the government’s planned labour reform in eastern Paris: photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP, 6 April 2016

Anti-riot police officers arrest a man d...Anti-riot police officers arrest a man during clashes within a demonstration of high school students protesting against the government's planned labour reform, on April 5, 2016 in eastern Paris.  The Socialist government is desperate to push through reforms to France's controversial labour laws, billed as a last-gasp attempt to boost the flailing economy before next year's presidential election.  / AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARDKENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images

Anti-riot police officers arrest a man during clashes within a demonstration of high school students protesting against the government’s planned labour reform in eastern Paris: photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP, 6 April 2016


Supporters raise their arms during a rally in support of Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Dilma Rousseff, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in the greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil: photo by Andre Penner/AP, 6 April 2016


Supporters raise their arms during a rally in support of Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Dilma Rousseff, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in the greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil: photo by Andre Penner/AP, 6 April 2016


President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil  faces impeachment over corruption charges and criticism for naming former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to her cabinet, a move seen as an attempt to shield him from arrest.: photo by Tomas Munita for The New York Times, 24 March 2016



President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil  faces impeachment over corruption charges and criticism for naming former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to her cabinet, a move seen as an attempt to shield him from arrest.: photo by Tomas Munita for The New York Times, 24 March 2016
  

Gwyneth Paltrow shares beauty, hair and life advice: image via The New York Times @nytimes, 4 April 2016


A woman feeds birds as the sun rises in Bal Harbour, Florida: photo by Wilfredo Lee/AP, 6 April 2016

 

A woman feeds birds as the sun rises in Bal Harbour, Florida: photo by Wilfredo Lee/AP, 6 April 2016

 

Product and graphic designer Ricky Ma, 42, poses with his life-size robot “Mark 1,” modeled after a Hollywood star, in Hong Kong on March 31, 2016. Ma, a robot enthusiast, spent a year-and-a half and more than HK$400,000 ($51,000) to create the humanoid robot to fulfill his childhood dream.: photo by Bobby Yip / Reuters, 31 March 2016


 

Humanoid? Hollywood star? Both?: image via Reuters Tech News @ReutersTech, 1 April 2016

 
 
A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Hu Sheguang from Sheguang Hu collection at China Fashion Week in Beijing: photo by Jason Lee / Reuters, 31 March 2016



A man takes a picture of cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo: photo by Issei Kato / Reuters, 1 April 2016

Women chat as they look at cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo

Women chat as they look at cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo: photo by Issei Kato/Reuters, 1 April 2016

Women chat as they look at cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo
Women chat as they look at cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo: photo by Issei Kato/Reuters, 1 April 2016



A man is seen trapped amid the debris of an under-construction flyover after it collapsed in Kolkata, India: photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters, 31 March 2016



A man relaxes amongst the daffodils in St James’ Park in London, England: photo by Ben Pruchnie, 31 March 2016


Rescue workers cut through parts of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India. A long section of a road overpass under construction collapsed Wednesday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood, with tons of concrete and steel slamming into midday traffic, killing several and injuring many.: photo by Bikas Das / AP, 31 March 2016


 
People look at sharks from an underwater room structure installed in the Aquarium of Paris, France. Airbnb and the Aquarium of Paris offered contest winners a night underwater sleeping with sharks and create a research platform for misunderstood shark species: photo by Charles Platiau / Reuters, 14 March 2016


A family visits the Unconditional Surrender statue, a recreation of the photo shot by Life photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt on August 14, 1945 in Times Square celebrating V-J Day: photo by Stan Grossfeld/ Boston Globe, 30 March 2016


Amelia Dencke, 15, of Olney, Md., listens to instruction before auditions for the Youth America Grand Prix regional semi-finals at John Hancock Hall in Boston on March 19. Hundreds of ballet dancers, ages 9 to 19, were auditioning that weekend.: photo by Stan Grossfeld/ Boston Globe, 30 March 2016

Palestinian house demolishing...epa05243187 The mother of the house owner (C) reacts near the rubble of her son's house after the Israeli Army demolished it in the West Bank village of Soureef, near Hebron, 04 April 2016. The house which belongs to a family of six was demolished by the Israeli Army because it reportedly is located near the controversial Israeli separation wall and the Palestinians have not had the Israeli permits needed to build it.  EPA/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN 
The mother of the house owner reacts near the rubble of her son’s house after the Israeli Army demolished it in the West Bank village of Soureef, near Hebron: photo Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA, 4 April 2016

Palestinian house demolishing...epa05243187 The mother of the house owner (C) reacts near the rubble of her son's house after the Israeli Army demolished it in the West Bank village of Soureef, near Hebron, 04 April 2016. The house which belongs to a family of six was demolished by the Israeli Army because it reportedly is located near the controversial Israeli separation wall and the Palestinians have not had the Israeli permits needed to build it.  EPA/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN

The mother of the house owner reacts near the rubble of her son’s house after the Israeli Army demolished it in the West Bank village of Soureef, near Hebron: photo Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA, 4 April 2016

World in focus – best photos for April 4, 2016
 

Palestinian youths walk on the rubble of a home destroyed by Israeli forces in the West Bank village of Qabatiyah: photo by Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP, 4 April 2016

 
Fans of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s national soccer team celebrated after it scored a goal against Switzerland in a friendly match in Zurich on Tuesday. Bosnia and Herzegovina won, 2-0.: photo by Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse, 2 April 2016

 

Fans of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s national soccer team celebrated after it scored a goal against Switzerland in a friendly match in Zurich on Tuesday. Bosnia and Herzegovina won, 2-0.: photo by Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse, 2 April 2016


An injured man was treated after a suicide bomber struck in a park in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday. The blast killed at least 69 people and injured 300 more.: photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters, 27 March 2016

 

An injured man was treated after a suicide bomber struck in a park in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday. The blast killed at least 69 people and injured 300 more.: photo by Mohsin Raza/Reuters, 27 March 2016


People on a train at Place General Meiser in Brussels, where a man was shot last Friday: photo by Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times, 1 April 2016



People on a train at Place General Meiser in Brussels, where a man was shot last Friday: photo by Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times, 1 April 2016


Having a rich social life is good for you, even if your friends have lice: image via The New York Times @nytimes, 2 April 2016

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