TOM CLARK: Where There's Smoke

A child and a man sit on the tracks in front of Greek policemen in riot gear during a protest at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece: photo by Gregorio Borgia/AP, 5 May 2016

World in focus — best photos for May 5, 2016

Children at a makeshift camp for refugees near the village of Idomeni not far from the Greek-Macedonian border: photo by Tobias Schwarz / AFP, 5 May 2016

Russian Sukhoi Su-34 military jets are seen flying in formation through a glass roof of a department store in Moscow during a rehearsal for a Second World War Victory Day parade: photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters, 5 May 2016

Media members sit against the panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur from a skybox during a media preview at Kuala Lumpur Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today. Skybox, 421 metres above ground level will be the latest tourist attraction at Kuala Lumpur Tower, the 7th tallest freestanding tower in the world.: photo by Ahmad Yusni/EPA, 5 May 2016

Girls perform on the stage of the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in central Pyongyang, North Korea May 5, 2016

Girls perform on the stage of the Mangyongdae Children’s Palace in central Pyongyang, North Korea today: photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters, 5 May 2016

New Indian citizens of Masaladanga and n...New Indian citizens of Masaladanga and nearby enclaves arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station in Cooch Behar district on May 5, 2016, during the final phase of state assembly elections in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.

New Indian citizens of Masaldanga and nearby enclaves arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station in Cooch Behar district during the final phase of state assembly elections in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal: photo by Diptendu Dutta/AFP, 5 May 2016

INDIA - Indian villagers eat ice cream on the side of a road in New Delhi. By @sajjadkmr #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto 4 May 2016

Kashmiri Muslims pray as an unseen custodian displays a holy relic, believed to be a hair from the Prophet Muhammad’s beard, during celebrations for Miraj-Ul-Alam (ascension to heaven) at Kashmir’s main Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar this morning: photo by Tauseef Mustafa / AFP, 5 May 2016

Kashmiri Muslims pray as an unseen custodian displays a holy relic, believed to be a hair from the Prophet Mohammed’s beard, during celebrations for Israa wal Miraj at Kashmir’s main Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar: photo by Tauseef Mustafa / AFP, 5 May 2016

American reality-show star Kim Kardashian takes a selfie as she rides on a classic car next to her husband, rap superstar Kayne West in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, May 4, 2016

American reality-show star Kim Kardashian takes a selfie as she rides on a classic car next to her husband, rap superstar Kanye West in Havana, Cuba. West, Kardashian and members of her reality-show-star family have become the latest celebrities to visit Havana.: photo by Desmond Boylan/AP, 5 May 2016

A boy rides a robot style vehicle outsid...A boy rides a robot style vehicle outside a shopping mall in Daqing, Heilongjiang province on May 2, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images

A boy rides a robot style vehicle outside a shopping mall in Daqing, Heilongjiang province: photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP, 4 May 2016

A boy carries his belongings at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo’s al-Fardous district, Syria: photo by Rami Zayat/Reuters, 2 May 2016

A boy carries his belongings at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Fardous district, Syria: photo by Rami Zayat/Reuters, 2 May 2016

SYRIA - Syrians shout slogans during an anti-regime protest in Bustan al-Qasr district in Aleppo. By Karam al Masri: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 5 May 2016

The war for Aleppo: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 5 May 2016

After two weeks of hiding at home or underground to escape death, life returns to Syria's Aleppo, report via @AFP: image via News18 @CNNNews18, 6 May 2016 Noida, India

50 civilians killed, scores critically injured in #Assad airstrikes near #Idlib's Sarmada: image via Orient News @OrientNewsEng, 5 May 2016

At least 30 killed, mostly women and children, in Assad airstrike on IDP camp in #Idlib's #Syria: image via habibti @ha_bibti, 5 May 2016

Women and children thought they could hide from Assads bombs in IDP camps. From Kamouneh IDP camp in #Idlib bombed today: image via Sami @Paradoxy13, 5 May 2016

#Syria: At least 10 refugees killed, tens wounded in heavy strikes on a refugee camp in #Idlib's n-countryside: image via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 5 May 2016

#Syria: At least 10 refugees killed, tens wounded in heavy strikes on a refugee camp in #Idlib's n-countryside: image via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 5 May 2016

#Syria: At least 10 refugees killed, tens wounded in heavy strikes on a refugee camp in #Idlib's n countryside: image via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 5 May 2016

30+ dead. 80 injured inc women & children. They all sought sanctuary. @UNOCHA's @UNReliefChief on #Syria strike: image via UKUN NewYork Verified account @UKUNNewYork, 5 May 2016 New York, NY

Beach-goers stand still as a two-minute siren marking annual Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel is sounded in Netanya, Israel May 5, 2016

Beach-goers stand still as a two-minute siren marking annual Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel is sounded in Netanya, Israel today: photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters 5 May 2016

Remembrance Day Reality Show

As the two-minute siren sounds on the beach, everybody gets to remember

what they choose. Those are the rules

in the Selective Remembrance Day Reality Show -- history is yours

to make up as you go along

and if they're afraid enough everybody will agree with you, for as long

as it takes to burn the page.

GAZA CITY - A man inspects a damaged vehicle at his workshop after it was hit by an Israeli air strike. By @m55baba: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 5 May 2016

3:44 am #Gaza local time: Israeli fighter jets are flying at low altitudes: tweet via Mohamed Omer @Mogaza, 5 May 2016

Everything shook after this airstrike 10 seconds ago!!! #scary #Rafah: tweet via Mohamed Omer @Mogaza, 5 May 2016

Now as I type #Israeli F16s strike agriculture land east #Rafah #GazaUnderAttack: tweet via Mohamed Omer @Mogaza, 5 May 2016

Gaza needs your prayers and love now: tweet via Mohamed Omer @Mogaza, 5 May 2016

Those tank shells are made to suck the air out of our lungs! #GazaUnderAttack: tweet via Mohamed Omer @Mogaza, 5 May 2016

FIVE artillery shells on Foukhari area, Khan Younies now as I type... And here is the SIXTH!!! #HappeningNow: tweet via Mohamed Omer @Mogaza, 5 May 2016

tension now #gazaborder: tweet via Mohamed Omer @Mogaza, 5 May 2016

artillery shelling now east #Rafah south #Gaza Strip #Palestine: tweet via Mohamed Omer @Mogaza, 5 May 2016

last 24 hours, #Israeli military hit Gaza with 13 artillery shells, 11 missiles. 13 mortars fired on Israeli troops at #gazaborder: tweet via Mohamed Omer @Mogaza, 5 May 2016

So many screams and noises disturb your sleep, invade your dreams, break your silence without a permission from your ears #Gaza: tweet via Mohamed Omer @Mogaza, 5 May 2016

2 Girls schools were evacuated in a hurry after Israeli artillery rounds in their vicinity east of Shijaiya, #Gaza: image via Belal Dabour - Gaza @Belalmd12, 4 May 2016

Breaking: Israeli fighters launch 3 airstrikes on Rafah in southern Gaza Strip: image via Belal Dabour - Gaza @Belalmd12, 5 May 2016

#BREAKING THE 1ST MARTYR IN #GAZA 50 YO FEMALE JANA ALAMOUR KILLED BY THE ISRAELI SHELLING ( NOW ) #GazaUnderAttack: image via Dr. Basel Abuwarda @BaselAbuwarda, 5 May 2016

54 y-o Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli shelling in the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday. #GazaUnderAttack: image via #ICC4srael @Pray4Pal, 5 May 2016

54 y-o Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli shelling in the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday. #GazaUnderAttack: image via #ICC4Israel @Pray4Pal, 5 May 2016

Israeli Jets Pound #Gaza in Worst Violence since 2014 War #GazaUnderAttack: image via Anti-Media AntiMedia, 5 May 2016

Sheldon Adelson says he will support Donald Trump: image via the New York Times @nytimes, 5 May 2016

Exclusive: Top reason Americans will vote for Trump: 'To stop Clinton' - poll: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 5 May 2016

FBI likely to interview Clinton soon in emails probe: CNN: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 5 May 2016

In this Tuesday, May 4, 2016 photo, farmers work in a field of blossoming tulips in Den Helder, northern Netherlands. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Farmers work in a field of blossoming tulips in Den Helder, northern Netherlands: photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP, 4 May 2016

TOPSHOT - Indian commuters travel throug...TOPSHOT - Indian commuters travel through a traffic jam on their way to New Delhi from Gurgaon on May 3, 2016. Hundreds of taxi drivers protested in New Delhi on May 2 against a ban on diesel cabs, the latest initiative aimed at improving air quality in the world's most polluted capital. India's top court on April 30 ordered taxis run on the dirty fuel off the city's roads, refusing industry requests for more time to switch to greener compressed natural gas (CNG). Many of Delhi's taxis already run on CNG, but the ban will impact about 30,000 traditional cabs and some working for app-based Uber and Ola services, according to taxi operators. / AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNACHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images

Indian commuters travel through a traffic jam on their way to New Delhi from Gurgaon: photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP, 4 May 2016

Traffic lines the highway as residents leave Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday: photo by Jason Franson / The Canadian Press via AP, 3 May 2016

Wildfire in Fort McMurray...epa05290226 A picture provided by Twitter user @jeromegarot on 05 May 2016 shows a wildfire raging through the town of Fort McMurray, Canada, 03 May 2016. Weather conditions were making it more difficult to extinguish a forest fire that has forced the evacuation of some 70,000 people from the northwestern Canadian city of Fort McMurray. Alberta provincial authorities estimated that at least some 1,600 buildings in the city have been consumed by the flames, which have not caused any deaths or injuries so far. EPA/TWITTER.COM/JEROMEGAROT ATTENTION EDITORS : EPA IS USING AN IMAGE FROM AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE AND CANNOT PROVIDE CONFIRMATION OF CONTENT, AUTHENTICITY, PLACE, DATE AND SOURCE. EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

A wildfire raging through the town of Fort McMurray, Canada. Weather conditions were making it more difficult to extinguish a forest fire that has forced the evacuation of some 70,000 people from the northwestern Canadian city of Fort McMurray.: photo by Jerome Garot/EPA, 5 May 2016

Smoke fills the air as a small plane flies overhead in Fort McMurray, Alberta: photo by Kitty Cochrane/The Canadian Press via AP, 4 May 2016

Smoke hangs in the air as forest fires rage on in Fort McMurray, Alberta (AFP): image via Telegraph Pictures @TelegraphPics, 5 May 2016

TOM CLARK

Friday, 6 May 2016

Where There's Smoke

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