while we were caught up in our little lawn order rally (scenes along the silk road)

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[Aleppo]: image via @jabalybaraa, 22 July 2016

[Aleppo]: image via @jabalybaraa, 22 July 2016

[Aleppo]: image via @jabalybaraa, 21 July 2016

[Aleppo]: image via @jabalybaraa, 20 July 2016

[Aleppo]: image via @jabalybaraa, 17 July 2016

 

A Syrian civil defense worker carries the body of a child following reported air strikes in the rebel-controlled neighborhood of Maysar in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo came under total siege after government forces severed the last route out of the east. An estimated 300,000 civilians live in rebel-held neighborhoods of Syria's second city, according to the United Nations, and there are fears that they could face starvation.: photo by Thaer Mohammed / AFP, 17 July 2016

[Aleppo]: image via @jabalybaraa, 16 July 2016

#Aleppo: image via @jabalybaraa, 15 July 2016

Situation in Aleppo “devastating and overwhelming” says ICRC’s most senior official in Syria: International Committee of the Red Cross news release, 21 July 2016

Damascus/Geneva: The head of delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Syria says heavy and indiscriminate shelling around the city of Aleppo is causing untold numbers of civilian casualties. Marianne Gasser said that every neighbourhood of the city had come under fire during the past few days and that vital infrastructure was being repeatedly hit.

"The situation is devastating and overwhelming. We hear that dozens of civilians are being killed every day and scores more injured from shells, mortars and rockets. The bombing is constant. The violence is threatening hundreds of thousands of people's lives, homes and livelihoods,' said Ms Gasser, who is in Aleppo.

The past few days have seen water systems, hospitals, warehouses, ambulance stations, public buildings and civilian homes destroyed or damaged on all sides of the front lines. Patients and medical workers have been killed or injured. Doctors and medical staff are working with no respite to cope with the influx of casualties, while many damaged hospitals no longer function. Many of the injured or chronically ill cannot reach health centres, while entire civilian areas are being cut off from the goods and services essential for their survival.

There has been a dramatic rise in emergency trauma cases in hospitals during the past few days. Civilians on all sides are struggling to find shelter, food and medical care. The ICRC, along with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, are working flat out to provide relief and restore or maintain vital services, but are having difficulty reaching many areas because of the violence.

"No adult, let alone child, should have to live through this. People are trying to survive in the most desperate of circumstances. All parties to the conflict, and all those with influence over them, must stop ignoring the laws of war. Civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected," said Ms Gasser.

SYRIA - Syrian men evacuate babies following a reported air strike in Douma. By @AbdDoumany #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 22 July 2016

GERMANY - Police secures the area inside a shopping mall in Munich following a shooting. By @AFPphoto: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 22 July 2016

Police officers respond to a deadly shooting at the Olympia Einkaufzentrum (OEZ) in Munich, Germany: photo by Joerg Koch via The National, 22 July 2016

German train attacker tried to destroy SIM card: Spiegel magazine: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 22 July 2016

A screen grab taken from video footage shows plainclothes police officers taking cover in the car park of the OEZ shopping mall: photo by dedinac / Marc Mueller via Reuters, 2 July 2016

Police are asking people to leave highways near Munich after shooting, local broadcaster reports: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 22 July 2016

Former Ku Klux Klan leader Duke runs for U.S. Senate in Louisiana: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 22 July 2016

Wars in the Middle East will cost the U.S. trillions more: image via Reuters Opinion @ReutersOpinion, 22 July 2016

 
Indian spectators watch as Pnar, or Jaintia, tribesmen pull a Rong, or "chariot" and dance in muddy waters during the celebration of the Behdienkhlam festival in Tuber village, in the northeastern state of Meghalaya. Behdienkhlam, a traditional festival of the Pnars, is celebrated after sowing and seeks a good harvest and to drive away plague and diseases. Young men symbolically drive away evil spirits by beating the roof of every house with bamboo poles.: photo by Biju Boro / AFP, 21 July 2016

 Celebrations at the Behdienkhlam festival in Tuber village, in the northeastern state of Meghalaya, India: photo by Biju Boro / AFP, 22 July 2016

Fans of Indian superstar Rajinikanth offer prayers in front of his poster outside a cinema hall to celebrate the screening of Kabali in Chennai: photo by Aijaz Rahi / AP, 22 July 2016

 

A masked Kashmiri participates in a torch light protest in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Thursday. The largest street protests in recent years in the disputed region, that left dozens of people dead and hundreds injured, erupted more than a week ago after Indian troops killed a popular young rebel leader.: photo by Mukhtar Khan / AP, 21 July 2016

INDIA - An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard on the 14th day of a curfew in Srinagar. By @TauseefMUSTAFA: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 22 July 2016

Kamaz truck team Airat Mardeev and co-driver Aydar Belyaev compete in the Gobi Desert, during the ninth special stage of the Silkway Rally. One hundred and thirty competitors are racing 10,734 kilometers, passing three countries and two continents from Moscow to Beijing.: photo by Patrick Baz/AFP, 18 July 2016



 A sand storm hits the Silk Way rally camp near the Chinese city of Dunhuang. The 11th stage was cancelled due to severe weather conditions.: photo by Patrick Baz/AFP, 20 July 2016



 Hostesses take pictures in the Gobi desert during a break at the Silk Way rally camp near the town of Wuhai: photo by Patrick Baz/AFP, 22 July 2016



An aerial view of the Gobi Desert in north-western China: photo by Patrick Baz/AFP, 18 July 2016

 
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, accompanied by Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, bottom, arrives to speak at a rally at the University of Cincinnati Dieterle Vocal Arts Center on Monday: photo by Andrew Harnik / AP, 18 July 2016

Après la purge d'#Erdogan, la "nouvelle #Turquie" vue par @LatuffCartoons: image via B3zero @B3zero, 23 July 2016

  Workers from Eyup district municipality in Istanbul demolish the Halit Pasa Residence hotel, on Wednesday. According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, the hotel was allegedly the meeting point of the plotters who planned the July 15 failed coup. The hotel had been subject to fines and demolition orders since 1993, and the directive to demolish the hotel was approved by the mayor and issued on July 18, three days after the failed coup.: photo by Lefteris Pitarakis / AP, 20 July 2016

People pay tribute near the open casket of Belarus-born journalist Pavel Sheremet, who was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev on July 20: photo by Sergei Supinksy/AFP, 22 July 2016



People pay tribute near the open casket of Belarus-born journalist Pavel Sheremet, who was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev on July 20: photo by Sergei Supinksy/AFP, 22 July 2018

Men play the augmented reality mobile game “Pokemon Go” by Nintendo on their mobile phones as they walk at a busy crossing in Shibuya district in Tokyo, Japan: photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters, 22 July 2016



Men play the augmented reality mobile game “Pokemon Go” by Nintendo on their mobile phones as they walk at a busy crossing in Shibuya district in Tokyo, Japan: photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters, 22 July 2016

A volunteer for Good Nanum carries the urn that bears the remains of a man who died alone with no one claiming his remains in Goyang, South Korea. Good Nanum holds funerals for people whose remains are not claimed by anyone thus have no one to take care of the final farewells for them including cremation and rituals.: photo by Jean Chung, 22 July 2016



A volunteer for Good Nanum carries the urn that bears the remains of a man who died alone with no one claiming his remains in Goyang, South Korea. Good Nanum holds funerals for people whose remains are not claimed by anyone thus have no one to take care of the final farewells for them including cremation and rituals.: photo by Jean Chung, 22 July 2016

People are seen watching hot air balloons fly overhead during a two-day international hot air balloon festival in Eshkol Park near the southern city of Netivot, Israel: photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters, 22 July 2016



People are seen watching hot air balloons fly overhead during a two-day international hot air balloon festival in Eshkol Park near the southern city of Netivot, Israel: photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters, 22 July 2016

Migrants are evicted from a makeshift camp by French gendarmes in Paris: photo by Jaques Demarthon/AFP, 2 July 2016



Migrants are evicted from a makeshift camp by French gendarmes in Paris: photo by Jaques Demarthon/AFP, 2 July 2016

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses delegates at the end of the last day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio: photo by Timothy Clary, 22 July 2016

 

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses delegates at the end of the last day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio: photo by Timothy Clary, 22 July 2016