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Thursday 27 October 2016

Happiness Trigger

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A view of one of the latest murals near Glasgow cathedral on October 26, 2016 in Glasgow, Scotland. The murals have been appearing across the city for a since 2008 with new ones appearing on a regular bases rejuvenating bare walls revitalising tired corners of Glasgow. Now a new Mural Trail has been devised with a huge range of them on display within a short walking distance from the city centre.  (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

A view of one of the latest murals near Glasgow cathedral, Scotland. The murals have been appearing across the city for a since 2008 with new ones appearing on a regular bases rejuvenating bare walls revitalising tired corners of Glasgow: photo by Jeff J Mitchell, 26 October 2016

A view of one of the latest murals near Glasgow cathedral on October 26, 2016 in Glasgow, Scotland. The murals have been appearing across the city for a since 2008 with new ones appearing on a regular bases rejuvenating bare walls revitalising tired corners of Glasgow. Now a new Mural Trail has been devised with a huge range of them on display within a short walking distance from the city centre.  (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

A view of one of the latest murals near Glasgow cathedral, Scotland. The murals have been appearing across the city for a since 2008 with new ones appearing on a regular bases rejuvenating bare walls revitalising tired corners of Glasgow: photo by Jeff J Mitchell 26 October 2016


Desplazados iraquíes que huyeron de Mosul reunidos con sus familiares en el campo de Khazer. Fotos de @Kilicbil: image via Isaac J. Martin @isaacjmartin, 26 October 2016




IRAQ - Newly displaced families from Mosul seeing relatives for first time in two years at camp near Kalak. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016



Newly displaced Iraqis who fled Mosul, meet their relatives who came 2 years ago to the same refugee camp. Oct. 26, 2016 @Kilicbil @AFPphoto
: image via L'Instant-ParisMatch @instantmatch, 26 October 2016




IRAQ - Newly displaced families from Mosul seeing relatives for first time in two years at camp near Kalak. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016



IRAQ - Newly #displaced families from #Mosul seeing relatives for first time in two years at camp near Kalak. @AFPphoto by @Kilicbil #Iraq: image via Jean-Marc Mojon @mojobaghdad 26 October 2016


Newly displaced Iraq's who fled from the city of Mosul, Iraq's last major Islamic State (IS) group stronghold, cry as they meet their relatives who came two years ago to the refugee camp in the Khazer area, near near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aksi Kalak, some 40 kilometres east of Arbil following their arrival on October 26, 2016.  The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Stephane Dujarric told reporters that almost 9,000 people are internally displaced as a result of the Mosul military operation in Iraq. Lise Grande, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said the military operations to retake Mosul could spark the largest humanitarian crisis in 2016 as the security situation in the area restrains aid agencies' ability to deliver help. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images

Newly displaced people who have fled from the city of Mosul, Iraq’s last major Islamic State group stronghold, cry as they meet their relatives who came two years ago to the refugee camp in the Khazer area, near near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aksi Kalak following their arrival on Wednesday: photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP, 26 October 2016



IRAQ - Newly displaced families from Mosul seeing relatives for first time in two years at camp near Kalak. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016


Newly displaced Iraq's who fled from the city of Mosul, Iraq's last major Islamic State (IS) group stronghold, cry as they meet their relatives who came two years ago to the refugee camp in the Khazer area, near near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aksi Kalak, some 40 kilometres east of Arbil following their arrival on October 26, 2016.  The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Stephane Dujarric told reporters that almost 9,000 people are internally displaced as a result of the Mosul military operation in Iraq. Lise Grande, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said the military operations to retake Mosul could spark the largest humanitarian crisis in 2016 as the security situation in the area restrains aid agencies' ability to deliver help. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images

Newly displaced people who have fled from the city of Mosul, Iraq’s last major Islamic State group stronghold, cry as they meet their relatives who came two years ago to the refugee camp in the Khazer area, near near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aksi Kalak following their arrival on Wednesday: photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP, 26 October 2016


 #Iraq Displaced Iraqis arrive at #RefugeeCamp in the town of #Qayyarrah, south of #Mosul By @Kilicbil @AFPphoto #photojournalsm
: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 26 October 2016


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An Iraqi man walks on a street covered with smoke after an oil field was set ablaze in the Qayyarah area, south of Mosul: photo by AFP, 21 August 2016


Islamic State sets sulfur alight in attempt to foil attack on militant stronghold @washingtonpost
: image via Anna Fifield @annafifield, 23 October 2016



 @LovedayM reports from Q-West, an airfield outside Mosul that was until recently a base for ISIS militants: image via Post World @PostWorldNews, 26 October 2016

 

@LovedayM reports from Q-West, an airfield outside Mosul that was until recently a base for ISIS militants: image via Post World @PostWorldNews, 26 October 2016 
 

 @LovedayM reports from Q-West, an airfield outside Mosul that was until recently a base for ISIS militants: image via Post World @PostWorldNews, 26 October 2016
 

 @LovedayM reports from Q-West, an airfield outside Mosul that was until recently a base for ISIS militants: image via Post World @PostWorldNews, 26 October 2016 


 Families fleeing #ISIS into toxic fumes from sulphur and oil fires south of #Mosul: image via Loveday Morris Verified account @LovedayM, 26 October 2016 

 
MAP: #Mosul offensive as of October 26th - @LCarabinier: image via Conflict News @Conflicts, 26 October 2016


MAP: Over 10,500 Iraqi people displaced by military operation in #Mosul, @UN says: image via Conflict News @Conflicts, 26 October 2016



Offensive on #ISIS base #Raqqa will be harder than #Mosul: U.S. general #MosulOperations: image via World News Network Verified account @worldnewsdotcom, 26 October 2016

Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepares to board her campaign plane at Miami International Airport on October 26, 2016 in Miami, Florida. With less than two weeks to go until election day, Hillary Clinton is campaigning in Florida.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepares to board her campaign plane at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. With less than two weeks to go until election day, Hillary Clinton is campaigning in Florida: photo by Justin Sullivan, 26 October 2016

Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepares to board her campaign plane at Miami International Airport on October 26, 2016 in Miami, Florida. With less than two weeks to go until election day, Hillary Clinton is campaigning in Florida.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepares to board her campaign plane at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. With less than two weeks to go until election day, Hillary Clinton is campaigning in Florida: photo by Justin Sullivan, 26 October 2016

I am what you want and if you don't think so my little friends
would just like you to know that the trigger is oh so close
and this is called we came you lost every time over and over
and no, you're absolutely NOT permitted to ask questions
ya know 
             
It was that kind of day
Filthy smoke was rising from horizon to horizon
People everywhere could be seen crouched 
Beneath crumbling edifices of marble
Scribbling by failing light on ballots
Made of wrinkled skin
                                 as you were saying
these words the wind again
rose, one could smell the acrid smoke 

and feel the heat of the flames
touching the other side of the paper


Various masks are on sale at the "maskworld" costume store in Berlin

Various masks are on sale at the “maskworld” costume store in Berlin: photo by Tobias Schwartz/AFP, 26 October 2016

Various masks are on sale at the "maskworld" costume store in Berlin

Various masks are on sale at the “maskworld” costume store in Berlin: photo by Tobias Schwartz/AFP, 26 October 2016



SYRIA - Inside a make-shift hospital following reported government shelling on the rebel-held town of Douma. By @AbdDoumany #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016 



SYRIA - Inside a make-shift hospital following reported government shelling on the rebel-held town of Douma. By @AbdDoumany #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016 


SYRIA - Inside a make-shift hospital following reported government shelling on the rebel-held town of Douma. By @AbdDoumany #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016


TURKEY - A protester reacts as anti-riot police use water cannon during a demo. against detention co-mayors in Diyarbakir. By @pironic2121: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016




TURKEY - Arrests during a demonstration against the detention of the Kurdish-majority city's co-mayors in Diyarbakir. By @pironic2121: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016

 


TURKEY - Arrests during a demonstration against the detention of the Kurdish-majority city's co-mayors in Diyarbakir. By @pironic2121: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016

 

TURKEY - Arrests during a demonstration against the detention of the Kurdish-majority city's co-mayors in Diyarbakir. By @pironic2121: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016


PAKISTAN - A vendor sells bananas in front of shuttered shops at the market during a strike in Quetta. By Banaras Khan #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016

A farmer harvests rice on a field in Lalitpur, Nepal

A farmer harvests rice on a field in Lalitpur, Nepal: photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters, 26 October 2016

A farmer harvests rice on a field in Lalitpur, Nepal

A farmer harvests rice on a field in Lalitpur, Nepal: photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters, 26 October 2016

Floral artists (left-right) Richard Bragg, Harriet Sargent and James Buswell put the finishing touches to a 9x9m rangoli-style flower installation in the fountain at Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, made with over 6,000 flowers to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Light.

Floral artists (left-right) Richard Bragg, Harriet Sargent and James Buswell put the finishing touches to a 9x9m rangoli-style flower installation in the fountain at Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, made with over 6,000 flowers to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Light: photo by Matt Alexander/PA, 26 October 2016

Floral artists (left-right) Richard Bragg, Harriet Sargent and James Buswell put the finishing touches to a 9x9m rangoli-style flower installation in the fountain at Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, made with over 6,000 flowers to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Light.

Floral artists (left-right) Richard Bragg, Harriet Sargent and James Buswell put the finishing touches to a 9x9m rangoli-style flower installation in the fountain at Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, made with over 6,000 flowers to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Light: photo by Matt Alexander/PA, 26 October 2016

 
O problema não é o #Admiral Kuznetsov mas sim o que as capitais europeias e os EUA estão dispostos a fazer em Alepo e no norte da Síria: image via Miguel Monjardino @MMonjardino,  27 October 2016 



Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, in the English Channel on Friday
: photo by
Dover-Marina dotcom, 21 October 2016
 

The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov near Norway last week. Moscow sent the carrier and several other vessels through the English Channel on Friday.: photo by  Norwegian Royal Airforce, via NTB Scanpix/Reuters, 26 October 2016 


The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov near Norway last week. Moscow sent the carrier and several other vessels through the English Channel on Friday.: photo by  Norwegian Royal Airforce, via NTB Scanpix/Reuters, 26 October 2016 

 
View from the International Space Station of the Admiral Kuznetsov passing France, on its way to cause havoc in the Middle East: image via Peter @Capt_Darling, 23 October 2016

 
Full steam ahead!! #Admiral Kuznetsov: image via Michael Garrood @Michael Garrood,  24 October 2016 

 
Engineering officers of #Admiral Kuznetsov say everything is running smoothly: image via Sputnik @Sputnik_Not, 22 October 2016 


FRANCE - People try to move a caravan as smoke rises from fires at the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais. By François Nascimbeni #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016



#France Smoke rises over makeshift shelters during the full evacuation of the #CalaisJungle #migrant camp #AFP Photo by Philippe Huguen: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016


FRANCE - Migrants queue for transportation by bus to reception centres across France from the #CalaisJungle. By Philippe Huguen
#AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard, 26 October 2016 




The main row of shops in the #CalaisJungle is left burnt to the ground @SWNS: image via Adam Gray @agrayphoto, 26 October 2016 

 


The main row of shops in the #CalaisJungle is left burnt to the ground @SWNS: image via Adam Gray @agrayphoto, 26 October 2016 

 


The main row of shops in the #CalaisJungle is left burnt to the ground @SWNS: image via Adam Gray @agrayphoto, 26 October 2016

 


The main row of shops in the #CalaisJungle is left burnt to the ground @SWNS: image via Adam Gray @agrayphoto, 26 October 2016

A migrant runs past a burning makeshift shelters in the "Jungle" on the third day of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, as part of the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France

A migrant runs past a burning makeshift shelters in the “Jungle” on the third day of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, as part of the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France: photo by Philippe Wojazer/Reuters, 26 October 2016 

A migrant runs past a burning makeshift shelters in the "Jungle" on the third day of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, as part of the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France

A migrant runs past a burning makeshift shelters in the “Jungle” on the third day of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, as part of the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France: photo by Philippe Wojazer/Reuters, 26 October 2016

Heavy machinery moves into the Calais  'Jungle' migrant camp to demolish the site

Heavy machinery moves into the Calais ‘Jungle’ migrant camp to demolish the site: photo by Christopher Furlong, 27 October 2016

Heavy machinery moves into the Calais  'Jungle' migrant camp to demolish the site

Heavy machinery moves into the Calais ‘Jungle’ migrant camp to demolish the site: photo by Christopher Furlong, 27 October 2016 

City workers cross the River Thames with the City of London financial district seen behind in London, in Britain October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville

City workers cross the River Thames with the City of London financial district seen behind in London: photo by Toby Melville/Reuters, 27 October 2016 

City workers cross the River Thames with the City of London financial district seen behind in London, in Britain October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville
 
 City workers cross the River Thames with the City of London financial district seen behind in London: photo by Toby Melville/Reuters, 27 October 2016 

Filipino anti-riot police stand guard during a protest near the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines, 27 October 2016. Hundreds of protesters including Indigenous People, students and militant groups marched towards the US Embassy to protest against the presence of US military troops and condemning the violent dispersal on 19 October which left at least forty people hurt including twenty police officers and three people who were run over by a police van.  EPA/MARK R. CRISTINO

Filipino anti-riot police stand guard during a protest near the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of protesters including Indigenous people, students and militant groups marched towards the US Embassy to protest against the presence of US military troops and condemning the violent dispersal on 19 October which left at least forty people hurt including twenty police officers and three people who were run over by a police van.: photo by  Mark R.Cristino/EPA, 27 October 2016 

Filipino anti-riot police stand guard during a protest near the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines, 27 October 2016. Hundreds of protesters including Indigenous People, students and militant groups marched towards the US Embassy to protest against the presence of US military troops and condemning the violent dispersal on 19 October which left at least forty people hurt including twenty police officers and three people who were run over by a police van.  EPA/MARK R. CRISTINO

Filipino anti-riot police stand guard during a protest near the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of protesters including Indigenous people, students and militant groups marched towards the US Embassy to protest against the presence of US military troops and condemning the violent dispersal on 19 October which left at least forty people hurt including twenty police officers and three people who were run over by a police van.: photo by  Mark R.Cristino/EPA, 27 October 2016

South Kolan | by Fasene

South Kolan. Bingera Mill, last night. Western Star Double B loading 40 tonnes of raw sugar. A bit shaky.: photo by Warren, 24 October 2016

South Kolan | by Fasene

South Kolan. Bingera Mill, last night. Western Star Double B loading 40 tonnes of raw sugar. A bit shaky.: photo by Warren, 24 October 2016


South Kolan | by Fasene

South Kolan. Bingera Mill, last night. Western Star Double B loading 40 tonnes of raw sugar. A bit shaky.: photo by Warren, 24 October 2016

The sun rises over the New Forest in Hampshire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday October 27, 2016. Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

The sun rises over the New Forest in Hampshire in England: photo by Andrew Matthews/PA, 27 October 2016

The sun rises over the New Forest in Hampshire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday October 27, 2016. Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

The sun rises over the New Forest in Hampshire in England: photo by Andrew Matthews/PA, 27 October 2016 

2 comments:

Sandra said...

en medio del dolor la felicidad cuando explota es mayor

TC said...

Sí, las fotos por Bulent Kilic, que muestra los distanciados por la guerra y ahora reunidos, pero sólo por un momento, y sólo a través de la barrera artificial de una valla metálica, revelan toda una gama de emociones humanas, desde el dolor profundo para gran alegría y la espalda de nuevo, tan poderoso como son transitorias. La escena podría ser una parábola de esta terrible 30 años de guerra infligido a la gente de Oriente Medio, por los que están lejos, e inspirados por la codicia por el petróleo ... los fuegos del infierno ardiendo en la distancia, una imagen que recuerda a los principios capítulos de esta saga horrible ... todo nace de la demanda loco por combustible para incendiar el mundo ...