The Fukushima Daini nuclear plant after the earthquake hit on
Tuesday: photo by Kyodo News via Associated Press, 22 November 2016
The Fukushima Daini nuclear plant after the earthquake hit on
Tuesday: photo by Kyodo News via Associated Press, 22 November 2016
West Mesa, Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, August 2016
West Mesa, Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, August 2016
West Mesa, Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, August 2016
West Mesa, Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, August 2016
West Mesa, Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, August 2016
In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, Raad Muqdam al-Mosieh, 35, from Baghdad, Iraq, an Iraqi army soldier, poses for a portrait as he guards a checkpoint while wearing a gas mask on the outskirts of Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq.: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo
In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, Abdelhakim Hamid, 19, from Qayara, Iraq, an Iraqi National Security armed guard, poses for a portrait in Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq.: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo
In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, Abdelyusef, no last name given, an Iraqi Federal Police officer, poses for a portrait at a checkpoint in the village of Al Hut, some 40 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq.: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo
In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, Alaa Hashid, from Shura, Iraq, an Iraqi army soldier, poses for a portrait at a checkpoint in Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq.: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo
In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, Hiwa Omar, 25, from Irbil, Iraq, a Kurdish Peshmerga soldier, poses for a portrait while guarding a checkpoint in Gwer, some 30 kilometers southeast of Mosul, Iraq.: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo
In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, US Air Force Senior Airman Dennis Marshall, 26, from Memphis, Tenn., poses for a portrait while holding his radio at the Qayara West Coalition base in Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq..: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo
In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, Haidar Hussein, 20, from Diwaniya, Iraq, an Iraqi army soldier, poses for a portrait while holding his machine gun on the outskirts of Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq.: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo
In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, a Kurdish Peshmerga soldier, no name given, poses for a portrait in Nawaran, some 20 kilometers northeast of Mosul, Iraq..: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo
In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, Loay Mahdi, from Kirkuk, an Iraqi army soldier, poses for a portrait at the Qayara West Coalition base in Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq.: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo
In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, Bergam Kadhim, from Najaf, Iraq, an Iraqi Special Forces soldier, poses for a portrait on a street in Gogjali, an eastern suburb of Mosul, Iraq.: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/AP Photo
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, evacuate a child during a training session in the rebel-held eastern Ghouta area, east of the capital Damascus: photo by Amer Almohibany/AFP, 22 November 2016
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, evacuate a child during a training session in the rebel-held eastern Ghouta area, east of the capital Damascus: photo by Amer Almohibany/AFP, 22 November 2016
Lebanese police female cadets march in a military parade during an official ceremony commemorating the country’s 73rd independence day in the capital Beirut: photo by Anwar Amro/AFP, 22 November 2016
Lebanese police female cadets march in a military parade during an official ceremony commemorating the country’s 73rd independence day in the capital Beirut: photo by Anwar Amro/AFP, 22 November 2016
Members of the European Parliament take part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France: photo by Vincent Kessler/Reuters, 22 November 2016
Forces loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) hold a position amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Sirte’s Al-Giza Al-Bahriya district during clashes with Islamic State group jihadists to retake control of the Mediterranean coastal city: photo by Mahmud Turkia/AFP, 22 November 2016
Jazmin, aged six, sister of Jose Luis, receives Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in Carabayllo in Lima, Peru: photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters, 22 November 2016
.Jazmin, aged six, sister of Jose Luis, receives Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in Carabayllo in Lima, Peru: photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters, 22 November 2016
A rescue worker inspects windscreen of the vehicle belonging to the Paramilitary Frontier Constabulary soldiers after a bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan: photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA, 22 November 2016
A rescue worker inspects windscreen of the vehicle belonging to the Paramilitary Frontier Constabulary soldiers after a bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan: photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA, 22 November 2016
A man watches as firemen try to extinguish a fire at a plastic factory in Istanbul, Turkey: photo by Osman Orsal/Reuters, 22 November 2016
A boy sits on the deck of Topaz Responder after being rescued from a wooden boat by members of MOAS, Migrant Offshore Aid Station in Pozzallo, Italy: photo by Dan Kitwood, 22 November 2016
A boy sits on the deck of Topaz Responder after being rescued from a wooden boat by members of MOAS, Migrant Offshore Aid Station in Pozzallo, Italy: photo by Dan Kitwood, 22 November 2016
Swiss Freestyle Motocross driver Mat Rebeaud performs a figure during a FMX jump training session ten days before the 31st Geneva International Supercross, in Payerne, Switzerland: photo by Laurent Gillieron/Keystone/AP, 22 November 2016
#Iraq Through the bullet-riddled windshield of an armoured vehicle in Aden #Mosul after retaking the area from IS #AFP Photo by @TomCOEX: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 22 November 2016
#Iraq Soldiers from the Special Forces patrol a street in the Aden district of #Mosul after retaking the area from IS #AFP Photo by @TomCOEX: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 22 November 2016
A girl and her father buying food from behind the fence of displacement camp near #Mosul @AFP Photo by @TomCOEX: image via Jean-Marc Mojon @mojobaghdad, 22 November 2016
#Iraq The Khazir refugee camp near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 40 km West of #arbil Photo by
@TomCOEX: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 22 November 2016
#Iraq The Khazir refugee camp near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 40 km West of #arbil Photo by
@TomCOEX: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 22 November 2016
#Iraq The Khazir refugee camp near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 40 km West of #arbil Photo by @TomCOEX: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 22 November 2016
#Iraq The Khazir refugee camp near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 40 km West of #arbil Photo by @TomCOEX: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 22 November 2016
A family fleeing the fighting as oil fields burn in Qayyara, Iraq, this month: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 22 November 2016
.A family fleeing the fighting as oil fields burn in Qayyara, Iraq, this month: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 22 November 2016
Residents of Mosul leaving the city last week. Dozens of families try to escape the fighting there each day: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 22 November 2016
Residents of Mosul leaving the city last week. Dozens of families try to escape the fighting there each day: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 22 November 2016
Men questioned by the Iraqi forces to ensure they are not Islamic State fighters posing as civilians: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 22 November 2016
Men questioned by the Iraqi forces to ensure they are not Islamic State fighters posing as civilians: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 22 November 2016
Displaced Iraqis heading toward an army checkpoint in Mosul’s Samah district: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 22 November 2016
Displaced Iraqis heading toward an army checkpoint in Mosul’s Samah district: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 22 November 2016
Residents escaping the fighting in Mosul last week: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 22 November 2016
Residents escaping the fighting in Mosul last week: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 22 November 2016
the human village prepares for its fate
as the daylight fades
the dream disintegrates
but the shadow holds
the dream disintegrates
but the shadow holds
no power
over what’s about to happen
over what’s about to happen
A shepherd at dusk near the Hassan Sham refugee camp east of Mosul: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 22 November 2016
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Don't know what we'd do without you, TC.
Thanks for the good word, Kent, always cheering to hear from you.
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