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A displaced Iraqi boy leads his animals to safety after escaping from the Islamic State controlled village of Abu Jarboa during clashes with IS militants near Mosul, Iraq: photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters, 1 November 2016



A displaced Iraqi boy leads his animals to safety after escaping from the Islamic State controlled village of Abu Jarboa during clashes with IS militants near Mosul, Iraq: photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters, 1 November 2016

Counterterrorism troops to the east of Mosul take shelter after a mortar shell hit. The elite units entered the city, Iraq’s second-largest, on Tuesday in an attempt to reclaim it from the Islamic State.: photo by Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Press, 1 November 2016

Counterterrorism troops to the east of Mosul take shelter after a mortar shell hit. The elite units entered the city, Iraq’s second-largest, on Tuesday in an attempt to reclaim it from the Islamic State.: photo by Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Press, 1 November 2016
 

People who fled areas held by Islamic State militants take shelter outside a mosque south of Mosul that was guarded by Iraqi soldiers on Tuesday: photo by Felipe Dana/Associated Press, 1 November 2016



People who fled areas held by Islamic State militants take shelter outside a mosque south of Mosul that was guarded by Iraqi soldiers on Tuesday: photo by Felipe Dana/Associated Press, 1 November 2016

 #Iraq - Advancing Iraqi forces near Mosul city limits. By @Kilicbil: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 October 2016 

 #Iraq - Advancing Iraqi forces near Mosul city limits. By @Kilicbil: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 October 2016 

 #Iraq - Advancing Iraqi forces near Mosul city limits. By @Kilicbil: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 October 2016  

 
A member of the Iraqi armed forces kisses a local boy after entering the town of Shura, south of Mosul, on Saturday: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/Associated Press, 30 October 2016 

 
 
A member of the Iraqi armed forces kisses a local boy after entering the town of Shura, south of Mosul, on Saturday: photo by Marko Drobnjakovic/Associated Press, 30 October 2016

 
A man who just fled Bazwaia village carries a white flag as he arrives at a special forces checkpoint, east of Mosul, Iraq: photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters, 1 November 2016



A man who just fled Bazwaia village carries a white flag as he arrives at a special forces checkpoint, east of Mosul, Iraq: photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters, 1 November 2016

Stevie Smith: I Remember

UK - A couple kiss beneath a tree in St James's Park in London with the trees showing Autumn colours. By @photogator96 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 November 2016

It was my bridal night I remember,
An old man of seventy-three
I lay with my young bride in my arms,
A girl with t.b.
It was wartime, and overhead
The Germans were making a particularly heavy raid on Hampstead.
What rendered the confusion worse, perversely
Our bombers had chosen that moment to set out for Germany.
Harry, do they ever collide?
I do not think it has ever happened,
Oh my bride, my bride.

Stevie Smith (1902-1971): I Remember, from Not Waving but Drowning, 1967 

SPAIN - A woman kisses a grave at a cemetery in Barcelona during the Catholic All Saints' Day. By Josep Lago #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 November 2016

People visit tombs of their loved ones ahead of the commemoration of All Saints day at Navotas Public cemetery in Manila, Philippines: photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters, 1 November 2016

People visit tombs of their loved ones ahead of the commemoration of All Saints day at Navotas Public cemetery in Manila, Philippines: photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters, 1 November 2016

SYRIA - Displaced Syrian children play in a large puddle of water following heavy rainfall at a make-shift camp near Azaz. By @NazeeerAlk: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 November 2016

BELARUS - Interior Ministry's special forces unit takes part in examinations for "Madder Beret" headdress near Minsk. By Maxim Malinovsky: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 November 2016

US - Radio City Rockettes pose with Archbishop of NY after he blessed animals in Radio City Christmas Spectacular in NY. By @timothyclary: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 November 2016

We All Say No

@HillaryClinton thanks the crowd during a rally in Fort Lauderdale. #Hillary: image via Doug Mills @dougmillsnyt, 1 November 2016  Miami Lakes, FL

"Hillary Clinton is melting down". Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) discusses Trump's improving chances of winning the presidency as the Clinton campaign spirals.: photo via Fox Business, 1 November 2016

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a masquerade mask as she jokes with members of her staff aboard her campaign plane in Erlanger, Kentucky: photo by Justin Sullivan, 1 November 2016

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a masquerade mask as she jokes with members of her staff aboard her campaign plane in Erlanger, Kentucky: photo by Justin Sullivan, 1 November 2016

Play Structure with Wind

Still living in the hollow (Indian Rock, Virginia): photo by efo, 31 October 2016

Still living in the hollow (Indian Rock, Virginia): photo by efo, 31 October 2016

Goldsmith(Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India): photo by Bert Pot, August 2016

Goldsmith (Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India): photo by Bert Pot, August 2016

Horn (Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India): photo by Bert Pot, August 2016

ecuador: photo by tgnelsoni7, 26 October 2016

[Untitled, Austria] ("nearby Vienna is two small towns, Mödling and Baden. this place is between them."): photo Jenó  Németh, 31 October 2016

We All Say No (Millvale, PEI): photo by Jim Rohan, 1 November 2016

United Church (Greenwich, PEI): photo by Jim Rohan, 26 October 2016

Cement Plant, Troy, NY: photo by trabantdeluxe, 4 January 2009

Conversation No. 2 (Alameda, California): photo by efo, October 2016



In the crib (Alameda, California): photo by efo, October 2016

* aurora: photo by Matthias Leberle,12 July 2016

Portland: photo by Austin Granger, 12 October 2016



Play Structure with Wind, Portland: photo by Austin Granger, 23 October 2016

Houston, TX - January 2015: photo by gumanow, 4 September 2016

Houston, TX - January 2015: photo by gumanow, 4 September 2016

 A car plastered with Nixon signs travels beside the open car carrying Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John F. Kennedy #OTD in 1960: image via AP images @AP_images, 1 November 2016

Fly By

China’s J-10 fighter jets perform during an air show, the 11th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China: photo by Reuters, 1 November 2016



China’s J-10 fighter jets perform during an air show, the 11th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China: photo by Reuters, 1 November 2016

Newly elected lawmaker Baggio Leung (C, wearing glasses) is restrained by security after attempting to read out his Legislative Council oath at Legco in Hong Kong. In the third consecutive week of chaos in the legislature, pro-independence lawmakers Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching entered the chamber despite being banned from doing so, pending the result of a judicial review into whether they can take up their seats: photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP, 2 November 2016 



Newly elected lawmaker Baggio Leung (C, wearing glasses) is restrained by security after attempting to read out his Legislative Council oath at Legco in Hong Kong. In the third consecutive week of chaos in the legislature, pro-independence lawmakers Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching entered the chamber despite being banned from doing so, pending the result of a judicial review into whether they can take up their seats: photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP, 2 November 2016

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Participants attend the 20th meeting of the World Russian People’s Council at a hall in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. The Council is an annual gathering of members of the Orthodox clergy, religious, political and public leaders, military officials and activists of various youth organisations.: photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP, 1 November 2016

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Participants attend the 20th meeting of the World Russian People’s Council at a hall in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. The Council is an annual gathering of members of the Orthodox clergy, religious, political and public leaders, military officials and activists of various youth organisations.: photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP, 1 November 2016

Nuns from the Order of SS. Saviour of Saint Bridget of Sweden are seen as Pope Francis arrives to lead a Holy Mass at the Swedbank Stadion in Malmo, Sweden: photo Max Rossi/Reuters, 1 November 2016



Nuns from the Order of SS. Saviour of Saint Bridget of Sweden are seen as Pope Francis arrives to lead a Holy Mass at the Swedbank Stadion in Malmo, Sweden: photo Max Rossi/Reuters, 1 November 2016

Firefighters try to put out a fire outside a karaoke bar in Hanoi, Vietnam: photo by EPA, 2 November 2016

 

Firefighters try to put out a fire outside a karaoke bar in Hanoi, Vietnam: photo by EPA, 2 November 2016

Transvestites prepare backstage before performing a traditional dance opera known as Ludruk in Surabaya, Indonesia. Indonesia’s LGBT community has been under a wave of attacks since the beginning of 2016 while the country’s ministers had described transgenderism as a mental disorder and gay sex had been criminalized.: photo by Ulet Ifansasti, 1 November 2016

 

Transvestites prepare backstage before performing a traditional dance opera known as Ludruk in Surabaya, Indonesia. Indonesia’s LGBT community has been under a wave of attacks since the beginning of 2016 while the country’s ministers had described transgenderism as a mental disorder and gay sex had been criminalized.: photo by Ulet Ifansasti, 1 November 2016

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A gallery assistant poses with “Chess Set” by Man Ray during the press preview of the “Bowie/Collector” auction at Sotheby’s in London, England. The auctions are set to take place on November 10 and 11, 2016 in London, with many items from musician David Bowie’s personal art collection available for sale.: photo by Leon Neal, 1 November 2016

 

A gallery assistant poses with “Chess Set” by Man Ray during the press preview of the “Bowie/Collector” auction at Sotheby’s in London, England. The auctions are set to take place on November 10 and 11, 2016 in London, with many items from musician David Bowie’s personal art collection available for sale.: photo by Leon Neal, 1 November 2016

A Filipino fire victim climbs a burnt electric post following a fire that broke out before dawn on All Souls Day in Las Pinas city, south of Manila, Philippines: photo Francis R. Malasig/EPA, 2 November 2016

A Filipino fire victim climbs a burnt electric post following a fire that broke out before dawn on All Souls Day in Las Pinas city, south of Manila, Philippines: photo Francis R. Malasig/EPA, 2 November 2016

A boy walks through a paddy field on a foggy morning on the outskirts of Srinagar on Tuesday: photo by Reuters, 1 November 2016

A boy walks through a paddy field on a foggy morning on the outskirts of Srinagar on Tuesday: photo by Reuters, 1 November 2016