Prayer Before Battle / Ungaretti: Mattina

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Good Morning from #Amboseli National Park #Kenya #sunrise.  Pic copyright @AFP By @CarldeSouza1 #AFP: image via Carl de Souza @CarldeSouza1, 3 November 2016  

Giuseppe Ungaretti: Mattina

M'illumino
d'immenso
 

Santa Maria La Longa il 26 gennaio 1917

Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1971): Mattina (Morning), 26 January 1917, from L'allegria di naufragi (Joy of Shipwrecks), 1919

 

Good Morning from #Amboseli National Park #Kenya #sunrise #elephants.  Pic copyright @AFP By @CarldeSouza1 #AFP: image via Carl de Souza @CarldeSouza1, 3 November 2016

Good Morning from #Amboseli National Park #Kenya #sunrise #zebra.  Pic copyright @AFP By @CarldeSouza1 #AFP: image via Carl de Souza @CarldeSouza1, 3 November 2016

 
Good Morning from #Amboseli National Park #Kenya #sunrise #Kilimanjaro.  Pic copyright @AFP By @CarldeSouza1 #AFP: image via Carl de Souza @CarldeSouza1, 3 November 2016

SYRIA - Rebel fighters from Jaish al-Fatah brigades pray inside a building at an entrance to Aleppo. By @omar_hajkadour: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016

SYRIA - Rebel fighters from Jaish al-Fatah brigades watch as smoke billows in the background at an entrance to Aleppo. By @omar_hajkadour: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016

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Rebel fighters from the Jaish al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) brigades gather in position at an entrance to Aleppo, in the southwestern frontline near the neighbourhood of Dahiyet al-Assad, during a rebel offensive to break a three-month siege of the opposition-held east of Syria’s second city.: photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP, 3 November 2016



Rebel fighters from the Jaish al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) brigades gather in position at an entrance to Aleppo, in the southwestern frontline near the neighbourhood of Dahiyet al-Assad, during a rebel offensive to break a three-month siege of the opposition-held east of Syria’s second city.: photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP, 3 November 2016

Clock ticking for East Aleppo as Russia and Syria give civilians until Friday evening to get out. Heavy bombing expected to resume #C4News: image via Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm, 3 November 2016

Leaflets just airdropped over East Aleppo telling civilians they must get out tomorrow. This is their last chance before attack #C4News: image via Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm, 3 November 2016
 

Activists blocking the gates of the @RussianEmbassy in #London because of Russian plans to 'annihilate' and 'cleanse' besieged east #Aleppo: image via Caroline Ayoub Verified account @carolineayoub, 3 November 2016 

@Leucothea_ra @Saturn5 @alperboler @YorukIsik Just a reminder what was on "KIL-158" on Oct 21-25: Raptor "P-845": image via 7FBTK 7 @7FBTK, 3 November 2016
 

@Leucothea_ra @Saturn5 @alperboler @YorukIsik Just a reminder what was on "KIL-158" on Oct 21-25: Raptor "P-845": image via 7FBTK 7 @7FBTK, 3 November 2016
 

@Leucothea_ra @Saturn5 @alperboler @YorukIsik Just a reminder what was on "KIL-158" on Oct 21-25: Raptor "P-845": image via 7FBTK 7 @7FBTK, 3 November 2016
 

PHOTO: Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov refueling off Morocco on the way to @Syria - @mattb0401: image via Conflict News @Conflicts, 3 November 2016

How #AdmiralKuznetsov carrier group saved #Syria from US cruise #missile strikes: image via Sputnik Verified account @SputnikInt, 2 November 2016

With the current speed, the #AdmiralKuznetsov strike group will arrive near #Syria in 55 hrs #Russia's #Aleppo ultimatum: 55 hrs #PutinAtWar: image via Julian Röpcke @JulianRoepcke, 2 November 2016
 

With the current speed, the #AdmiralKuznetsov strike group will arrive near #Syria in 55 hrs #Russia's #Aleppo ultimatum: 55 hrs #PutinAtWar: image via Julian Röpcke @JulianRoepcke, 2 November 2016
 

With the current speed, the #AdmiralKuznetsov strike group will arrive near #Syria in 55 hrs #Russia's #Aleppo ultimatum: 55 hrs #PutinAtWar: image via Julian Röpcke @JulianRoepcke, 2 November 2016

#AdmiralKutznetsov fleet and #NikolayChiker now monitored by italian Search and Rescue aircraft between #Agrigento and #Malta: image via Hervé Nourry @herve_nourry, 31 October 2016

#AdmiralKutznetsov fleet and #NikolayChiker now monitored by italian Search and Rescue aircraft between #Agrigento and #Malta: image via Hervé Nourry @herve_nourry, 31 October 2016

#AdmiralKutznetsov fleet and #NikolayChiker now monitored by italian Search and Rescue aircraft between #Agrigento and #Malta: image via Hervé Nourry @herve_nourry, 31 October 2016

#AdmiralKutznetsov fleet and #NikolayChiker now monitored by italian Search and Rescue aircraft between #Agrigento and #Malta: image via Hervé Nourry @herve_nourry, 31 October 2016

Three #submarines join fleet of Russian warships headed by #AircraftCarrier #AdmiralKuznetsov: image via Sputnik @Sputnk_Not, 31 October 2016 

#AdmiralKuznetsov arrives in #Cyprus, blocks sunlight: image via Sputnik @Sputnk_Not, 30 October 2016 

 
#West 'engulfed in laughter' over #Russian #naval group heading for #Mediterranean #AdmiralKuznetsov: image via Sputnik @Sputnk_Not, 28 October 2016

No entry. Amnesty International's Moscow office sealed off by the local authorities. Amnesty's been renting here for more than 20 years.: image via Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR, 2 November 2016

Francesco Malavolta/MOAS/AP

Migrants on a rubber dinghy, some of whom fell in the water, are rescued by the vessel Responder, run by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) and the Italian Red Cross, in the Mediterranean sea: photo by Francesco Malavolta/MOAS via AP, 3 November 2016



Migrants on a rubber dinghy, some of whom fell in the water, are rescued by the vessel Responder, run by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) and the Italian Red Cross, in the Mediterranean sea: photo by Francesco Malavolta/MOAS via AP, 3 November 2016

MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Rescue operation of the Topaz Responder rescue ship run by Maltese NGO Moas and Italian Red Cross. By @ADS4AFP #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016

MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Rescue operation of the Topaz Responder rescue ship run by Maltese NGO Moas and Italian Red Cross. By @ADS4AFP #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016

MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Rescue operation of the Topaz Responder rescue ship run by Maltese NGO Moas and Italian Red Cross. By @ADS4AFP #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016

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Gallery staff take photos on their phones of the painting by Carel Fabritius ‘The Goldfinch’ at the Scottish National Gallery . The painting is from a Golden Age of Dutch art exhibition, and is on loan to the Scottish National Gallery for six weeks.: photo by Jeff J Mitchell, 3 November 2016

Gallery staff take photos on their phones of the painting by Carel Fabritius ‘The Goldfinch’ at the Scottish National Gallery . The painting is from a Golden Age of Dutch art exhibition, and is on loan to the Scottish National Gallery for six weeks.: photo by Jeff J Mitchell, 3 November 2016

In his first audio message in nearly a year, Islamic State leader says no retreat from Mosul assault's 'total war': image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 3 November 2016

Displaced people on Tuesday at a checkpoint near Qaiyara, south of Mosul, Iraq: photo by Felipe Dana/Associated Press, 3 November 2016



Displaced people on Tuesday at a checkpoint near Qaiyara, south of Mosul, Iraq: photo by Felipe Dana/Associated Press, 3 November 2016

IRAQ - Iraqi families who fled during #MosulOffensive arrive at a Kurdish checkpoint, some 20 kilometres from Mosul. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016

IRAQ - Iraqi families who fled during #MosulOffensive arrive at a Kurdish checkpoint, some 20 kilometres from Mosul. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016

IRAQ - Iraqi families who fled during #MosulOffensive arrive at a Kurdish checkpoint, some 20 kilometres from Mosul. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016

IRAQ - Iraqi families who fled during #MosulOffensive arrive at a Kurdish checkpoint, some 20 kilometres from Mosul. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016
 

 On the frontlines as hundreds of Iraqis continue to flee #MosulOps #Mosul photo by @Reuters: image via Sophie McNeill Verified account @SophieMcNeill, 1 November 2016

 On the frontlines as hundreds of Iraqis continue to flee #MosulOps #Mosul photo by @Reuters: image via Sophie McNeill Verified account @SophieMcNeill, 1 November 2016

 On the frontlines as hundreds of Iraqis continue to flee #MosulOps #Mosul photo by @Reuters: image via Sophie McNeill Verified account @SophieMcNeill, 1 November 2016

 
A boy who fled the village of Abu Shuwayhah south of #IslamicState held #Mosul #Iraq held returns carrying a white flag @ahmedAFP @AFPphoto: image via SundayTimesPictures @STPictures, 3 November 2016

Map: #Mosul Ethnographic map of Mosul city districts by @peshmerga_46: image via Zhe Kaf #Demirtas @peshmerga_46, 3 November 2016 

 
Map: #Mosul, #Nineveh military situation, 2 November: image via le carabinier @LCarabinier, 2 November 2016

#Mosul Operation map #Hashd al-Sha'abi liberated 5 new villages/Iraqi army liberated Gogjali and Shahrzad yesterday: image via Islamic World News @A7_Mirza, 2 November 2016

IRAN - Demonstration marking the anniversary of its storming by student protesters that triggered a hostage crisis in 1979. By Atta Kenare: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016

INDIA - Women walk as smog envelops the Jama Masjid Mosque in the old quarters of New Delhi. By @dofaget #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016

KENYA - A herd of elephants walk in Amboseli National Park. By @CarldeSouza1 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @geffardAFP, 3 November 2016