Now winter nights enlarge

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A drawing of Mickey Mouse painted over by Islamic State militants is shown on the wall of a kindergarten in Mosul, Iraq. Photo by @ManuBrabo: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 19 December 2016


 #Iraq Christian militia fighters from NPU transport four men, allegedly members of IS found inside a tunnel #Mosul #AFP Photo by JM Lopez: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 20 December 2016


This time doth well dispence
With louers long discourse

IRAQ - A Christian militia fighter pushes a trolley carrying a rocket and some other items in Qaraqosh. By JM Lopez #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 December 2016

The last sunset from east #Aleppo was incredibly freezing.. and blue emotions and memories of a land we used to live in once. #AleppoIsDying: image via Zouhir AlShimale @ZouhirAlShimale, 20 December 2016

#Aleppo just now...: image via Mohammed Al-khatieb @MohAlkhatieb, 19 December 2016

SYRIA - A Syrian girl evacuated from Aleppo, eats upon arriving in the opposition-controlled Khan al-Assal region. By @baraaalhalabi #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 December 2016

 

#Syrie Le voyage de la peur pour les exilés d' Alep Le récit de notre correspondant @KaramAlmasri25 #AFP, 20 December 2016: image via Agence France-Presse @afpfr, 20 December 2016

 

  
#Syria People wait in a bus for a green light from rebels to cross into a government controlled area #Aleppo #AFP Photo by @omar_hajkadour: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 20 December 2016

 

#Syria People wait in a bus for a green light from rebels to cross into a government controlled area #Aleppo #AFP Photo by @omar_hajkadour: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 20 December 2016

 

#Syria People wait in a bus for a green light from rebels to cross into a government controlled area #Aleppo #AFP Photo by @omar_hajkadour: image via Aurelia BAILLY@AureliaBAILLY, 20 December 2016

 

 

SYRIA - A boy evacuated from Aleppo, sits next to bird cages in the opposition-controlled Khan al-Assal region. By @baraaalhalabi #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 December 2016 

TURKEY - Women lay flowers outside Russian Consulate in Istanbul in tribute to late Russian ambassador assassinated in Ankara. By @yasinnakgul: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 December 2016 

Berlin mayor Michael Mueller, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere stand in silence at the Christmas market in Berlin, Germany one day after a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital.: photo by Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters, 20 December 2016

 
Berlin mayor Michael Mueller, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere stand in silence at the Christmas market in Berlin, Germany one day after a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital.: photo by Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters, 20 December 2016

GERMANY - People light candles at a makeshift memorial in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche in Berlin. By John MacDougall #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 December 2016

GERMANY - Flowers are placed at the site where a truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin. By @tobiasschwarz #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 December 2016

GERMANY - View of the truck that crashed into a christmas market at Gedächtniskirche church in Berlin. By @odd_andersen #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 December 2016

 
An Afghan officer reacts in front of a burning pile of seized narcotics and alcoholic drinks, in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan: photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters, 20 December 2016

An Afghan officer reacts in front of a burning pile of seized narcotics and alcoholic drinks, in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan: photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters, 20 December 2016

Flames, smoke and boxes rise after alcoholic drinks are burned in a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2016. #APPhoto by @Massoud151: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 20 December 2016

AFGHANISTAN - Afghan government officials and policemen run as a cache of alcohol and drugs burns on outskirts of Kabul. By @shahmarai #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 December 2016

Explota el mercado de pirotecnia de Tultepec, el más seguro de AL; hay al menos 29 muertos: La explosión en el Mercado de San Pablito, en Tultepec, dejó un saldo de al menos 9 muertos y 70 heridos, de acuerdo con la Policía Federal. El mercado era considerado como el más seguro de América Latina por el Instituto Mexiquense de la Pirotecnia: image by José Tolentino/Facebook via Animal Politico, 20 December 2016

 
INDIA - Indian labourers attempt to free a jeep which became trapped in sand on the site of The Magh Mela in Allahabad. By @sanjaykanojia07: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 December 2016

 
Indian washerman looks on as he smokes bidi (hand rolled cigarettes) inside his shelter in #Delhi #India:@AFPphoto: image via Chandan Khanna @Chandanphoto, 16 December 2016

 
Sanjay Shukla, 41, dozes off during his work hours inside a residential society in #Mumbai #Maharashtra @AFPphoto: image via Chandan Khanna @Chandanphoto, 12 December 2016

#India Walking in the #KathputliColony today in New Delhi #AFP Photo by @Chandanphoto: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 20 December 2016

 #India Walking in the #KathputliColony today in New Delhi #AFP Photo by @Chandanphoto: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 20 December 2016

#India Walking in the #KathputliColony today in New Delhi #AFP Photo by @Chandanphoto: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 20 December 2016

INDIA - A young Indian girl runs down an alley in the Kahputli Colony in New Delhi. By @Chandanphoto #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 20 December 2016

  

Men indulge in a game of ludo as the day ends in #Delhi @AFPphoto: image via Chandan Khanna @Chandanphoto, 15 December 2016 

An Indian man walks inside the praying hall to offer namaz at the Muslim Saint Pir Haji Ali #Mumbai @AFPphoto: image via Chandan Khanna @Chandanphoto, 11 December 2016 

An Indian Naga woman waits for her food at a roadside restaurant near #Kohima #Nagaland #India @AFPphoto: image via Chandan Khanna @Chandanphoto, 8 December 2016

 India - Members of the Naga tribe look on during the annual Hornbill Festival at Kisama #AFP Photo by @Chandanphoto: image via Chandan Khanna @Chandanphoto, 6 December 2016

 India - Members of the Naga tribe look on during the annual Hornbill Festival at Kisama #Nagaland #Hornbill2016 #AFP Photo by @Chandanphoto: image via Chandan Khanna @Chandanphoto, 6 December 2016

 #India A young Indian child looks out from the back of an electric rickshaw in New Delhi #AFP Photo by @Chandanphoto: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 1 December 2016

Smog engulfs area home to 460 million citizens as Northern China sees worst air pollution of 2016 - GreenpeaceAir pollution levels in one of China's old steel bastions are double the "crazy bad" / "airpocalypse" level, reaching New Delhi levels: image via Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta, 19 December 2016

 Air pollution levels in one of China's old steel bastions are double the "crazy bad" / "airpocalypse" level, reaching New Delhi levels: image via Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta, 19 December 2016

 

Had both air purifiers in bedroom for the night so kitchen and living room had hazardous levels in the morning: image via Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta, 19 December 2016 

Our analysis reveals a tight link between heavy industry output and Beijing region pollution levels. via @energydesk: image via Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta, 16 December 2016

Wall of smog arriving in Beijing yesterday. It seems to be getting worse again: image via Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta, 16 December 2016

People, some wearing masks for protection against air pollution, walk on a pedestrian overhead bridge in Beijing as the capital of China is shrouded by heavy smog Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Engulfed in choking smog, some northern Chinese cities limited the number of cars on roads and temporarily shut down factories on Monday to cut down pollution during a national "red alert." More than 700 companies stopped production in Beijing and traffic police were restricting drivers by monitoring their license plate numbers, state media reported.: photo by Andy Wong/AP, image via AP Images @AP_Images, 19 December 2016

 

CHINA - An elderly woman wearing a mask closes her eyes, as she walks at a park in Beijing. By Wang Zhao #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 December 2016

Thomas Campion: Now winter nights enlarge

A fallow deer grazes in Richmond Park, London, after a night of heavy frost as the temperature dipped below freezing in the capital on New Years Eve: photo by Ben Stevens /i-Images, 2 January 2015

Now winter nights enlarge
    The number of their houres;
And clouds their stormes discharge
    Upon the ayrie towres.
Let now the chimneys blaze
    And cups o'erflow with wine,
Let well-tun'd words amaze
    With harmonie diuine.
Now yellow waxen lights
    Shall waite on hunny Loue
While youthfull Reuels, Masks, and Courtly sights,
    Sleepes leaden spels remoue.

This time doth well dispence
    With louers long discourse;
Much speech hath some defence,
    Though beauty no remorse.
All doe not all things well;
    Some measures comely tread;
Some knotted Ridles tell;
    Some Poems smoothly read.
The Summer hath his ioyes,
    And Winter his delights;
Though Loue and all his pleasures are but toyes,
    They shorten tedious nights.

Thomas Campion (1567-1620): Now winter nights enlarge, from The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayeres, 1617

Moorhens wake up as the rising sun begins to burn off overnight frost at the National Trust’s Dunham Massey park in Altrincham, UK: photo by Christopher Furlong, 2 January 2015

Berlin, Germany. Rain drops veil the view of Brandenburg Gate, while passers-by walk across Pariser Platz: photo by Paul Zinken/EPA, 5 January 2015

 A cormorant perches on a branch at the National Trust’s Dunham Massey park in Altrincham, UK: photo by Christopher Furlong via the Guardian, 2 January 2015

A black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) slips on a frozen lake surface at Golden Acre Park, Leeds, UK: photo by Paul Miguel/Rex Features, 2 January 2015

A snowy owl at Gull Point at Presque Isle state park in Erie, Pennsylvania. It was one of two tundra owls spotted by birdwatchers on Monday at Gull Point. The dark markings on this owl suggest it is either an adult female or juvenile: photo by Christopher Millette/AP, 2 January 2015

 

Manama, Bahrain. Bahraini anti-government protesters holding a national flag take cover from tear gas during clashes: photo by Hasan Jamali/AP, 4 January 2015

Vi Cano sits in front of fire with her cat and her daughter inside her house in #Kohima #Nagaland #India @AFPphoto: image via Chandan Khanna @Chandanphoto, 9 December 2016

Let now the chimneys blaze

 

Kashmiri fishermen cover their heads and part of their boats with blankets and straw as they wait to catch fish in the waters of the Anchar Lake in Srinagar: photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters, 20 December 2016

Kashmiri fishermen cover their heads and part of their boats with blankets and straw as they wait to catch fish in the waters of the Anchar Lake in Srinagar: photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters, 20 December 2016

 
Indian labourers build road during foggy midnight in #Delhi #India @AFPphoto: image via Chandan Khanna @Chandanphoto, 1 December 2016