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Sunday 26 November 2017

Animals

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Santa | by Tavepong Pratoomwong

Santa [Hagia Sofia, Istanbul]: photo by TAVEPONG PRATOOMWONG, 18 November 2017

Santa | by Tavepong Pratoomwong

Santa [Hagia Sofia, Istanbul]: photo by TAVEPONG PRATOOMWONG, 18 November 2017

Santa | by Tavepong Pratoomwong

Santa [Hagia Sofia, Istanbul]: photo by TAVEPONG PRATOOMWONG, 18 November 2017


A Rohingya refugee child sleeps inside a makeshift shelter at Thankhali refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia. Photo @uz_munir #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 November 2017

Viareggio 2017 | by Salvatore Matarazzo

Viareggio 2017: photo by Salvatore Matarazzo, 17 May 2017
 
Viareggio 2017 | by Salvatore Matarazzo

Viareggio 2017: photo by Salvatore Matarazzo, 17 May 2017

Viareggio 2017 | by Salvatore Matarazzo

Viareggio 2017: photo by Salvatore Matarazzo, 17 May 2017

Oktoberfesta #6 | by Riccardo Gerbi Cattaneo

Oktoberfesta #6: photo by Riccardo Cattaneo, 20 November 2017

Varese - 2017 (1 di 1) | by gianlucamorini1

Varese - 1 di 1: photo by Gianluca Morini, 23 November 2017

Varese - 2017 (1 di 1) | by gianlucamorini1

Varese - 1 di 1: photo by Gianluca Morini, 23 November 2017

Varese - 2017 (1 di 1) | by gianlucamorini1

Varese - 1 di 1: photo by Gianluca Morini, 23 November 2017

lust | by a stage/diurnal illness

lust [world dog show, leipzig]: photo by Hannes Herbst, 18 November 2017

100_1651 | by Francesco Luppolo
 
Untitled: photo by Francesco Luppolo, 24 September 2017

100_1651 | by Francesco Luppolo

Untitled: photo by Francesco Luppolo, 24 September 2017

100_1651 | by Francesco Luppolo

Untitled: photo by Francesco Luppolo, 24 September 2017
 

#Bangladesh A young Rohingya Muslim refugee boy suffering from malnutrition looking on at the center for the management of severe acute malnutrition at Balukhali camp. Photo @uz_munir #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 November 2017

Hirsh Has It ! - Late Night Still Life | by Joey Z1
  
Hirsh [stet] Has It - Late Night Still Life. Just outside Gower Street in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles [where] known Film and T.V. studios are, but due to the economic conditions (rising rents and gentrification) the homeless population is expanding every month. My version of a still life! [Hollywood Studio District, LA]: photo by joey zanotti, 28 October 2017

Hirsh Has It ! - Late Night Still Life | by Joey Z1

Hirsh [stet] Has It - Late Night Still Life. Just outside Gower Street in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles [where] known Film and T.V. studios are, but due to the economic conditions (rising rents and gentrification) the homeless population is expanding every month. My version of a still life! [Hollywood Studio District, LA]: photo by joey zanotti, 28 October 2017

Hirsh Has It ! - Late Night Still Life | by Joey Z1

Hirsh [stet] Has It - Late Night Still Life. Just outside Gower Street in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles [where] known Film and T.V. studios are, but due to the economic conditions (rising rents and gentrification) the homeless population is expanding every month. My version of a still life! [Hollywood Studio District, LA]: photo by joey zanotti, 28 October 2017


#Afghanistan An Afghan vendor waits for customers for his spices at a roadside shop in Kabul. Photo @Noorullah700 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 September 2017 

Untitled | by plesuv

Untitled: photo by hajdu tamas, 19 November 2017


SYRIA - A wounded man receives treatment at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin on the outskirts of Damascus following reported shelling. Photo @amer_almohibany: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 November 2017 

Untitled | by citizen b

Untitled [Barcelona]: photo by Bar Barbosa, June 2016

Untitled | by citizen b

 Untitled [Barcelona]: photo by Bar Barbosa, June 2016

Untitled | by citizen b

Untitled [Barcelona]: photo by Bar Barbosa, June 2016

Night demo | by ADMurr

 Night demo [eastside, LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 26 November 2017


Mohamed Faisal, 13, a newly arrived Rohingya refugee who had crossed the Bangladesh-Myanmar border a few hours before, waits to get bused to a registration point at an army centre in the Teknaf area, Bangladesh, November 21, 2017. Faisal lost his father and part of his arm when a rocket launcher hit his home at the end of August, a relative of his says.: photo by Susana Vera / Reuters, 21 November 2017



Bangladeshi hospitals and international aid agencies are struggling to provide care for the Rohingya refugees, many of whom have suffered horrific injuries and psychological trauma Photo @jgesilva: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 18 November 2017



Rohingya refugee children stand by a bonfire in a field at Jamtoli refugee settlement in Bangladesh.: photo by REUTERS/Susana Vera / Reuters, 24 November 2017
Animals 

Down there wanting to be fed and loved
Incorrigible
Care for them but don't get attached to them
Give them all the respect you would give
To an animal

The muricans are dispersing into the vomitorium
The planes departing in the ion storm
Ferrying them back home to the site of some earlier life 
Thanks universe
You are too kind 



#Syria A boy is seen carrying a bicycle in the aftermath of shelling by Syrian government forces in the rebel-held town of #Douma. By @hamza_alajweh @AFPphoto: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 24 November 2017 

St Michaels | by Andy Feltham...
St Michaels: photo by Andy Feltham, 11 November 2017

St Michaels | by Andy Feltham...
  
St Michaels: photo by Andy Feltham, 11 November 2017

St Michaels | by Andy Feltham...

St Michaels: photo by Andy Feltham, 11 November 2017

Dying Oak | by ADMurr
  
Dying Oak: photo by Andrew Murr, 25 November 2017

South St. | by Kellee B.
  
South St. Hagerstown, MD.: photo by Kellee Bolden, July 2013


Family Holiday

Breaking!
Woman Shot Dead By Hunter Who Thought She Was a Deer
So Be of Good Cheer
Blame it all on Donny Dumpsterführer if you will
But In the Shattered Rearview the Sign Still Says Eat Gas Fun Here Now
  



“President Trump says things and sometimes he’s partially right.” Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO JPMorgan Chase. #gettyimagesnews: image via scott olson @olsongetty, 22 November 2017
 

when ur telling ur grandparents about ur job and they have no clue what ur talking bout but they're supportive: image via LIL B THE BASTEGOD @broazay, 24 November 2017



my mom and I both just sat down to thanksgiving dinner in our PJs (BUT at least we have both showered tbf): tweet via Hannah Jewell @hcjewell, 23 November 2017



GAZA CITY - Palestinian boys point at birds flying by the roaring waves at the beach. Photo @mohmdabed #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 23 November 2017


51 million ppl are expected to travel this Holiday weekend. It sometimes feels like they all have to pass through Chicago. #gettyimagesnews: image via scott olson @olsongetty, 22 November 2017

New York woman shot dead with pistol by hunter who thought she was a deer: Rosemary Billquist, 43, killed as she walked dogs 100 yards from her home: Shooting occurred after sunset, when it is illegal to hunt: Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian, 25 November 2017

A 43-year-old woman walking her dogs in a field in western New York was accidentally shot dead by a hunter who thought she was a deer, authorities said.

The Chautauqua County sheriff’s office said Rosemary Billquist, of Sherman, took her dogs for a walk in her home town near the Pennsylvania border around 5.30pm on Wednesday.

Deputies said Billquist was walking in a field when a man hunting nearby mistook her for a deer and shot her once with a pistol.

The hunter heard her scream, called 911 and stayed with her until emergency crews arrived. Billquist was taken to a hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she was pronounced dead.

Officials said the shooting occurred about 40 minutes after sunset, when it is illegal to hunt. Police said the hunter had not been charged and the investigation was continuing.

The victim’s husband, Jamie Billquist, told the Buffalo News his wife was shot about 100 yards from their home.

“They tried saving her,” said Billquist. “It was just too bad … It’s horrific. It will be with me the rest of my life.”

Friends and family held a memorial on Thursday night outside the hospital where Rosemary Billquist worked. She also volunteered at a local hospice.

“She was always out to help somebody,” her husband said. “She never wanted credit and was always quiet about it.”

Dale Dunkelberger, master instructor for firearms for the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation’s hunter education program, told the Buffalo News the  shooting after hours and not properly identifying a target were a recipe for tragedy.

“Hunters have to understand there are other people using trails, using parks in areas where we as sportsmen hunt,” said Dunkelberger. “In this case, he shouldn’t have been out there hunting after sunset. You’re done. That’s the law.”

Dunkelberger said using a pistol to shoot deer was permissible.


#Bangladesh A Rohingya boy flies a kite at Hakimpara refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia. Photo @uz_munir #AFP #Rohingya #RohingyaCrisis: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 November 2017

Untitled | by ··Sonia Carolina··

 Untitled: photo by **Sonia Carolina**, 21 October 2016

Untitled | by ··Sonia Carolina··

 Untitled: photo by **Sonia Carolina**, 21 October 2016

Untitled | by ··Sonia Carolina··

 Untitled: photo by **Sonia Carolina**, 21 October 2016


A Rohingya refugee woman prepares food at Hakimpara refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia. Photo @uz_munir #AFP : image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 19 November 2017

Untitled | by s@m-

 170923 A7S_457: photo by s@m, 23 September 2017

Untitled | by s@m-

  170923 A7S_457: photo by s@m, 23 September 2017

Untitled | by s@m-

 170923 A7S_457: photo by s@m, 23 September 2017

Untitled | by Street photographer - http://www.gabibest.com/

 Untitled [Tel Aviv]: photo by gabi Ben avraham, 10 November 2017

Untitled | by - STUART PATON -

 Untitled [Milan]: photo by STUART PATON, 12 November 2017

Untitled | by - STUART PATON -

 Untitled [Milan]: photo by STUART PATON, 12 November 2017

Untitled | by - STUART PATON -

 Untitled [Milan]: photo by STUART PATON, 12 November 2017
 

 A Kashmiri resident prays at the door to the Khankah-e-Moula at the Sayyid Ali Hamadani shrine in Srinagar. Photo @TauseefMUSTAFA: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 November 2017

Untitled | by Fabio Giannelli

Untitled [shark lady, via Torino, Milan]: photo by Fabio Gianelli, 30 November 2009
 


Rohingya refugee girls read the Holy Quran at Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia. Photo @uz_munir #AFP #Rohingya #RohingyaCrisis: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 November 2017
 

An estimated 618,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled mainly Buddhist Myanmar since a military crackdown was launched in Rakhine in August triggered an exodus;Photo @uz_munir #AFP #Rohingya #RohingyaCrisis: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 November 2017
 

A Rohingya refugee shop keeper waits for customer in Balukhali refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia Photo @uz_munir #AFP #Rohingya #RohingyaCrisis: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 23 November 2017


Ukhia, #Bangladesh #Rohingya boys play football at the Hakimpara refugee camp. More than 600,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh since the military crackdown in #Myanmar in August triggered an exodus, straining resources in the impoverished country. By @uz_munir #AFPphoto: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 23 November 2017

 
#Bangladesh #Rohingya muslims are seen on a raft after crossing the Naf river from #Myanmar. UN secretary general A. Guterres said it's ‘an absolutely essential priority’ to stop violence against them, allow them to return home and grant them legal status. By @ahad_pix @AP: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 23 November 2017



"Sometimes I get 50 or 100 taka and some days I come back empty-handed," Nur said. Opening a brown umbrella, Nur offers to shade the visitors from the blazing sun, which can bring in a little extra cash for food and supplies.: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 12 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Rohingya

A Rohingya girl with her face covered in "thanaka", a cosmetic paste made from ground bark, stands in her family's tent on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighboring Bangladesh, seeking safety from what the military described as "clearance operations." The United Nations and others have said the military's actions appeared to be a campaign of "ethnic cleansing," using acts of violence and intimidation and burning down homes to force the Rohingya to leave their communities.: photo by Wong Maye-E/AP, 21 November 2017

 Bangladesh Myanmar Rohingya 

A Rohingya girl with her face covered in "thanaka", a cosmetic paste made from ground bark, stands in her family's tent on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighboring Bangladesh, seeking safety from what the military described as "clearance operations." The United Nations and others have said the military's actions appeared to be a campaign of "ethnic cleansing," using acts of violence and intimidation and burning down homes to force the Rohingya to leave their communities.: photo by Wong Maye-E/AP, 21 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Rohingya

A Rohingya Muslim girl carries a vegetable from the market on the outskirts of Kutupalong refugee camp on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, in Bangladesh. Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighboring Bangladesh, seeking safety from what the military described as "clearance operations." The United Nations and others have said the military's actions appeared to be a campaign of "ethnic cleansing," using acts of violence and intimidation and burning down homes to force the Rohingya to leave their communities.: photo by Wong Maye-E/AP, 21 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Rohingya

A Rohingya Muslim girl carries a vegetable from the market on the outskirts of Kutupalong refugee camp on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, in Bangladesh. Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighboring Bangladesh, seeking safety from what the military described as "clearance operations." The United Nations and others have said the military's actions appeared to be a campaign of "ethnic cleansing," using acts of violence and intimidation and burning down homes to force the Rohingya to leave their communities.: photo by Wong Maye-E/AP, 21 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

Rohingya Muslim children walk around their tents while one child bathes in Kutupalong Refugee camp on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in Bangladesh. More than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Rakhine for neighboring Bangladesh since late August, when the military launched what it called "clearance operations" in response to insurgent attacks.: photo by Wong Maye-E/AP, 20 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

Rohingya Muslim children walk around their tents while one child bathes in Kutupalong Refugee camp on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in Bangladesh. More than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Rakhine for neighboring Bangladesh since late August, when the military launched what it called "clearance operations" in response to insurgent attacks.: photo by Wong Maye-E/AP, 20 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Rohingya

Rohingya Muslim children skip across a stream of drainage water at the Thaingkhali refugee camp on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, in Bangladesh. Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighboring Bangladesh, seeking safety from what the military described as "clearance operations." The United Nations and others have said the military's actions appeared to be a campaign of "ethnic cleansing," using acts of violence and intimidation and burning down homes to force the Rohingya to leave their communities.: photo by Wong Maye-E/AP, 22 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Rohingya

Rohingya Muslim children skip across a stream of drainage water at the Thaingkhali refugee camp on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, in Bangladesh. Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighboring Bangladesh, seeking safety from what the military described as "clearance operations." The United Nations and others have said the military's actions appeared to be a campaign of "ethnic cleansing," using acts of violence and intimidation and burning down homes to force the Rohingya to leave their communities.: photo by Wong Maye-E/AP, 22 November 2017

 People walk next to a destroyed building after an earthquake in the city of Darbandikhan, northern Iraq, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

People walk next to a destroyed building after an earthquake in the city of Darbandikhan, northern Iraq, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 13 November 2017

 Rohingya Muslims aboard a makeshift raft made with plastic containers cross the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh, near Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Rohingya Muslims aboard a makeshift raft made with plastic containers cross the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh, near Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017.: photo by (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad/AP, 12 November 2017

 Rohingya Muslims aboard a makeshift raft made with plastic containers cross the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh, near Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Rohingya Muslims aboard a makeshift raft made with plastic containers cross the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh, near Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017.: photo by (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad/AP, 12 November 2017

 Children ride swings in a playground engulfed by smog in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Officials said smog has enveloped much of the country, causing highway accidents and respiratory problems, and forcing many residents to stay home. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Children ride swings in a playground engulfed by smog in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Officials said smog has enveloped much of the country, causing highway accidents and respiratory problems, and forcing many residents to stay home.: photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP, 11 November 2017

 Children ride swings in a playground engulfed by smog in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Officials said smog has enveloped much of the country, causing highway accidents and respiratory problems, and forcing many residents to stay home. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Children ride swings in a playground engulfed by smog in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Officials said smog has enveloped much of the country, causing highway accidents and respiratory problems, and forcing many residents to stay home.: photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP, 11 November 2017


#Kenya #Nairobi People are seen riding bikes amid the aftermath of a demonstration by supporters of the Kenyan opposition party, the National Super Alliance. By @YasuyoshiChiba @AFPphoto: image via Photojournalism @photjournalink, 24 November 2017


SYRIA - Men mourn over the body of a child at a makeshift clinic following reported shelling by Syrian government forces, in the rebel-held town of Douma. Photo Hamza Al-Ajweh #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2017 
 

SYRIA - A wounded child is wheeled into the emergency ward of a hospital in the Eastern Ghouta town of Kafr Batna on the outskirts of Damascus, following strikes by government forces. Photo @amer_almohibany: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2017 
 

SYRIA - A Syrian man reacts next to the body of a loved one at a makeshift wounded child is wheeled into the emergency ward of a hospital in the Eastern Ghouta town of Kafr Batna on the outskirts of Damascus. Photo @amer_almohibany: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2017  

Brussels, Belgium, August 2014 | by daily-life.photography

Brussels, Belgium, August 2014: photo by Fabrício Santos, 8 April 2015

Brussels, Belgium, August 2014 | by daily-life.photography

Brussels, Belgium, August 2014: photo by Fabrício Santos, 8 April 2015

Brussels, Belgium, August 2014 | by daily-life.photography

Brussels, Belgium, August 2014: photo by Fabrício Santos, 8 April 2015

1 comment:

TC said...

Hoping everyone will have enjoyed the excessive free-form consumption, earth-ruining traffic and travel, general shopping mayhem, tears, anger, frenzy and crippling post traumatic stupefaction of the first busy round of warm and deeply meaningful murican pseudo-familial seasonal activities, with so much more of same exceptionalist insanity still to come!!