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Wednesday 7 September 2016

at the world nomad games (song of the scattered bones)

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A fighter from the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) runs to avoid sniper fire, in the village of Tal al-Siwan area of the rebel-held stronghold of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, on September 5, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Sameer Al-DoumySAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP/Getty Images

A fighter from the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) runs to avoid sniper fire, in the village of Tal al-Siwan area of the rebel-held stronghold of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria: photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP, 6 September 2016

A fighter from the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) runs to avoid sniper fire, in the village of Tal al-Siwan area of the rebel-held stronghold of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, on September 5, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Sameer Al-DoumySAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP/Getty Images

A fighter from the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) runs to avoid sniper fire, in the village of Tal al-Siwan area of the rebel-held stronghold of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria: photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP, 6 September 2016


 
#Syria - rebel fighter from the group Jaish al-Islam throws a tyre onto a fire to reduce visibility from regime aircraft in Tal al-Siwan, a village controlled by rebel forces in Douma, a neighborhood of Damascus By Sameer Al-Doumy @AFPhoto
: image via L'Instant-ParisMatch @instnantmatch, 5 September 2016


Women shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar, against the recent killings in Kashmir, September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

Women shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar, against the recent killings by Indian security forces in Kashmir: photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters, 7 September 2016

Women shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar, against the recent killings in Kashmir, September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Ismail 

Women shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar, against the recent killings by Indian security forces in Kashmir: photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters 7 September 2016


Can you see this picture in #Anantnag #Kashmir  He was martyred by same indians in uniform @Rising_Kashmir: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 6 September 2016



An Indian family sleep inside a makeshift tent on a footpath in New Delhi #india #delhi #asia #family #footpath: image via sajjad hussain @sajjadkmr, 7 September 2016

Afghan residents look out from broken windows of a building near the site of an attack following a car bomb blast that targeted the CARE International compound at Shar-e-Naw in Kabul

Afghan residents look out from broken windows of a building near the site of an attack following a car bomb blast that targeted the CARE International compound at Shar-e-Naw in Kabul: photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP, 6 September 2016


Afghan residents look out from broken windows of a building near the site of a car bomb attack in #Kabul
: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 6 September 2016


Afghan residents look out from broken windows of a building near the site of an attack following a car bomb blast that targeted the CARE International compound at Shar-e-Naw in Kabul

Afghan residents look out from broken windows of a building near the site of an attack following a car bomb blast that targeted the CARE International compound at Shar-e-Naw in Kabul: photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP, 6 September 2016


A severed mannequin hand lies in a shop near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday. Militants stormed a building housing an international aid organization in Kabul, provoking an overnight firefight with security forces in which gunmen and a civilian were killed, Afghan officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 6 September 2016



Twin suicide blasts during Kabul rush hour kill at least 24 and wound 91; toll could rise: image via AFP Islamabad/Kabul @AFPAfPak, 5 September 2016


Afghan soldier's body is carried in a car boot after Kabul blast - attack on charity ongoing photo @kohsar
: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 5 September 2016



#Kabul reels from deadly wave of violence; attack on CARE Int. labelled a 'war crime' @AFP @kohsar
: image via Anuj Chopra @Anuj Chopra, 6 September 2016   Afghanistan



AFGHANISTAN - Hours-long attack on Kabul charity ends as attackers killed. By @kohsar #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 6 September 2016

 


Quick money for some quick work, people fixing the damages few hours after #KabulAttack #kabul_never_dies: image via Emal @menh0, 6 September 2016

 

Quick money for some quick work, people fixing the damages few hours after #KabulAttack #kabul_never_dies
: image via Emal @menh0, 6 September 2016


An armed woman loyal to the Houthi movement holds a rifle as she takes part in a parade to show support for the movement in Sanaa, Yemen

An armed woman loyal to the Houthi movement holds a rifle as she takes part in a parade to show support for the movement in Sanaa, Yemen: photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters, 6 September 2016

An armed woman loyal to the Houthi movement holds a rifle as she takes part in a parade to show support for the movement in Sanaa, Yemen

An armed woman loyal to the Houthi movement holds a rifle as she takes part in a parade to show support for the movement in Sanaa, Yemen: photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters, 6 September 2016

Pakistani forces families and students watch the fly past by a F-16 fighter during celebrations to mark Defence Day at the Nur Khan military airbase in Islamabad

Pakistani forces families and students watch the fly past by a F-16 fighter during celebrations to mark Defence Day at the Nur Khan military airbase in Islamabad: photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP, 6 September 2016


Air Force families cheer fly-past of an F16 fighter during celebrations to mark #Pakistan's Defence Day in Islamabad
: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 6 September 2016


Pakistani forces families and students watch the fly past by a F-16 fighter during celebrations to mark Defence Day at the Nur Khan military airbase in Islamabad

Pakistani forces families and students watch the fly past by a F-16 fighter during celebrations to mark Defence Day at the Nur Khan military airbase in Islamabad: photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP, 6 September 2016


PAKISTAN - Protest of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan activists after execution of Mir Quasem Ali #Quetta. By Banaras Khan
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 September 2016


Participants reenact the 1812 Battle of Borodino between Russia and the invading French army during anniversary celebrations near Moscow, Russia

Participants re-enact the 1812 Battle of Borodino between Russia and the invading French army during anniversary celebrations near Moscow, Russia: photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters, 6 September 2016

Participants reenact the 1812 Battle of Borodino between Russia and the invading French army during anniversary celebrations near Moscow, Russia

Participants re-enact the 1812 Battle of Borodino between Russia and the invading French army during anniversary celebrations near Moscow, Russia: photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters, 6 September 2016

This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 6, 2016 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting the fire drill of ballistic rockets by Hwasong artillery units of the KPA Strategic Force at an undisclosed location in North Korea. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / KCNA /  - South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT   ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP.  / KCNA/AFP/Getty Images

Kim Jong-Un inspects the fire drill of ballistic rockets at an undisclosed location in North Korea: photo by Kcna/AFP, 6 September 2016

This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 6, 2016 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting the fire drill of ballistic rockets by Hwasong artillery units of the KPA Strategic Force at an undisclosed location in North Korea. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / KCNA /  - South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT   ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP.  / KCNA/AFP/Getty Images

Kim Jong-Un inspects the fire drill of ballistic rockets at an undisclosed location in North Korea: photo by Kcna/AFP, 6 September 2016

at the world nomad games


IRAQ - Reflexion of youth is seen on pool of blood in aftermath of bomb explosion in Baghdad. By Ahmad Al-Rubaye
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 6 September 2016



GAZA STRIP - Palestinians check damage in a house after it was hit by Israeli tank fire in Beit Hanun. By @mohmdabed
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 6 September 2016



GABON - A woman waits to hear about the release of young men arrested after the Presidential election. By @mlongari
: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 6 September 2016



INDIA - A woman sweeps harvested rice on a blue tarp at Sahudangi village. By @DIPTENDUDUTTA #AFP : image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 September 2016
  

NEPAL - An Hindu woman brushes her teeth during the Rishi Panchami festival in Kathmandu. By @PrakashMathema @AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 September 2016
 

KYRGYZSTAN- Spectators watch wrestling competitions at World Nomad Games 2016 in Cholpon-Ata. By Vyacheslav Oseledko: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 6 September 2016

Under a juniper-tree the bones sang, scattered and shining
We are glad to be scattered, we did little good to each other,
Under a tree in the cool of the day, with the blessing of sand,
Forgetting themselves and each other, united
In the quiet of the desert. This is the land which ye
Shall divide by lot. And neither division nor unity
Matters. This is the land. We have our inheritance.

T.S. Eliot (1888-1965): from Ash-Wednesday (1930)

World in focus – best photos for September 6, 2016

A South Korean K1A2 tank fires smoke shells during a live fire demonstration for a media preview of the Defense Expo Korea 2016 at the Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, 65km northeast of Seoul. South Korea put its latest high-tech weapons systems on show as tensions rise in the region following Pyongyang’s test-firing of three missiles this week.
: photo by AFP, 6 September 2016


World in focus – best photos for September 6, 2016

Workers in Bitam in the north of Gabon near the border with Cameroon fix the burned grounds of a warehouses. On September 1, post electoral violence erupted with some shops in the central market belonging to the Hausa Muslim community, being looted and burned.
: photo by AFP, 6 September 2016


World in focus – best photos for September 6, 2016

Kenta Maeda, number 18 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, prepares to pitch to the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning at Dodger Stadium
: photo by Harry How/AFP, 6 September 2016


German Chancellor Angela Merkel is silhouetted as she gives a speech during a session of the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin on September 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZTOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is silhouetted as she gives a speech during a session of the German Bundestag in Berlin: photo by Tobias Schwarz/AFP, 7 September 2016  

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is silhouetted as she gives a speech during a session of the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin on September 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZTOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is silhouetted as she gives a speech during a session of the German Bundestag in Berlin: photo by Tobias Schwarz/AFP, 7 September 2016
  
World in focus – best photos for September 6, 2016

The sun sets as smoke lingers from forest fires in Benitachel village, near Valencia. Spanish firefighters supported by two dozen water-dropping aircraft worked in temperatures of around 40° on Monday to try and control a forest blaze that forced the evacuation of around 1,000 people:
photo by Alberto Saiz/AP, 6 September 2016 


A Muslim pilgrim sits on the top of Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hera cave, ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

A Muslim pilgrim sits on the top of Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hera cave, ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia: photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters 7 September 2016

A Muslim pilgrim sits on the top of Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hera cave, ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

A Muslim pilgrim sits on the top of Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hera cave, ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia: photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters 7 September 2016

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