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Thursday 29 June 2017

real nudes (1984 / 2560)

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Untitled | by Md. Imam Hasan
 
[Dhaka]: photo by Muhammad Imam Hasan, 22 August 2016 

On the sixth day of Hate Week, after the processions, the speeches, the shouting, the singing, the banners, the posters, the films, the waxworks, the rolling of drums and squealing of trumpets, the tramp of marching feet, the grinding of the caterpillars of tanks, the roar of massed planes, the booming of guns -- after six days of this, when the great orgasm was quivering to its climax and the general hatred of Eurasia had boiled up into such delirium that if the crowd could have got their hands on the 2,000 Eurasian war-criminals who were to be publicly hanged on the last day of the proceedings, they would unquestionably have torn them to pieces -- at just this moment it had been announced that Oceania was not after all at war with Eurasia. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Eurasia was an ally. 




#Venezuela Members of the National Guard arrest an activist during a protest against the government of President Maduro in Caracas. Photo @jbarreto1974: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 27 June 2017

There was, of course, no admission that any change had taken place. Merely it became known, with extreme suddenness and everywhere at once, that Eastasia and not Eurasia was the enemy. Winston was taking part in a demonstration in one of the central London squares at the moment when it happened. It was night, and the white faces and the scarlet banners were luridly floodlit. The square was packed with several thousand people, including a block of about a thousand schoolchildren in the uniform of the Spies. On a scarlet-draped platform an orator of the Inner Party, a small lean man with disproportionately long arms and a large bald skull over which a few lank locks straggled, was haranguing the crowd. A little Rumpelstiltskin figure, contorted with hatred, he gripped the neck of the microphone with one hand while the other, enormous at the end of a bony arm, clawed the air menacingly above his head. His voice, made metallic by the amplifiers, boomed forth an endless catalogue of atrocities, massacres, deportations, lootings, rapings, torture of prisoners, bombing of civilians, lying propaganda, unjust aggressions, broken treaties. It was almost impossible to listen to him without being first convinced and then maddened. At every few moments the fury of the crowd boiled over and the voice of the speaker was drowned by a wild beast-like roaring that rose uncontrollably from thousands of throats. The most savage yells of all came from the schoolchildren. The speech had been proceeding for perhaps twenty minutes when a messenger hurried on to the platform and a scrap of paper was slipped into the speaker's hand. He unrolled and read it without pausing in his speech. Nothing altered in his voice or manner, or in the content of what he was saying, but suddenly the names were different. Without words said, a wave of understanding rippled through the crowd. Oceania was at war with Eastasia! The next moment there was a tremendous commotion. The banners and posters with which the square was decorated were all wrong! Quite half of them had the wrong faces on them. It was sabotage! The agents of Goldstein had been at work! There was a riotous interlude while posters were ripped from the walls, banners torn to shreds and trampled underfoot. The Spies performed prodigies of activity in clambering over the rooftops and cutting the streamers that fluttered from the chimneys. But within two or three minutes it was all over. The orator, still gripping the neck of the microphone, his shoulders hunched forward, his free hand clawing at the air, had gone straight on with his speech. One minute more, and the feral roars of rage were again bursting from the crowd. The Hate continued exactly as before, except that the target had been changed. 



The thing that impressed Winston in looking back was that the speaker had switched from one line to the other actually in midsentence, not only without a pause, but without even breaking the syntax. But at the moment he had other things to preoccupy him. It was during the moment of disorder while the posters were being torn down that a man whose face he did not see had tapped him on the shoulder and said, 'Excuse me, I think you've dropped your brief-case.' He took the brief-case abstractedly, without speaking. He knew that it would be days before he had an opportunity to look inside it. The instant that the demonstration was over he went straight to the Ministry of Truth, though the time was now nearly twenty-three hours. The entire staff of the Ministry had done likewise. The orders already issuing from the telescreen, recalling them to their posts, were hardly necessary.




#China Restaurant staff eat noodle soup (L) and drink a beer (R) during a break in the back street of an eatery in Beijing Photo @NAsfouri #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017

Oceania was at war with Eastasia: Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia. A large part of the political literature of five years was now completely obsolete. Reports and records of all kinds, newspapers, books, pamphlets, films, sound-tracks, photographs -- all had to be rectified at lightning speed. Although no directive was ever issued, it was known that the chiefs of the Department intended that within one week no reference to the war with Eurasia, or the alliance with Eastasia, should remain in existence anywhere. The work was overwhelming, all the more so because the processes that it involved could not be called by their true names. Everyone in the Records Department worked eighteen hours in the twenty-four, with two three-hour snatches of sleep. Mattresses were brought up from the cellars and pitched all over the corridors: meals consisted of sandwiches and Victory Coffee wheeled round on trolleys by attendants from the canteen. Each time that Winston broke off for one of his spells of sleep he tried to leave his desk clear of work, and each time that he crawled back sticky-eyed and aching, it was to find that another shower of paper cylinders had covered the desk like a snowdrift, half burying the speakwrite and overflowing on to the floor, so that the first job was always to stack them into a neat enough pile to give him room to work. What was worst of all was that the work was by no means purely mechanical. Often it was enough merely to substitute one name for another, but any detailed report of events demanded care and imagination. Even the geographical knowledge that one needed in transferring the war from one part of the world to another was considerable.

George Orwell (b. Eric Arthur Blair, Motihan, Bengal Presidency, British India, 1903; d. London, 1950): from 1984 (1949)

Iraq Mosul

The destroyed al-Nuri mosque is seen through a hole in the wall of a house retaken by Iraqi Special Forces during fighting against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. An Iraqi officer says counterattacks by Islamic State militants on the western edge of Mosul have stalled Iraqi forces' push in the Old City, the last IS stronghold in the city.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 27 June 2017


GAZA STRIP - Palestinian bulldozers clear an area as Hamas begins creating a buffer zone on the border with Egypt in Rafah. photo @saidkhatib: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017
  
#India Indians wade through a waterlogged street after heavy rains in Mumbai. Photo @thisisindra. #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017 



 #India People gather by the Marine Drive seafront to be hit by breaking waves at high tide in Mumbai Photo @punitpix: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017



People get drenched as pigeons fly during monsoon season high tide at the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India today. #APTOPIX @KakadeRajanish: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 28 June 2017


#Iraq Iraqi children play in a junkyard in an improvished area in the holy city of Najaf. Photo @HaidarAfp: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017
 

#Iraq A member of the Iraqi federal police stands through the doorway leading into the damaged Ziwani mosque in Mosul. Photo Ahmad Al-Rubaye #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017
 

#Iraq Members of the Iraqi federal police hold position during an armed exchange while advancing through Mosul. Photo Ahmad Al-Rubaye #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017



Syrian Democratic Forces fighters are treated for injuries from mortars and sniper fire at a Raqqa field hospital: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 June 2017


Nearly 250,000 Marawi residents have fled fighting between Philippine forces and rebels allied with Islamic State: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 June 2017


Nearly 250,000 Marawi residents have fled fighting between Philippine forces and rebels allied with Islamic State: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 June 2017


Nearly 250,000 Marawi residents have fled fighting between Philippine forces and rebels allied with Islamic State: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 June 2017
 

#India Employees of a medicine shop work in Kolkata Photo @Dibyangshus: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017
 

#China A pro-democracy demonstrator gestures on the Golden Bauhinia statue, given to Hong Kong by China to mark the 1997 handover. Photo @AntAFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017



Pro-democracy protesters arrested after scrambling up monument symbolizing Hong Kong's handover 20 years ago: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 June 2017

  

Pro-democracy protesters arrested after scrambling up monument symbolizing Hong Kong's handover 20 years ago: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 28 June 2017

 
#Côte d'Ivoire Children walk next to people spraying insecticide during a mosquito-control operation in Bingerville, near Abidjan. Photo Issouf Sanogo #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017


YRIA - A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces walks in Dariya near Raqa after the area was seized by SDF from IS group. Photo @Delilsouleman: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017


#India A coal scavenger carries a basket of coal collected at a mine in the district of Dhanbad. Photo Sanjib Dutta #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017


#Libya More than 8,000 migrants have been rescued in waters off Libya during the past 48 hours #Migrants Photo Taha Jawashi: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY,  27 June 2017

 
#Libya Illegal immigrants are transported to a detention centre in Zawiyah after their rescue while attempting to reach Europe. @tahajawashi: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 June 2017


Rising violence takes huge psychological toll in Rio favelas - photo @Leo_Correa: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 28 June 2017


JERUSALEM - Jewish men pray at the men's section of the Western Wall, the most holy site where Jews can pray. Photo @TomCoex #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 27 June 2017


GAZA CITY - A Palestinian man peeks from behind his house door. Photo @mohmdabed #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 27 June 2017


After a Century, Syrian Refugees Return to Armenia Photo @anushbabajanyan: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 27 June 2017


 After a century, Syrian refugees return to Armenia: image  via NYT Photo @nytimesphoto, 28 June 2017


Przewalski’s horses, driven to extinction in the wild in the 1960s, return to their ancestral steppes of Mongolia: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 27 June 2017


Colin Jones Newcastle, 1963: image via aucharbon @alcarbon68, 27 June 2017


Reporters swarmed lawmakers at US Capitol for comment after Senate ML McConnell announced he would delay vote on legislation repealing ACA: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 27 June 2017



#President #donaldtrump congratulates #Irish #primeminister #leovaradkar on his election victory from the #ovaloffice of the #whitehouse: image via Evan Vucci @evanvucci, 27 June 2017

Trump US Ireland

President Donald Trump talks with new Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar during a telephone call, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 27 June 2017

China Economy

A Chinese worker stands watch near the window panels displaying the map of a newly opened up-scale shopping mall at the Central Business District in Beijing, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. China's top economic official tried to quell fears surging debt might threaten growth, saying Tuesday financial risks are "generally under control" and Beijing can achieve this year's development targets.: photo by Andy Wong/AP, 27 June 2017

Thailand Daily Life

A Thai street food vendor waits for customers at China town in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Bangkok city officials are trying to ban food vendors whose carts sell everything from Thailand's signature noodles to spicy tom yum goong soup which have become institutions on the capital's hot and humid sidewalks.: photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP, 27 June 2017

Untitled | by el zopilote

Rice, California: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

Untitled | by el zopilote

Rice, California: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

Untitled | by el zopilote

Rice, California: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

. | by -klik-

* [Llyn peninsula, Wales]: photo by -kilk-, 31 May 2017

. | by -klik-

* [Llyn peninsula, Wales]: photo by -kilk-, 31 May 2017

. | by -klik-

* [Llyn peninsula, Wales]: photo by -kilk-, 31 May 2017

Lisboa - passeio de eléctrico | by elisachris

Lisboa -- Passeio de electrico: photo by elisachris, 8 May 2017

Lisboa - passeio de eléctrico | by elisachris

Lisboa -- Passeio de electrico: photo by elisachris, 8 May 2017

Lisboa - passeio de eléctrico | by elisachris

Lisboa -- Passeio de electrico: photo by elisachris, 8 May 2017

Clarksdale, Sunday morning | by ADMurr

Clarksdale, Sunday morning [Mississippi]: photo by Andrew Murr, 25 June 2017

Dreamland | by ADMurr

Dreamland [Mississippi]: photo by Andrew Murr, 25 June 2017

Sonny Boy Meal | by ADMurr

Sonny Boy Meal [Mississippi]: photo by Andrew Murr, 25 June 2017

People's Lounge | by ADMurr

People's Lounge [Mississippi]: photo by Andrew Murr, 25 June 2017

Untitled | by N.Teerapenun

Inspired by Eivind Aarset song "Black Silence" [Varanasi]: photo by Nakarin Teerapenun, 1 December 2015

@ | by Ania Klosek

@: photo by Ania Klosek, 28 July 2014

Untitled | by umberto verdoliva

[Untitled]: photo by umberto verdoliva, 24 May 2016

Untitled | by umberto verdoliva

[Untitled]: photo by umberto verdoliva, 24 May 2016

Untitled | by umberto verdoliva

[Untitled]: photo by umberto verdoliva, 24 May 2016

Untitled | by galatia iatraki

[Untitled]: photo by galatia latraki, 1 July 2016

Untitled | by Anne-Sophie Landou

[Untitled]: photo by Anne-Sophie Landou, 26 April 2016

nt-11.jpg | by Nick Asaro

nt.11-jpg: photo by Nick Asaro, 24 June 2017

Dhaka | 2017 | by Sohail Bin Mohammad

Dhaka | 2017: photo by Sohail Bin Mohammad, 14 April 2017

Untitled | by sasistudios

Untitled [Chennai]: photo by Sasikumar Ramachandran, 27 June 2017

P6240810 | by Miloz HutCha

P6240810: photo by Krongpon Komutkul, 24 June 2017

P6240810 | by Miloz HutCha

P6240810: photo by Krongpon Komutkul, 24 June 2017

P6240810 | by Miloz HutCha

P6240810: photo by Krongpon Komutkul, 24 June 2017

- Bangkok , Thailand 2017 | by Bank Bopit

Bangkok, Thailand 2017: photo by Bopit Intaraswat, 3 May 2560

- Bangkok , Thailand 2017 | by Bank Bopit

Bangkok, Thailand 2017: photo by Bopit Intaraswat, 3 May 2560

- Bangkok , Thailand 2017 | by Bank Bopit

Bangkok, Thailand 2017: photo by Bopit Intaraswat, 3 May 2560

2017-06-05_06-20-44 | by Chris Tuarissa

2017-06-05_06-20-44 [Jakarta]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 9 April 2017

2017-06-05_06-20-44 | by Chris Tuarissa

2017-06-05_06-20-44 [Jakarta]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 9 April 2017

2017-06-05_06-20-44 | by Chris Tuarissa

2017-06-05_06-20-44 [Jakarta]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 9 April 2017

_DSF4584 | by Chanwut BCKul

_DSF4584: photo by Chanwut BC Kul, 26 March 2017

_DSF4584 | by Chanwut BCKul

_DSF4584: photo by Chanwut BC Kul, 26 March 2017

_DSF4584 | by Chanwut BCKul

_DSF4584: photo by Chanwut BC Kul, 26 March 2017

- Bangkok , Thailand 2016 | by Bank Bopit

Bangkok, Thailand 2016: photo by Bopit Intaraswat, 20 October 2016

- Bangkok , Thailand 2016 | by Bank Bopit

Bangkok, Thailand 2016: photo by Bopit Intaraswat, 20 October 2016

- Bangkok , Thailand 2016 | by Bank Bopit

Bangkok, Thailand 2016: photo by Bopit Intaraswat, 20 October 2016

- Bangkok , Thailand 2016 | by Bank Bopit

Bangkok, Thailand 2016: photo by Bopit Intaraswat, 21 December 2016

- Bangkok , Thailand 2016 | by Bank Bopit

Bangkok, Thailand 2016: photo by Bopit Intaraswat, 21 December 2016

- Bangkok , Thailand 2016 | by Bank Bopit

Bangkok, Thailand 2016: photo by Bopit Intaraswat, 21 December 2016

... | by Faisal Bin Rahman

Dhaka, 2016: photo by Faisal Bin Rahman Shuvo, 4 March 2016

... | by Faisal Bin Rahman

Dhaka, 2016: photo by Faisal Bin Rahman Shuvo, 4 March 2016

... | by Faisal Bin Rahman

Dhaka, 2016: photo by Faisal Bin Rahman Shuvo, 4 March 2016

#7 | by Md. Imam Hasan

[Dhaka]: photo by Muhammad Imam Hasan, 7 June 2017

#21 Dhaka | 2016 | by Sohail Bin Mohammad

[Dhaka]: photo by Sohail Bin Mohammad, 15 December 2016

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.            -Rabindranath Tagore | by wasif.reza

 Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky -- Rabindranath Tagore [Dhaka]: photo by wasif.reza, 13 June 2017

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.            -Rabindranath Tagore | by wasif.reza

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky -- Rabindranath Tagore [Dhaka]: photo by wasif.reza, 13 June 2017

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.            -Rabindranath Tagore | by wasif.reza

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky -- Rabindranath Tagore [Dhaka]: photo by wasif.reza, 13 June 2017

#04 | by Miloz HutCha

#04: photo by Krongpon Komutkul, 23 April 2017

#04 | by Miloz HutCha

#04: photo by Krongpon Komutkul, 23 April 2017

#04 | by Miloz HutCha

#04: photo by Krongpon Komutkul, 23 April 2017

#03 Stark Realities | by arkamitra roy

#03 Stark Realities: photo by Arkamitra Roy, 3 April 2016

#03 Stark Realities | by arkamitra roy

#03 Stark Realities: photo by Arkamitra Roy, 3 April 2016

#03 Stark Realities | by arkamitra roy

#03 Stark Realities: photo by Arkamitra Roy, 3 April 2016