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Tuesday 5 July 2016

Abbas Kiarostami: They say that the other world is more beautiful

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RIP Abbas Kiarostami
: image via MUBI @Mubi, 4 July 2016



Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016


Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016


Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016


Close-Up (1990) directed and screenplay written by Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hayat_AS, 4 July 2016



Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami has passed away at the age of 76. One of the all-time greatest filmmakers.: image via Rob Trench, 4 July 2016 
 

 For a lot of us Abbas Kiarostami changed what films even were. He grew everlasting flowers out of hard ground.: image via Danny Leigh @dannytheleigh, 4July 2016

I have come along with the wind
on the first day of summer
The wind will carry me away
on the last day of autumn

Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016)

Neden İran sineması? #Kiarostami [Close-Up, dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1990]:  image via Zeynep Cavusoglu @zepcavusoglu, 15 March 2013



 Close-Up [1990], dir. Abbas Kiarostami: image via Bombastic Scholastic @BombasticScholastic, 3 February 2015


Close-Up [1990], dir. Abbas Kiarostami: image via Bombastic Scholastic @BombasticScholastic, 3 February 2015

 
 Close-Up [1990], dir. Abbas Kiarostami: image via Bombastic Scholastic @BombasticScholastic, 3 February 2015

Neden İran sineması? #Kiarostami [from Close-Up, 1990]: image via Stella Morgana @stellamorgana, 16 November 2013


El viento nos llevará Forough Farrokhzad #Poetuit #Cine #Kiarostami  The Wind Will Carry Us, 1999]: image via Jorge Fuentes  @jjorgefuentes, 26 December 2013


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"Le vent nous emportera" d'Abbas #Kiarostami: un hymne à la vie et aux régions septentrionales d'#Iran [The Wind Will Carry Us, 1999] : image via Voyages et cinéma @routardcine, 18 July 2014

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Avec un sens incroyable de la couleur, #Kiarostami exalte la beauté naturelle du #Kurdistan: "Le vent nous emportera"
[The Wind Will Carry Us, 1999]: image via Voyages et cinéma @routardcine, 25 July 2014


Dede kapıyı aç! #Hamsarayan #Koro (#KisaFilm) #Abbas Kiarostami  lHamasarayan / The Chorus, 1982]: image via Mahmut Islam @mahmutislam, 24 September 2013


La banlieue de Téhéran capitale d'un pays très riche en Pétrole! Merci #Kiarostami et #Farhadi pour vos beaux films!: image via Dadsetan Djavad @Dadsetan, 9 April 2014


You can sympathize, understand, show compassion. But feel my pain? No. #Kiarostami #TasteofCherry [1997]: image via Alma Krillic @ AlmaKrillic, 2 August 2014


If I told you, ... you wouldn't understand. #Kiarostami #TasteofCherry [1997] : image via Alma Krillic @ AlmaKrillic, 2 August 2014


Et La Vie Continue... (Va Zendegi edame darad, 1992) Abbas Kiarostami #Kiarostami: image [from And Life Goes On / Life, and Nothing More, 1991] via Xacobo Martínez @Iacobus_81, 9 August 2014


Untitled, 1978, Abbas Kiarostami © 2003, from a series of 32 photographs, 122 x 93 cm.#Fotografía #Cine #Kiarostami:
image via Xacobo Martínez @Iacobus_81, 9 August 2014


Abbas Kiarostami: ABBAS KIAROSTAMI RAIN (27) 2007

 Rain: photo by Abbas Kiarostami, 2007 


Rain: photo by Abbas Kiarostami, 2005

  Abbas Kiarostami: ABBAS KIAROSTAMI RAIN (23) 2007

Rain: photo by Abbas Kiarostami, 2007


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Where Is the Friend's House, dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1987


Ten RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016


Certified Copy RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016


Like Someone in Love RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016



Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series
.: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016



Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series.
: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016

 


Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series.
: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016

 

Abbas Kiarostami's photographs were just as poetic as his films. This is from his Rain series.
: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016




More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery): image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016



More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery): image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016


More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery): image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016




More photography by Abbas Kiarostami (image via noire gallery)
: image via Hind Mezaina @hindmezaina, 4 July 2016


Abbas Kiarostami's first film, Naan o Kooche, the Bread and the Alley (1970): image via Sidewalk Lyrics @pedestrian, 4 July 2016


"and cover me with soil... That's all." Abbas Kiarostami, 1940-2016: image via Beeta @beetasays, 4 July 2016


I hope they're right. RIP Abbas Kiarostami: image via Kyle Pletcher @HerrKman, 4 July 2016


Seamless art, a true #poet filmmaker, who saw not only with his physical eyes. Peace, Abbas #Kiarostami: image via Ailish Hopper @ailishhopper, 4 July 2016 


"In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you." - Abbas Kiarostami: image via Janus Films @janusfilms, 4 July 2016
 

Rest In Peace to the maestro of maestros: Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) Cinema will never be the same.: image via The Cinegogue @TheCinegogue, 4 July 2016


Abbas #Kiarostami R.i.p.: image via Rossana Valsecchi @RossValsecchi, 4 July 2016


From the first shot of Abbas Kiarostami’s final film, ‘Like Someone in Love’: image via the Film stage @TheFilmStage, 4 July 2016
 

Cinema Great Abbas Kiarostami Dies at 76: image via Living with Shadows @LwSFilm, 4 July 2016
 

Devastated by passing of Abbas Kiarostami, a truly great artist and dear friend. Our last discussion. RIP: image via Geoff Andrew @Geoff_Andrew, 4 July 2016
 

Abbas #Kiarostami, photographed by Kris Dewitte: image via Gabrielle Magazzù @GabrielleMagazzu, 4 July 2016


Taste of Cherry #AbbasKiarostami 1997: image via Rubens Junior @jrrubensjr, 4 July  2016
 

Taste of Cherry And cover me with soil... Thant's all #Abbas_Kiarostami: image via spinooza @Spinooza, 4 July 2016


Abbas Kiarostami in Tokyo, 2011, shooting what became his final film "Like Someone In Love": image via Hiroko Tabuchi Verified account @HirokoTabuchi, 4 July 2016


One of the few filmmakers to stay in Iran after the 1979 revolution, Abbas Kiarostami has died at age 76
: image via AJ+ Verified account @ajplus, 4 July 2016



RIP Abbas #Kiarostami, you showed us so much beauty: image via Harbourfront Centre @HarbourfrontTO, 4 July 2016


Thank you, Mr. #Abbas #Kiarostami for all the inspiration you brought us. You'll be missed.: image via Ali Shirazi @AliShirazi, 4 July 2016

 
Where Is the Friend's House, dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1987

The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 04  July 2016. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of 07 July Kazakh time. All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October.

The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of 07 July Kazakh time. All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October.: photo by Ben Ingalls/NASA, 4 July 2016

The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 04  July 2016. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of 07 July Kazakh time. All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October. 

The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of 07 July Kazakh time. All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October.: photo by Ben Ingalls/NASA, 4 July 2016

Queen Elizabeth II holds a private audience with  First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh

Queen Elizabeth II holds a private audience with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh: photo by Andrew Milligan/PA, 4 July 2016

Queen Elizabeth II holds a private audience with  First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh 

Queen Elizabeth II holds a private audience with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh: photo by Andrew Milligan/PA, 4 July 2016


UK's Osborne to slash corporation tax to cushion Brexit blow: FT: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 4 July 2016 


Ex-London mayor Johnson says UK government needs to spell out Brexit benefits: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 4 July 2016 


Anti-EU champion Farage quits after Brexit vote
: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 4 July 2016

Honour guards prepare for the ceremony as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomes Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China July 4, 2016.   REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Honour guards prepare for the ceremony as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomes Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China: photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters, 4 July 2016

Honour guards prepare for the ceremony as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomes Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China July 4, 2016.   REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Honour guards prepare for the ceremony as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomes Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China: photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters, 4 July 2016

World in focus – best photos for July 4, 2016

A Chinese honour guard prepares for the ceremony to welcome Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
: photo by Damir Sagolj / Reuters, 4 July 2016
 
An Afghan man makes sweets at a small traditional factory during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in preparation for Eid al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan

An Afghan man makes sweets at a small traditional factory during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in preparation for Eid al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan: photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters, 4 July 2016

World in focus – best photos for July 4, 2016

An Afghan man makes sweets ahead of Eid Al Fitr in Kabul
: photo by. Omar Sobhani / Reuters, 4 July 2016

An Afghan man makes sweets at a small traditional factory during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in preparation for Eid al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan

An Afghan man makes sweets at a small traditional factory during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in preparation for Eid al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan: photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters, 4 July 2016

Iftars around the world - in pictures

Shir Alam, 31, left, preparing shorba, an Afghan soup made from beef or lamb, which is served with bread and potatoes for iftar with colleagues in Kabul, Afghanistan
: Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters, 2 June 2016


 
AFGHANISTAN - Pedestrians walking through market ahead of Eid-al Fitr festival at Mandewi bazar in Kabul. By @kohsar: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 July 2016

epa05406928 Graffiti artists Oguz Sen (L) and Justus Becker (R) make the finishing touches to a new mural of drowned refugee Aylan Kurdi, at Osthafen in Frankfurt Main, Germany, 04 July 2016. After the previous picture was daubed with slogans, the new image shows a living, laughing Aylan surrounded by stuffed toys.

Graffiti artists Oguz Sen (L) and Justus Becker (R) make the finishing touches to a new mural of drowned refugee Aylan Kurdi, at Osthafen in Frankfurt Main, Germany: photo by Boris Roessler/EPA, 4 July 2016

epa05406928 Graffiti artists Oguz Sen (L) and Justus Becker (R) make the finishing touches to a new mural of drowned refugee Aylan Kurdi, at Osthafen in Frankfurt Main, Germany, 04 July 2016. After the previous picture was daubed with slogans, the new image shows a living, laughing Aylan surrounded by stuffed toys.

Graffiti artists Oguz Sen (L) and Justus Becker (R) make the finishing touches to a new mural of drowned refugee Aylan Kurdi, at Osthafen in Frankfurt Main, Germany: photo by Boris Roessler/EPA, 4 July 2016


Odd jobs in Istanbul for young Syrians who dreamed big: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 4 July 2016

 

Children follow English lessons at the #refugees camp of Skaramangas, south of Athens: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 4 July 2016   Attiki, Greece

 

Children follow English lessons at the #refugees camp of Skaramangas, south of Athens: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 4 July 2016   Attiki, Greece

 

Children follow English lessons at the #refugees camp of Skaramangas, south of Athens: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 4 July 2016   Attiki, Greece


 

 Children follow English lessons at the #refugees camp of Skaramangas, south of Athens: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 4 July 2016   Attiki, Greece


SYRIA - View of Aleppo from the citadel shows collapsed and damaged buildings. By George Ourfalian #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016

Iftars around the world - in pictures

Sanaa, second right, having iftar with her children, while sitting next to relatives near a clothes shop advert in Beirut, Lebanon. Sanaa, 23, mother of three children, begs on Hamra street in Beirut. The family fled Syria two years ago, after her husband went missing. Her iftar meal is lentil soup with chicken and rice, which she received from passers-by. “Ramadan is about kindness and giving. I mostly like the decorations,” she says.
: photo by Alia Haju/Reuters, 10 June 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

Syrian civil defence members breaking fast in the rebel-controlled area of Maaret Al Numan town, in Idlib province, Syria
: photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters, 10 June 2016


Iraqis react as they visit the aftermath of a massive bombing in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood on July 4, 2016.  Iraqis mourned the more than 200 people killed by a jihadist-claimed suicide car bombing that was among the deadliest ever attacks in the country. The blast, which the Islamic State group said it carried out, hit the Karrada district early on July 3 as the area was packed with shoppers ahead of this week's holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.   / AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARARSABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images

Iraqis react as they visit the aftermath of a massive bombing in Baghdad’s Karrada neighbourhood.  Iraqis mourned the more than 200 people killed by a jihadist-claimed suicide car bombing that was among the deadliest ever attacks in the country. The blast, which the Islamic State group said it carried out, hit the Karrada district on Sunday.: photo by Sabah Arar/AFP, 4 July 2016

Iraqis react as they visit the aftermath of a massive bombing in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood on July 4, 2016.  Iraqis mourned the more than 200 people killed by a jihadist-claimed suicide car bombing that was among the deadliest ever attacks in the country. The blast, which the Islamic State group said it carried out, hit the Karrada district early on July 3 as the area was packed with shoppers ahead of this week's holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.   / AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARARSABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images 

 Iraqis react as they visit the aftermath of a massive bombing in Baghdad’s Karrada neighbourhood.  Iraqis mourned the more than 200 people killed by a jihadist-claimed suicide car bombing that was among the deadliest ever attacks in the country. The blast, which the Islamic State group said it carried out, hit the Karrada district on Sunday.: photo by Sabah Arar/AFP, 4 July 2016


 IRAQ - Women walk past a damaged building at the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by IS in Bagdad. By @SabahAFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016 


IRAQ - Men mourn over bodies during funeral in Najaf of victims of suicide bombing in Baghdad. By @HaidarAfp #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016


IRAQ - A man reacts as he enters a building that was destroyed in bombing attack in Baghdad. By Ahmad Al-Rubaye #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 July 2016 


 IRAQ - A man searches for bodies of victims inside building damaged by bombing attack in Baghdad. By Ahmad Al-Rubaye: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 July 2016


 NEPAL - A farmer returns from his paddy field at Khokana on the outskirts of Kathmandu. By @PrakashMathema: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016


 MOROCCO - A woman wearing a head scarf walks through the souk (market) in Marrakech. By @CarldeSouza1 #AFP: image va Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016
 

MOROCCO - A man pushes a cart through through the souk (market) in Marrakech. By @CarldeSouza1 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016

 
PAKISTAN - A woman sits on a train on her return home ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival in Lahore. By Arif Ali: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016


BANGLADESH - Prayers and tributes after hostage bloodbath in Dhaka. By @robertoindelhi #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016


 BANGLADESH - Memorial service for those killed in a bloody siege in Dhaka. By @AFPphoto #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 4 July 2016
 

U.S.-backed militias face second Islamic State counter attack - official, monitor image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 4 July 2016

World in focus – best photos for July 4, 2016

A long exposure picture taken in the village of Gornaya Mayevka about 30km form Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek shows stars trails around the Polaris or the North Star.
: photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP, 4 July 2016



KYRGYZSTAN - A long exposure in Tian Shan mountains shows stars trails around the North Star. By Vyacheslav Oseledko: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016 


An elephant performs at a zoo near Colombo. Elephants are venerated in Sri Lanka, and capturing them is illegal.: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 3 July 2016

World in focus – best photos for July 4, 2016

A goat stands inside a rickshaw under repair at a garage in Colombo
: photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters, 4 July 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

Fruits and vegetables, which workers at a brick factory will share for iftar during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, are seen at a brickmaking factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan
: photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters, 14 June 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

Mohammed, 27, a labourer at a brick factory sharing iftar with coworkers at a brickmaking factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. “For me Ramadan is a test and this is God’s will. We should obey God’s commands so that we are successful,” Mohammed says.
: photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters, 14 June 2016

 
New York hosts annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest - in pictures

Matt Stonie competes in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest men’s competition: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016

Iftars around the world - in pictures

Bangladeshi workers preparing to break their fast at The Leo dormitory during Ramadan in Singapore
: photo by Edgar Su/Reuters, 14 June 2016


New York hosts annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest - in pictures

Joey Chestnut, right, is declared Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest men’s competition winner:
photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

Haji Husain, 65, a fisherman, sitting with colleagues to eat iftar on a fishing boat in Ibrahim Hyderi, on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. Husain says: “For me Ramadan is to fast and do good deeds, it keeps you away from Satan.”: photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters,12 june 2016


New York hosts annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest - in pictures

Joey Chestnut competes in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest men’s competition. Chestnut came in first eating 70 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. Matt Stonie came in second eating 53 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.
: photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

Yasmine Diane, 22, third left, having iftar with her parents at their house in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Diane, a law student at Felix Houphouet Boigny University, says: “Ramadan is very important for all Muslims because it is a great time to be a little closer to God through constant prayer and acts of sharing.”
: photo by Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters, 19 June 2016

New York hosts annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest - in pictures

Miki Sudo, of Las Vegas, is crowned the winner of the female segment of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest
: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

Fishermen from Suriname and Indonesia breaking fast together aboard the Nisshin Maru No 7 fishing trawler, docked along the Suriname River at Livorno, Suriname
: photo by Ranu Abhelakh/Reuters, 9 June 2016

New York hosts annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest - in pictures

People ride the subway toward Coney Island before Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest:
photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

Anwaar Hussain, 35, having iftar with his co-workers and employer inside a shop in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Hussain, a mechanic who repairs second hand electric motors and water pumps, says that Ramadan is about self improvement and kindness, and that one should stay away from all evil
: photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters, 14 June 2016

New York hosts annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest - in pictures

People arrive on the subway at Coney Island before the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest
: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

Filipino tricycle drivers having iftar during Ramadan in Taguig, Metro Manila, the Philippines
: photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters, 3 July 2016


New York hosts annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest - in pictures

A police officer stands guard on the roof of Nathan’s Famous store:
photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

Mohamed, an Egyptian policeman, firing a cannon to announce the time to break fast during Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt
: photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters, 13 June 2016


New York hosts annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest - in pictures

Miki Sudo competes in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest woman’s competition. Sudo came in first eating 38.5 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.:
photo by Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

Coal miners deep inside the Haljinici coal mine, in Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
: photo by Dado Ruvic/Reuters, 21 June 2016

 
New York hosts annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest - in pictures

Female contestants compete during the hot dog-eating contest
: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

Abdi Hasan, 78, walking away with food for iftar from a charity in Mogadishu, Somalia. “We were worried before Ramadan started because we had no food. But now we are happy because we are getting bread, rice and juice for Ramadan breakfast and supper. Thank God,” Hasan says.
: photo by Faisal Omar/Reuters, 10 June 2016


New York hosts annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest - in pictures

A man dressed in American colours walks through a dining area before Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York
: photo by Andrew Kelly / Reuters, 4 July 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

People having iftar at a mosque in Sao Paulo, Brazil
: photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters, 30 June 2016 


New York hosts annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest - in pictures

Matt Stonie, reigning hot dog-eating champion, poses for a selfie with a fan before competing in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Monday in New York
: photo by. Mary Altaffer / AP, 4 July 2016


World in focus – best photos for July 3, 2016

Muslims in Kashmir offer prayers at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar
: photo by Farooq Khan / EPA, 3 July 2016 


World in focus – best photos for July 4, 2016

Palestinians at a house that was demolished by Israeli authorities in the Qalandia refugee camp, between Jerusalem and Ramallah
: photo by Abbas Momani / AFP, 4 July 2016
 


WEST BANK - Israel razes homes of 2 Palestinian assailants in the Qalandia refugee camp. By @Abbasmomani #AFP: image va Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 4 July 2016


Iftars around the world - in pictures

A Palestinian family as they wait to break their fast together outside their shelter in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip
: photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters, 14 June 2016

 
Iftars around the world - in pictures

Members of the Palestinian National Security Forces having iftar in the dining hall at a base in the West Bank town of Jericho: photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters, 14 June 2016
 

Bank of Israel buying 'hundreds of millions' of dollars: sources: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 4 July 2016

World in focus – best photos for July 3, 2016

Washington Nationals centre fielder Ben Revere hits the wall after catching a fly ball by Cincinnati Reds’ Jay Bruce
: photo by Nick Wass / AP, 3 July 2016


World in focus – best photos for July 4, 2016

Spectators watched the fireworks display from a bridge in Bloomington, Minnesota: photo by Isaac Hale / Star Tribune via AP, 4 July 2016

3 comments:

Woman in a Window said...

Abbas Kiarostami))) a soul and a vision inviting soul and vision. oh!

Sandra said...

Bendito serás en tu entrar, y bendito en tu salir.

Deuteromonio 28:6

TC said...

An unearthly rippling of unspoken truths of the human soul and of the physical Earth passed through this world with the gentle breeze that was the art of Kiarostami. The wind carries it away and brings it back home again, an hour or thirty years later, pure gift. Where Is the House of the Friend, Life and Nothing More, The Wind Will Carry Us, Close-Up, Taste of Cherry... for me the films, each in their turn, opened a new understanding. Eyes gone, but I continue to watch and explore in mind and memory, frame by frame, still learning.

You never forget a great poem.