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Monday 21 November 2016

Rain on the Toy Parade

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Untitled | by el zopilote

Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016


SYRIA - Kurdish graffiti which reads 'Raqa we are coming' is seen on a shop door in Tal Saman, 25 km (15 miles) from Raqa. By @Delilsouleman: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


SYRIA - A commander from Syrian Democratic Forces watches his surroundings from his position in Tal Saman near Raqa. By @Delilsouleman: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


IRAQ - Iraqi soldiers play backgammon during a break from fighting, at their base near Shahrazad, on the outskirts of Mosul. By @azavallis: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


IRAQ - Shiite Muslim pilgrims carry flags as they arrive at the entrance to the central Iraqi city of Karbala. By @HaidarAFP #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


IRAQ - A Shiite Muslim pilgrim looks on during the mourning procession in the central Iraqi city of Karbala. By @mo_sawaf #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


AFGHANISTAN - Afghan youths play cricket on a hilltop overlooking Kabul. By @shahmarai #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


AFGHANISTAN - An Afghan vendor wears rings as he sell his wares in Kabul. By @shahmarai #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


PAKISTAN - Sufis light candles and incense during three-day annual 'Urs' religious festival in Lahore. By Arif Ali #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


UK - People dressed as Power Rangers prepare to participate in the Hamleys Christmas Toy Parade in London. By @niklashallen #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


EGYPT - Hassan Hodhod one of Egypt’s few remaining glassblowers smokes a water-pipe outside his workshop in Cairo. By Mohamed el Shahed #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


#Iraq  A soldier guards as firefighters work to put out fire in an oil well, set ablaze by IS #qayarrah #mosul #AFP Photo by @odd_andersen: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 20 November 2016


#Iraqi shepherd tends to his sheep, blackened by smoke from burning oil wells near ##Qayarrah, #Iraq #AFP Photo by @odd_andersen: image via Jean-Marc Mojn @mojobaghdad, 20 November 2016


IRAQ - Children play football as oil wells, set ablaze by retreating Islamic State jihadists, burn behind them in Qayyarah. By @odd_andersen: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


IRAQ - Workers tasked with putting out fire in oil well set ablaze by retreating IS, assemble a water pipeline in Qayyarah. By @odd_andersen: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016



#Iraq Life as oil wells, set ablaze by retreating IS, burn in the town of #qayyarah #mosul #AFP Photo by @odd_andersen: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 20 November 2016



#Iraq Life as oil wells, set ablaze by retreating IS, burn in the town of #qayyarah #mosul #AFP Photo by @odd_andersen: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 20 November 2016



#Iraq A woman holds her child after crossing the Tigris River in the village of Tall Adh-Dhahab #Mosul #AFP Photo by @odd_andersen: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 20 November 2016



IRAQ - Iraqis who fled due to the fighting in Mosul are escorted to safety after crossing Tigris River in Tall Adh-Dhah.  By @odd_andersen: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016




IRAQ - Iraqis who fled due to the fighting in Mosul are escorted to safety after crossing Tigris River in Tall Adh-Dhah.  By @odd_andersen: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


Syria A rescuer carries a woman who was rescued from the rubble following reported airstrikes on #al-Hamra #Aleppo #AFP by @THAEER_MOHAMEED
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016




3 killed including an infant and many injured after Ard AlHamra in #Aleppo was targeted with 2 Airstrikes today. #StandWithAleppo: image via The White Helmets @SyriaCivilDef, 20 November 2016


SYRIA - White Helmets pull a body from rubble following air strike on Aleppo's rebel-held neighbourhood of Bab al-Nayrab. By @AmeerAlhalbi
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016



Aleppo withstands #RussiaBurnsAleppo: image via mo3taz891. 18 November 2016



In the street after a cluster bomb killed her husband #Aleppo
: image via Mohammed Al-Khatieb @MohAlkhatieb, 20 November 2016

 


4 martyrs and dozens wounded in the bombing with cluster bombs Assad gang criminality continuous and the world in silence #Aleppo: image via Mohammed Al-Khatieb @MohAlkhatieb, 20 November 2016

 


4 martyrs and dozens wounded in the bombing with cluster bombs Assad gang criminality continuous and the world in silence #Aleppo: image via Mohammed Al-Khatieb @MohAlkhatieb, 20 November 2016

 


4 martyrs and dozens wounded in the bombing with cluster bombs Assad gang criminality continuous and the world in silence #Aleppo: image via Mohammed Al-Khatieb @MohAlkhatieb, 20 November 2016

 

4 martyrs and dozens wounded in the bombing with cluster bombs Assad gang criminality continuous and the world in silence #Aleppo
: image via Mohammed Al-Khatieb @MohAlkhatieb, 20 November 2016




#Aleppo every day: image via Mohammed Al-Khatieb @MohAlkhatieb, 20 November 2016

 


#Aleppo every day: image via Mohammed Al-Khatieb @MohAlkhatieb, 20 November 2016

 


#Aleppo every day: image via Mohammed Al-Khatieb @MohAlkhatieb, 20 November 2016

 

#Aleppo every day: image via Mohammed Al-Khatieb @MohAlkhatieb, 20 November 2016




3 killed including an infant and many injured after Ard AlHamra in #Aleppo was targeted with 2 Airstrikes today. #StandWithAleppo: image via The White Helmets @SyriaCivilDef, 20 November 2016


3 killed including an infant and many injured after Ard AlHamra in #Aleppo was targeted with 2 Airstrikes today. #StandWithAleppo: image via The White Helmets @SyriaCivilDef, 20 November 2016


#ChildrensDay this is how it looks because of #Assad and #Putin: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @Ahmad Alkhtib, 20 November 2016



#ChildrensDay this is how it looks because of #Assad and #Putin
: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @Ahmad Alkhtib, 20 November 2016



#ChildrensDay this is how it looks because of #Assad and #Putin: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @Ahmad Alkhtib, 20 November 2016



#ChildrensDay this is how it looks because of #Assad and #Putin #Syria #Aleppo
: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @Ahmad Alkhtib, 20 November 2016



#ChildrensDay this is how it looks because of #Assad and #Putin #Syria #Aleppo #standwithaleppo: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @Ahmad Alkhtib, 20 November 2016



Goodnight dear world, don't forget the #ChildrensDay, BTW this is how it looks in #Aleppo because of #Assad and #Putin: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @AhmadAlkhtib, 20 November 2016


#ChildrensDay in #Syria
: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @Ahmad Alkhtib, 20 November 2016



#ChildrensDay in #Iraq: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @Ahmad Alkhtib, 20 November 2016



#ChildrensDay in #Yemen: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @Ahmad Alkhtib, 20 November 2016


#ChildrensDay in #Palestine: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @Ahmad Alkhtib, 20 November 2016



INDIA - A young Indian boy walks on a foggy field in New Delhi. By @Chandanhoto #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 20 November 2016


Untitled | by el zopilote

Rio Puerco Valley, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, August 2016

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