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#Illustrations for Secret Firmy Magazine, #Moscow by Andrew Flakonkishochki

#Illustrations for Secret Firmy Magazine, #Moscow by Andrew Flakonkishochki

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Fireworks go off as a bride is accompanied by her mother to the ‘hoopla’ outside the West Bank settlement of Migron. Photograph by Jim Hollander/EPA

Fireworks go off as a bride is accompanied by her mother to the ‘hoopla’ outside the West Bank settlement of Migron. Photograph by Jim Hollander/EPA

Everyday life in Nepal: A child stands in a bicycle basket. Photograph by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Everyday life in Nepal: A child stands in a bicycle basket. Photograph by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

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Jennifer Lopez Photographed by Mario Testino for the June Issue of Vogue

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Jennifer Lopez Photographed by Mario Testino for the June Issue of Vogue

An Afghan girl pull her brother and sister down a street in Kabul.            REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

An Afghan girl pull her brother and sister down a street in Kabul.            REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

[I know our wounds are deep as the Atlantic.]
But every ocean has a shoreline
and every shoreline has a tide
that is constantly returning
to wake the songbirds in our hands,
to wake the music in our bones,
to place one fearless kiss on the mouth of that brave river
that has to run through the center of our hearts
to find its way home.
Birthday” by Andrea Gibson (via the-final-sentence)
Israeli performance artists rest during a parade marking Jerusalem Day in Jerusalem’s Old City. Jerusalem Day marks the anniversary of Israel’s capture of the Eastern part of the city during the 1967 Middle East War. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Israeli performance artists rest during a parade marking Jerusalem Day in Jerusalem’s Old City. Jerusalem Day marks the anniversary of Israel’s capture of the Eastern part of the city during the 1967 Middle East War. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

A Dominican family of Haitian origin are seen in their village just off the road called La Internacional that divides the island of Hispaniola into the Dominican Republic to the east, and Haiti to the west, near Los Arroyos. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas

A Dominican family of Haitian origin are seen in their village just off the road called La Internacional that divides the island of Hispaniola into the Dominican Republic to the east, and Haiti to the west, near Los Arroyos. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas

I felt a quiet happiness blossom in my breast and thought that I would like to tell everyone out there, even the insects crying in the backyard, “Go ahead stare at us, our family is beautiful.
Osamu Dazai, from Lantern, trans. Owen Cooney (thanks, theinternationalscholar)
From China to Texas, watch out for the rare ‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse which is visible today.

From China to Texas, watch out for the rare ‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse which is visible today.

Port Vila, #Vanuatu: residents of Ifira Island play island cricket in their village. Photograph: Hamish Blair/Getty Images

Port Vila, #Vanuatu: residents of Ifira Island play island cricket in their village. Photograph: Hamish Blair/Getty Images