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The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3)
2008 has been an eventful year to say the least - it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. That said, I will try to do what I've done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. It's not the story of 2008, it's certainly not all stories, but as a collection it does show a good portion of what life has been like over the past 12 months. This is a multi-entry story, 120 photographs over three days. Watch for part 2 and part 3 tomorrow and the next day. (40 photos total)
Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanoes are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. Picture taken May 2, 2008. (REUTERS/Carlos Gutierrez)
Italian soccer club AC Milan's newly signed player Ronaldinho of Brazil attends his presentation at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy on July 17, 2008. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo) # (for those who claim this image has been digitally altered, here is a larger detail of the photo - the halo is from backlighting, not photoshop)
Buildings and debris are seen floating in the Cedar River against a railroad bridge Saturday, June 14, 2008, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 24,000 people from their homes, emergency officials said. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) #
Kenyan athletes train at Eldoret's Chepkoilel stadium on May 30, 2008 in preparation for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games 2008. Recently the Kenyan athletics federation announced the setting up of two training camps in Eldoret and Nairobi to cater for a selected team of 120 athletes ahead of the Beijing Olympic trials on July 4-5. (TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images) #
Department of Water and Power workers are emptying out bales of plastic balls in the Ivanhoe reservoir in Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2008. Department of Water and Power released about 400,000 black plastic 4-inch balls as the first installment of approximately 3 million to form a floating cover over 7 acres of the reservoir to protect the water from sunlight. When sunlight mixes with the bromide and chlorine in Ivanhoe's water, the carcinogen bromate can form. (Irfan Khan/AP) #
A man dressed as a tiger carries a small whip made from rope in Zitlala, Guerrero state, Mexico, Monday, May 5, 2008. Every year, inhabitants of this town participate in a violent ceremony to ask for a good harvest and plenty of rain, at the end of the ceremony men battle each other with their whips while wearing tiger masks and costumess. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) #
Children of slain Philadelphia police sergeant Stephen Liczbinski, Amber and Steve embrace after their father's funeral mass on the steps of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 9, 2008 Sergeant Liczbinski was gunned down as he investigated a bank robbery on May 3. (REUTERS/Tim Shaffer) #
A policeman carries a child away during a gun battle in Tijuana, in Mexico's state of Baja California, January 17, 2008. A shootout on Thursday, after police agents moved in on a drug cartel group, left four people injured and forced the emergency evacuation of a school in Tijuana, according to the local media. (REUTERS/Jorge Duenes) #
A man stands in front of the Marriott hotel after a bomb blast in Islamabad September 20, 2008. A truck bomb was detonated outside the Marriott in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday, killing at least 54, injuring at least 266 and starting a fire which swept through the hotel. (REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood) #
A fire rages out of control at the backlot filled with movie sets at Universal Studios in Universal City, California, 12 miles (19 km) from downtown Los Angeles June 1, 2008. A portion of the set used in Steven Spielberg's film "War of the Worlds" including a jet airplane is shown foreground. (Fred Prouser /Reuters) #
Cyclone Nargis victims huddle in torrential rain as they await assistance in Dedaye Township, southwest of Yangon, Myanmar on May 19, 2008. Political resistance to outside aid and a slow response by the government worsened an already devastating situation - an estimated 146,000 people lost their lives. (REUTERS/Stringer) #
Maasai warriors cover a battle field as they clash with bows and arrows with members of the Kalenjin tribe in the Kapune hill overlooking the Olmelil valley located in the Transmara District in Western Kenya on March 01, 2008. The Massai, the Kalenjin and the Kisii tribes have recently clashed over ongoing land disputes that erupted after botched local elections during the general elections held in Kenya in December of 2007. Over twenty warriors from the tribes have been killed in bow and arrow battles near the borders of these tribes in the last couple of months. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) #
Firefighters battle a blaze at the Namdaemun gate, one of South Korea's most historic sites, in central Seoul, on February 11, 2008. An arsonist started the fire, destroying the gate - the oldest wooden structure in Seoul, first constructed in 1398 and rebuilt in 1447. (Kim Jae-hwan/AFP/Getty Images) #
The head of a male student, still alive, trapped under the debris is pictured at the scene of the church school that collapsed on the outskirts of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, November 7, 2008. At least 30 people were killed when the three-story La Promesse school building collapsed while class was in session and some of the walls and debris crushed neighboring homes in the Nerettes community near Port-au-Prince. (REUTERS/Joseph Guyler Delva) #
Wounded Palestinians lay near Reuters news agency reporter Fadel Shaana's car after it was hit by an Israeli missile on April 16, 2008 in the central Gaza Strip. The Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian cameraman working for the Reuters news service and two other civilians, Palestinian medics and witnesses said. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images) #
A rescue helicopter prepares to hoist aboard surviving Japanese climber Hideaki Nara near the summit of Aoraki Mount Cook in New Zealand on December 5, 2008. A Japanese climber stranded for six days just below the summit had died just hours before rescuers reached him and a compatriot, local media reported. The two Japanese climbers were forced to huddle in a tent 50 meters below the 3,754-meter (12,349 feet) peak, as poor weather and high winds foiled attempts to rescue the men by helicopter. (REUTERS/The Christchurch Press/John Kirk-Anderson) #
A Kenyan boy screams as he sees kenyan policeman with a baton approach the door of his home in the Kibera slum of Nairobi 17 January 2008. Hundreds of police who had earlier clashed with supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga at the entrance of the slum moved into the shantytown and did a house to house search for protestors. (WALTER ASTRADA/AFP/Getty Images) #
An Afghan refugee child hides from a dust storm behind a tent at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan on October 7, 2008. Over a quarter million Afghans have returned home this year from Pakistan and Iran, many of them reportedly due to economic and security uncertainties faced in exile, the United Nations said. (MANPREET ROMANA/AFP/Getty Images) #
The Guizer Jarl is silhouetted as members of his Viking Squad walk around a long boat with burning torches during the annual Up Helly Aa Festival, in Lerwick, Shetland Islands on January 29th, 2008. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian vikings in the Shetland Islands. (Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images) #
Comoran and Tanzanian African Union soldiers (not seen) arrest an injured Anjouanese man after shooting three rockets at his house in Mutsamudu on 25 March 2008. The Comoran army said it had located the renegade leader of the isle of Anjouan, Mohamed Bacar, during the operation it launched earlier March 25, 2008 with the African Union to oust him. Some 400 AND troops backed by around 1,000 soldiers from Sudan and Tanzania launched a offensive before dawn to wrest back control of the isle of Anjouan from Bacar, its self-proclaimed leader, and capture him. Bacar was captured, and after some legal wrangling, evaded extradition back to the Comoros, and is now living in exile in Benin. (JOSE CENDON/AFP/Getty Images) #
Fishermen try to catch fish during the Argungu fishing festival in Nigeria on March 15, 2008. Over 30,000 fishermen from different parts of Nigeria and neighbouring West Africa took part in the final of the yearly Argungu fishing festival in Kebbi, northwestern Nigeria. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images) #
A firefighter uses a flare gun to set a backfire in the rugged area of Little Tujunga Canyon, 20 miles (32 km) north of downtown Los Angeles in the early hours of October 12, 2008. Fifty miles per hour gusty winds spread the fire towards ranches and houses in the heavily-forested canyon. (REUTERS/Gene Blevins) #
Cambodian families living on the grounds of the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, along the Thai-Cambodian border October 16, 2008. Nearly 200 Cambodian residents living near the temple have taken refuge on its grounds, after recent fighting killed two Cambodian soldiers, a local Cambodian newspaper reported. The International Court of Justice awarded the temple to Cambodia in 1962, but the court failed to determine the ownership of 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) Hindu ruins, a ruling that has rankled with Thais ever since. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif) #
More links and information
Chaitén volcano - Wikipedia entry
2008 Sichuan earthquake - Wikipedia entry
Cyclone Nargis - Wikipedia entry
2008 invasion of Anjouan - Wikipedia entry
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Super impactantes, muy buenas...
Ano após ano as imagens das guerras continuam figurando entre as mais chocantes... Somos corajosos o suficiente pra aceitar a guerra e não se manifestar contra, mas quando vemos imagens de crianças mortas ficamos chocados.
Too "US centric"? It is the BOSTON GLOBE, a US newspaper, after all, I thought it was pretty well balanced myself.
# 38
Poor kid...
...it seems the only innocence suffer in the time of war.
Reuben
750,000 Palestinians were either removed from their land by the Israeli military or left it before the Israeli military got there on advice from their leaders during the Israeli war of independence. That was ethnic cleansing pure and simple, otherwise Israel would have allowed them back to their homes in Israel after the war instead refusing them re-entry and allowing Christian Militias to butcher them in the Lebanese refugee camps under Israeli control.
Pretending that they ethnically cleansed themselves is as farcical as claiming Bosnian Muslims fleeing the Bosnian Serb army ethnically cleansed themselves.
The Palestinians vote in the Palestinian Authority - laughably lauded as a government of the Occupied Territories by Israel and the US.
Except it has no state to govern (there is no Palestinian state), no control over it's borders, no control of its tax revenue, it is completely cut off from another supposed part of its territory which is under blocade, it has no standing army with which to defend itself, it is only ALLOWED to govern the areas that do not have large illegal Israeli settlements (which break up the West Bank into numerous pockets and are strictly cleared of Palestinians), its borders are frequently violated by military incursions and its citizens interned by its neighbour without trial, including children.
Swathes of the West Bank have been annexed illegally under international law by a wall, which even surrounds entire towns on 3 sides, its larger neighbour can kill its citizens with impunity, its land can be annexed at any time by Israel for yet further Jewish-only settlements and you're trying to convince me that they're free????
Blacks were "allowed" to vote in the ANC for years, it doesn't mean they were allowed vote in the REAL government running apartheid South Africa.
The problem with you Reuben is that you don't understand that most people actually agree with the existence of Israel and wish her and her citizens peace but we don't agree that Israelis have any right to use that existence to commit crimes against humanity.
And let's forget the religion of Israel because it clouds judgment on their actions because of past horrors committed against Jews. If you accuse an Italian of committing murder, it doesn't make you anti-Catholic. It means you are accusing the Italian of a crime.
More Italians are Catholics than Israelis are Jewish, so by the same logic, accusing Israel of crimes does not mean you are an anti-semite.
How many Palestinians have died in this conflict for each Israeli? Answer: 400. That's 400 Palestinian eyes for each Israeli eye. Do they not have the same right to defend themselves?
Or is the right to freedom exclusively the preserve of Israeli citizens?
Terrorism is wrong plain and simple, whether it is committed by terrorist organisations or a fully fledged state.
Watching these Photos made me cry...
Thank you!
What a beautiful view for the eyes.I am fascinated of these photos.Very good work.Thanks for sharing.
Reuben = Bellend
These pictures are all so moving. Each tells a story that words could never portray.
SOLO DOS VALORACIONES, LA PRIMERA HUMANA, ESTAS FOTOS REFLEJAN EL MUNDO EN QUE VIVIMOS, LOS CONTRASTES, LOS DESATRES, LA FURIA DE LA NATURALESA Y EL DOLOR HUMANO. QUE MIEDO PENSAR QUE SOMOS PARTE COMO TESTIGOS Y PROTAGONISTAS DE TANTO PERPLEJIDAD.
LA SEGUNDA VALORACION ES FOTOGRAFICA, GRACIAS AL DESARROLLO TECNOLOGICO Y A LA ENTRADA EN NUESTRAS VIDAS DE LA FOTOGRAFIA DIGITAL PODEMOS VER Y COMPARTIR ESTAS IMAGENES SIN FRONTERAS Y CON LA RAPIDES EN QUE SUCEDEN LOS HECHOS.
Amazing, tragic, beautiful, ridiculous.
And yes, I am also in tears over #38.
Why is it that white people think that a picture of a poor black person is somehow considered sweet/endearing/cute/empathetic, etc?. It is really just patronizing and demeaning.
Some one said that picture 40 was shipsterns in tazmania, which is not in the south west its in the south east. I think it maybe Cyclops which is off the coast of albany/ Esperance (forget which) in south west oz.
Might be wrong but it does look like cyclops !!??
Great pics.
Pity about Rule Number 1 of the Internet (that is, that any mention or inclusion of anything relating to Isreal and Palestine will result in an endless tirade of name-calling between two seething sides, neither of whom are EVER going to listen to each other.)
Very pointless, very dull.
ESTAS FOTOS SON GENIALES
ESTASN SUPER INCREIBLES¡¡¡¡¡¡
whoever said "Too many US pictures" is a dumbass.
I counted. There are 7 pictures that were photographed IN the U.S.
7. Out of 40.
the best photos i have seen recently.. good job...
i liked it very much
Thank you for giving us a peek at the world we live in. Keep shooting.
These photos bring joy, sadness and contemplation about the state of our world today.
Realmente são fotos maravilhosas, acho simplesmente brilhante a fotografia jornalística com uma pitada de foto artística...um dia eu chego lá...
São Paulo
Zona Sul
Brasil
What is in the upper left hand corner of picture 40? It looks like a shark fin.
Outstanding pictures I have to say. Very ubiqutious with a hint of eerieness that manifast itself into unprofounding insights of the human sense.
my fav image is the wave and surfer. regarding a comment i saw earlier on torturing "the enemy" for information, i once thought "hey when battling terrorism, to extract info about, say, a nuke bomb in NY Harbor, then 'do what you gotta do'..." and perhaps there are instances where such extreme situations occur. If so, then let the law state it is illegal, and the one doing the torturing/authorizing it, be held accountable by whatever punishment is dictated by law. Otherwise, when we cross a line where we treat people reprehensibly with aggregious methods, then no matter what game we are playing - we lose. Study Christ and see he was no dweeb or dummy - maybe there is a time for killing/war/extreme measures, but ... torture?? a friend once called it "walking between the paradoxes."
Absolutely fabulous photos! Enough has been said about the sad ones so I'll comment on the surfer... Wow, the huevos displayed to WILLINGLY drop into that wave is beyond my comprehension. What a stud!
amazing selection
Respect...
1) There are 8 pictures having to do with the US. Given that this is a US-based publication, 8 of 40 does not exactly seem overly biased.
2) JRM wrote: "Why is it that white people think that a picture of a poor black person is somehow considered sweet/endearing/cute/empathetic, etc?. It is really just patronizing and demeaning."
I don't even know what you're talking about. The only possible pictures you could be referring to are #2 and #29, neither of which are "sweet" or "cute." I would classify them as tragic, and not because the children are black or poor. It is this sort of narrow perspective that hinders change. And no, I am not white.
Amazing photography! The world and it's inhabitants are mind boggling!!! Look forward to seeing what else happened in this year. Unforgettable images. Thank you!
Very awesome images. The truth hurts.
As usual the world wants to see only Palestinian side. I know G-d won't forgive them for this. And world will pay for it. Pity but we will pay together.
Espectaculares las fotografías.
Most Awesome Photos ever! Just one question.. how come I never ever have even heard of most of these stories happening on CNN or for that matter on any major cable news networks..?
very ,, very good.
All those images are impressive. Some are just beautiful, others are terrible. It's true that mainstream news agencies don't show to the world what's going on. These pictures mesmerize my mind.
Des êtres humains meurent et la seule chose qu'on puisse lire ici et là, c'est "merveilleux"... Au contraire, je trouve ça indigne de photographier des gens morts ou entrain de mourir.
Au lieu d'aider ces personnes en difficultés lors de ces évènements, vous ne faites que photographier. Je trouve ça minable voir dégueulasse et plus encore si c'est pour se faire du fric sur ça...
D'façon ca sert à rien de parler ou de s'expliquer, le monde est déjà foutu...
Can everyone please limit your comments to the relavance of these AMAZING photos! This is not an Award Show to stage your politcal views
how fragile & often strange we are as a species, excellent work...keep it up!!!
absolutely amazing and wonderful picts tho some were very sad
Incredible.
these photos are art in themselves, and as such should be interpreted by the viewer in a way he/she feels suits. if you get something from any of the images then they have served a purpose
Please go back to #28 and look again. Think of your own children and picture them in place of that little boy. No more comments.
thought provoking. required watching. reminds me of Baraka. ps. #263 from a war watcher- right on.
Having just listened to Laura condemn the shoe throwing incident as an assault, I wonder her reaction to the dead child in Iraq. A polemic repudiation to be sure.
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays everybody, roll on 2009
Son fotos que nos hacen reflexionar, algunas personas nos quejamos por tonterias mientras que otras viven un infierno todos los dias.
Ojala y tengan paz en algun momento.
Death, fire, and destruction seem to be the common thread that tie all of these "magnificent" photos together.
Neighborhood Bully by Bob Dylan
Well, the neighborhood bully, he's just one man,
His enemies say he's on their land.
They got him outnumbered about a million to one,
He got no place to escape to, no place to run.
He's the neighborhood bully.
The neighborhood bully just lives to survive,
He's criticized and condemned for being alive.
He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skin,
He's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in.
He's the neighborhood bully.
The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land,
He's wandered the earth an exiled man.
Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn,
He's always on trial for just being born.
He's the neighborhood bully.
Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized,
Old women condemned him, said he should apologize.
Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad.
The bombs were meant for him.
He was supposed to feel bad.
He's the neighborhood bully.
Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim
That he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him,
'Cause there's a noose at his neck and a gun at his back
And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac.
He's the neighborhood bully.
He got no allies to really speak of.
What he gets he must pay for, he don't get it out of love.
He buys obsolete weapons and he won't be denied
But no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side.
He's the neighborhood bully.
Well, he's surrounded by pacifists who all want peace,
They pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease.
Now, they wouldn't hurt a fly.
To hurt one they would weep.
They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep.
He's the neighborhood bully.
Every empire that's enslaved him is gone,
Egypt and Rome, even the great Babylon.
He's made a garden of paradise in the desert sand,
In bed with nobody, under no one's command.
He's the neighborhood bully.
Now his holiest books have been trampled upon,
No contract he signed was worth what it was written on.
He took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth,
Took sickness and disease and he turned it into health.
He's the neighborhood bully.
What's anybody indebted to him for?
Nothin', they say.
He just likes to cause war.
Pride and prejudice and superstition indeed,
They wait for this bully like a dog waits to feed.
He's the neighborhood bully.
What has he done to wear so many scars?
Does he change the course of rivers?
Does he pollute the moon and stars?
Neighborhood bully, standing on the hill,
Running out the clock, time standing still,
Neighborhood bully
Copyright ©1983 Special Rider Music
To Bharathi, whose comment was #278:
You bemoan the fact that we're looking at these photos instead of acting. How, exactly, does sitting and writing a comment on this blog help save the world from misery?
Why children must die for f*cking politicians??? WHY????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Respect to al camerapeople worldwide and shame on bastards politicians!
To Muc Beag...WRONG...the palestinians were told to leave VOLUNTARILY for a bit while the military destroyed the Jews and then all the palis could come "home" and have it all. Too bad the pali's underestimated the Israeli's will to live. The Palestinian's left in hopes of the full destruction of the Israeli's. They lost their bet.
To Reuben. Keep speaking the truth!
fantastiche.sono belle perchè racchiudono il momento deli fatti successi in quella foto.complimenti.
@ all Posters arguing over this never ending Israeli -Palestine pics (war)
Never ending blood shed over "religion and land". Its a f*cking joke if you ask me. When is the invisible spook from the clouds going to come down and save you all? Better yet, join in your immoral battle? NEVER. Im religious but people like you all make me wonder what the f*ck is the point?! Kill yourselves or just look at the other pics and theyre beauty. Savages.... (All of you holy rollers...)
If only we COULD act to save the world from misery...our world is slowly self-destructing around us, and we have no one to blame but ourselves:(
Muito Boa as fotos..sao sinceramente as melhores fotos que já vi..e os fotografos sao profissionais maravilhoso.
before I finish to see this I was already crying . Its a shame for everyone is not possible that we do so much damage to others just because they think different, there is not a truly true (verdad absoluta) is just different points of view, what we need is to respect the others, their way of thinking, belives etc. After I see this I think that we dont deserve to have the chance to live at this beutiful world and also it make you think in how good you are in life but at the sametime how useless you are how can we change ? I think starting by ourselfs been each day a little better please teach kids to respect others and nature . They really are the future and are our last chance to do better . sorry for my english I really speak spanish . bye to all
Amazing Pics ..........
I weep
Great pictures.
How bout everyone in this thread just STFU and appreciate the pictures for what they are?
Take your political commentary and stick it.
amazingly awesome.
speechless.
every picture worth its title..
LJRC : "373.To Muc Beag...WRONG...the palestinians were told to leave VOLUNTARILY for a bit while the military destroyed the Jews and then all the palis could come "home" and have it all. Too bad the pali's underestimated the Israeli's will to live. The Palestinian's left in hopes of the full destruction of the Israeli's. They lost their bet."
Even if that were the case, which it's not, it doesn't explain why Israel refuses to allow them back to their homes or why Israel allowed them to be butchered in the refugee camps by Lebanese militias.
This all started because some people took exception to the Boston Globe daring to show a picture of the suffering of a few Palestinian children because it didn't show the suffering of Israelis (which doesn't do anything to change the picture or the event) and started accusing just about everybody with a different opinion of being anti-semitic.
The pictures are awesome from start to finish.
First off, to the people complaining about the Israeli-Palestinian war of words being waged here, there is a simple reason for this, and it may help with the next installment of pictures to come tomorrow.
There was nothing wrong with the pictures, it is the captions that are the problem. In picture 26, the caption says that it is a picture of a Palestinian News truck hit by and Israeli Missile, and the wounded lying on the ground. The problem with his caption is that it is 100% pure Palestinian propaganda, and the picture does not support the caption.
The van does not show any sings of being hit by a missile. There are no scorch marks, or signs of a fire that would have resulted from a missile hitting its target. The frfront window looks like it was shot out with a b.b. gun. If a rocket hit that truck, there would have been more damage than what is shown.
If you don't add biased captions, the debate between the sides would not be as intense.
Rueben, thank you for speaking up, keep up the great work. I love to see people standing up for Israel when the world is constantly demonizing her.
As for the photography itself, it is all excellent. Is there any way to get ultra-high res copies of any of these? Picutre #1 is just absolutely amazing, and I would love to make it a large poster size picture to hang on my wall.
Subarashi... Tote-mo subarashi. Yama-sama blowing up in God decry is beautiful.
Oh What a collection!!! The best I have seen.
Sencillamente, ¡espectaculares! Felicitaciones a todos quienes hicieron posible esta recopilación. Fantástica!!!. Congratulations!
What a ridiculous monolougue made by Reuben et al. 'Human rights atrocities' are just that, crimes against humanity, and regardless of race, religion or creed you're totally ignorant if you won't allow yourself to recognise that. We need to look outside of our own experience and our communities if we really want to see the truth. You hide behind quotes and statistics to support a point of view which is far too bound up in your own identity to ever be close to being objective. Don't be a sheep and tow the 'party line' because it suits your agenda. Be a man and think for yourself.
ok, I will be a better person now
thank you
this was scary!;O
#370, the wackest song off of infidels is the best dylan we could come up with?
Fotos realmente maravilhosas, pena que o explendor de algumas contracena com as barbaries causadas pela humanidade... E ano após ano vemos as mesmas cenas e nos questionamos: Quando deixaremos de ser irracionais?? pois nem animais são capazes de praticar atos tão inescrupulosos como os humanos...
Parabenizo os profissionais pelas fotos e discredito os humanos causadores de algumas delas...
your an idiot man. religion has caused to much sh*t in this world. f*ck religion and f*ck the people who are constantly questioning other peoples faith and oppinions. if there IS a god or higher being of some sort, then im sure he put us on this earth to actually live a life, not bicker and praise someone who may not even exist. most religions are a complete contradiction of themselves anyway.
If people werent so stuck in their obtuse arguments about the statistics and logistics over the arab/muslim distribution, then im sure this would be alot more constructive.
back to the pictures: some amazing pictures in their. i think the polar bear picture is by far the best.
and to those arguing over politics, i guarantee it will get you NOWHERE unless you act for the 'right' reasons.
thank you so much for sharing these pictures...AND for letting me decide if I want to see the disturbing ones...I appreciate it. It has been a difficult year on all fronts...here's to a more peaceful 2009!
number 20 is obviously a buzz lightyear wannabe :P
Just to clarify post 292
The term 'ghetto' was originally used to refer to the Venetian Ghetto in Venice, Italy where Jews were forced to live. The word "ghetto" actually means "foundry" in Italian, used in this sense in a reference to a foundry located on the same island as the area of Jewish confinement.[2] An alternative etymology is from Italian borghetto, diminutive of borgo ‘borough’.
Thought i would contrubute to this long line of comments
Some stunning photos although many sad ones
What a world we live in
The most astonishing picture I have seen this year was the pictures of Galveston, TX USA after hurricane Ike hit. Thanks
its a mixture of emotion u can feel if u watch all the different fotos; all i can say is we still happy and dont regret with what u have ...just be happy and pray for our peace and good health
We have no control over anything really...everything has its own reason for happening... pe@ce and prosper to all
Outstanding pics...disheartening as some of them are. The moments a photograph might catch can be amazing without a word being said. That first photo just fascinates me. I knew volcanic eruptions sometime caused electrical storms, but the natural raw power in the pic is outstanding...and the blue/green strand just stands out!
amazing!
For all those bleeding heart liberals…
For all those who pretend to know history…
And to all those anti-Semites who replace the word "JEW" with "ISRAEL"…
And for anyone interested in the truth:
Palestine is a land made up of 3 entities known as the State of Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. This area was under Ottoman rule for hundred of years. In fact the whole Middle East was a vast open area part of the Ottoman Empire. Countries such as Syria, Lebanon and Iraq NEVER EXISTED.
After WWI, when the Ottoman Empire collapsed, the British received the mandate to rule Palestine and promised (Balfur Declaration- 1917) to create a JEWISH Home in Palestine. Why: In order to end the historic injustice created 2000 years ago to a happy end! To let the Jews return to their historic homeland where they had a temple in Jerusalem 1000 BC while the ancestors of all present days Jew-Israel haters where still living in caves.
Meanwhile, down in the Arabian Peninsula, a battle was raging between 2 Arab families. The Ibn Saud Family and the Hashemite family. The Ibn Saud family own, hence the name Saudi Arabia. The British wanted to help the Hashemite family so they took one of their sons, Abdullah and nominated him the king of a newly created country called Transjordan, which was no more than 2/3 of original Palestine. Churchill: "I created Transjordan with a stroke of a pen on a Sunday afternoon".
It was called Transjordan because it was all the land East of the Jordan river. The name was later changed to Jordan. Do you get it? The British created a NEW country and installed a Bedouin king from Sadui Arabia!!. Meanwhile they let the Jews and Arabs fight on the remaining land West of the Jordan river, what is now known as Israel and the West Bank.
So what is the just solution to all of this? A state of Israel West of the Jordan river (1/3 of Palestine) and a Palestinian State East of the Jordan river (2/3 of Palestine) where 70% of the population there is Palestinian anyway ruled by the Bedouins of Saudi Arabia. All those Arabs living West of the Jordan River will move West to the Palestinian state. Transfer? Yes! It was successfully done in the Balkans, India and Pakistan, Europe after WWI and many more places.
P.S. for all those who wonder the origin of the name Palestine: When the Roman destroyed Israel 2000 years ago (Yes, Jewish Israel NOT Arab Palestine) they wanted to humiliate the Jews so they changed the name of the land to Palestine after the name of Israel's arch enemy for generations – the Philistines. I wonder if the Arabs even know who gave the inspiration to the name they so proudly display.
just mindblowing man
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Reuben wrote:
...750,000 Palestinians were either removed from their land by the Israeli military or left it before the Israeli military got there on advice from their leaders during the Israeli war of independence. That was ethnic cleansing pure and simple,"
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Ethnic cleansing? Are they dead you assh*le? You don't even know the meaning of the term. Go move to Gaza you imbecile. Maybe you should ask Jordan why your palestinians are still in camps. Can't get jobs, can't vote, can't be free....they are beloved by all.
Look at the picture of the Kenyan boy traumatized in his doorway. Raila Odinga is Barack Obama's cousin. Obama took a call from him while campaigning in New Hampshire this year.
absolutely amazing and wonderful pictures, o..
Merry Christmas 08 & Happy New Year 09.
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for live in my country
Fotos muito boas! Amazing!
as a photographer but mostly as a human being I simply can not understand how you can stand in the presence of a dying or trapped person and snap a photo in their face. they could have only one more breath left before its too late, and there you stand wasting it, so that you can have a good photo. instead of trying to save someones life you are standing there thinking of only yourself. one word for all of you. karma.
that was really powerful.
muuuuuuuuuuuuiito legal!
to think that all these unbelievable pictures came free to your own home - makes you deeply grateful and humble.
Thank you,
the little boy made me cry too... the images are sad but the photography is beautiful
# 26 is incorrect. It was actually an Israeli tank airburst shell that did it to the car and people not an airstrike. The camera man was filming the tank, tank crew thought the camera man was carrying an shoulder fired rpg so they shot at him...you can see the actual footage at this link
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b1c_1208421211
Get your facts right!!!
Apart from the obviously beautiful images of the natural world, the ones that are focussed on war torn areas, natural disasters etc, or simply humans suffering are the epitome of dsgusting. A f*cking photographer would rather capture the moment of a dying man trapped under rubble that help him. yeh the photographer MIGHT hlep him but his/her intial thought is to get "the money shot"..."get the photo that will speak those 1000 words"...."get the photo that will provoke thought, feelings and deep dispair" of the public who view it, rather than help the poor man or save a life. Disguting human beings, more interested in getting fame, or that one "vietnam-esque" photo of modern day.
SICK!
no indian photograph
tjeraj
chennai
Re #410 "disgusted" ... Don't chastize what you apparently do not understand ... if you were referring to the student caught in the collapse of the school, any unplanned or poorly coordinated rescue attempt will almost certainly result in further collapse and injury or death. I have been involved in rescue operations for over 30 years and slow, methodical, well planned operations are far more sucessful. I can understand your desire to "get in and do something", laudable, but slow and steady is far more effective.
I find it unbelievably sick that you'd take pictures of people who were dying. For instace a guy who had rock, or snow, or SOMETHING fall on him, and you run in there to take a snapshot of him, instead actually trying to save the poor guy. And taking a picture of a chiuld hiding from a sand storm, instead of offering the child protection, and taking a picture of a terrified child and police demand entry into his home. Sure, some pictures are good, but it sickens me that at such tense times there is a photographer everwhere now. It make me wonder if, while they're taking pictures of men risking their lives in the line of duty, are the photographers in line of fire? Taking cover? Or is it posed. Sorry, that annoyed me, reply all you want saying that I'm wrong. It's my personal oppinion
l love that stuff !
TO "Guy" You also have killed more ppl then you have saved, plus u voted for Bush.. do i need to say more?
How powerful does that wave look!
every picture has its own story........ some sad and some happy.....
I literally cried looking at the dead child...
the voilence in the whole world is disturbing