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Wednesday 12 October 2016

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A flooded building is pictured after Hurricane Matthew passes in Lumberton, North Carolina, U.S., October 11, 2016.

A flooded building is pictured after Hurricane Matthew passes in Lumberton, North Carolina: photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters, 11 October 2016

A flooded building is pictured after Hurricane Matthew passes in Lumberton, North Carolina, U.S., October 11, 2016.

A flooded building is pictured after Hurricane Matthew passes in Lumberton, North Carolina: photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters, 11 October 2016

Heavy rain pours as the body of a man killed by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles is left in a narrow alley in Manila, Philippines early October 11, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj TEMPLATE OUT

Heavy rain pours as the body of a man killed by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles is left in a narrow alley in Manila, Philippines: photo Damir Sagolj/Reuters, 11 October 2016 

Heavy rain pours as the body of a man killed by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles is left in a narrow alley in Manila, Philippines early October 11, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj TEMPLATE OUT

Heavy rain pours as the body of a man killed by unidentified gunmen riding motorcycles is left in a narrow alley in Manila, Philippines: photo Damir Sagolj/Reuters, 11 October 2016

A Malaysian youth jumps while inline skating at a park in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur

A Malaysian youth jumps while inline skating at a park in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur: photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP, 11 October 2016

A Malaysian youth jumps while inline skating at a park in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur

A Malaysian youth jumps while inline skating at a park in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur: photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP, 11 October 2016

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army take part in a battle against the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in the northern Syrian village of Yahmoul in the Marj Dabiq area north of the embattled city of Aleppo on October 10, 2016.  Syria's main opposition group called Monday for foreign allies to supply rebel forces with ground-to-air weapons to counter deadly air raids in Aleppo.  / AFP PHOTO / Nazeer al-KhatibNAZEER AL-KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army take part in a battle against the Islamic State group jihadists in the northern Syrian village of Yahmoul in the Marj Dabiq area north of the embattled city of Aleppo: photo by Nazeer al-Khatib/AFP, 11 October 2016

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army take part in a battle against the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in the northern Syrian village of Yahmoul in the Marj Dabiq area north of the embattled city of Aleppo on October 10, 2016.  Syria's main opposition group called Monday for foreign allies to supply rebel forces with ground-to-air weapons to counter deadly air raids in Aleppo.  / AFP PHOTO / Nazeer al-KhatibNAZEER AL-KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army take part in a battle against the Islamic State group jihadists in the northern Syrian village of Yahmoul in the Marj Dabiq area north of the embattled city of Aleppo: photo by Nazeer al-Khatib/AFP, 11 October 2016


Fighters from the Free Syrian Army take part in a battle against the Islamic State (IS) in Yahmoul @Aleppo #AFP  Photo by @NazeerAlk: image via AFP Photo Department, 11 October 2016

A student gestures near a burning bus during clashes with riot police following a protest over University tuition fees on October 10, 2016 in Johannesburg.  South African student protesters and police clashed in renewed violence in Johannesburg as attempts to re-open Wits University descended into running battles on campus. Protesters throwing rocks were dispersed by riot police using tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades as pressure ratchets up on campuses across the country over tuition fees.  / AFP PHOTO / MUJAHID SAFODIENMUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP/Getty Images
 
A student gestures near a burning bus during clashes with riot police following a protest over University tuition fees in Johannesburg: photo by Mujahid Safodien/AFP, 11 October 2016

A student gestures near a burning bus during clashes with riot police following a protest over University tuition fees on October 10, 2016 in Johannesburg.  South African student protesters and police clashed in renewed violence in Johannesburg as attempts to re-open Wits University descended into running battles on campus. Protesters throwing rocks were dispersed by riot police using tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades as pressure ratchets up on campuses across the country over tuition fees.  / AFP PHOTO / MUJAHID SAFODIENMUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP/Getty Images

A student gestures near a burning bus during clashes with riot police following a protest over University tuition fees in Johannesburg: photo by Mujahid Safodien/AFP, 11 October 2016



A riot policeman points at protesters hiding after FeesMustFall protest spills onto streets in Johannesburg. By @wesselsjohn1 #AFP
: image via Sophie Chauveau  @s_chauveauAFP, 11 October 2016

A student from Wits University is arrested after clashes with police forces during ongoing protests against the cost of higher education in Johannesburg, South Africa, 10 October 2016. The ministry of education announced a 8 percent increase of university fees following calls by student demonstrators of a zero percent increase. The violent protests have spread to many of the countries higher education campuses and have been ongoing for several weeks.  EPA/KIM LUDBROOK

A student from Wits University is arrested after clashes with police forces during ongoing protests against the cost of higher education in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ministry of education announced a 8 percent increase of university fees following calls by student demonstrators of a zero percent increase. The violent protests have spread to many of the countries higher education campuses and have been ongoing for several weeks.: photo by Kim Ludbrook/EPA, 10 October 2016

A student from Wits University is arrested after clashes with police forces during ongoing protests against the cost of higher education in Johannesburg, South Africa, 10 October 2016. The ministry of education announced a 8 percent increase of university fees following calls by student demonstrators of a zero percent increase. The violent protests have spread to many of the countries higher education campuses and have been ongoing for several weeks.  EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
 
A student from Wits University is arrested after clashes with police forces during ongoing protests against the cost of higher education in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ministry of education announced a 8 percent increase of university fees following calls by student demonstrators of a zero percent increase. The violent protests have spread to many of the countries higher education campuses and have been ongoing for several weeks.: photo by Kim Ludbrook/EPA, 10 October 2016

he Kumari priest and his wife escort Jibika Bajracharya, the newly appointed child goddess Kumari, through the streets on October 7, 2016 in Bhaktapur, Nepal. The Bhaktapur Kumari is a living child goddess and is an ancient tradition in Kathmandu Valley as devotees worship the newly appointed child goddess in order to receive blessings from ancestors or deities. As the new Kumari of Bhaktapur, Jibika Bajracharya performs her role in public during the 15-day long Dashain festival while spending the rest of the year as a goddess living a normal life with her parents at home until she is replaced at 11 years old. (Photo by Tom Van Cakenberghe/Getty Images)

The Kumari priest and his wife escort Jibika Bajracharya, the newly appointed child goddess Kumari, through the streets in Bhaktapur, Nepal. As the new Kumari of Bhaktapur, she performs her role in public during the 15-day long Dashain festival while spending the rest of the year as a goddess living a normal life with her parents at home until she is replaced at 11 years old.: photo by Tom Van Cakenberghe, 7 October 2016

 he Kumari priest and his wife escort Jibika Bajracharya, the newly appointed child goddess Kumari, through the streets on October 7, 2016 in Bhaktapur, Nepal. The Bhaktapur Kumari is a living child goddess and is an ancient tradition in Kathmandu Valley as devotees worship the newly appointed child goddess in order to receive blessings from ancestors or deities. As the new Kumari of Bhaktapur, Jibika Bajracharya performs her role in public during the 15-day long Dashain festival while spending the rest of the year as a goddess living a normal life with her parents at home until she is replaced at 11 years old. (Photo by Tom Van Cakenberghe/Getty Images)

The Kumari priest and his wife escort Jibika Bajracharya, the newly appointed child goddess Kumari, through the streets in Bhaktapur, Nepal. As the new Kumari of Bhaktapur, she performs her role in public during the 15-day long Dashain festival while spending the rest of the year as a goddess living a normal life with her parents at home until she is replaced at 11 years old.: photo by Tom Van Cakenberghe, 7 October 2016

A priest in traditional attire takes part during of the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016.

A priest in traditional attire takes part in the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur: photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters, 7 October 2016  

A priest in traditional attire takes part during of the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016.

A priest in traditional attire takes part in the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur: photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters, 7 October 2016


An #Afghan man who lost his father in a gunmen #attack weeps at the main gate of the Karte #Sakhi shrine in #Kabul #AFP: image via shahmarai @shahmarai, 11 October 2016


INDIA - Hindu devotees carry an idol of goddess Durga to be immersed near Sangam during Durga Puja festival in Allahabad. By @sanjaykanojia07: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 October 2016
 


 Clinton on October 3 in Toledo, Ohio: photo by Benjamin Lowy for The New York Times, 11 October 2016



 Clinton on October 3 in Toledo, Ohio: photo by Benjamin Lowy for The New York Times, 11 October 2016

 
Multiple monitors in the press room Sunday at the second presidential debate: photo by Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse, 12 October 2016
 


Multiple monitors in the press room Sunday at the second presidential debate: photo by Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse, 12 October 2016



This guy, at the rally with his wife and three kids, in his "She's A Cunt, Vote For Trump" shirt.: image via Sally Kohn @sallykohn, 10 October 2016

I disagree with Les. We always found good cunt at the Lyceum. Friendly cunt, clean cunt, spare cunt, jeans and knicker stuffed full of nice juicy hairy cunt, handfuls of cunt, palmful grabbing the cunt by the stem, or the root – infantile memories of cunt – backrow slides – slithery oily cunt, the cunt that breathes – the cunt that’s neatly wrapped in cotton, in silk, in nylon, that announces, that speaks or thrusts, that winks that’s squeezed in a triangle of furtive cloth backed by an arse that’s creamy, springy billowy cushiony tight, knicker lined, knicker skinned, circumscribed by flowers and cotton, by views, clinging knicker, juice ridden knicker, hot knicker, wet knicker, swelling vulva knicker, witty cunt, teeth smiling the eyes biting cunt, cultured cunt, culture vulture cunt, finger biting cunt, cunt that pours, cunt that spreads itself over your soft lips, that attacks, cunt that imagines – cunt you dream about, cunt you create as a Melba, a meringue with smooth sides – remembered from school boys’ smelly first cunt, first foreign cunt, amazing cunt – cunt that’s cruel. Cunt that protects itself and makes you want it even more cunt – cunt that smells of the air, of the earth, of bakeries, of old apples, of figs, of sweat of hands of sour yeast of fresh fish cunt. So – are we going Les? We might pick up a bit of crumpet. - Steven Berkoff [1937-]: East (1975), Scene 17




An Iowa house displays a poster of Hillary Clinton behind bars...: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 11 October 2016



... after displaying this Donald Trump photo in January: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 11 October 2016

Indian Shia Muslim men flagellate themselves during the mourning procession on the tenth day of Muharram, which marks the day of Ashura, in Chennai on October 12, 2016. Ashura mourns the death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who was killed by armies of the Yazid near Karbala in 680 AD. / AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKARARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images

Indian Shia Muslim men flagellate themselves during the mourning procession on the tenth day of Muharram, which marks the day of Ashura, in Chennai: photo by Arun Sankar/AFP, 12 October 2016

Indian Shia Muslim men flagellate themselves during the mourning procession on the tenth day of Muharram, which marks the day of Ashura, in Chennai on October 12, 2016. Ashura mourns the death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who was killed by armies of the Yazid near Karbala in 680 AD. / AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKARARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images 

Indian Shia Muslim men flagellate themselves during the mourning procession on the tenth day of Muharram, which marks the day of Ashura, in Chennai: photo by Arun Sankar/AFP, 12 October 2016


 IRAQ - Shiites perform during reenactment of Battle of Karbala, as part of a parade in period of Ashura in Baghdad. By Ahmad Al-Rubaye #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 October 2016


NEPAL - Young priests stand near Baramahini Temple during tenth day of Dashain (Durga Puja) in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu. By @PrakashMathema: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 October 2016


INDIA - A clay idol of goddess Durga floats in the Mahananda river in Siliguri at the end of the Durga Puja festival. By @DIPTENDUTTA: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 October 2016
 
Indian scavengers look for coins and re-usable items amongst the religious offerings and wooden frames of idols of goddess Durga which are piled up in the Yamuna river in New Delhi on October 12, 2016, following the Durga Puja festival.  / AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH SINGHPRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images

Indian scavengers look for coins and re-usable items amongst the religious offerings and wooden frames of idols of goddess Durga which are piled up in the Yamuna river in New Delhi: photo by Prakash Singh/AFP, 12 October 2016

Indian scavengers look for coins and re-usable items amongst the religious offerings and wooden frames of idols of goddess Durga which are piled up in the Yamuna river in New Delhi on October 12, 2016, following the Durga Puja festival.  / AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH SINGHPRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images 

Indian scavengers look for coins and re-usable items amongst the religious offerings and wooden frames of idols of goddess Durga which are piled up in the Yamuna river in New Delhi: photo by Prakash Singh/AFP, 12 October 2016

A woman grieves as a family member was shot by unknown assianlants on a street on October 10, 2016 in Manila, Philippines. The Duterte administration shifted to the next phase on its war on drugs after the first 100 days of President Rodrigo Duterte as over 3,700 people have been killed while more than 700,000 drug dependents surrendered to authorities. According to reports, Duterte received an "excellent" rating for his war on drugs during a recent opinion, with 84 percent of Filipinos respondents said they are satisfied with the drug crackdown.  (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

A woman grieves after a family member was shot by unknown assailants on a street on in Manila, Philippines: photo by Dondi Tawatao, 12 August 2016

A woman grieves as a family member was shot by unknown assianlants on a street on October 10, 2016 in Manila, Philippines. The Duterte administration shifted to the next phase on its war on drugs after the first 100 days of President Rodrigo Duterte as over 3,700 people have been killed while more than 700,000 drug dependents surrendered to authorities. According to reports, Duterte received an "excellent" rating for his war on drugs during a recent opinion, with 84 percent of Filipinos respondents said they are satisfied with the drug crackdown.  (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images) 
 
A woman grieves after a family member was shot by unknown assailants on a street on in Manila, Philippines: photo by Dondi Tawatao, 12 August 2016

A man walks for a street without light due to a power failure in the wake of Hurricane Matthew in Jeremie, Haiti, 11 October 2016. The category 4 hurricane made landfall in the country on 04 October, leaving more than 900 people dead and thousands displaced. According to the United Nations, in the wake of the hurricane a cholera outbreak has spread throughout the population.  EPA/ORLANDO BARRIA

A man walks in a street without light due to a power failure in the wake of Hurricane Matthew in Jeremie, Haiti: photo by Orlando Barria/EPA, 12 October 2016

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