Some Images from the World we call OURS
Some Images from the World we call OURS :
Image01 : (Year: 1992, Photograph: James Nachtwey)
: A mother carries her dead child to the grave, after wrapping it in a shroud according to local custom. A bad drought coupled with the effects of civil war caused a terrible famine in Somalia, which claimed the lives of between one and two million people over a period of two years, more than 200 a day in the worst affected areas.
The international airlift of relief supplies which started in July was hampered by heavily armed gangs of clansmen who looted food storage centres and slowed down the distribution of the supplies by aid organisations.
Image02 : (Year: 2003, Photograph: Jean-Marc Bouju)
: An Iraqi man comforts his four-year-old son at a holding centre for prisoners of war, in the base camp of the US Army's 101st Airborne Division near An Najaf, Iraq.
The boy had become terrified when, according to orders, his father was hooded and handcuffed. A soldier later severed the plastic handcuffs so that the man could comfort his child.
Hoods were placed over detainees' heads because they were quicker to apply than blindfolds. The military said the bags were used to disorient prisoners and protect their identities. It is not known what happened to the man or the boy.
Image03 :(Year: 2006, Photograph: Spencer Platt)
: Young Lebanese drive down a street in Haret Hreik, a bombed neighbourhood in southern Beirut.
Image04 : (Year: 1991, Photograph: David Turnley)
: US Sergeant Ken Kozakiewicz, 23, gives vent to his grief as he learns that the body bag at his feet contains the remains of his friend Andy Alaniz.
'Friendly fire' claimed Alaniz's life and injured Kozakiewicz. On the last day of the Gulf War they were taken away from the war zone by a MASH unit evacuation helicopter.
I'm sad especially with the first one :(.
Oil alone doesnt solve the problem... building infrastructure to refine the oil is paramount... Iran imports its own oil after exporting it for refinement...
I know and chinese are doing extremely well in Angola and Congo. They are doling out huge infrastructure projects in these two countries with looking for short term gains. I think they are looking at long term strategic partnership to exploit the resources more comprehensively ;)
Good thing to do to avoid being called out sooner. Afterall chinese are smarter than others is what I think :))
Sudan is done , China has almost invaded it chasing away US and India :)
So will South Sudan. There marshes will produce oil and gas like nowhere before. Now watch out for the sympathisers ;)
Uganda will find lots of love now on , they have found oil ;)
Arien - Its the same everywhere...even in South Sudan,Somalia,Uganda or Pphilippines. It's the same story of greed and deceit.
BB exactly .. Thats why none including the UN ddnt even bother to intervene in the Rwandan Massacre!!!
TFS I remember the third one quite well.
Da'wah would be the solution.
Arien - No one cares coz they dont see any benefit. Oil , political,religious or otherwise ;)
Very Touching........ :(
Just a tip of the iceberg :( Mogadishu,Sudan and Congo will have 1000s of stories worse than this. Its all happening and none cares !!!!
TFS Pai-bro
So many images of strife, war, death, sadness .... Yet, life goes on...
I just can’t believe pic No.3 was actually taken during a heavy bombard net session by Israeli soldiers on South of Bruit! I mean despite all the bloodshed loss of life and devastating destruction thoese Lebanese chicks in the car never failed short of coming out of their houses without plastic boobs ‘n full make up on!
i feel sorry for 1st and second.
nature is responsible for first one and human is responsible for the rest.
The First is Somalia during the 2011 Famine.
The Second is Iraq during Nato invasion.
The third is in South of Bruit city, Lebanon (Nice boobs btw) Again from the 2005 3 weeks assault by Israel on Hezbullah.
The fourth is Israeli Soldiers trapped in crossfire from 2005 crackdown on Hezbullah.
So Famine, Fire, guns, bombings, War, Assaults and bloodshed are some of the characteristics of the so called modern world we living in. the real world we are living in today.
i recall it that too......seems something seriously wrong with us.
Can’t Imagine the scene wherein a mother carrying her child died of starvation, …………it’s our own world, own people, own race…….where’re we heading to…..
painther ... you forgot the vulture eating the kid photo... the one that got the award.
Touching images. tks for sharing.
feeling bad for the child :(
May Allah keep all of us in safe, beyond all griefs & at peace.
very touching..:( Thanks for Sharing...
Image 03 well explains the current world situation where everyone is ignoring the destruction behind their backs and acting like "i'm cool"
Thanks for Sharing.. very touching..:(
Mods, please delete the 2nd post! (wrong press :)
Paint Her - Thank you so much for posting these images. It highlights the contrast and the irony of our current world which we tend to appreciate sometimes. It's amwazing how these images capture the essence of it all in just a click.
Waiting for TB's comments from a photographer's perspective.