Some cool celebrity kids images:
Collector of Children
Image by spdl_n1
Not a particularly good picture, but the only one of me with the kids. At around this stage a couple of women in chador-type clothing came up to us. I thought they must have been the mothers of a couple of the kids, and were going to tell us off or something, not least as the older girl who liked posing put her arms around me at one stage.
Of course not! They wanted to say hello too, and wanted to take pictures of *us* with their mobile phone cameras. I'm not sure if they were locals or not - they were dressed more like Iranians than Syrians - but wherever they were from, they were incredibly friendly. Emma and I felt like celebrities!
I eventually had to call an end to the carnival, as my CF card was filling up, and we would have ended up in the Mosque until it closed, had we not extricated ourselves. During our walk out of the Mosque, we had about 10 of the kids trailing behind us waving and saying goodbye to us. All very joyful, humbling and fun.
Heart of an Orphan
Image by Michael Mistretta
Aaand after a month, I am finally back from Africa.
Zambia has been called the cradle of the orphan crisis. Of the 10 million people that populate Zambia, 2 million are AIDS orphans that are left to fend for themselves and their siblings alone.
And we went—70 North American teenagers and young adults—to go and change the lives we could. We held a camp with 300 orphans: clothing them, feeding them, giving them a place to live. The thought of "white celebrities" coming to hug and play with them brought tears to their eyes.
We loved children that never felt what it is like to be loved.
My goal, is simply to attempt to give you the slightest taste of what we saw. The hearts that broke. The tears we shed. My goal is to give all of you a look into Zambia—a glimpse into the Heart of an Orphan.
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John Oliver Occupy Wall Street 2011 Shankbone
Image by david_shankbone
Photos from Liberty Park on Sunday, October 16, Day 31 of Occupy Wall Street.
David Shankbone
Good Magazine: The (Un)Official Occupy Wall Street Photographer's 15 Favorite Frames
The Occupy Wall Street Creative Commons Project
Day 1 September 17 Photos - Preoccupation and Occupation Begins
Day 2 September 18 Photos - People settle in; cardboard sign menage begins
Day 3 September 19 Photos - Community forms; protest signs
Day 7 September 23 Photos - First rain, protest signs, life
Day 8 September 24 Photos - Pepper spray day, Zuni Tikka, people
Day 9 September 25 Photos
Day 12 September 28 Photos
Day 14 September 30 Photos
Day 16 October 2 Photos
Day 17 October 3 Photos
Day 20 October 5 Photos
Day 21 October 6 Photos - Naomi Klein
Day 23 October 8 - Faces of OWS
Day 28 October 13 - Tom Morello of RATM
Day 31 - protesting Chihuahua and The Daily Show
Day 36 - Parents and Kids Day and quite a crowd
Day 40 - protesting hotties, Reverend Billy and tents
Day 43 Photos - Snow storm at OWS of the first NYC winter snowfall
Day 47 - Solidarity with Occupy Oakland
Day 50 November 5
Day 52 November 7 - Jonathan Lethem, Lynn Nottage and Jennifer Egan
Day 53 November 8 - David Crosby and Graham Nash play OWS
Day 57 November 12 - Former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey
Day 60 November 15 - Police evict protesters from Zuccotti
Occupy Colorado Springs Colorado on November 20
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