“It is an amazing photographic record of the authentic tragedy in Gaza,” Poynter’s Kenny Irby said in an email. “The rendering of light is aways a super subjective issue, made even the more complex by new imaging innovations.” (via World Press Photo: ‘No evidence of significant photo manipulation’ in award-winning shot | Poynter.)

Pékin en fin d’après-midi. Un tout petit peu de pollution dans l’air, mais juste un soupçon hein, quasiment rien en fait… (via Beijing in the smog - Imgur)

Even in its larval state, Hercules beetles wield sizable jaws and can remain in this form for up to two years, making them a perfect starter pet for toddlers, if your parenting skills are the living personification of a Vincent Price character. They’re so reclusive that they usually require an ultraviolet light to even locate, should you be the type of person who requires this piece of information. (via 5 Monster-Sized Versions of Bugs That Will Haunt Your Dreams | Cracked.com)

The dark shadows of a girl blowing bubbles. It’s one of many ghosted silhouettes that seem even more lonely out here. (via I went to Chernobyl - Imgur)

Taylor said several of the eight hovercraft in the photo appear to be digital clones, speculating that at least two of them had simply been copied and pasted elsewhere. Another craft raised suspicions due to its “soft edges, lack of visible wake, and color oddities”.

(via Did North Korea photoshop its hovercraft? | World news | guardian.co.uk)

En légende de la photo, le texte appelle “le grand peuple égyptien d’empêcher l’asservissement religieux de la part du nouveau prophète Morsi” et de “permettre à l’Egypte de parvenir à un véritable développement démocratique”. De même, le groupe Femen met en garde le président Morsi que, s’il devait donner l’ordre d’ouvrir le feu sur son peuple, sa fin sera parmi les crocodiles du Nil et non pas dans une sépulture digne des pyramides. “A mort la servitude religieuse, vive la liberté et les droits de l’homme”, conclu la page.

(via ÉGYPTE • Aliaa Magda Elmahdy à nouveau nue contre le régime de Morsi | Courrier international)

Not long ago, our marriage was illegal. Be on the right side of history. Marriage equality for all.

Now, it’s possible that this computer – encased in a giant metal box, looking very retro – does something amazing. But note some of the environmental details: the dining room chair, the consumer desktop keyboard and Logitech mouse. None of those really scream “advanced military computing technology” so much as they suggest “we should put an old Dell in this metal box to show to Dear Leader.” If you’ve been spending a lot of time reading about North Korea’s recent flurry of threats and provocations, apparently edging right up to the line of starting a war, perhaps it will ease your mind a bit to glimpse the technology and leadership behind its million-man army. (via A photo that makes North Korea look a lot less scary)

Azadi (“Freedom”) Tower, the gateway to Tehran designed in 1966 by a then 24-year-old Hossein Amanat. A practicing Bahai’i, Hossein was forced to flee Iran after the Islamist government labeled followers of the religion “unprotected infidels.” He now lives in Canada. (Amos Chapple)# (via One photographer’s journey inside Iran - The Big Picture - Boston.com)

For Mr Falkvinge, one of the things that was striking about it, in view of what he later learned, was that Woman A volunteered to become Mr Assange’s press secretary during the meal. Mr Falkvinge has refused to go into details about the way Woman A behaved with Mr Assange, because he has to give evidence in court if a trial is held. But he made it clear that he did not think Woman A behaved like a victim or someone who had suffered a traumatic sexual experience only two days earlier.

(via Julian Assange rape claim: Is this the photo that could clear him? | Mail Online)

5 Incredible Images, Videos of Bioluminescent Water - TechEBlog

Young Kate Bush on the window with curtains. 

(Source : kate-dreamers)