Picture of the Day: Lisbon, Portugal. Riot police stand outside of Portugal’s parliament behind a fire set by protesters demonstrating against the government’s 2013 budget.
Credit: Francisco Seco/AP. Via.
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Picture of the Day: Aleppo, Syria. A father carries his son and his gun home from Friday prayers.
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Picture of the Day: Gaza City. A woman clears debris after a strike.
The updated-as-of-this-posting-time total casualty count: 107 killed in Gaza (26 children) and 860 wounded (260 children), 22 people killed since midnight local time; 3 killed in Israel and 79 wounded.
Extra: Five minutes of the sounds from Gaza City Monday night (via Matthew Keys on the Reuters live blog).
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Picture of the Day: Aleppo, Syria. Free Syrian Army fighters during a quick moment of quiet in the fight for the city.
Credit: Achilleas Zavallis/AFP/Getty Images. Via.
Picture of the Day: Jalozai UNHCR refugee camp, Pakistan. 2012. A young Afghan girl in one of the largest of Pakistan’s 150 refugee and transit camps. It’s been in operation since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Check out some more of Sebastian Rich’s stunning and powerful war zone photography.
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Picture of the Day: Athens, Greece. Protesters have left their mark on this wall in the capital: “Capitalism is killing you,” and “Fascism won’t save you.”
Credit: Kostas Tsironis/AP. Via.
Picture of the Day: Athens, Greece. A protester runs from riot police amidst the tear gas during the general strike demonstrations.
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Picture of the Day: Athens, Greece. Riot police stamp out flames surrounding them after protesters threw a molotov cocktail at them. Police and demonstrators traded rocks, teargas and petrol bombs today as anti-austerity protests turned violent.
Credit: Alkis Konstantinidis/EPA. Via.
Picture of the Day: Cairo, Egypt. Protests continue in Egypt’s capital. This is the fourth day of sustained and serious protesting against America and the offensive film produced in Los Angeles. There are now protests ongoing in more than a dozen countries.
Credit: Tara Todras-Whitehall/New York Times. Via.
Picture of the Day: Morghan-Khecha village, Daman district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Two U.S. troops and an Afghan soldier stand behind a mud wall during a random security check to collect biodata.
Credit: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty. Via.
Picture of the Day: Kangan, India. Saleena Khan, a member of the nomadic people known as the Bakharwal, clutches a cup inside a temporary camp.
Credit: Dar Yasin/AP. Via.
Picture of the Day: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mourners gather to mark the loss of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died last week after 21 years in office.
Read: TIME’s “The Strongman Who May Be Missed: Meles Zenawi 1955-2012.”
Credit: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty. Via.
Picture of the Day: Karachi, Pakistan. Firefighters work to put out a flaming vehicle after continued clashes in the city, spurred on by anger over killings related to political/ethnic/sectarian violence. More than 700 have been killed in targeted killings this year in Karachi.
I’ve written two pieces in the past year or so on the roots of ongoing violence in Sindh provincial capital, and Pakistan’s economic hub: one at AlterNet and one at The Risky Shift.
Credit: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty. Via.
Picture of the Day: Sitra, Bahrain. Masked protesters wave the country’s flag amidst a cloud of tear gas.
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Picture of the Day: Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Children look out from within a vehicle.
Check out the selection of photos on NBC’s website of the continuing daily lives of young children amidst the Syrian conflict.
Credit: Muhammad Muheisen/AP. Via.
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