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Members of the emergency services drive next to a barrier to...



Members of the emergency services drive next to a barrier to protect from flooded river Danube in the village of Stein-Krems in Lower Austria, about 80 km (50 miles) west of Vienna June 4. Torrential rain in Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria caused heavy flooding over the past days, forcing people to evacuate their homes.

Your blog is absolutely incredible, I have never come across a more honest blog and I truly admire...

Your blog is absolutely incredible, I have never come across a more honest blog and I truly admire all that you do. I am an aspiring journalist and I have recently made a new Twitter that focuses entirely on the Middle East. If possible, I was hoping you might share it with your followers. https://twitter.com/Arieta_Lajka

If not, I completely understand. Keep up the amazing work!

Best,

Arieta

A couple wearing gas masks walk at a street in Istanbul on...



A couple wearing gas masks walk at a street in Istanbul on Tuesday as the demonstrations continue.

Grade school students cross a river on a makeshift bamboo raft...



Grade school students cross a river on a makeshift bamboo raft on the first day of a new school year in a remote village in Rizal province, east of Manila, June 3, 2013.

Riot police using tear gas against an unidentified woman in...



Riot police using tear gas against an unidentified woman in Istanbul's Taksim Square on May 28. 2013.

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A man works at a makeshift oil refinery site in al-Mansoura...



A man works at a makeshift oil refinery site in al-Mansoura village in Raqqa's countryside, on May 5, 2013. Many civilians in the village who lost their jobs due to the Syrian conflict are making a living by refining crude oil to extract useful fuel such as gasoline and kerosene for sale.

An improvised mortar, with a projectile fashioned from a gas...



An improvised mortar, with a projectile fashioned from a gas cylinder, placed by Free Syrian Army fighters in Binnish, in Idlib province.

i’m from turkey and turkey is like that now

i’m from turkey and turkey is like that now

Protestors from the Blockupy movement are sprayed by policemen...



Protestors from the Blockupy movement are sprayed by policemen on June 1, in Frankfurt, Germany.

Turkish riot police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators...



Turkish riot police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators during a protest against the planned construction of a new shopping mall at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 31, 2013. Protesting under the slogan 'OccupyGezi', activists have been staging a demonstration since May 28 to save Taksim Square.

A Syrian boy holds an AK-47 assault rifle in the...



A Syrian boy holds an AK-47 assault rifle in the majority-Kurdish Sheikh Maqsud district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.

In this citizen journalism image released on May 2, 2013 by a...



In this citizen journalism image released on May 2, 2013 by a group that calls itself The Syrian Revolution Against Bashar Assad, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man, center, identifies dead bodies, who were killed according to activists by Syrian forces loyal to Bashar Assad, in Bayda village, in the mountains outside the coastal city of Banias, Syria.

Groups of protestors from the Blockupy movement are seperated by...



Groups of protestors from the Blockupy movement are seperated by policemen on June 1, in Frankfurt, Germany, during a demonstration to coincide with the 15th birthday of the ECB. Anti-austerity demontrastions are organised today in Lisbon and Madrid too.

Demonstrators flee from a water cannon during clashes with riot...



Demonstrators flee from a water cannon during clashes with riot police on May 31, 2013 during a protest against the demolition of Taksim Gezi Park, in Taksim Square in Istanbul.

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Firefighters burn a mock coffin bearing the words "RIP...



Firefighters burn a mock coffin bearing the words "RIP Public Services", during a protest against austerity measures in front of the Catalunya Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, on May 29. The European Union moved away from its focus on tough austerity Wednesday when it gave France, Spain and four other member states more time to bring their budget deficits under control to support their economies.

Riot police charge at firefighters during a protest against...



Riot police charge at firefighters during a protest against austerity measures in front of the Catalunya Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, on May 29, 2013.  

A Palestinian worker holds a pot made out of kneaded mud in one...



A Palestinian worker holds a pot made out of kneaded mud in one of the largest pottery workshops in the Gaza Strip, where pottery is a traditional industry, on May 28. According to reports, over 50 pottery workshops in Gaza have closed over the past few years. This decline in production is due to the availability of cheaper, plastic containers, as well as to the ongoing Israeli economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip.

An opposition supporter wears a mask to hide his identity late...



An opposition supporter wears a mask to hide his identity late on May 25, as protesters clashed with police in the Kodjoviakope neighborhood of Lome, Togo. Authorities have banned all protests in the capital after violent clashes this week. Protests organized by "Let's Save Togo," a coalition of opposition and civil society groups, over various issues, have been either banned or dispersed with tear gas in recent months.

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