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After the tsunami

Weligama, Sri Lanka. June 20, 2017.

A little blue fishing boat resting on the beach of Weligama in Sri Lanka with the name Texelaar caught my eye. My family hails from the Dutch Wadden Island of Texel; people from the …

Palmyra Under Threat

Palmyra, Syria @Mary Munnik, 2004

On Sunday Syrian government forces drove Daesh out of the ancient oasis town of Palmyra, home to a UNESCO world heritage site, of which the jihadists. had seized the northern part of the modern town …