#1. Dangerous games: Boys play on the roof of the entrance to a football stadium in Gao, Mali, February 20

#2. When in Rome... Wolf researcher Werner Freund bites into a deer cadaver next to a Mongolian wolf inside an enclosure at Wolfspark Werner Freund, in Merzig in the German province of Saarland, January 24

#3. Syrian deaths: A father reacts after the death of two of his children, whom activists said were killed during shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at the al-Ansari area in Aleppo January 3

#4. Colour festival: A Hindu devotee looks on in a cloud of coloured powder inside a temple during "Lathmar Holi" at the village of Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 21

#5. Amazonians: Munduruku Indians, many of whom are flying for the first time, board a Brazilian Air Force plane to fly to Brasilia, Brazil, for talks with the government, in Altamira, June 4

#6. Malta: A Somali would-be immigrant looks out of a window on a police bus after arriving at the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) Maritime Squadron base in Valletta, Malta, July 10

#7. Greasy tradition: A man runs up the 'gostra', a pole covered in grease, during the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian's, outside Valletta, Malta, August 25

#8. Syrian weapons: Issa, 10, carries a mortar shell in a weapons factory of the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, September 7

#9. Army: Lesleigh Coyer, 25, of Saginaw, Michigan, lies down in front of the grave of her brother, Ryan, who served with the U.S. Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia March 11

#10. Marriage: Palestinian groom Ahmed Soboh, 15 and his bride Tala, 14, stand inside Tala's house during their wedding party in the town of Beit Lahiya, near the border between Israeli and Gaza Strip September 24

SOURCE: http://blogs.reuters.com/fullfocus/2013/12/01/best-photos-of-the-year-2013/#a=4

The photos above were chosen as the most influential of 2013. Choose a photo and provide your interpretation of it. Answer one of the following about the photo, (a) What personal connection do you have with it? (b) What does it show about society? (c) What does it show about humans?

-Brenden Lee Teacher

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#104, 2013