#147, 2015
1. Children stand next to a Banksy mural on the remains of a destroyed house in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The house was destroyed last year during fighting between Israel and Hamas.
2. A housing development meets the edge of underdeveloped desert in Cathedral City, California.
3. Smoke rises from the Calbuco volcano near Puerto Montt, Chile. It was the volcano’s first eruption in more than 40 years, and nearby residential areas were evacuated.
4. A masked protestor runs away as police use water cannons on May Day demonstrators in Istanbul. Clashes erupted between police and protestors who defied a government ban on marching to Taksim Square.
5. Migrants who were found at sea collect rainwater at a temporary shelter in Myanmar. Myanmar, which had previously disavowed responsibility for Rohingya migrants stranded at sea, said it would provide search and rescue for “boat people” in its territorial wastes.
6. As a precaution against the spread of the MERS virus, workers spray antiseptic solution at an art hall in Seoul, South Korea. A few dozen people were killed in an outbreak that started in May.
7. The White House is lit up in rainbow colors to commemorate the Supreme Court’s ruling to legalize same-sex marriage.
8. NASA scientists announce that water still flows across the surface of Mars from time to time. In the photo above, dark, narrow streaks called curring slope lineae are seen on the slopes of the Gami Crater. Scientists have inferred that they were formed by contemporary flowing water.
9. Rice terraces reflect the colors of twilight in Yuanyang, China.
10. A man and girl use a banana leaf to cover themselves from the rain as they in the sea on the outskirts of Colon, Panama.
11. A large crowd gathers to lay flowers and candles in front of the Carillon restaurant, one of the establishments in Paris targeted by terrorists in the November 13 attacks.
SOURCE: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/03/world/gallery/year-in-pictures-2015/index.html
To complete this Journal response,
- Choose one of the photos and answer one or more of the following: (a) Describe the photo in your own words. (b) What might the photographer want you to think when you look at the photo? (c) What does the photo show about human nature?
- Comment on one of your peer's responses.
-Brenden Lee Teacher
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