First place: The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023, leaving widespread destruction in the Rimal area.
Attribution: WAFA
Second place: Baby cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) sleeping at Cape cross, Namibia.
Attribution: Giles Laurent
Third place: A gigantic jet [a kind of upper-atmospheric lightning] photographed from the International Space Station by astronaut Nichole Ayers.
Israel can not be allowed to persist as a country in its current form. It’s people are sick.
Tell Merz. I can’t, I’d get kicked out of the country.
I also want to highlight what an incredible turnout we had. In the second round, we saw a massive jump in both the number of users voting and the total votes cast. We had exactly 13,979 votes cast by 3,509 users! To put that in perspective, last year we had 7,403 votes from 2,837 users. It is amazing to see that level of growth and community engagement.
– ZI Jony (POTY Committee)
True to its logo, Wikimedia has balls.
side effect of israel rx
That looks a lot like blood on that couch cushion. Gives some context as to how high the cost to this rubble.
How can anyone win a prize for a photo of an uninhabitable, left-over pile of rubble? How about a photo of a bustling market place, children playing, buyers price-negotiating with shopkeepers, in some far away, exotic place, for instance Gaza? Whatyarsaying? Oops.
