the kalahari surfer

…….of the Thar desert, Pakistan - 13 km from the Indian border. 5 March
2007. A Hindu woman on her way to fetch water from an artesian well. Samoon
villiage,Thar desert, Pakistan. The village has a mixed population of 800
Hindus and Muslims. The Hindu women in rural Pakistan traditionally wear a
full veil while the Muslim women do not.

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A child scoops up a small boy in a Palestinian flag after he became
hysterical from the sound of a sonic boom that shattered a window in a
nearby apartment block.
Sonic booms are caused by low flying Israeli military jets breaking the
sound barrier and are used as a method of intimidation.

Two small sheep herders walk past one of three bridges that were
destroyed at the start of the Israeli incursion. Bedouins are traditionally
given the most menial jobs in Gaza. July 2006

Palestinian children sing nursery rhymes in a playground near an apartment
block in Gaza City. Civilians in Gaza live with the sound of gunfire, apache
helicopters, the buzzing of surveillance drones overhead and most terrifying
- the sonic booms of Israeli jets breaking the sound barrier, which is used
as a method of intimidation. Gaza, July 2006

Students at Islamic University leave summer camp a day before Israeli tanks
invade the nearby town of Beit Hanun, killing several civilians.
Beit Layiha, Gaza. July 2006

Student council members at Islamic Hamas University take part in a
protest after an Israeli air strike on the university destroyed a library
and other buildings. Israel has battered the Gaza strip with new air strikes
as troops stand poised to launch further incursions in a deadly offensive
that has killed more than 60 Palestinians in one week. Gaza City, 6 July
2006

Members of the student council at Islamic Hamas University take part in a protest after an Israeli air strike on the university destroyed a library and other buildings.
Israel has battered the Gaza strip with new air strikes as troops stand poised to launch further incursions in a deadly offensive that has killed more than 60 Palestinians in one week.
Gaza city 6/7/06