About two decades ago, in Burkina Faso -as a result of the lack of security, the corruption of law enforcement and the bribery of judicial authorities -the emergence armed self-defence groups created mainly to fight robbery, thieves and armed assaults began to emerge. These militias, popularly known in the Mossi language as Koglweogo (like the Defenders of Nature) have become the law and occupy the territory where police and military forces are absent within a completely corrupt system. Traditional uniforms, weapons of past centuries, unorthodox methods of interrogation, lashes, chains, machetes ... extreme punishment. The forty soldiers of the Koglweogo in Goudrin who watch over and care for the more than 53,000 inhabitants of this slum outside Ouagadougou are very clear: Those who do not like Koglweogo are because they are thieves.

Rohingya crisis is a widely talked issue of the recent times. Unlike many other tensions revolving around other minority communities, this issue has met a wide scale of exposure and media coverage. This certainly opens the door for the world to contemplate on and distinguish between what is right and wrong. Rohingya is the most persecuted community. They have been expatriated from their own neighborhood, holding an improbable story, capable of shocking the world. The story unveils the tales of suffering, agony and ill treatment from their government. Rohingyas are an ethnic community, mostly consisting of Muslims, who used to live in the state of Rakhine for centuries. The minority group is consisted of 1.3 million people, but only 40,000 of them hold the citizenship of Myanmar. The government of Myanmar defies the fact that they are their very own people; rather it has regarded them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, who trespassed on the land of Myanmar during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. As different dimensions of the story unfold, the root to this crisis is asserted to have been found in the 80’s. The then ruling party in Myanmar, enforced a law in 1982, which refused to recognize Rohingyas as an ethnic group, let alone as citizens of Myanmar. From then onwards, the sufferings and agony of these people know no bound. The situation began to get worse with the increasing attacks carried by the Myanmar Army on the Rohingyas, and on August 25, 2017, the Rohingyas, for the sake of saving their lives, started to evacuate their own lands and entered into their neighboring country called Bangladesh. The magnitude of refugee influx was so influencing that about a million of Rohingyas entered into the land of Bangladesh in a matter of just a few days. Their houses were burnt, assets were seized, and their belongings were killed. Since most of their historical evidences have been destroyed already, it has now become difficult to advocate for the right of their citizenship. Yet, authentic sources confirm that a bilateral treaty may be signed between both neighboring countries in order to rehabilitate them. While covering the Rohingya crisis, I could sense the prominent fear of life and insecurities on the faces of Rohingya that stemmed from the attacks. They saw death from a hand’s distance. Their face spoke of their ordeal. Thus, they seemed to be at a loss when asked about going back to their homeland. The immense trepidation on their face moved me. They seemed not to get over with their traumatic experiences; some of them turned into stones losing their beloved ones. The only thing they wanted was the hope to stay alive without being killed, fired or slaughtered. Even here in the refugee camps, they have not become capable of making their two ends meet. All of these collective experiences have put me into disturbance. At the same time, the sealing of the borders may seem easy, but it’s difficult to implement one. And following this, tragedies, unfolding one by one gradually, seem never ending. Above all, it made me realize the preciousness of life.

Ukrainian oxymoron This story has no end yet. It continues, every day, every hour… The history of the struggle for the independence of Ukraine, which is lost in the centuries. The Soviet Union collapsed... Ukraine became an independent state. However, this did not lead to its independence. Two revolutions, the change of presidents and parliament led to a deterioration. Ukraine lost its territory, war and chaos began inside of the country. Authorities received by oligarchs. Their only concern is personal enrichment. They are robbing the country. Corruption and banditism flourish as never before. People became poor and helpless. In 2017, Ukraine began a new stage of struggle for regeneration of political system of the country. The struggle was headed by Mikheil Saakashvili, ex-President of Georgia. Like Prometheus he took up a complex work, the meaning: To be or not to be. The goal is to make Ukraine a prosperous state.

Володарі премії Grammy на джазовому фестивалі у Львові. Джазове мистецтво зародилось у США. Поступово джаз прийшов до більшості країн вільного світу і став музикою ХХІ століття. В Україні джаз почав стрімко розвиватись з отриманням незалежності. Цьому, в тім числі, сприяли концерти в Україні виконавців світового рівня. Багато володарів музичної премії Grammy виступали в останні роки на джазовому фестивалі у Львові. Chick Corea – 22 Grammy Chucho Valdes – 5 Grammy Dave Weckl – 1 Grammy Eric Marienthal – 2 Grammy Gregory Porter – 2 Grammy Herbie Hancock – 22 Grammy Herbie Hancock та Chick Corea – 44 Grammy John Patitucci – 1 Grammy Львів, Alfa jazz fest, 25–27 червня 2017 року.

Rohingya Refugee Crisis: An estimated 650,000 Rohingya (according to UNICEF, almost 60 percent of the refugees are children) have fled Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh to escape killings, arson, sexual violence and other atrocities. Most of them walked three to six days, barefoot over mountains and across rivers. They arrived exhausted, sick and hungry. Human rights investigators said that Myanmar’s military killed more than 1,000 civilians in the state of Rakhine, and possibly as many as 5,000, though it will be hard to ever know because Myanmar is not allowing the United Nations or anyone else into the impacted areas. United Nations OHCHR said that According to Human Rights Watch, since August25, 2017, Burmese security forces have been carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims government troops had targeted “houses, fields, food-stocks, crops, livestock and even trees,” making it “almost impossible” for the Rohingya to return home. This is the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis. Minara Begum entered Bangladesh from Myanmar after walking for four days and crossing the river. A boatman took 5000 BDT ($63) in exchange for crossing the river. Minara Begum's parents died in 2012 at the hands of Myanmar army and, in September 2017, the Myanmar army killed her husband's parents. Her husband's sister was slaughtered after being raped and her husband's brother was shot dead. They haven’t yet received any relief in Tengkhali refugee camp in Ukhia. She built a house with plastic. She has three daughters and her sister in law has two. The children urgently need protection, food, water and sanitation and health services. Many Rohingya mothers are giving birth to children while coming to Bangladesh from Myanmar and many children have been born in refugee camps. Children suffered greatly in this crisis, losing their childhood and education and lacking a safe and nurturing environment. The Myanmar government does not even use the word Rohingya or recognize them as a distinct group, preferring to call them Bengalis.” Much of the violence was flamboyantly brutal, intimate and personal — the kind that is unleashed by a long, bitter history of ethnic hatred. People were holding the soldiers’ feet, begging for their lives. But they didn’t stop. They just kicked them off and killed them. They chopped people into pieces. They shot people. They threw children into the fire. They raped women and young girls and left them senseless. They are killing the Rohingya like dogs. Even some influential Buddhist monks said the Rohingya were the reincarnation of snakes and insects and should be exterminated, like vermin. New reports claim the Myanmar military has begun laying landmines along the border and that soldiers have been shooting unarmed civilians even as they try to flee. Rohingya Muslims demand full-fledged Myanmar citizenship and recognition as Rohingya. Recent Report: 6,700 Rohingya were killed by Myanmar security forces in one month following a government-led crackdown in the country's Rakhine state in late August, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

The Center Saint Louis Orione in Bombouaka, Togo (West Africa), is home to about 70 children, mostly in neglect, with severe and profound physical or intellectual disabilities, providing specialized and personalized care to try to improve their quality of life. Children with disabilities (especially girls) are at high risk of physical, emotional and sexual abuse as well as being abandoned by their families. There is a perception on the part of their communities that the disabilities are due to a divine punishment, the result of the sins committed by the parents, of an act of the devil, or that the child is a sorcerer. Minors who suffer from a disability are considered supernatural, strangers or demons. In some areas of the country, children with cerebral palsy are known as snakes, as they lie on the ground. These little ones are drowned in the river in rituals for the serpent to leave. Social welfare indicators place Togo at the bottom of the planet's human development index (HDI). It was also considered the least happy country on the planet according to the UN World Happiness Report.

Against. The project is about a young generation of the Russian protest movement. A new surge of protest activity covered almost all regions of Russia in 2017. Tens of thousands of people came to the streets under the slogans Against corruption on March 26 and June 12. Organized by opposition politician leader Alexei Navalny, protest actions were held in approximately 100 Russian cities. Unlike the previous protest actions in 2012, most of the protesters today are the new generation of youth: schoolchildren and students. Many of them were born under the current government, headed by President Vladimir Putin. They grew up and they had their own questions to the government and society, their demands and their desires for something to change. The mass character of the protest is expanding rapidly on the Internet. Schoolchildren and students conduct live broadcasts on social networks, publish their own reports from the scene, and being not afraid of the detention, conduct photo and video diaries from the remand centres. More than 1,700 people were detained in the country, some of them minors, on June 12, during the celebration of the Day of Russia.

«Ты можешь прожить без еды. Она тебе не нужна!», «Просыпайся с мыслью: сегодня я легче, сегодня я красивее», «Ана – твоя лучшая подружка, никому не говори о ней». Такими фразами пестрят популярные интернет-паблики, посвящённые анорексии. Количество подписчиков в них - тысячи. Ана – это краткое название анорексии, психического заболевания, при котором человек сознательно отказывается от еды. Распространённое среди подростков, по неофициальным данным - в 50% случаев заболевание приводит к смерти. Молодые девушки готовы на все, чтобы их вес не превышал 40 килограмм. Но главная цель – отметка 30. Такие параметры диктуют мировые тенденции моды. Нервная анорексия – профессиональное расстройство моделей. Сегодня она стала частью жизни обычных людей, никак не связанных с миром моды. Неосторожная фраза, оскорбительный комментарий о комплекции приводят к тому, что девушки резко меняют образ жизни и готовы на любые жертвы, чтобы соответствовать призрачным идеалам. Как правило, рацион девушки с анорексией составляют овощи, фрукты и вода. Не более 500 калорий в день, при суточной норме в 2000. На завтрак – кофе, он, как и сигареты, помогает заглушить голод. Следующий этап расстройства – булимия. Бесконтрольный приём пищи в больших количествах становится каждодневным адом и заканчивается стимуляцией очищения желудка до 5-6 раз ежедневно. Многие люди, страдающие анорексией, осознают свою проблему, но страх набрать лишние граммы делают ее похожей на наркотическую зависимость.

27 декабря 1943 года Президиум Верховного Совета СССР издал указ о ликвидации Калмыцкой АССР. Сразу после началось осуществление операции «Улусы» - депортация коренного населения Калмыкии в Сибирь. Выселение калмыков рассматривалась как мера наказания за массовое противодействие органам Советской власти и борьбу против Красной Армии. Для осуществления операции руководство НКВД задействовало более 4000 отозванных с фронта солдат. Всего за два дня около сотни тысяч человек лишились дома. Их вывозили в вагонах для скота, по дороге они умирали от голода, переохлаждения и эпидемий. Калмыки были расселены по всей Сибири. Их везли в Омскую, Новосибирскую, Свердловскую, Тюменскую и другие области. Компактное проживание не допускалось, в одной деревне оставляли по несколько семей. В ссылке умерло более 40 тысяч человек. Общие потери населения калмыцкого народа составили более половины его общей численности. 17 марта 1956 года калмыки были реабилитированы, им было разрешено вернуться на родину. Они бросали обжитые места и возвращались на родную землю. Спустя десятилетия им удалось сохранить свою культуру, язык и традиции. В 1991 году российским парламентом депортация калмыков была признака актом геноцида.

Fashion infection.Behind the scenes

Festiwal Karpaty OFFer Nowy Sącz 2016

8 февраля 2018 года на сцене Оперной студии Бакинской Музыкальной Академии имени Узеира Гаджибейли был представлен новый грандиозный проект-постановка оперы «Норма» знаменитого итальянского композитора Винченцо Беллини Опера «Норма» ввиду ее сложности ставится театрами довольно редко, именно поэтому выбор данной оперы со стороны оперной студии Бакинской Музыкальной Академии стал значимым событием музыкальной жизни столицы. Премьера приурочена к 120-летию первой азербайджанской оперной певице Шовкет Мамедовой В данной серии представлены моменты репетиций. On February 8, 2018 on the stage of the Opera Studio of the Baku Musical Academy named after Uzeir Hajibeyli, a new grandiose project-production of the opera Norma by the famous Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini Opera Norma due to its complexity is staged by theaters rather rarely, which is why the choice of this opera from the opera studio of the Baku Musical Academy has become a significant event in the musical life of the capital. The premiere is timed to the 120th anniversary of the first Azerbaijani opera singer Shovket Mamedova In this series are the moments of rehearsals.

Stanley Brckhenridge i JBBO w Atelier Jazz Club

ƏSA («Трость») - первый азербайджанский театр с участием актеров с ограниченными возможностями. Репортаж с постановки спектакля DUMB. Сюжет спектакля рассказывает о проблеме главного героя — мы видим человека в конце его жизненного пути, в психиатрической больнице, где он задается вечным вопросом — «быть или не быть?», умереть или остаться в живых? Каждый этап жизни главного героя представлен небольшим моно-спектаклем с участием разных актеров.

On the outskirts of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, we can find the Boulmigou quarry. Located in one of the many slums of the Burkinabe capital, in this quarry work more than 1500 people, mainly women and children. It is the last work hope for the poorest people of the city, those who have no other choice. An incredibly inhospitable place. An unbearably hot enclave (over 40 degrees Celsius daily) and makes it practically impossible to work with minimum safety and hygiene conditions, making this place ideal for the proliferation of respiratory diseases and skin Perennial among its inhabitants. Burkina Faso, with a population of around 18 million people, continues to be one of the poorest countries in the world. Half of the population survives with less than 1 US dollar a day; from which two out of five children are malnourished and do not go to school; And where social welfare indicators continue to be below sub-Saharan averages, putting the country at the bottom of the human development index (HDI) of the planet.

The street is able to see a summary of the community so I chose mirrors to reflect the other side of the people and the second view of the perspective of the story of the community reflected on the same here as the corner of the invisible spiritual side of the community through what the mirrors out of the feelings within us

РОЖДЕНИЕ И СМЕРТЬ - ЭТО АКСИОМА: ОДНАКО В ЖИЗНИ КАЖДОМУ ИЗ НАС ПРИХОДИЛОСЬ ПРОПУСТИТЬ СКВОЗЬ СЕРДЦЕ ЭТУ ГОРЕЧЬ УТРАТЫ, СКОРБЬ О ТЕХ, КТО ПОКОИТСЯ НА КЛАДБИЩЕ... ПОРОЙ ХОЧЕТСЯ УКУТАТЬСЯ В ПЛЕД В НАДЕЖДЕ СОГРЕТЬСЯ - НАМ ХОЛОДНО НЕ СНАРУЖИ, А ВНУТРИ. ПРИ ОДНОЙ ТОЛЬКО МЫСЛИ, ЧТО РОЖДЕНИЕ И СМЕРТЬ, СИНОНИМЫ, МЫ ВЗДРАГИВАЕМ,ПЫТАЯСЬ ОТСТРАНИТЬСЯ ОТ ДЕЙСТВИТЕЛЬНОСТИ. И ТОЛЬКО ПАМЯТЬ, ДОБРАЯ ПАМЯТЬ ВЕДЕТ НАС НА ПОГОСТ. ИНОГДА ЧУВСТВЕННЫЕ ПЕРЕЖИВАНИЯ ТАК ЗАВИНЧИВАЮТ НАШИ ДУШИ В ШТОПОР ПЕРЕЖИВАНИЙ, ЧТО ОКРУЖАЮЩИМ КАЖЕТСЯ, БУДТО ТЫ НАДЕЛ МАСКУ. НО ЭТО НЕ ЛИЦЕДЕЙСТВО, А ОБРАЗ! ОБРАЗ ЖИЗНИ , ГДЕ ЖИВУТ ВОСПОМИНАНИЯ, ПАМЯТЬ ГОРЬКОЙ ПРАВДЫ ЖИЗНИ.ЖИЗНИ, КОТОРАЯ ПОРОЙ БОЛЬШЕ ПОХОЖАЯ НА БОЛЬ!

Схауат - Тихая грусть ушедшей жизни Посвящается 75 - летию жертв депортации Карачаевского народа.

A rapa das bestas is the name given to the annual curro (roundup) of wild horses celebrated the first friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday of July in Sabucedo, Pontevedra, Spain. Across more than 200 km² of hillside currently more than six-hundred horses roam freely in fourteen droves, referred to in Galician as bestas (mares) and garañones (stallions). The festival involves bringing the horses down from the hillside, gathering them into an enclosure, cutting their manes and tails, and tagging them, nowadays with a microchip. The curro in Sabucedo is the most renowned of all and is set apart from the rest by unique characteristics, the most important of which is that neither ropes, sticks, nor other such instruments are used to subdue the animals. The aloitadores, those responsible for restraining the horses whilst the rapa takes place, use only their body strength and raw skill to complete the job.

Due to heavy rain and flood almost one million people are hardest hit at West Bengal , India in 2017. People trying to move to a safer place as their home got totally destroyed from this devastating flood. Rescue operation from the local people only the last option for them to survive with some food and drinking water .

Propagation of the species is mandatory for survival of all living things. The following images depicts how various species practice this act all under natural environment.

Есть у башкирского народа поговорка, которая гласит: «Не зная прошлого, не найдешь верного пути в будущее». Актуальна она и сегодня. Башкиры считают, что должны стремиться к тому, чтобы на рубеже веков брать из истории лучшее. Издавна башкиры считались лихими наездниками, умело пользовались оружием, украсть коня и девушку считалось удальством. Кумыс, приготовленный из кобыльего молока, известен с давних времен. В Башкирии по-прежнему придерживаются традиций, а изготовление кумыса в молодых башкирских семьях с каждым годом становится всё популярнее.

Мертвий сезон Звичні для пересічного українця чорноморські курорти запам'ятовуються, як правило, теплим морем, гарячими піщаними пляжами з дитячими розвагами, мушлями та мідіями. Будакська коса – унікальне природне утворення, що вмістило в себе ціле курортне селище Затока, і майже пряму лінію чудових кварцових дрібно-піщаних пляжів. Влітку цей курорт притягує до себе тисячі відпочиваючих з України, Білорусі та Молдови. Дитячий сміх, веселощі, музика в пляжних кафе не замовкають майже цілодобово. Місцеві підприємці жваво торгують фруктами, вином і сувенірами. Житло для приїжджих здається на будь-який смак. Але з настанням холодів все змінюється. Розквітаюче під час літнього сезону морське узбережжя раптом стає безлюдним і пустельним. Зачинені пансіонати, холодний штормовий вітер, метрові хвилі навівають моторошну тугу на всяк хто потрапив сюди. Вражаючий контраст: наповнене життям узбережжя влітку – і моторошне по своїй смутності запустіння взимку. Як біла смуга і чорна смуга. Що безперервно повторюються. З року в рік. І нічого не змінити. Нікому. І ніколи. Ця серія фотографій показує іншу сторону сезону. Ту, яка зазвичай залишається поза увагою пересічного відпочивальника, про яку зазвичай не говорять, і не тому, що не можна. Ні, вона не під забороною. Просто тому, що вона нудна, сумна і нікому не потрібна.

These photos were taken in a small village near Ericeira, name name of which I did not manage to find out. I was amazed by the desire of its inhabitants to beauty in the simple. So I concentrated on the details of the houses in this village.

Talai Story The story of Alexei Talai began with the old ammunition from the Second world war, that did not explode but waited for many years. Alexey lost his legs and hands (one hand fully and one below the elbow). Alex extinguished the fire, that the local children had made. The old war ammunition got into this fire and exploded. Alexey miraculously survived, but after this accident a completely different life began. Surgery, rehabilitation and acceptance of the new way of life. Years later Alexey became a master of sports in swimming, a member of the Paralympic national team of Belarus and was awarded the title of black belt in Taekwondo in 2010 in the United States. Sport occupied one of the main places in Alexey’s life, he has become a kind of psychological mentor. Alex told me that while experiencing life's difficulties is very easy to succumb to the destruction, to start drinking or using drugs. It is much more difficult not to allow yourself to die and continue to live. Thanks to the constant support of family, his will to live and love of sport it worked. During my meeting with Alexey he was preparing for the championship in Berlin. His training schedule was intense, it included swimming in the pool and workout in the gym for 6 days a week. Almost always, Alexei was accompanied by his sons. He has four children. Alexey met his wife a couple of years ago and since their first meeting they never parted. The desire to live and love won.

In the village of San Juan de Oriente, Masaya (Nicaragua) a group of kids with ages between 10 and 18 years old, train in the boxing school for young people created by Claudio Marino on his modest house. A very humble school limited on infrastructure terms but built with a great deal of passion, hard work and love for the sport. Sport has become their way of earn a living, as well as a real alternative for this teens to fight against the problems -so common in the convulsive Central America- of gangs, unemployment and drugs. Punches to escape from poverty. Punches to fight with hunger. Punches to educate the soul. Punches to live in peace.