2013: Amazing photos

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"The Jarl Squad parade on the streets of Lerwick during the Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival in Shetland."

(This is for you Sidvkilli )

lol, cheers

A pope who never shied away from meeting with — and touching — sick, disfigured, or disabled members of his flock.

Pope Francis caused a controversy by washing and kissing the feet of two women and two Muslim prisoners during the traditional Holy Thursday ceremony at the Casal del Marmo youth prison. The Vatican defended the action, saying that the prison housed men and women and excluding female prisoners would have been strange: “Washing feet was important to present the Lord’s spirit of service and love.”

"The international jury of the 56th (held in 2013) annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Paul Hansen of the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter as the World Press Photo of the Year 2012. The picture shows a group of men carrying the bodies of two dead children through a street in Gaza City. They are being taken to a mosque for the burial ceremony while their father’s body is carried behind on a stretcher. Two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and his older brother Muhammad were killed when their house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike. Their mother was put in intensive care. The picture was made on 20 November 2012 in Gaza City, Palestinian Territories."

Mayu Mohanna, jury member from Peru, said of Paul Hansen’s winning picture: “The strength of the pictures lies in the way it contrasts the anger and sorrow of the adults with the innocence of the children. It’s a picture I will not forget.”