Badulla, Sri Lanka
“After an exhausting dance to help the souls of the deads in their trip in the afterlife and to help the ones that are still living, the Vedda Hunter, in an almost catartic state, refreshes the body and rests the mind.”
Tommaso Meli, Pariah Photography
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United States
During the ten and a half years that Americans have been fighting in Afghanistan, as tens of thousands of troops have rotated in and out of the combat zone, only one soldier has ever been captured by the Taliban. His name is Bowe Bergdahl, and since June 30, 2009, he has been America’s last living Prisoner of War.
Bowe Bergdahl grew up on a dirt road that winds through a narrow river valley a few miles outside of town of Hailey, Idaho. The town of about 8,000 guards the highway to the ski resorts of Sun Valley where billionaires and movie stars spend their ski vacations. Bowe’s mother, Jani, home schooled him and his older sister, and Bowe spent years studying martial arts and fencing, becoming particularly accomplished at the epée. After a period of wandering, Bowe joined the Army at age 22, and soon after completing his training shipped out for Afghanistan. “He saw Afghanistan as a humanitarian mission,” Bowe’s father Bob says. “It was the highest ground for an American soldier.”
Source: TIME
South Korea
A South Korean Buddhist monk shaves the head of Hye Oh during a service to celebrate Buddha’s upcoming birthday at Jogye temple in Seoul, May 13. The boy was one of nine children who entered the temple to participate in Little Buddha Camp, which allows youngsters to experience a monk’s life for three weeks.
Lee Jin-man / AP
Source: MSNBC
Hi, none of you may know me but my name is Joe. I have started my own charity organization that will be donating to charities that build schools in Africa. I have a Facebook page set up that is connected to my Youtube account. I will include the links at the end. The overall theme of the organization is that through expressing ourselves, specifically martial arts, we become more than human. Through this, I got the idea to start a charity organization. Currently the Youtube page has not been reformated but the more views we get on youtube the faster we can reach a Youtube sponsor, which means money, and all be donated, none of it will be kept for personal gain. I’m also in the process of contacting charities, so far I’ve talked to Building Africa through Facebook. Also, when we reach a point where people notice us we will be maiking shirts and other things along those lines, again with all proceeds going to charity. The name of the group is Rising Sun Studio Productions.
You can find us at these links -
YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/user/djjaracz?feature=mhee
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rising-Sun-Studio-Productions/323588891029268
I have yet to figure out how to set up donation features on the sites but if you can spread the word to anyone you know!
Thank you for your time,
Joe Jaracz C.E.O. of Rising Sun Studio Productions™
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Ukraine
A boy climbs on a World War II monument at an open-air museum in Kiev on May 9, during Victory Day celebrations. Ukraine, Russia and other post-Soviet countries marked the 67th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Sergei Supinsky / AFP - Getty Images
Carmarthen, Wales
© Dai Evans
Postcardfromwales
Nevada, USA
Unfearing Hand Prints
Dejenee Shiflet
Manama, Bahrain
A Bahraini Shiite Muslim woman mourns during the funeral of Salah Abbas, 36, whose body was found late last week after he was allegedly shot dead by security forces, in the Shiite village of Bilad Al-Qadim.
AFP / Getty Images
Source: TIME
Ajmer Sarif, India
A Fakir - Muslim Sufi ascetic in Middle East and South Asia. The Faqirs were wandering Dervishes teaching Islam and living on alms.
Pawel Bienkowski
Source: flickr.com
