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8.1.2020, Grytviken, South Georgia
Grytviken Church
This small, single-nave white church, also known as the Whalers Church, was prefabricated in Norway, shipped to Grytviken and consecrated in the Norwegian Lutheran denomination on Christmas Day 1913. It is still used on occasion for services and wedding ceremonies. Nearby, explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton is buried in the whalers' cemetery alongside 63 other men, a number of whom died during a typhoid epidemic in 1912. His granite headstone is engraved with the nine-pointed star he used as a personal symbol. Shackleton died after suffering a heart attack at sea in 1922, and his body was returned to Grytviken at his widow's request—the place he based himself while planning the rescue of the crew from his ship Endurance.
No, not the current one. “After the second wave of the Black Death swept through Europe in the 17th century, the survivors burned the bodies, thanked god, and built monumental tributes to their deliverance.” This particular column was erected in Vienna, Austria. “Vienna in 1679 was the perfect place for an epidemic outbreak. The combination of a densely packed population, poor sanitary conditions, and travelers arriving regularly in the city from parts unknown makes the arrival of the plague somewhat unsurprising, but the toll was tremendous. As many as 75,000 people perished and were burned in plague pits in the outskirts of the city, while the imperial family skipped town.
When it was all over, Emperor Leopold I rolled back into town, took some money from the royal coffers and had this monumental celebration of life over death erected - including a not terribly subtle effigy of His Imperial Highness praying for the deliverance of the city.” This plague column was one of several that I saw, but was certainly the grandest and most lavish one. Did we really think another plague would never come? Even with all the medical knowledge and science of today, it seems that we may have taken a step back in time by ignoring the information and lessons of history….
Now the corona epidemic, but has become no longer be able to cherry-blossom viewing, I enjoy to just at least in the SL 😊🌸
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Popular tourist location, Lugang Town, Changhua County, Taiwan.
Taiwan ’s epidemic prevention measures,
Take the public transportation system,
You must wear a surgical mask when entering the hospital.
Social distance, 1 meters outdoors, 1.5 meter indoor.
Unable to keep a Social distance, Put on a surgical mask.
Doctor in Taiwan : Wearing a surgical mask can greatly reduce infection.
Thank you for your visit, Hope everything is well.
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遊客回來了…鹿港
熱門的旅遊地點，台灣彰化縣鹿港鎮。
台灣的防疫措施，乘坐公共交通系統、
進入醫院時必須戴口罩。
社交距離，戶外1米，室內1.5米。
無法保持社交距離，就戴上口罩。
台灣醫生：戴口罩可以大大減少感染。
謝謝您的光臨，希望一切都好。
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When I took this photo of a juvenile Moorhen at the Grandlieu Lake, I was unaware that a botulism epidemic had already been underway since the end of June.
Currently, thousands of waterbirds have died in Loire-Atlantique (France) , both at Grandlieu Lake and in the Brière Marshes.
Dead birds are being collected daily and those which can be saved are taken by care centers.
The situation is very critical especially since the migratory birds will be arriving in a few weeks.
This epidemic is due to low water levels combined with recent high temperatures, which are favoring the development of the bacteria.
The low levels are due to the weather but also to human activity. The levels are lowered voluntarily by farmers so the cattle can graze there. There is a whole system of locks and the water flows into the Atlantic Ocean. There are conflicts of use between farmers, fishermen and hunters with a regulation that is no longer adapted to increasingly dry years.
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Lorsque j'ai pris cette photo d'une Gallinule juvénile au Lac de Grandlieu, j'ignorais qu'une épidémie de botulisme était déjà installée depuis la fin du mois de juin.
A l'heure actuelle, des milliers d'oiseaux sont morts en Loire-Atlantique, tant au Lac de Grandlieu que dans les Marais de Brière. Des ramassages d'oiseaux morts ont lieu quotidiennement et ceux qui peuvent être sauvés sont pris en charge par des centres de soin.
La situation est extrêmement critique d'autant que les migrateurs vont arriver dans quelques semaines.
Cette épidémie est dûe à des niveaux d'eau trop bas associés aux récentes fortes chaleurs qui favorisent le développement de la bactérie.
Les niveaux d'eaux extrêmement bas sont dûs à la météo mais aussi à l'activité humaine car ils sont volontairement descendus par les agriculteurs pour pouvoir y faire paître le bétail. L'eau est directement envoyée dans la mer. Il y a des conflits d'usage avec un règlement qui n'est plus adapté aux années de plus en plus sèches.
Je remercie Thierry de m'avoir informée de cette épidémie et aussi pour avoir aidé en tant que bénévole au ramassage des oiseaux morts : www.flickr.com/photos/25295081@N05/54666296386/in/datepos...
Long Mynd (Church Stretton)
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The true "wild" Welsh Mountain Pony refers to the semi-feral herds that have roamed the common lands and rugged peaks of Wales for thousands of years. While they share ancestry with the domesticated Section A pony, these free-roaming hill ponies live completely independent lives in the wild. They are increasingly recognised as a unique, genetically distinct population critical to British conservation.
The Carneddau Ponies: Britain's Wildest Herd
The most famous truly wild population is the Carneddau Ponies of North Wales.
Genetic Uniqueness:
Genetic studies by Aberystwyth University established that the Carneddau herd has a completely distinct, isolated gene pool separate from modern domestic Welsh breeds.
Extreme Hardiness:
They are slightly smaller and stockier than standard Section A ponies. They survive harsh mountain winters with zero supplementary feeding. They use their hooves to scrape snow away from buried forage.
Wild Diet:
Unlike domestic horses, they readily consume coarse mountain vegetation like soft rush, gorse, and Molinia grass.
Ecological Role as "Wildlife Warriors"
Wild hill ponies are essential landscape managers across Eryri (Snowdonia), the Brecon Beacons, and the Gower Hills.
Habitat Management:
Their unique grazing style keeps invasive gorse, bracken, and aggressive grasses under control, preventing them from choking out native wildflowers.
Preventing Soil Compaction: Being lighter than cattle, they navigate fens, heathlands, and dunes without compacting the fragile upland soils.
Supporting Local Wildlife:
Their grazing creates short-grass habitats required by rare birds like the chough. Additionally, their dung provides a critical breeding ground for beetle larvae, a major food source for upland birds.
Feral Status & "The Annual Gather"
Though they live like wild animals, these ponies are technically semi-feral because they are protected by local farming families with ancient common grazing rights.
Minimal Intervention: The ponies choose their own mates, foal entirely unassisted, and roam across vast open boundaries.
Long Mynd (Church Stretton)
What3Words
///outings.epidemics.crib
The true "wild" Welsh Mountain Pony refers to the semi-feral herds that have roamed the common lands and rugged peaks of Wales for thousands of years. While they share ancestry with the domesticated Section A pony, these free-roaming hill ponies live completely independent lives in the wild. They are increasingly recognised as a unique, genetically distinct population critical to British conservation.
The Carneddau Ponies: Britain's Wildest Herd
The most famous truly wild population is the Carneddau Ponies of North Wales.
Genetic Uniqueness:
Genetic studies by Aberystwyth University established that the Carneddau herd has a completely distinct, isolated gene pool separate from modern domestic Welsh breeds.
Extreme Hardiness:
They are slightly smaller and stockier than standard Section A ponies. They survive harsh mountain winters with zero supplementary feeding. They use their hooves to scrape snow away from buried forage.
Wild Diet:
Unlike domestic horses, they readily consume coarse mountain vegetation like soft rush, gorse, and Molinia grass.
Ecological Role as "Wildlife Warriors"
Wild hill ponies are essential landscape managers across Eryri (Snowdonia), the Brecon Beacons, and the Gower Hills.
Habitat Management:
Their unique grazing style keeps invasive gorse, bracken, and aggressive grasses under control, preventing them from choking out native wildflowers.
Preventing Soil Compaction: Being lighter than cattle, they navigate fens, heathlands, and dunes without compacting the fragile upland soils.
Supporting Local Wildlife:
Their grazing creates short-grass habitats required by rare birds like the chough. Additionally, their dung provides a critical breeding ground for beetle larvae, a major food source for upland birds.
Feral Status & "The Annual Gather"
Though they live like wild animals, these ponies are technically semi-feral because they are protected by local farming families with ancient common grazing rights.
Minimal Intervention: The ponies choose their own mates, foal entirely unassisted, and roam across vast open boundaries.
Cette tour qui prend la forme d'un beffroi octogonal mesurant plus de 30 mètres de hauteur. Cette tour est le seul vestige l'église conventuelle des dominicains. Le terme Jacobin fait référence à l'ordre des prêcheurs installé initialement dans un couvent à Paris. C'est dans la première moitié du XIVe siècle, que les dominicains s’installèrent à Bagnères-de-Bigorre. Par l'intermédiaire d'un couvent situé hors de la ville, l'implantation sur le présent site, fait suite au pillage de leur couvent sur les ordres d'Henri Trastamare en 1367, durant la guerre des 100 ans. Il fut alors construit cette tour et une église pour la communauté. Cette tour était plus modeste à l'époque et surmontée d'un flèche d’ardoises. La fourdre frappa cet édifice au XVIe siècle en même temps que des vagues d’épidémies de pestes sur la ville.
This tower which takes the form of an octagonal belfry measuring more than 30 meters in height. This tower is the only vestige of the conventual church of the Dominicans. The term Jacobin refers to the order of preachers initially installed in a convent in Paris. It was in the first half of the 14th century that the Dominicans settled in Bagnères-de-Bigorre. Through a convent located outside the city, the establishment on the present site, follows the looting of their convent on the orders of Henri Trastamare in 1367, during the 100 years war. It was then built this tower and a church for the community. This tower was more modest at the time and surmounted by a slate spire. The fur struck this building in the 16th century at the same time as waves of plague epidemics hit the city.
Thukydides described the 'plague' (possibly Typhus) in Athens in 429 B.C. This was a terrible epidemic killing up to 100 000 people in Athens alone, a quarter of the population. There was also a war going on. Did this epidemic lead the Athenians to a re-appreciation of life? I doubt it. As soon they had recovered they wasted men and money on invading Syracuse (which also went disastrously wrong). Will we become new and enlightened human beings when this pandemic is over? What do you think?
172 E. Nanjing Rd., Shanghai
By then, certain residential compounds had been locked down, rumours had begun to spread and the flow of people on the street had decreased significantly, though most residents remained unaffected.
To understand the fiasco of China's epidemic prevention, please read these reports:
www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2822%2900...; cn.nytimes.com/business/20220525/china-covid-zero/dual/
To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
In the year, 1518 a woman named Frau Troffea
Started dancing in Strasbourg
and couldn't stop.
An epidemic of joy
The craze spread
The uncontrollable desire to move
Neighbors and passing witnesses
Were infected like a fire
Could not stand still
An unbearable sensation until all the limbs flailed and
The doctors and police wailed.
It had to be illness...or sin....
Something outside of the body
Now within
And then, the dancing was banned
A woman's body just had to be controlled
Even then.
Time and space is an illusion.
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Yasaka Shrine, located in the Gion district, is a must-visit iconic tourist spot when exploring Kyoto. It has been protecting the eastern side of Kyoto since ancient times. Yasaka Shrine is the headquarters of shrines dedicated to Susanoo-no-Mikoto, an important deity in Japanese mythology, and is believed to offer blessings for warding off epidemics and ensuring good health. The shrine grounds also include several subordinate shrines, creating a powerful spiritual site where multiple deities gather.
Old Keyaki tree (Japanese zelkova, Zelkova serrata) with sticks in the Yasaka shrine (弥栄神社) located by the Tsuwano river.
This is a re-edit of a previously uploaded photo with Lightroom.
Yasaka shrine was originally founded by the Yoshimi, the original ruler of Tsuwano, in 1428 by requesting the Gion shrine in Kyoto to impart its deity for the spiritual protection of Tsuwano Castle.
The deity enshrined in the Yasaka shrines found all over Japan is Gozu Tennou (午頭天皇 ox-headed heavenly king) that was a guardian of Buddha's Jetavana monastery in Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh State of India. Gion (祇園) is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese translation of Jetavana meaning "mango orchard." The Indian minor deity was syncretised with the Susano'o cult of Shintoism and other folk beliefs and promoted to a major deity status in Shintoism in charge of epidemic prevention.
The Meiji government did not like the syncretism as they wanted to purify Shintoism. They did not like the Gion shrine as the name is of an Indian origin. All the Gion shrines were forced to rename to Yasaka shrines including its headquarters in Kyoto. Gion, however, survives as place and festival names in Kyoto.
710 bis 59 Dingxi Rd., Shanghai
She noticed that I was photographing her and pulled up her mask. For most of us, wearing a mask is an acting act, a disguise and, most of the time, a complete waste in terms of epidemic prevention.
The photo was taken near Santa Maria in Bethlehem in Mesagne.
A small town, but well worth a visit.
Mesagne is a historic town with a fascinating heritage dating back to antiquity. As you stroll through the cobblestone streets, you'll be surrounded by well-preserved architecture, beautiful churches, and impressive castles. The town center is a maze of narrow alleys, picturesque squares, and lively markets.
Santa Maria in Bethlehem dates back to 1526, when Mesagne was hit by a severe plague epidemic. Originally a chapel with a fresco depicting the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem, the sanctuary later evolved into a full-fledged church.
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This chapel was built in or around 1240, but it was decorated completely different. You wouldn't guess it, because it looks rather tasteful, but all the interior decoration except the flags and the windows was made in the 19th century. In 1866 they had a cholera epidemic and the bishop of Amiens thought it would be a good idea to follow the cult of Sacré-Cœur (Sacred Heart). Usually Sacred Heart means that there is a Jesus somewhere who points at his bleeding heart entwined by thorns. Luckily not here. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc painted the decoration of the chapel. Théodore Maillot and Auguste Steinheil painted the saints. Placide Poussielgue-Rusand made the altar and Aimé and Louis Duthoit made the statues. All in the 19th century. The windows were made in 1932-1933 by Jean Gaudin in the 20th century. And the flags are those of the allies that defended Amiens in 1918.
New Yuyuan Rd., Shanghai
As the epidemic quickly passed its first peak, people are out on the town. The shopping streets around Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai's old city were packed with people as if the Covid-19 frenzy of a month ago had never existed at all. However, the fact that almost everyone was wearing a mask showed a deep-seated fear - in fact, in such a crowded environment, wearing a mask would not help if there was actually an epidemic.
131-1 N. Xiangyang Rd., Shanghai
The "QR code for the place" on the wall outside the window is a new-born relic of the past, after six months of monitoring the lives of the residents, as China has completely abandoned its anti-epidemic restrictions.
Theoretically, each customer was supposed to scan the "QR code for the place" with his/her smartphone, which then displayed a so-called "health QR code": if it was green, it meant there is no problem, if it was yellow, the customer would be refused and, if it was red, everyone, whether the customer with the red QR code or the shop assistants who were present, would be arrested and taken to a concentration camp for quarantine.
Italia, Toscana, Frosini, Inverno 2021
Frosini è un piccolo paese situato a circa metà strada tra le province di Siena e Grosseto. La caratteristica principale di questa frazione del comune di Chiusdino è il suo caratteristico castello.
Il castello di Frosini compare per la prima volta in un documento del 1004 dove veniva riportato un atto di donazione, quindi la struttura ha quasi sicuramente origini altomedievali. Oggi lo stile originario è difficile da trovare a causa dei numerosi restauri avvenuti nel corso degli anni.
La leggenda locale parla di apparizioni di un fantasma in qualche modo legato all'epidemia di peste che colpì l'Italia centrale nel XIV secolo.
Nel giro di pochi mesi dalla sua apparizione, tutti gli abitanti del castello di Frosini e dei paesi limitrofi erano morti a causa del terribile male. Solo un uomo di nome Ilario Brandani sembrava poter sfuggire alla malattia. Razionalmente Brandani si era rifugiato e si era rinchiuso all'interno della fortezza di Frosini e qui non poteva essere contagiato. Per sfuggire all'inguaribile peste, la leggenda narra che fosse stato rinchiuso nel castello per anni e anni.
Frosini is a small village located about halfway between the provinces of Siena and Grosseto. The main characteristic of this hamlet in the municipality of Chiusdino is its characteristic castle. The castle of Frosini appears for the first time in a document of 1004 where an act of donation was reported, so the structure has almost certainly early medieval origins. Today the original style is difficult to find due to the numerous restorations that have taken place over the years. Local legend speaks of apparitions of a ghost somehow linked to the plague epidemic that struck central Italy in the 14th century. Within a few months of its apparition, all the inhabitants of the castle of Frosini and its neighbouring villages had died because of the terrible disease. Only a man named Ilario Brandani seemed to be able to escape the disease. Rationally Brandani had taken refuge and locked himself inside the fortress of Frosini and here he could not be infected. To escape the incurable plague, legend has it that he had been locked up in the castle for years and years.
The World Health Organization first declared Covid-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern in January 2020.
This week - Covid global health emergency is over.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency".
The statement represents a major step towards ending the pandemic and comes three years after it first declared its highest level of alert over the virus.
Officials said the virus' death rate had dropped from a peak of more than 100,000 people per week in January 2021 to just over 3,500 on 24 April.
The head of the WHO said at least seven million people died in the pandemic. But Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the true figure was "likely" closer to 20 million deaths - nearly three times the official estimate - and he warned that the virus remained a significant threat.
Dr Mike Ryan, from the WHO's health emergencies programme, said the emergency may have ended, but the threat is still there.
"We fully expect that this virus will continue to transmit and this is the history of pandemics," he said.
"It took decades for the final throes of the pandemic virus of 1918 to disappear.
Take care.
Because the Grand Hotel has adopted a low-price strategy and the booking rate is now rising, the epidemic prevention lighting had come to an end on May 6.
台北グランドホテルは低コスト（台湾国民限定NTD999/一泊＋buffet ）の宿泊方案を採用しており、予約率が大幅に上昇したため、防疫の応援ライトアップが5月6日に終了しました。
今天才得知，前天拍的這個『加油』是圓山飯店在此次防疫打氣點燈活動中最後一次點燈，那一天只有五支腳架，基隆河退潮退得很遠，為了拍攝無石頭的畫面，所以必須站很下面，拍完之後雨鞋都是泥濘的爛泥巴，腳架最底端也是，每次拍完回家就是洗洗刷刷的，沒想到是最後一次防疫點燈紀念版。謝謝steven 4/27 通知這個美麗的攝點，他也最勤奮，拍最多最滿！每次拍完藍調，還四處趕場，紀錄圓山飯店點燈，真是佩服！他只有最後一次缺席，差一點領全勤獎。👍
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165 Taiyuan Rd., Shanghai
To understand the fiasco of China's epidemic prevention, please read these reports:
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To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
On the afternoon of 31 March, with a few hours to go, all residents would be banned from going outside. Despite the overcast sky and the prospect of a downpour, this old man was seriously trying to dry his sheets and clothes, perhaps to enjoy the last moments of outdoor activity.
M. Wulumuqi Rd., Shanghai
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To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
On 28 March, the day after the announcement of the successive lockdown of Pudong and Puxi and the first day of the lockdown in Pudong, the city centre of Puxi was left untouched for the time being while a rush for food had happened.
137 Wukang Rd., Shanghai
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To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
In the night of March 27th, an announcement was made by the Shanghai government to close Pudong and Puxi in succession.
At midnight that night, Pudong went into lockdown first. On the following day, the residents in Puxi rushed to buy vegetables, meat and fish, and food prices soared.
At the time, however, people like the ones in this photo mostly thought the food rush had nothing to do with them. Now, many of ones like them are scared out of their wits by the harsh and barbaric govermental measures and are making plans to flee this desperate country.
Here it is another picture from one of my sunrise sessions in Umbria last Summer. There are all the ingredients of the archetypical natural landscape of that beautiful region: the lazy outline of mount Subasio, gentle rolling hills, olive groves, oaks, and a deep sense of peace. And that silky, golden light just before the sun rose over the ridge of mount Subasio bathing the whole scene. I would not spend many words about a rebirth of hope, a change in the mind of people, and so on: the title, which is the recurrent motto all over Italy in these dark days, should talk by itself. And the photo as well.
I allow myself just a note about the choice of this picture from my rich Umbrian archive - which is a second choice. After having wasted many hours attacking (utterly unsuccessfully) for the second or third time one of the Umbrian bracketings I like most, I decided that the second best thing was to fight a war I can win. So I simply choose an alternative bracketing and processed it - the same morning, the same location, the very same sunrise... one stubbornly refuses to be processed in any meaningful way, while the other one has accepted to be moulded according to my vision. I hope that you will enjoy it.
I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.4/0/+1.4 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposure" shot), then I added some final touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4. RAW files has been processed with Darktable.
A good contribution to the post-processing of part of the foreground came from a cool trick by Boris Hajdukovic.
The diphtheria epidemics of 1883 and 1897-1898 and cholera in 1894 during the early settlement years took the lives of many people living in the Pleasant Plains area. Many of the graves were marked by planting clumps of iris, bushes, or trees or just putting limestone rocks on the gravesite. With the passage of time, the limestone rocks deteriorated and flowers, bushes and trees died. It is estimated there were about 100 burials in the cemetery from 1879 to 1915. As near as can be determined, the last burial was about 1912.
--findagrave.com
M. Sichuan Rd. & E. Nanjing Rd., Shanghai
By then, certain residential compounds had been locked down, rumours had begun to spread and the flow of people on the street had decreased significantly, though most residents remained unaffected.
To understand the fiasco of China's epidemic prevention, please read these reports:
www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2822%2900...; cn.nytimes.com/business/20220525/china-covid-zero/dual/
To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
99 Jiashan Rd., Shanghai
At 2 p.m. on 31 March 2022, cordons were drawn up all along the streets and the officials were urging the shops to close. This grocery shop was so packed with people and was never likely to reopen from then until today, and no one knows if it will ever open again.
To understand the fiasco of China's epidemic prevention, please read these reports:
www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2822%2900...; cn.nytimes.com/business/20220525/china-covid-zero/dual/
To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
The Vectron epidemic has unfortunately also gripped countries like the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Leased locomotives are displacing the charming old locomotives at the state-owned companies České drahy and Žeľezničná spoločnosť Slovensko. On September 25, 2025, Vectrons from both railway companies meet each other at Praha Hlavní Nádraží station. Czech 193 577 is neatly in its company colors, while Slovak 193 131, like so many other Vectrons, is dressed in a guise with unclear intentions. The latter locomotive is ready to depart for Púchov with EC127.
© M J Turner Photography
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This morning I had the opportunity to get out and test my new camera equipment for the very first time, and it was certainly a lovely morning for it. I managed to capture the first few minutes of the rising sunshine illuminating the upper architecture of Carlisle Cathedral, backed by some wonderful atmospheric clouds. This is the northern face of the Cathedral, with the Tait Memorial Window and Bell Tower framed by the surrounding trees.
This window was installed in 1858 to commemorate the five children of Dean Tait and his wife Catherine, who all passed away in 1856 to a scarlet fever epidemic. Dean Tait was soon afterwards appointed Bishop of London, and later Archbishop of Canterbury.
society is the epidemic, they all talk about you, about me, indirectly, behind backs, talk as if they speak right from the gap where the soul should be, that we’re in depression instead of consciousness and dreams are symptoms. As if they have transferred to a word a disease, and drop us like a sentence into the depth of empty eyes and there’s no wall, but only a sharp sheet of paper between us and them.
Are we the dreams of sleepwalkers? The awakened in a dream?
I really love you, Kostaki
5 Qingdao Rd., near Huanghe Rd., Shanghai
The entire block has been fenced off with wooden boards for dozens of days and turned into a prison since April.
In June, the authorities tacitly allowed the shops along the street to cut their doors and windows in the wooden panels of the fence, but residents who did not have their shops were still not allowed to step out of the fence.
No one understood the intent of this brilliant plan like a joke.
To understand the fiasco of China's epidemic prevention, please read these reports:
www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2822%2900...; cn.nytimes.com/business/20220525/china-covid-zero/dual/
To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Candid eye contact street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Multiple studies have shown that there are genetic factors and gut microbiome factors that can lead to an increased likelihood of obesity. It is not always as simple as 'eat less' or 'exercise more' as there are many other factors at play including eating disorders, mental health issues and disability. We should never judge unless we have walked in someone else's shoes. Obesity is a modern epidemic of which science is still learning so please note that any derogatory comments will be removed. We are all human and we all deserve understanding and care.
Stay safe out there everyone!
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Captured during the summer 'lull' in case rates on August 28th 2020. It sounds like the UK Prime Minister has already abandoned his 'cautious' approach and his plan to ease restrictions 'based on data and not dates' by announcing a series of dates whereby he will irreversibly revoke restrictions that are designed to keep us all safe.
Children spread diseases, they always have and they always will. Seeing that the current infection rate is highest amongst children who, frankly, have been in school at far higher numbers than 'essential workers children only' rates would suggest, we will have another surge in case loads within a couple of weeks of schools returning. Just look at the graphs for when schools opened up after the summer. Lockdown 4.0 will be needed the way this is going and while I understand that we cannot keep children out of school forever, there needs to be a better, and safer, plan implemented. Children are capable of wearing masks, washing hands. keeping distance and schooling on a rota system just as the WHO suggest they are. Sigh.
Stay safe everyone - we are not out of the woods yet!
Due to the recent epidemic/pandemic, social distancing, and just plain being careful, I've been staying home as of late. What this means is: no photography for a while. So, why not dive into the archives and see what I can find. Here's one from almost 7 years ago. A cowboy showing off his stuff near the Portland Saturday Market. Happy Monochrome Monday, everyone! =)
36 Yishan Rd., Shanghai
To understand the fiasco of China's epidemic prevention, please read these reports:
www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2822%2900...; cn.nytimes.com/business/20220525/china-covid-zero/dual/
To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
In the night of March 27th, an announcement was made by the Shanghai government to close Pudong and Puxi in succession.
At midnight that night, Pudong went into lockdown first. On the following day, the residents in Puxi rushed to buy vegetables, meat and fish, and food prices soared.
46 Yongkang Rd., Shanghai
To understand the fiasco of China's epidemic prevention, please read these reports:
www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2822%2900...; cn.nytimes.com/business/20220525/china-covid-zero/dual/
To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
Cordons have been up all along the streets of the city centre, and in a few hours, steel plates will be erected in their places to enclose each block.
On the afternoon of 31 March, the teahouse was closed. Two girls were sitting on a bench outside the teahouse eating their fast food. It seemed that they had not yet realised the severity of the situation and were unprepared for the lockdown which had taken place so far since then.
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