Lyman, Eastern Ukraine 9/27/22

Ukrainian soldiers arrest a suspect Russian spy just outside of the town of Lyman in Eastern Ukraine. Since the beginning of this week swarms of untrained Russian conscripts have been hastily sent to Ukraine in an attempt to reverse the Russian military's losses. Meanwhile, the public outcry in Russia over Putin's mobilization orders has led to protests and examples of civil dissent, particularly in Dagestan and other provinces. Thousands of Russian men of military age have made for the borders in an attempt to avoid being drafted into the war and sent to Ukraine.

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צה"ל באיו"ש - 9/23/22

 IDF troops operate in the West Bank following a continuation of Palestinian shooting attacks aimed at Jewish settlements in the area.

Dover Tzahal

Queen Elizabeth II - 9/19/22

The funeral procession for Queen Elizabeth II stretches down Pall Mall in central London. Over two million Brits across the UK turned out to say their last goodbye to the queen. It was the first state funeral in over sixty years and the largest event in the history of Great Britain.

9/19/22

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Kupiansk 9/10/22

Ukrainian soldiers display a flag on a rooftop in Kupiansk following the liberation of the city and its surrounding area. In recent days Ukrainian forces in the northeast of the country have launched a stunning and successful counter offensive to take back control of numerous cities and towns that were previously under Russian military occupation. The Russian frontline in the northeast has more less crumbled. Multiple independent videos have showed Russian units fleeing in mass and have confirmed that Ukrainian forces are now once more in control of many key areas. 

Today the eastern city of Izium, an important railway hub, was liberated. Ukrainian soldiers continue to make major advances in the east, in particular around the vicinity of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city.  

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Reading Your Way Through Berlin

Artwork from a new and excellent New York Times book section series about getting to know a particular destination through its local literature. Among the initial cities covered so far are Berlin, Paris, and Stockholm.

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Une soirée au Pré Catelan

 Une soirée au Pré Catelan by Alexandre Gervex

1909

The restaurant Pré Catalan in the Bois de Boulogne (1905), like department stores of the period, had plate glass windows from floor to ceiling. Painting by Alexandre Gervex (1909).