Friday, November 17, 2023

Prison Education Graduates

 



Crest Hill, US

Prisoners in the Northwestern Prison Education Program congratulate their peers before receiving their bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University.  Students went through the inaugural class of the program at Stateville Correctional Centre in Illinois. 

Photograph: Vincent Alban/Reuters

Beit Hashmonai, Israel

 



Family members, friends and supporters of hostages held by Hamas take part in a march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.  They began a five-day march to the Israeli Knesset, calling on the government to bring their loved ones home.  

Photograph:  Abir Sultan/EPA

 

Body of Jewish hostage Judith Weiss found

 



The body of 65 year old Judith Weiss 65 was found near Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on Wednesday.  She was being treated for breast cancer and worked in the kibbutz kindergarten, coordinated activities in the dining room, and later also specialized in nursing.


Thursday, November 16, 2023

Paris, France

 




A giant decorated Christmas tree in the central atrium at the Galeries Lafayette department store. 

Photograph:  Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters


Palestinian tent camp

 



Displaced Palestinians shelter in a tent camp in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 15 November 2023.  

Photograph:  Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

 

Iceland volcanic activity

 



A police officer stands by the crack in a road in the fishing town of Grindavik, which was evacuated due to volcanic activity in Iceland 15 November 2023.  

Photograph:  Marko Djurica/Reuters




Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Western Wall, Jerusalem

 



An off-duty member of Israel’s security forces joins worshippers at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in the Old City of Jerusalem.  AP