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Last week, Palestinian nonprofit the Welfare Association for Youth announced the results of its 2014 photography contest called “Gaza in Your Eyes.” Out of hundreds of submissions, 13 young people were named winners. Each of their photos is strikingly different, but they all manage to capture the perseverance of beauty and hope against a backdrop of destruction.

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That’s a beautiful set.

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Strange how something can be sad yet beautiful. Kids make the best out of everything.

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Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Jim Rohn

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Mr. Feeny wisdom.

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"My favorite thing about my sister is because she’s funny."

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Gotham City - By: (Moey Hoque) - (Website)

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Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you chose your life, you didn’t settle for it.

Mandy Hale, The Single Woman (via simply-quotes)

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Duke University Researchers have lab-grown a contracting human muscle

Duke engineers have demonstrated the first ever lab-grown human muscles that contract and respond to external stimuli such as electrical pulses, biochemical signals and pharmaceuticals.

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Jane and Louise Wilson

My Amp Goes To 11: Twitter | Instagram

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Dude hit that whip and the Carlton!

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HE GETTIN THAT

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LMFAOOOO he is so into it tho!!!!!

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My jigga here

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Alternate depiction of Black fatherhood offered by Toronto photographer and physician Zun Lee in his new book, Father Figure: Exploring Alternate Notions of Black Fatherhood.

Black Fathers, Present and Accountable

BY MAURICE BERGER

An anxious little girl hugs her father as a shark swims overhead in an aquarium. A man feeds his baby as he keeps a mindful eye on his three other rambunctious children. A single father reveals the tattoo on his forearm that depicts him as his son’s guardian angel. A young man poses proudly with the teacher he sees as a father figure.

While these photographs depict everyday situations, they are in one sense unusual: Their subjects are black and counter mainstream media that typically depict African-American fatherhood as a wasteland of dysfunction and irresponsibility. These images appear in a groundbreaking new book, “Father Figure: Exploring Alternate Notions of Black Fatherhood” (Ceiba), by Zun Lee, a photographer and physician based in Toronto. A reception and book signing to mark its release will take place Friday night at the Bronx Documentary Center.

[Continue reading article and view many more Zun Lee photographs.]

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Abebe, the owner of Abyssinia, a popular Ethiopian eatery in Nairobi, shows some of the foods permitted during the Ethiopian Orthodox pre-Christmas fast. 

Abebe says that at a time of year when others are gorging, there’s something gratifying in self-denial.

"In fact that gives a psychological edge to those of us who are fasting," he says, adding that the hungrier he gets, the closer he feels to God.

A 40-Day Vegan Fast, Then At Last, A January Christmas Feast

Photo credit: Gregory Warner/NPR