[hannah-francis]

Dreaming of vacation 💭 (at Fantoft Studentboliger)

[hannah-francis]

my #throwback is from my taxi on the way back to the airport. nepal traffic is something else. black sun - death cab for cutie (at Kathmandu, Nepal)

[hannah-francis]

sending this year out with my travel partner. grateful. #vscocam (at Badlands National Park)

[hannah-francis]

1,342 miles away, but you'll always be my neighbor. #vscocam

[hannah-francis]

#vscocam (at Horse Thief Lake)

[hannah-francis]

I'm sitting in class in South Dakota but I wish I was sitting on the roof in Nepal #vscocam (at Pokhara, Nepal)

[hannah-francis]

happy friday my dudes

[quotemadness]

The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.

Juliette Lewis (via quotemadness)

This. This this this this this.

(via oatsandandrea)

[fujoshijpeg]

no other person on this planet was made for you, they were made for themselves. love is all about choices. no one is going to be perfect for you, and i think we need to stop raising everyone on the belief that someone out there, just one other person in the whole world, was “made for you” because it isn’t true. no one is made for you, besides you. other people belong to themselves. if you want to make it work with someone, it’s about hard work, understanding, compassion, communication, and choice

[deeplifequotes]

Some days are like this. And the only way to get through them is to remember that they are only one day, and that every day ends.

David Levithan (via deeplifequotes)

[hannah-francis]

Sux that my first reaction to being hurt is thinking that sleeping with someone else will help

[tuesdayalissia]

same

[myboyfriendpetebuttigieg]

All animals go to heaven is just illogical planning. You’re telling me every crocodile that ever lived is in heaven? Heaven must be swarming crocodiles. Does that sound like heaven to you? Thousands of millions of crocodiles?

[zooophagous]

*SLAMS FIST ON TABLE*

YES, DAMMIT

[rashkah]

[skidar]

And Steve Irwin is showering them all with affection

[hntrgurl13]

But does every Stingray go to heaven? I mean, what if Steve Irwin just randomly came across the Stingray that killed him?

[skidar]

Steve would probably pat it and say ‘Sorry I spooked you mate, gosh your a beauty! You must have grown three times since I last saw you!’ 

[emaleiigh]

this is a pure post

[loveserum-deactivated20191021]

best advice u can give a girl?

love isn’t the only thing worth living for

[sixpenceee]

“I found a Luna Moth’s wing and took pictures of it beneath an antique microscope” by reddit user Proteon

[jadelaurelxo]

That’s the coolest thing I’ve seen today. No wonder it tickles so much when moth wings brush you.

[rohie-deactivated20191102]

[nprglobalhealth]

Kidnapping Is A Rising Concern For Aid Workers Around The World

THE ISSUE 

Over the past few years, there’s been a sharp increase in the number of aid workers being targeted for kidnap and ransom. Of all forms of violence that aid workers are subjected to, kidnapping has seen the steepest rise. Between 2002 and 2014, the number of reported kidnappings of aid workers each year quadrupled to 121, says Abby Stoddard, a partner at Humanitarian Outcomes, an independent research group, and the senior program adviser at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation.

WHERE IT HAPPENS 

Attack rates are higher in areas of conflict and political instability. The countries with the greatest risk for kidnapping were Afghanistan, Syria and South Sudan, according to the Aid Worker Security Database.

WHY IT HAPPENS 

As a tactic, kidnapping has a high rate of return on investment for criminals and terrorist groups, explains Stoddard, who also works on the Database. These groups can get “high ransoms and great visibility for their political messages,” she says. And as a form of attack, kidnapping doesn’t require heavy weaponry.

WHO IT AFFECTS 

The vast majority of victims are staffers from the country of operation, not international staff, according to a 2013 report on the Database. There are more nationals in the field and they’re perceived to have more money than the average local inhabitant because they are employed by a global organization.

Read the full story here

[npr]

A breakdown on the rise aid worker kidnappings. -Emily