Cops gone wild: Protesters stay calm as police lose control at Balfour – The Jerusalem Post

Police officers remove demonstrators during a protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on August 22, 2020. (photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)

But this Saturday night the situation seemed to spiral out of control. The catalyst? The Jerusalem Police District. Early in the evening, the police refused a request from the protesters to march from the Bridge of Strings at the entrance to Jerusalem to Balfour Street. While several hundred protesters took matters into their own hands and marched – that should not be allowed – the police reacted with extreme force.

One officer, Niso Guetta, was filmed walking over to a protester and simply slamming him to the ground. Guetta then went after another protester, hitting him directly in the face. He then dragged the protester on the street. How do we know this? Because it was all caught on camera.

Source: Cops gone wild: Protesters stay calm as police lose control at Balfour – The Jerusalem Post

Baltic nations form human chains in support of Belarus protests | News | DW | 23.08.2020

Human chain in support of Belarus' protests in Lithuania

Three decades after forming a mass human chain for their own independence, thousands in the Baltic states did it again for Belarus. The protest action took place as tens of thousands demonstrated in Minsk.

Source: Baltic nations form human chains in support of Belarus protests | News | DW | 23.08.2020

And August will end…

The Zainab Experiment

I hold a glass devoid of wine,

Summer went by without daylight.

My mornings are now in gloom,

Pillows hold morning dew.

I lost a friendship that I loved,

That person is dead inside a living one.

We shared some years, those were good times.

Now, a stranger walks wearing that smile.

From one root the tree had grown,

On different branches its flowers have grown.

It is a strange feeling to have known.

Should I be happy or should I mourn?

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Chatting the Pictures: A Virus Trial Call to Arms – Reading The Pictures

This photo was taken by Hans Pennink for AP on July 27, 2020. The picture shows a nurse giving an injection to a volunteer in Binghamton NY at the beginning of phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trials in the U.S. As the virus continues to rage, more attention is shifting to the race for a vaccine. Given all the media attention to people flaunting the need to wear masks and to social distance, this one suggests that the risk-taking by young people during the crisis hasn’t all been for fun.

Source: Chatting the Pictures: A Virus Trial Call to Arms – Reading The Pictures

Preguiça em um galho ao longo do Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – NÃO à destruição de terras indígenas na Venezuela pelo Arco Minero del Orinoco de Maduro !!! | Barbara Crane Navarro

Sloth on a branch along the Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – NO to the destruction of indigenous lands in Venezuela by the Arco Minero del Orinoco de Maduro !!!

Source: Preguiça em um galho ao longo do Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – NÃO à destruição de terras indígenas na Venezuela pelo Arco Minero del Orinoco de Maduro !!! | Barbara Crane Navarro