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  • The giant twin stelae of Aksum, Ethiopia pierce a pale blue sky, the first returned from Italy in 2005, while the second is supported by steel girders and cables.
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  • A stone stele carved with panels of windows and doors pierces the deep blue sky above Aksum, Ethiopia, the obelisk returned from Italy in 2005 and reinstalled in 2008.
    CHD043A5680Ethiopia.jpg
  • A giant fractured stele lays above the tombs of Aksum, Ethiopia other intact stelae standing in the background, one recently returned from Italy, another sporting girders and cables to protect it from earthquakes.
    CHD043A5677Ethiopia.jpg
  • A stone stele carved with panels of windows and doors pierces the deep blue sky above Aksum, Ethiopia, the obelisk returned from Italy in 2005 and reinstalled in 2008.
    CHD043A5681Ethiopia.jpg
  • A giant fractured stele lays above the tombs of Aksum, Ethiopia other intact stelae standing in the background, one recently returned from Italy, another sporting girders and cables to protect it from earthquakes.
    CHD043A5676Ethiopia.jpg
  • A giant fractured stele lays above the tombs of Aksum, Ethiopia other intact stelae standing in the background, one recently returned from Italy, another sporting girders and cables to protect it from earthquakes.
    CHD043A5674Ethiopia.jpg
  • A giant fractured stele lays above the tombs of Aksum, Ethiopia other intact stelae standing in the background, one recently returned from Italy, another sporting girders and cables to protect it from earthquakes.
    CHD043A5672Ethiopia.jpg
  • A giant fractured stele lays above the tombs of Aksum, Ethiopia other intact stelae standing in the background, one recently returned from Italy, another sporting girders and cables to protect it from earthquakes.
    CHD043A5673Ethiopia.jpg
  • A giant fractured stele lays above the tombs of Aksum, Ethiopia other intact stelae standing in the background, one recently returned from Italy, another sporting girders and cables to protect it from earthquakes.
    CHD043A5672Ethiopia web.jpg
  • The towering Obelisk of Axum stolen by Italy in 1937 and returned to Ethiopia in 2005 reaches toward a brilliant sun,against the backdrop of a deep blue sky, in Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia.
    CHD043A5782Ethiopia.jpg
  • The towering Obelisk of Axum stolen by Italy in 1937 and returned to Ethiopia in 2005 reaches toward a brilliant sun,against the backdrop of a deep blue sky, in Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia.
    CHD043A5776Ethiopia.jpg
  • Local families stroll across the cobblestone plaza in front of Aksum's giant stelae, the tallest wins featuring carved panels, the left one retrieved from Italy in 2005, the right one supported by steel girders and cables, in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
    CHD043A5902Ethiopia.jpg
  • The towering Obelisk of Axum stolen by Italy in 1937 and returned to Ethiopia in 2005 reaches toward a brilliant sun, its neighbouring stele supported by steel girders and cables, in Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia.
    CHD043A5775Ethiopia.jpg
  • A very old Fiat dump truck covered in stickers is parked in the sunlight along the roadside in Aksum's historic core beside several Delonix Regia trees with their flaming flowers in the tigray region of Ethiopia.
    CHD043A5901Ethiopia.jpg
  • A pair of carved stele pierce the deep blue sky above Aksum, Ethiopia, the closest recently returned from Itally, while its twin is supported by steel girders and cables.
    CHD043A5679Ethiopia.jpg
  • G20 Toronto's Entertainment District at York and Front Streets is completely deserted and largely fenced in a week before the Group of Twenty summit.
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  • G20 Toronto has become a ghostly city of barricades a week ahead of the Group of Twenty Summit as Front Street is ribboned in heavy metal fencing.
    G20 Toronto City of Barricades Front...JPG
  • G20 Toronto has become a ghostly city of barricades a week ahead of the Group of Twenty Summit as Front Street is ribboned in heavy metal fencing.
    G20 Toronto City of Barricades Royal...JPG
  • G20 Gates Fences Barricades -- the intersection of York and Front Streets is virtually empty a week ahead of the Group of Twenty summit.
    G20 Gates Fences Barricades York and...JPG
  • G20 Front Street restaurant the Loose Moose feels penned in by the Group of Twenty security fence.  Little discussion has been given to how business owners and their employees will be compensated for the costs associated with declining traffic and shutdowns during the summit.
    G20 Fenced In Not So Loose Moose.JPG
  • G20 A Lone Woman Walks the Front Street Perimeter of the Group of Twenty summit security fence.  Piles of uncollected garbage accumulate in front of Union Station.
    G20 Lone Woman Walks Fenced Front St...JPG
  • G20 Emergency No Parking.  Its difficult that there could be much of an emergency fully a week ahead of the Group of Twenty summit, but the paranoia must go on.
    G20 Emergency No Parking.JPG
  • G20 Bicycle Officers Take a Breather at the corner of York And Front Streets on the Sunday prior to the Group of Twenty summit.  The security fence separates lanes of Front Street in the background.
    G20 Bicycle Officers Take a Breather.JPG
  • G20 Protest A sign outlines the requirements and restrictions involved when approaching the Group of Twenty summit's Security Fence.  No mention is made of the infamous five metre rule which alleged that police had the right to arrest anyone approaching within five metres of the fence and refusing to provide identification.  Ultimately, this widely circulated media story proved a complete falsehood.
    G20 Protest Security Fence Restricti...jpg
  • G20 Protest Members of the anarchist "Black Block" vandalized the front of Zanzibar Strip Club on Yonge Street during Group of Twenty summit protests.
    G20 Protest "Black Block" Strip Club...jpg
  • G20 Protest A Police Car's Mirror lies broken in the street during Toronto's Group of Twenty summit protests.
    G20 Protest Police Car's Mirror Brok...jpg
  • G20 Protest Adamant they not be filmed, members of the anarchist "Black Block" smashed windows on this Canadian Broadcasting Corporation vehicle. Police were notable in their absence.
    G20 Protest Black Block Anarchy Agai...jpg
  • G20 Protest A pair of black-clad women unfurl a banner urging the confrontation of the Group of Twenty invasion.
    G20 Protest Confront The Invasion Ba...jpg
  • G20 Protest A Canadian Maple Leaf flag lays on the road, an anarchist symbol spray painted over it.
    G20 Protest Canadian Flag Defaced An...jpg
  • G20 Tibet Protest Against Chinese human Rights Violations and Occupation.  The local community turns out in force to draw attention to Chinese attrocities in their homeland.
    G20 Tibet Protest Against Chinese hu...jpg
  • G20 Protest Riot Police form a phalanx in front of a hot dog cart, killing business.  The flipside is that the officers endured brutally long shifts, minimal breaks, and pretty grim-looking rations.
    G20 Riot Police and Hot Dog Sales.jpg
  • G20 A riot police officer wears a gas mask during the Group of Twenty summit protests in Toronto.
    G20 Protest Gas Mask Riot Police.jpg
  • G20 An officer bars a man from heading home down Spadina during the G20 summit because he lacks identification with his address.  Frustration runs high.
    G20 Police Line Identification Pleas...jpg
  • G20 A Humorous Homeless Youth Searches for Hope. Keeping a sense of humour when everything else looks bleak is something to be applauded.
    G20 A Humorous Homeless Youth Search...jpg
  • G20 Protester Led Away US Consulate Arrest.  Regular and riot police lead an elder heckler away, making an arrest at the United States consulate during Group of Twenty summit protests.
    G20 Protester Led Away US Consulate ...jpg
  • Bicycle Police block a mass of protesters from the strip of University Avenue in front of the United States Consulate.
    G20 Protest Behind Police Lines.jpg
  • G20 Maternal Health was a key aid focus of the Group of 20 Summit, Maternal Mortality being a key issue in developing nations.  In Niger, Africa one in seven women die in child-birth.
    G20 Protest 1 In 7 Women Niger Mater...jpg
  • Women unfurl the flag of Ogaden, Western Somalia, during the G20 protest rally in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 26, 2010. A pair of young women unfurl the flag of Ogaden, Western Somalia in a G20 protest across from the United States consulate in Toronto.
    G20 Protest Ogaden, Western Somali F...jpg
  • G20 Is This Democracy? A Bike Cop Tries to Prevent the Photographing of his unit on the Sunday before the Group of Twenty summit.  Despite the draconian measures implemented for the summit, Canada still bills itself as a democracy.
    G20 Is This Democracy Bike Cop Tries...JPG
  • G20 Toronto has become a city of barricades a week ahead of the Group of Twenty Summit as Front Street is ribboned in heavy metal fencing.
    G20 Toronto City of Barricades Front...JPG
  • G20 Toronto has become a ghostly city of barricades a week ahead of the Group of Twenty Summit as York Street is ribboned in heavy metal fencing.
    G20 Toronto City of Barricades Traff...JPG
  • G20 The American and Canadian Flags are faintly visible behind the heavy metal mesh of the Group of Twenty Security Fence. Stars and Stripes and Maple Leaves.
    G20 Stars and Stripes and Maple Leav...JPG
  • A Group of Twenty Spirit Banner catches the wind from a lamp post in front of the Royal York Hotel, but there are precious few out downtown to see it behind the security fencing.
    G20 Spirit Banner on the Royal York ...JPG
  • G20 Refuse Resist Recycle.  Paranoia carried the day and saw the removal of garbage and recycling receptacles from all areas of downtown in the immediate vicinity of the Group of Twenty summit, and replaced by clear plastic bags.  Not exactly handy, but then there wasn't anyone around.
    G20 Refuse Resist Recycle.JPG
  • G20 A pair of videographers take to Front Street readying to report on the security fence construction, and the absence of people a week prior to the Group of Twenty summit.
    G20 Videographers Readying To Report.JPG
  • G20 Police Barricades are stacked on a trailer in front of the United States Consulate on University Avenue a week before the Group of Twenty summit.
    G20 United States Consulate Police B...JPG
  • G20 Flags and Barricades.  The Canadian Maple Leaf flutters in a blue sky, while being imprisoned at ground level by a myriad of security fencing.
    G20 Flags and Barricades.JPG
  • G20 A pair of police officers report for duty at the Royal York Hotel on Front Street a week before the summit -- just another day at the office.
    G20 Day At The Office.JPG
  • G20 Workers Busy Themselves Constructing the Cage that is the security fence along Front Street with only five days before the Group of Twenty Leaders descend on the city.
    G20 Workers Busy Themselves Construc...JPG
  • G20 A finished section of the security fence on Front Street surrounds the Royal York Hotel.  The inner fence is made of a rigid, heavy metal mesh which will not be easy to cut or break.
    G20 Finished Section of the security...JPG
  • G20 A young protester shows off the rubber bullet fired at him in Queen's Park after the Labour Protest of the Group of Twenty summit.
    G20 Rubber Bullet In the Hands of Pr...jpg
  • G20 A wheel chair-bound protester demonstrates the depth of the Toronto public's opposition to the $1.2 billion spent on security to host the combined G8 and G20 summits, particularly the opposition to the security fence.
    G20 Wheel Chair Protester.jpg
  • G20 Youthful Protesters are stopped for questioning along Queen Street, allegedly for mapping the locations of police deployments.
    G20 Youthful Protesters Stopped For ...jpg
  • G20 Protest A trio of protesters produce identification taunting police to allow them to approach the Group of Twenty summit's Security Fence.  The infamous five metre rule which alleged that police had the right to arrest anyone approaching within five metres of the fence who refused to provide identification -- widely circulated in the media -- proved a complete falsehood.
    G20 Showing ID To Approach the Fence.jpg
  • G20 A private security officer risks dismissal to observe life on the opposite side of the security fence as riot police mass in front of Union Station.
    G20 Security on Opposite Sides of th...jpg
  • G20 Peeking Through the Security Fence looking towards Union Station from Toronto's Financial District.  Riot Police are gathered behind, but looking far more relaxed than their counterparts outside the fence.  No significant challenge was made to the fence during the Group of Twenty summit.
    G20 Peeking Through Security Fence.jpg
  • G20 A homeless person's tent is strung up beneath a remote bridge near Toronto's historic Fort York.
    G20 Homeless Tent Beneath A Remote B...jpg
  • G20 Ageless Protest An older couple pause to photograph riot police officers behind the security fence on Front Street at Union Station.  The couple were subsequently warned that the small and docile group of protesters milling nearby might turn violent and that they should leave.
    G20 Ageless Protest Photographing Ri...jpg
  • G20 Protest A procession of riot police boots and batons moves down Toronto's Bay Street towards the Financial District during the Group of Twenty summit protests.
    G20 Protest Riot Police March Boots.jpg
  • G20 Royal Canadian Mounted Riot Police March Wielding Billy Clubs Down Bay Street Aiming to quell a gathering of peaceful protesters in the Financial District.
    G20 Royal Canadian Mounted Riot Poli...jpg
  • G20 Protest A group of youthful women modeling anti-Group of Twenty-sloganed t-shirts with riot police in the background at the College Street Police Headquarters.
    G20 Modeling With Riot Cops.jpg
  • G20 Protest A young man in business attire but for his sneakers offers a satirical interpretation of the vandalism behind him with his placard, suggesting "Everything is O.K."
    G20 Protest Everything is OK 2.jpg
  • G20 A homeless man protests the lack of affordable housing behind the Eaton Centre in a tent bearing a United Nations' message condemning what it calls a housing emergency.
    G20 Homeless Protest United Nations ...jpg
  • G20 Protest Anarchist members of the "Black Block" have shattered storefronts throughout Toronto's Yonge Street shopping district during Group of Twenty summit protests.  Surprisingly little looting occurred, even at this cell phone outlet.
    G20 Protest "Black Block" Vandalism ...jpg
  • G20 Protest A Riot Police Officer offers the conciliatory Peace Sign gesture from behind his riot shield, while protecting storefronts.
    G20 Riot Police Offer Peace Sign.jpg
  • G20 One of several American corporations bears a storefront damaged by rampaging anarchist "Black Block" protesters, including liquefied feces hurled at the windows and display on Yonge Street.
    G20 Protest "Black Block" Yonge Stre...jpg
  • G20 As protesters from the anarchist "Black Block" have rampaged up Yonge Street, one youthful protester holds a somewhat ironic sign urging calm.
    G20 Protest Everything is OK.jpg
  • G20 Protest The screen of an automatic teller machine is smashed after a rampage through downtown Toronto by the anarchist "Black "Block" protesters.
    G20 Protest "Black "Block" Smashed A...jpg
  • G20 Protest Smoke fills the streets of Toronto's Financial District during Group of Twenty summit protests involving the anarchist "Black Block".
    G20 Protest Smokey Streets Toronto's...jpg
  • G20 Protest Members of the anarchist "Black Block" have set fire to an abandoned police car in Toronto's Bay Street Financial District.
    G20 Protest Black Block Flaming Poli...jpg
  • G20 Protest Members of the anarchist "Black Block" have set fire to an abandoned police car on Bay Street, in Toronto's Financial District.  How the cruiser came to be abandoned in the middle of an open intersection is not known.
    G20 Protest Flaming Police Car Bay S...jpg
  • G20 Protest Rather than writing on this storefront, members of the "Black Block" chose to "smash the future" during Toronto's Group of Twenty summit protests.
    G20 Protest Write The Future Black B...jpg
  • G20 Protest A Queen Street storefront bears the 'Against Police Against Prisons' "Black Block" graffiti. Though the group numbered about 500 strong, only perhaps a few dozen participated in their acts of vandalism.
    G20 Protest Against Police Against P...jpg
  • G20 Protest Members of the anarchist Black Bloc graffiti and attempt to prevent photography of vandalism on Queen Street during the Toronto Group of Twenty summit protests.
    G20 Protest Anarchist Black Bloc Que...jpg
  • G20 Protest A journalist photographs a damaged police car attacked by anarchist protesters as it followed the end of the Labour-organized Group of Twenty summit protest migrating along Toronto's Queen Street.
    G20 Journalist Photographs Police Ca...jpg
  • G20 Protest  Police officers gather around a damaged police car attacked by anarchist protesters as it followed the end of the Labour-organized Group of Twenty summit protest migrating along Toronto's Queen Street.
    G20 First Police Car Attacked.jpg
  • G20 A solo protester casts a contemptuous gaze towards a line of riot police boots and shields at Queen and John Streets in front of Much Music.
    G20 Solo Sit-in Riot Police 2.jpg
  • G20 A solo protester sits head bowed in front of a line of riot police boots and shields at Queen and John Streets in front of Much Music.
    G20 Protest Solo Sit-in Riot Police.jpg
  • G20 Protest Smiling Riot Officer. A riot officer lowers his shield and engages a pair of protesters in conversation, demonstrating the best of the police services on display and revealing a human side amongst imposing glares.
    G20 Protest Smiling Riot Officer.jpg
  • G20 Protest A labour organization Marshal serves as Crossing Guard, trying to keep protesters moving in front of a phalanx of riot police.
    G20 Protest Labour Organization Mars...jpg
  • G20 Protest Riot Police Break out the Big Toys.  A riot officer brandishes a tear gas gun while others have bands of zip ties at the ready for mass arrests.
    G20 Protest Riot Police Toys 2 Tear ...jpg
  • G20 Protest Riot Police Break out the Big Toys.  A riot officer brandishes a tear gas gun while others have bands of zip ties at the ready for mass arrests.
    G20 Protest Riot Police Break out th...jpg
  • G20 Riot Police are gathered in force after a breach of their line at John Street beside Much Music during the Group of Twenty summit protests.  A sign contrasts Toronto with an Orwellian New World Order.
    G20 Protest No Crossing Riot Police.jpg
  • G20 Riot Police are gathered in force after a breach of their line at John Street beside Much Music during the Group of Twenty summit protests.  A sign contrasts Toronto with an Orwellian New World Order.
    G20 New World Order Riot Police 2.jpg
  • Toronto's G20 Protest boasted almost as many photographers as protesters. It became hard to tell them apart.  Cameras are aiming to a solitary sit-in protester in front of Much Music on Queen Street.
    G20 Protest Cameras.jpg
  • G20 A Mural above Queen Street highlights the Group of Twenty summit's theme of Maternal Health.
    G20 Maternal Health Mural.jpg
  • G20 Toronto riot police stand on guard for Tim Horton's doughnut franchise, blocking access to the Toronto Convention Centre.  Stop means STOP.
    G20 Riot Police Guard Tim Horton's.jpg
  • G20 Protest New World Order Riot Police watch as protesters decry the Orwellian similarities of Toronto during the Group of Twenty summit.
    G20 Protest New World Order Riot Pol...jpg
  • G20 Young and old protest Kashmiri Human Rights and Indian Abuses in the secessionist area between India and Pakistan.
    G20 Protest Kashmir Human Rights and...jpg
  • G20 Protesting India and Kashmiri Rights Abuses. A trio of young women protest violence and discrimination in Kashmir.
    G20 Kashmir Rights.jpg
  • G20 Protest A Photographer Witnesses Summit Strife from a Window Shot.
    G20 Protest A Photographer Witnesses...jpg
  • G20 Protest 'Not in Our Name' s placard proclaims hoisted well above the summit protesters.
    G20 Protest Not In Our Name.jpg
  • G20 Protest Statue Preacher tests his agility on the South African War Memorial on University Avenue during the Group of Twenty summit.
    G20 Protest Statue Preacher Tests Hi...jpg
  • G20 A protester tests his balance atop the South African War Memorial designed by Seymor Allward.  He beckoned the crowd below to react against the G20 summit in any way they could.
    G20 Statue Preacher 2.jpg
  • G20 A protester perches atop the South African War Memorial preaching the evils of the Group of Twenty summit.
    G20 Protest Statue Preacher at South...jpg
  • G20 Protest Riot Police Move into action aggressively with guns at the ready at the United States Consulate during Group of Twenty summit protests.
    G20 Protest Riot Police Move into Ac...jpg
  • G20 An R.C.M.P. riot officer tries to intimidate indicating that he's watching during protests of the Group of Twenty summit outside the United States consulate.
    G20 Riot Intimidation Eye.jpg
  • G20 RCMP Riot Police Stand ready, manning barricades protecting the United States' Consulate during summit protests.
    G20 Protest Riot Police Wave Billy C...jpg
  • G20 RCMP Riot Police Stand Ready Behind barricades protecting the United States' Consulate during Group of Twenty Summit protests.
    G20 Protest US Consulate Barricades.jpg
  • G20 Protest US Consulate Bike Cops block University Avenue.
    G20 Protest US Consulate Bike Cops.jpg
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