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CUBA. Havana. 1998. David Alan Harvey

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Water lilies of Bangladesh, photos by Moazzem Mostakim

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“A few months ago, my friend drowned in a swimming pool while I was with him. We were just hanging out. I was cooking for us. Then I stepped away to take a phone call, and when I came back, he was face down at the bottom of the pool. I was only gone for a few minutes. I don’t even know what happened. He never told me that he couldn’t swim. I tried CPR and he was still alive when the ambulance came. I prayed so hard. I called everyone I knew and asked them to pray. I called prayer lines. Everyone prayed for him at church. I was hoping that everything would be OK and that this could just be part of my testimony. I was hoping I could say: ‘I dedicated my life to God, and here’s what happened.’ But my friend passed away. He’d actually been dead the entire time I was praying. And it’s been so confusing for me. Because right before this happened, I’d been feeling so close to God. I was volunteering at church. I was going to midweek services. I was reading books. I was giving more of my money. I was partying less. I was trying to stay positive, and be mindful, and use less bad words. And I felt so close to God. I’d have conversations with him while standing on the subway platform. But it’s been hard lately. It’s hard to read my Bible verses. I’m scared to ask for anything. I say ‘thank you’ when I wake up every morning, but anything beyond that is very difficult.”

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Morning light on the 3 train, January 2016

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Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

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Aïn Benian, Algeria

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Jonathan Burkhart

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Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) Dir. Alain Resnais

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Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) Dir. Alain Resnais

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Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) Dir. Alain Resnais

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Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) Dir. Alain Resnais

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