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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Syrian pietà, 2012



Top: "A Syrian father weeping over the body of his son, one of dozens killed by suicide bombers in Aleppo last week amid a civil war that appears stuck in a stalemate." NYTimes 10/7/12. Photo credit: Manu Brabo/Associated Press

Bottom: Michelangelo, Pietà, 1499, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.