Maudy – Kalulushi, Zambia Stella – Montecchio, Italy Tangawizi – Keekorok, Kenya Abel – Nopaltepec, Mexico Chiwa – Mchinji, Malawi noeldallasAbove (from top): Maudy (Kalulushi, Zambia); Stella (Montecchio, Italy); Chiwa (Mchinji, Malawi); Abel (Nopaltepec, Mexico); Tangazwi (Keekorok, Kenya) and Noel (Dallas, Texas).

A sample of some of the many portraits shot by photographer Gabriele Galimberti in the course of an 18-month trip around the world where he documented children posing with their favourite toys. Of the project, entitled ‘Toy Stories’, Galimberti sez:

The richest children were more possessive. At the beginning, they wouldn’t want me to touch their toys, and I would need more time before they would let me play with them. In poor countries, it was much easier. Even if they only had two or three toys, they didn’t really care. In Africa, the kids would mostly play with their friends outside.

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rsecondindependence09Pope Francis (top) and photos of some of those who ‘ disappeared’ during the Argentine military dictatorship.

In a profile of the new pontiff, The Guardian makes no reference to Pope Frank’s culinary skills.

“As head of the Jesuit order from 1973 to 1979, Jorge Bergoglio – as the new pope was known until yesterday – was a member of the hierarachy during the period when the wider Catholic church backed the military government and called for their followers to be patriotic.
…Bergoglio twice refused to testify in court about his role as head of the Jesuit order. When he eventually appeared in front of a judge in 2010, he was accused by lawyers of being evasive”.

Pope Francis: Questions Remain Over His Role During Argentina’s Dictatorship (Uki Goni and Jonathan Watt, Guardian)

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