lost at sea
The Italian Coast Guard ship Dattilo saved 717 African immigrants on two different rickety boats overnight 50 miles off the Libyan coast.
Sicily
and Vermont
2 years ago this photo didn't move people; all the dead were black
October 3, 2015
Two years ago today a migrant boat just a few feet from Europe's shores flipped over when it arrived in the dark and someone lit a shirt on fire to alert authorities and everyone moved to one side of the boat to avoid the flames. Worldwide reaction: shock, then forgetting, moving on. Survivors are Read More
This photo moved people; the one below did not.
October 3, 2015
The Syrian boy
The same thing had been happening for a decade to African immigrants. But they are black.
Rosalia at the Catacombs as she used to be
October 2, 2015
The old Rosalia
Here's Rosalia, the star of the Capuchin Catacombs mummies, a two-year-old girl who died in Palermo around 1920 and was mummified and left behind. You can't see her in this configuration any more, nor even get close to her.