The Italian Coast Guard ship Dattilo saved 717 African immigrants on two different rickety boats overnight 50 miles off the Libyan coast.
Sicily
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 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
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.