This is Mercato, a huge market at the center of Addis Ababa, that is also an unlikely center for recycling.

The airline has been shading the US since before Trump was elected — In our uncertain and unsettling times very few things can be relied on. One of thing we can count on though — after every terrible American misstep related to airways Royal Jordanian Airlines will be waiting in the wings ready to drag the US for its foolishness. The most recent…

The Egyptian town of Rafah was almost completely demolished in 2014 so the Egyptian military could create a buffer zone between Gaza and the Egyptian border. A reported 3,200 families lost their homes, those who refused to leave were forced out at gunpoint. The image above shows Rafah before and after the demolition. It shows the destruction of a town. You can read more about Rafah, why it was demolished and what happened to its residents here and here.