Tuesday, February 7, 2017

She often felt like the silvery tinsel that clung to the Christmas tree after it had been dragged across the yard and unceremoniously dumped near the street.

Monday, February 6, 2017

They were stuck between the paranoid delusions of one leader and the racist policies of another.

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Each night was a lottery in which death spun the wheel as the bombs rained down on the city.

Saturday, February 4, 2017

The statue came tumbling down in a cloud of dust amid the ballyhoos of the crowd.

Friday, February 3, 2017

The wind-swept mountains were his home now but soon the capital would fall and he would return home in glory.

Thursday, February 2, 2017

He washed the man's feet as a symbol of repentance for all the pain he had caused.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

They were married amid the sound of gunfire and earth-shaking shelling.