T-e-n by T-e-n
“Israel!” “…officials.” “President.” Pretty much sums up the most used words on our planet, doesn’t it? Really?
What about “Iraq” at #5, “suicide” at #27…. or weapons, bombs, talks, uk or future? What are the words and pictures that define our times? These words are from 10 X 10, a web applet that gathers the top 100 words and pics from Reuters World News, BBC World Edition, and the New York Times International News.
I may possibly be the last one in the blogosphere to actually find this thing, but my question is this: What are the words and pictures that should define our times?
I was sad to find that I couldn’t think of any really huge accomplishments that happened this year - only tragic stories of loss, earthquakes, hurricaines, floods, bombings and deaths - that fit with this theme. Still, they happened. And we survived.
What pictures touched us this year? For me, video footage of that luxury resort in Indonesia that was swamped with water several stories above the pool as it carried hotel guests out to sea, both from the tsunami disaster around New Years’ 2004. That famous photo of the tipped over double-decker bus in london on July 7 as a result of the subway bombings. In the summer, Live 8 was everywhere - and if you owned an iPod, followed politics or listened to music, so was this guy:
What images will 2006 bring? I’m hoping for one of these: