One Thousand Ways of Looking for a Poem

A visitor takes pictures at 天津濱海圖書館 (Tiānjīn Bīnhǎi Library) in 天津 (Tiānjīn), China. The futuristic building has wowed book lovers around the world with its white undulating shelves rising from floor to ceiling. Photo: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images.

時間知覺 (Time perception)

天津 (Tiānjīn), China: Student nurses dance for a hospice care project. Photo: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images.

The Burning World

The aftermath of the devastating warehouse explosions in the northern port city of 天津 (Tiānjīn) in China. Photo: Ng Han Guan/AP.

The Wind in the Willows

• China Tianjin blasts: Evacuations as sodium cyanide found, BBC News, August 15, 2015

Fire still burn at the explosion site in 天津 (Tiānjīn), north China. Photo: 新华社 (Xīnhuá News Agency)/Landov/Barcroft Media.

The mother of a missing firefighter weeps outside a press conference in 天津 (Tiānjīn). Photo: Jason Lee/Reuters.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

• 燧鸣 (Suì Míng), “多难兴邦”与“为谁牺牲”——天津港爆炸的回响 (“Much hardships may awaken a nation” and “For whom the sacrifice” – Echoes of the blast in the port city of Tiānjīn), RedChinaCn.net, August 15, 2015

天津 (Tiānjīn) Burning
Photo: RedChinaCn.net

Il perché di tutto sommato

Death battleground in 天津 (Tiānjīn)
Photo: Reuters

People react near a street after a blast at 滨海新区 (Bīnhǎi New Area), in 天津 (Tiānjīn) municipality, China, August 12, 2015. Photo: Reuters/China Stringer Network.

Hell in a Handbasket

• Fergus Ryan and Tom Phillips, Tiānjīn explosions: dozens feared dead in blasts at Chinese port, The Guardian, August 13, 2015

Fireball rips through night sky of 天津 (Tiānjīn)
Photo: Reuters

A photo taken with a mobile phone shows the aftermath of the huge explosions in the port city of 天津 (Tiānjīn), China. Photo: AFP/Getty Images.

Deadly blasts rock the port city of 天津 (Tiānjīn)
Photo: Reuters

Car cemetery in 天津 (Tiānjīn)
Photo: Reuters