Day 1,895: ablaze, raze, makeshift

Yet it threatens to be deadlier than either conflict. Africa’s third-largest country is ablaze. Its capital city has been razed, perhaps 150,000 people have been slaughtered and bodies are piling up in makeshift cemeteries visible from space.

Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem

Artwork of the day 
Red Shift I: Impregnation (detail)
Cildo Meireles
Date: 1967
Style: Conceptual Art
Genre: installation

Word of the day 
ablaze: burning very strongly:
raze: to completely destroy a city, building, etc.:
makeshift: temporary and of low quality, but used because of a sudden need:

Quote of the day
“A spark could be enough to set them ablaze.”

― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire