Day 1,367: scorched

Asian countries are fiercely independent, and their political systems are too varied—from liberal democracy to war-scorched tyranny—to make an Asian Union feasible.

What Asia’s economic revolution means for the world

Artwork of the day 
The Marshalling Yard at Trappes, France. Damage Done by RAF
Graham Sutherland
Date: 1944
Style: Neo-Romanticism
Genre: landscape

Word of the day 
scorched: slightly burned, or damaged by fire or heat

Quote of the day
“Lies are worse than no comfort at all. Especially to a mind already scorched by the truth.”

― Julie Berry, Lovely War