13 August 2021 — Moon of Alabama
This was fast. The Taliban have as of now 18 of 34 provinc[ial] capitals under the[ir] control.
- August 6 – Zaranji (Nimruz)
- August 7 – Sheberghan (Jowzjan)
- August 8 – Kunduz (Kunduz)
- August 8 – Sar-e Pol (Sar-e Pol)
- August 8 – Talquan (Takhar)
- August 9 – Aybak (Samangan)
- August 10 – Farah (Farah)
- August 10 – Pul-i Khumri (Baghlan)
- August 11 – Faizabad (Badakhshan)
- August 12 – Ghazni (Ghazni)
- August 12 – Kandahar (Kandahar)
- August 12 – Herat (Herat)
- August 12 – Qala-e-Naw (Badghis)
- August 13 – Lashkar Gah (Helmand)
- August 13 – Tirin kot (Uruzgan)
- August 13 – Chaghcharan (Ghor)
- August 13 – Pul-e Alim (Logar)
- August 13 – Qalat (Zabul)
Palestinians on Jaffa beach last month. The city is inaccessible to most Palestinians from the West Bank, but some managed to get permits or evade Israeli restrictions. Other Israeli cities are now closing beaches to Palestinians. – Oren Ziv ActiveStills
A huge column of smoke from the Bootleg Fire in Oregon could be seen for miles on July 8. (National Interagency Fire Center, Wikimedia Commons)
This summer, we’ve seen the 
The New Dark Age 