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| June 12, 2013 |
Walls
They keep things out or enclose them within. They're symbols of power, and a means of control. They're canvases for art, backdrops for street theater, and placards for political messages. They're just waiting for when nobody's looking to receive graffiti. Walls of all kinds demarcate our lives. -- Lane Turner (41 photos total).
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A young boy jumps through a hole as others peer through the wall of a cell at Muzenze prison on November 21, 2012 in Goma, Congo. Almost all inmates of Goma's main prison managed to break out after prison warders abandoned their positions to flee from advancing M23 rebels. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images) #

A section of a half-mile long concrete wall, six feet tall and a foot or so thick, now covered with murals, built in the 1940s divides yards in Detroit on March 28, 2013. The wall was built with a simple aim: separate homes planned for middle-class whites from blacks who had already built small houses or owned land with plans to build in the neighborhood. It couldn't separate people on its own, people and policies would see to that, but it was enough to satisfy the Federal Housing Administration to approve and back loans. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press) #

The back of a Volkswagen Golf sticks out of the wall of a family home in Meissenheim, Germany on June 2, 2013. A drunk novice driver lost control of the vehicle. (NOTE: this photograph has been digitally altered to obscure the licence plate. The European Pressphoto Agency reports that the German press agency dpa provided the image, and must obscure the licence plate per German law.) (Wolfgang Kuenstle/EPA) #

Cosmo Sarson's mural of Jesus breakdancing on the wall beside The Canteen is reflected in a window on June 11, 2012 in Bristol, England. The artist was commissioned by The Canteen to paint the wall, which is directly opposite Banksy's Mild Mild West. The controversial 'Breakdancing Jesus' was inspired by an actual event in the Vatican where breakdancers performed to an applauding Pope John Paul II in 2004, is likely to be the latest attraction for graffiti tourists visiting Bristol, often seen as the spiritual home of underground artist Banksy. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) #

The Oppidans team huddle during the Eton Wall Game at Eton college in Eton on November 17, 2012. Originating in 1766, the game is played on a narrow strip 110 meters long up against a wall. The idea is to move the ball along the wall with your feet and score a goal at the far end. Goals are very rare, the last one scored was a hundred years ago in 1909. (Eddie Keogh/Reuters) #

Sona Nakarmi, 7, writes on a wall at the Saraswati Temple during the Shreepanchami festival in Kathmandu on February 15, 2013. Children are given their first writing and reading lessons at the temple during this festival in the belief that the goddess of education, Saraswati, will help them excel in education. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)#


































