Images Dated 12th August 2014

Comic postcard, Man leaving for work in the morning - I see the man next door kisses his

Comic postcard, Man leaving for work in the morning - I see the man next door kisses his wife goodbye every morning. Why don't you do the same? - But, hang it! I don't know the woman!! Date: 20th century

© The Donald McGill Archive Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

A displaced woman from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to

A displaced woman from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, covers her feet with clothes as she walks towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate August 11, 2014. Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday. The Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, has prompted tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians to flee for their lives during their push to within a 30-minute drive of the Kurdish regional capital Arbil. Picture taken August 11, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Old railway shed ruins, Mildura, Victoria, Australia

The brick station building at Echuca was constructed for the Victorian Railways in 1864 by contractors R Abraham & Co. The old sheds, 36 metres long, extending from Olive to Pine Avenue, had 24 bays for carriages which were an essential form of protection from Mildura's extreme heat

© 2014 Heath Raymond

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