Category: Face Of The Day

A child attends Eid al-Fitr prayers at one of Manhattan's main mosques on September 10, 2010, in New York. Eid al-Fitr marks the day when Muslims worldwide celebrate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. By Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images.

A Roma child looks on in a camp via Alessandro Marchetti on the outskirts of Rome on September 8, 2010. Police in Rome said they had begun demolishing small, illegal Roma settlements in the outskirts of the city and that operations would continue. By Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images.

 

US medic Roy Heggernes with the 101st Airborne Division Alpha Battery 1-320th treats injured Afgan boy Abdul Qar, 13, at Combat Outpost Nolen before his evacuation on the outskirts of Arghandab Valley's Jellawar village on September 8, 2010. Abdul Qar and his father stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), intended to target US soldiers, which killed his father instantly. Qar was carried by his uncle to Combat Outpost Nolen where he was treated, driven to Combat Outpost Terra Nova and flown by a MEDEVAC helicopter to Kandahar. By Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images.

Two weeks old baby tiger 'Schuna' is pictured on September 5, 2010 at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany. As 'Schuna' was not accepted by its mother 'Mymosa', the animal is bottle-fed and brought up by keepers. By Horst Ossinger/AFP/Getty Images.

Picture taken on September 6, 2010 in Lyon, eastern France, shows a new gargoyle put on the the cathedral, which looks like Benzizine Ahmed (R), the Muslim foreman who led the restoration of the tower and worked on the cathedral for 30 years. The gargoyle, in honour of Ahmed, stands over a sign saying 'Allah Akbar' (God is Greatest) in both Arabic and French language. By Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images.

A model participates in the 2010 Daegu International Bodypainting Festival on August 28, 2010 in Daegu, South Korea. The festival is the largest in the field of body painting. By Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images.

by Chris Bodenner

A Dish reader sends a portrait he painted of Dina. Playwright Craig Lucas once said of her:

Once in a great long while, the planets align and all of nature conspires to come up with the previously unimaginable, the wondrous and newly beautiful, the awe inspiring. And some people are lucky enough to live in a time when such a creative vision appears in their midst. Now is such a time, we are the lucky ones, and Dina Martina is it.

Ruth Imes, 19, left, comforts her brother Ariel, 16, at their parents' memorial service. Yitzhak Imes and Talia Imes along with two hitchhikers they picked up, Kochava Even Haim and Avishai Schindler, were shot dead by Hamas militants yesterday evening while driving near Hebron, on September 1, 2010, in Beit Haggai, West Bank.  Washington is preparing to host renewed Middle East peace talks. By Warrick Page/Getty Images.

An Iraqi soldier mans his position at a checkpoint in central Baghdad on August 31, 2010, as US forces are set to declare an end to combat operations on August 31, leaving fewer than 50,000 soldiers in the country with the mission of training and advising local troops ahead of a complete withdrawal at the end of next year. By Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images.

A young Mardi Gras Indian joins others in a traditional second line parade along Tennessee Street in remembrance of Hurricane Katrina on the fifth anniversary of the historical hurricane, in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 29, 2010. Five years ago yesterday water from broken levees flooded approximately 80 percent of the city. Residents sing and pray and dance where once they were surrounded by raging flood water. By Rod Lamkey Jr./AFP/Getty Images