There is a stark contrast between northern Somalia and southern Somalia.

I want you to know the room you're looking at is stark white.

Hurricane Katrina is a stark reminder of the increasing vulnerability of today's global environment, in which nature respects no boundaries.

And this is a spread from the local newspaper of the recent graduating class, and you can see the difference is pretty stark.

The EU faces a stark choice a renewed Eastern Partnership or a renewed division of Europe.

He got his name from fighting stark naked.

This recent disaster is a stark reminder of the extreme vulnerability of all mankind, regardless of nationality, to the forces of nature.

Disparities in enrolment between urban and rural areas remain stark.

Eritrea, formerly part of Ethiopia, is one of those places that is astonishingly beautiful, incredibly stark, and I have no understanding of how people eke out a living there.

In stark contrast, Donald Trump is hiding behind fake excuses and backtracking on his previous promises to release his tax returns.

What we have seen there is but a stark example of exactly what I have just described, which is non respect for previous commitments and obligations, be they political or legal ones.

No country has devised a comprehensive solution to the drug problem. But a solution need not require a stark choice between prohibition and legalization.

And as long as any child anywhere is paralyzed by this virus, it's a stark reminder that we are failing, as a society, to reach children with the most basic of services.

In several countries, access to leisure time activities is limited by stark inequalities based on gender, religious affiliation, social and economic conditions and disabilities.

Nowhere is the gap between rhetoric and reality between declarations and deeds so stark and so deadly as in the field of international humanitarian law.

Draghi is one. Others include Klaus Regling, head of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), Axel Weber, President of the Bundesbank, and Jürgen Stark, a current member of the ECB s Executive Board.

In stark terms, they brought the realities of the problems of the world into this historic Hall.

The stark reality is that the group of four's multistage approach risks derailing the whole United Nations process in general and United Nations reform in particular.

At the same time, a radical reform program within Ukraine is gaining momentum, and slowly becoming visible to both the Ukrainian public and the European authorities. There is a stark contrast between the deteriorating external situation and the continuing progress in internal reforms.

That stark, ongoing reality affects young people, who are so vital for the continued development of our societies.

The indictment of those criminals will serve as a stark deterrent to would be perpetrators of such crimes when they see that the Court means business.

CAMBRIDGE Following its recent free elections, Pakistan is rebounding politically. But the euphoria that came with the end of the Musharraf era is wearing off, as the new government faces stark choices.

However, the stark reality is that women in Afghanistan, especially outside of Kabul and urban areas, and particularly among the poor, are generally still viewed as the property of men.

In other words, lack of social trust blocks structural reform. The Greek version of this dilemma, in which no one pays taxes because no one else pays taxes, is particularly stark.

Although this reduction was in line with the regulations, it still constituted stark negligence in respect of the special circumstances at hand.

The possible conclusions are stark. One possibility is that those investing in financial markets expect economic policy to be so dysfunctional that the global economy will remain more or less in its current depressed state for perhaps a decade, or more.

But the stark reality is that Earth Hour teaches all the wrong lessons, and actually increases CO2 emissions. It may inspire virtuous feelings, but its vain symbolism reveals exactly what is wrong with today s feel good environmentalism.

That stark message was echoed by the Millennium Project, which declared that integrating the principles and practices of environmental sustainability into country policies and planning programmes is therefore key to successful poverty reduction strategies.

Fortunately, the Ebola outbreak is unlikely to expose Americans fully to the poor fiscal choices of the past decade. But the disease s sudden appearance on the global scene serves as a stark reminder of what can happen if we do not remain vigilant.

Meanwhile, the continuing problems at European banks are a stark reminder that operating highly leveraged, thinly capitalized firms is incredibly risky. And the regulatory failures in Europe consider the German Landesbanks, for example will become only more obvious in the coming months.

Events in the days leading up to America s presidential election provided a stark illustration of the struggle. Among senior aides to Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a belief developed that he was on the cusp of victory.

The results were shocking whatever the impact of radiation on animals may be, the effects of human habitation seem to have been a lot worse. The site offers a stark reminder that humans simple, physical presence in a habitat is more damaging than one of the twentieth century s worst environmental catastrophes.

The importance of fisheries to many local communities in developing States was brought into stark focus by the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004.

The emergence of such a future would present the world with a stark choice either acquiesce to an Iran that possesses or could quickly assemble a nuclear device, or launch a preventive military attack designed to destroy much of the Iranian nuclear program.

This foreign policy assertiveness is as revolutionary for Japan s diplomacy as Abenomics has been for its economic policy. It marks a stark contrast with the seven decades following Japan s defeat in 1945 in the Pacific War, when successive governments mostly outsourced foreign policy to the United States.

The Enola controversy is a stark illustration of the danger of patenting life, and the power of patents to block agricultural imports, disrupt or destroy developing countries export markets, hijack staple food crops that are the cultural heritage of millennia, plunder collective knowledge, and threaten food security.

It is a stark fact that nearly 75 per cent of the world's population live in areas that have experienced at least one serious natural disaster event of one kind or another earthquake, typhoon, cyclone, hurricane, flood, drought and so on over the past 20 years.

Despite that stark reality, the issues relating to natural disasters are, in my view, unfortunately underestimated by nations and by the international community, including the United Nations system.

In Lebanon, despite the withdrawal of Syrian troops and the organization of free and transparent elections facilitating the establishment of a new Government, the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was a stark demonstration to the world that that country is not yet close to emerging from this period of turbulence.

And now, a typical university entering student arrives at college already having spent 20,000 hours online and an additional 10,000 hours playing video games a stark reminder that we operate in a cultural context where video games now outsell music and movie recordings combined.

Greece was offered two stark choices Leave the eurozone without financing, or remain and receive support at the price of further austerity. But Greece should have been offered a third option Leave the euro, but with generous financing.

But I think the crisis is deeper, reflecting a lack of awareness of the paths and goals of human development an ignorance that cannot be reduced to Western style democracy or liberal ideas. For Russia, the issue is simple because the crisis which has led to more homeless children than after either the Civil War or World War II is so stark.

The facts are hard to dispute indeed, the historical record is now so stark that diehard Republicans are probably starting to wonder if there is a curse. Over the period for which modern statistics are readily available, Democrats have outperformed Republicans by almost every traditional measure of economic performance (per capita GDP growth, unemployment, inflation, budget deficits).

Among those in the 20 24 age group, the difference between the reported unemployment rate and the percentage of youth without a job and looking for one (the unemployment ratio) is less stark. But, even among this age group, one finds that the unemployment ratio is often about one half of the widely reported unemployment rate.

Second, Burma s generals know that they face a stark choice either maintain power or risk imprisonment, exile, and possible death. In their eyes, this leaves them with virtually no choice but to hold on to power at all costs.