Satellite photos of Darfur show landscapes devoid of people and livestock, dotted with ashen rings of burned-down huts.

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But we were there when the editor, ashen-faced, took a phone call from her that was obviously a dressing down.

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Thousands turned out for the cremation, many of them ashen-faced young garment workers for whom the actress was an unattainable role model.

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There can be no better metaphor for depression than Frodo walking through ashen heaps carrying a heavy burden on an apparently hopeless quest.

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Then she saw the ashen face of one of the officers.

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Mancini, in his trademark blue and white cashmere scarf, looked ashen-faced.

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They also showed security camera video of the central Oslo bomb blast that killed eight people, images that participants in the trial watched with ashen faces.

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My own little patch of earth is as Dogpatch comparatively speaking, but like le Roi Soleil, I went ashen when presented with a bill for 60 bags of cedar nuggets.

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Ashen Gill and her two sons were left with just three cob walls and half of a partition following a large fire at their home which was tackled by about 100 firefighters.

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An ashen river pooled in slate-coloured lakes.

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Her skin had turned ashen.

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