Army National Guard Spc. Scott Ouimet’s 9-year-old son, Nathan, embraced him Monday at Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Ill. Mr. Ouimet’s unit is heading to Iraq and Afghanistan to verify casualties and provide assistance. (Kelly J. Huff/Herald & Review via Associated Press)
A French warship captured 19 pirates Sunday when it came to the rescue of a Panamanian ship and Croatian cargo vessel threatened in the Gulf of Aden. The “Jean de Vienne” was on patrol off the Somali coast as part of a European Union anti-piracy force. (Reuters/French Navy)
People attended a dedication ceremony for a monument to former Panamanian President General Omar Torrijos. Mr. Torrijos died when his aircraft exploded during its first flight. He’s best known for negotiating treaties that eventually gave Panama full sovereignty over the Panama Canal. The current president, Mr. Torrijos’s son, was on hand for the ceremony Monday. (Sven Creutzmann/Mambo photo/Getty Images)
Rescue personnel carried the body of a landslide victim in San Cristobal Verapaz, Guatemala, Monday. At least 34 people died and dozens were reported missing after a chunk of mountain slid onto a road Sunday. (Oscar Caal/Reuters)
White House Chief of Staff-designate Rahm Emanuel talked with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Capitol Hill Monday after she met with President-elect Barack Obama. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
A devotee lighted candles at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, Monday on the 343rd birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, who led the Sikh faith. (Munish Sharma/Reuters)
A bird sat on dried grass in a Belarus Monday. The temperature dropped there to around minus 1 degree Fahrenheit. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)
People sculpted snow Monday at a festival in Haerbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)
Pet monkey Rani clutched onto her owner’s leg while she played with a stray dog Monday in Gurgaon, India. Owner Durga Prasad, who works as a cart puller, found Rani near his house. (Gurinder Osan/Associated Press)
The Fujiang River Bridge in China was demolished Monday to make way for bigger ships to pass. The bridge opened in 1971. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Sasha Obama, 7, peered out the window of a Secret Service vehicle as she left Sidwell Friends School in Washington, where her sister, Malia, was dropped off for the first day of school Monday. President-elect Barack Obama will be inaugurated Jan. 20. (Karen Bleier/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Visitors took in the games at the Toys and Games Fair in Hong Kong Monday. Asia’s largest toy fair opened with about 2,000 exhibitors from 37 countries. (Mike Clarke/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Parked trucks were seen through a tire during a strike Monday in Chandigarh, India. Tens of thousands of truckers stayed off the roads after talks with officials to cut taxes and diesel prices broke down. (Ajay Verma/Reuters)
A worker rested Monday near a schooner headed for Sumatra Island at Sunda Kelapa Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday. (Beawiharta/Reuters)
Shiite Muslims carried candles outside the Imam Ali shrine during an Ashura ceremony Sunday in the Najaf, Iraq. The festival commemorates the slaying of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Hussein. (Qassem Zein/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
People set up tents Sunday after fire destroyed their homes in a slum on the outskirts of Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of families were left homeless when the fire destroyed shanties. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)
A worker checked valves at Petroleum and Pipeline Corporation Monday near Ankara, Turkey. Russia’s OAO Gazprom halted deliveries to Ukraine — a key transit country for Russia’s gas trade with the EU — on Jan. 1, after talks to negotiate a new supply contract for this year broke down amid a price dispute. (Umit Bektas/Reuters)
January 2, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
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A trader talked on his cellphone under an electronic board showing DAX shares during the first trading day of 2009 at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Friday. (Alex Grimm/Reuters)
The Dalai Lama rolled down his car window as former Indian President Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam looked on at the Kangra Airport near Dharmsala, India, Friday. March 10 marks the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s exile to India. (Ashwini Bhatia/Associated Press)
Boys were seen through a bullet hole after a gun battle near Srinagar, India, Friday. Villagers said two militants were killed in an encounter with Indian security forces and four houses were destroyed. (Danish Ismai/Reuters)
Thousands of shoes were dumped on the Palmetto Expressway, causing major traffic delays Friday in Miami. The Florida Highway Patrol says it’s not sure where the shoes came from. (Alan Diaz/Associated Press)
Palestinian protesters threw stones at Israeli troops, not seen, during a demonstration against Israel’s military operation in Gaza Friday. Israel showed no sign of slowing its offensive against Hamas rulers, destorying alleged operatives’ homes and bombing a mosque. More than 400 Palestinians and four Israelis have been killed. (Oded Balilty/Associated Press)
Kwasi Gyinanie, a 60-year-old blind man, was led by his son Kwame Isaac to cast his ballot for president Friday in Badu, Ghana. “I came to vote because I’m interested in peace and also for the interest of my children,” said Mr. Gyinanie. Early results favor opposition leader John Atta Mills in the run-off. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Egyptian men looked at smoke caused by an Israeli airstrike at the Gaza border crossing of Rafah Friday. Under international pressure, the Israeli government allowed nearly 300 Palestinians with foreign passports to leave Gaza. (Nasser Nasser/Associated Press)
People made their way through the snow-covered Schauinsland mountain in Germany Friday. (Winfried Rothermel/Associated Press)
Russian Grand Master Peter Svidler, left, played against U.S. Grand Master Hikaru Nakamura during the Aker Chess Challenge in Gjoevik, Norway, Friday. (Erlend Aas/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Men prayed at the holy Shiite shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq, Friday. Elsewhere, a suicide bomber struck in Youssifiyah, Iraq. (Ahmed Alhussainey/Associated Press)
A Sri Lankan air force fighter jet left to carry out an air raid against Tamil Tiger rebels in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday. The government said it captured the rebel capital, dealing a devastating blow to the rebels’ 25-year fight for an independent state. (Eranga Jayawardena/Associated Press)
A house was destroyed in Pakistan’s operation against militants blamed for attacking convoys in the Khyber Pass. The pass, a main supply route for U.S. and NATO troops, was reopened after three days. (Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press)
U.S. troops held on tight to boxes to shield themselves from “prop wash,” a gust of air created by helicopter propellers, as an aircraft landed at Observation Post Mace in the remote Nuristan Province, Afghanistan, Friday. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
December 31, 2008 Published ~ 3 years ago.
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Fireworks exploded above the Sky Tower at midnight in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday.(Phil Walter/Getty Images)
Schoolchildren seated in the figure of 2009 saluted the nation’s martyrs during a function to welcome the New Year in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday. The word “salaam” in Hindi means salute.(Ajit Solanki/Associated Press)
An Iraqi man loyal to the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stepped on an Israeli flag during a protest against the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday in Sadr City, east of Baghdad.(Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)
A woman prepared Chinese New Year decorations for sale at her shop in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province Wednesday.(Associated Press)
Heat and smoke from a moving tank obscured an Israeli soldier near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip Wednesday. Israeli leaders rejected an immediate 48-hour pause in fighting, sending jets and assault helicopters to pound targets as the Gaza Strip entered its fifth day of battle.(Ariel Schalit/Associated Press)
An Israeli man looked at a classroom damaged after a Hamas rocket landed in a school in Beersheba, Israel, Wednesday.(Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)
A firefighter refreshed himself with his hose as he worked at putting out a fire in a shopping center in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday. No injuries or fatalities have been reported so far.(Dario Lopez-Mills/Associated Press)
Jumana Abu-Ghannam, 18, of Sterling, Va., right, got help from a cousin to cover her face with a kaffiyeh before joining hundreds of demonstrators in front of the U.S. State Department to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount (9) dove into the end zone for a touchdown while Oklahoma State’s Andre Sexton, right, and Perrish Cox (16) defended in the fourth quarter of the Holiday Bowl NCAA college football game in San Diego Tuesday. Oregon won the game, 42-31.(Chris Park/Associated Press)
A farmer rode a camel after finishing his day’s work as the sun set for the last time in 2008 near the western Indian city of Bikaner Wednesday.(Vinay Joshi/Reuters)
Cars passed a “Fireworks Cancelled” sign at Jumairah Palm Island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday. Hotels in Dubai scrambled to rework New Year’s plans after a last-minute order cancelled celebrations due to the violence in Gaza.(Kamran Jebreili/Associated Press)
December 30, 2008 Published ~ 3 years ago.
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A worshiper prayed in Brussels Tuesday as more than 40,000 young Catholics met at a community celebration. (John Thys/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
The last Woolworths store, in the Croydon section of London, permanently closed its doors Tuesday. The branch is one of the oldest. The closure comes after 200 of the discount retail stores shut their doors. (Adrian Dennis/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Skiers got a lift at a Sofia, Bulgaria, resort Tuesday. (Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A debutante was escorted to the stage during the 54th International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York Tuesday. (Mary Altaffer/Associated Press)
Huts burned as a fire broke out in a slum of Chennai, India, Tuesday. The fire gutted more than 200 homes. (Babu/Reuters)
A trader was covered with confetti at the closing of the last trading day of the year on the floor of the Indonesian Stock Exchange in Jakarta Tuesday. The country’s finance minister plans to announced a $1.14 billion package next year to help the economy. (Beawiharta/Reuters)
A U.S. soldier looked at art Tuesday made out of seized weapons in Baghdad. About 25,000 weapons were recently seized and destroyed. (Hadi Mizban/Associated Press)
A pier extended out over Ammer Lake, which was partially covered with ice, near Stegen, Germany, Tuesday. Germany is experiencing a cold spell. (Johannes Simon/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A member of the main opposition Democratic Party read a newspaper next to a roped-off door, which was blocked to stop the ruling Grand National party from voting Tuesday in Seoul on disputed bills. A lawmaker said he would force a vote by Wednesday on measures that include economic reforms, such as revising bank ownership regulations. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)
A Palestinian girl held up a doll during a protest Tuesday against the Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip. More than 360 Palestinians have died as a result. (Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Relatives of Irit Shitrit, a 39-year-old mother of four, leaned over her body as they mourned during her funeral Tuesday in Ashdod, Israel. She was killed Tuesday by a Hamas rocket. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
An injured demonstrator was carried to safety outside Bangkok’s Parliament Tuesday. Thailand’s government was forced to change the venue of its key policy speech as thousands of protesters loyal to exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra swarmed the building Monday. (David Longstreath/Associated Press)
An Iraqi Shiite woman purchased a flag bearing the image of Imam Hussein to celebrate Ashura Tuesday in Baghdad. The 10-day religious festival marks the death of the Prophet Mohammad’s grandson about 1,300 years ago in Karbala, Iraq. (Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)
Balloons flew into the air during a year-end ceremony in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)
Czech cyclist Zdenek Stybar celebrated as he rode across the finish line of the Gazet van Antwerpen race in Loenhout, Belgium, Tuesday. (Peter Deconinck/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A man rowed his boat next to a ship moored in a harbor on the Paraguay River Tuesday. Paraguay’s commercial shipping industry is losing more than $100 million annually due to the sinking river water level. (Andres Cristaldo/European Pressphoto Agency)
December 29, 2008 Published ~ 3 years ago.
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A woman and young girl walked past a Cuban flag Monday and the “26 de Julio Movement” flag. Fidel Castro started the revolutionary movement and overthrew the government in 1959. January marks the 50th anniversary of the revolution. (Rodrigo Arangua/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
An Egyptian policeman sat with a handcuffed Palestinian boy who was caught entering Egypt illegally from the Gaza Strip Monday. Those caught are being returned. Egypt closed the crossing Sunday after dozens of Palestinians tried to cross amid conflict with Israel. (Khaled Desouki/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A child sat on a police officer’s shoulders during a pro-Palestinian rally near the Israeli Embassy in London on Monday. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)
Visitors stood in front of Geneva’s Reformation Wall Monday. The monument depicts, from left to right, the Protestants William Farel, Jean Calvin, Theodore Beza and John Knox. Geneva is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Calvin, a formative figure. (Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A Hindu man posed for a picture Monday in Vrindavan, India, while walking to Bhagwan Bhajan Ashram. The town serves as a place for the faithful. (Jayanta Shaw/Reuters)
Used copiers filled a Kashiwa, Japan, storage center Monday. The business Office Buster is busy readying the supplies from defunct businesses — casualties of the global economic crunch — for resale. (Koji Sasahara/Associated Press)
Grant Halicke walked along flooded Circle Drive in Lyons, Ill., Sunday after heavy rain and thunderstorms. Flood warnings were posted throughout the Midwest as temperatures rose after a week of heavy snowfall. In Michigan, crews worked to restore electricity to nearly 200,000 customers after strong weekend winds downed power lines. (Kuni Takahashi/Chicago Tribune via Associated Press)
The Airship Ventures Zeppelin Eureka flew over San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge Sunday. The airship, one of only three currently flying anywhere in the world, is the first Zeppelin to grace U.S. airspace in 71 years. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)
Skaters raced Monday on ice created by spraying grassland with water in the cold northern Dutch province of Frieslands. (Robin Utrecht/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A Muslim protester used a toy gun to hold up a Palestinian flag during a demonstration Monday against Israel’s three-day air assault on the Gaza Strip. A militant group in Indonesia said it plans to recruit volunteers to fight against Israel in response to the air attacks that have killed more than 300 Palestinians. (Dadang Tri/Reuters)
An Israeli man looked at a convoy of humanitarian supplies before it entered Gaza Monday at the Kerem Shalom crossing. The Israeli air force said it’s striking the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in response to border attacks, and is considering a possible invasion. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Soccer fans waved flags Monday in Hanoi in celebration of Vietnam’s 1-1 draw with Thailand to clinch the Southeast Asian championship for the first time Sunday. (Kham/Reuters)
A dog ran in a vineyard of Vinalopo grapes, which are bagged on the vine, in Novelda, Spain, Monday. Spaniards eat 12 Vinalopo grapes as midnight strikes to ring in the New Year with good luck. (Jaime Reina/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A supporter of exiled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in 2006, blocked traffic Monday outside Parliament in Bangkok. About 9,000 people protested, preventing the new prime minister of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva, from making his policy speech. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)
December 26, 2008 Published ~ 4 years ago.
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Army Spc. Erik Martin checked the muzzle of a 155mm howitzer during a test Friday at Forward Operating Base Bostick in eastern Afghanistan. CIA agents are reportedly offering Viagra and other gifts to win over Afghan warlords in the fight against the Taliban. (Bob Strong/Reuters)
A man rowed as others waited for passengers on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday. (Pavel Rahman/Associated Press)
Tourists soaked up some sun during a quiet moment Friday at Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand. (David Longstreath/Associated Press)
A poster of former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong was seen on the streets of Chengdu Friday, the 115th birth anniversary of the late leader. (Associated Press/Color China Photo)
Hounds waited for the sound of a bugle horn in the Bicester with Whaddon Chase Hunt on Boxing Day in Winslow, England, Friday. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)
An elephant hurried to the finish Friday in the fifth International Elephant Race in Sauraha, Nepal. (Gopal Chitrakar/Reuters)
A man swam in the Vltava River, as is Christmas tradition, in Prague Friday. (David W. Cerny/Reuters)
People walked in the snow in Collioure, France, Friday. Parts of the country, like Var and Corsica, were under a weather warning alert for wind, rain and snow. (Raymond Roig/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
An elderly man wrapped himself up as he sat on a park bench near New Delhi Friday. Mist engulfed the area as temperatures dipped. (Harish Tyagi/European Pressphoto Agency)
Visitors offered condolences on a message board near Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel Friday to commemorate the one-month anniversary of terrorist attacks in the city. (Arko Datta/Reuters)
Women prayed under a wooden ship, which was stranded atop a house after the 2004 tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The Indian Ocean tsunami killed 230,000 people. Hundreds of thousands of mourners — from Indonesia to India — prayed Friday. (Tarmizy Harva/Reuters)
A boy gathered recycled plastic bags in the Philippines Friday. The bags are collected from a garbage dump and washed, then sold around Manila’s Baseco slum area. (John Javellana/Reuters)
South Korean special forces members trekked around a mountain during a training exercise Friday in Jeju Island, South Korea. (Seo Kyung-li/Newsis via Associated Press)
A worker walked in the newly completed Wuhan Yangtze River Tunnel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, Friday. The tunnel, which is approximately 11,811 feet long, is scheduled to open Dec. 28, according to local news reports. (Reuters/China Daily)
December 24, 2008 Published ~ 4 years ago.
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Palestinians marched and played bagpipes outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank, on Christmas Eve. Thousands of pilgrims are flocking to the city where Christians believe Jesus was born. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images )
Christmas carolers, seen reflected in a glass table, sang in Varna, Bulgaria, Wednesday. Singers visit area houses for the holiday and receive ring-shaped bread, coins, meat and beans. Tradition holds that the more gifts given, the richer the harvest in the coming year. (Petar Petrov/Associated Press)
A soldier kept watch as people stood in line Wednesday to cast their ballots at a Jammu, India, polling place. Tens of thousands of soldiers patrolled the Indian-administered region to prevent separatist unrest during state elections. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Riot police walked through the main square in Athens Wednesday as hundreds of protesters marched in continued antigovernment protests since the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy on Dec. 6. (Marko Djurica/Reuters)
A U.S. soldier lighted a candle while attending a Christmas Eve ceremony at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. Thousands of American soldiers will spend the holiday away from their families. (Massoud Hossaini/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
December 23, 2008 Published ~ 4 years ago.
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A Palestinian Christian man dressed up as Santa Claus waved as he held a Christmas tree distributed by the Jerusalem Municipality in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday. (Gali Tibbon/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
An Indian policeman stood guard in front of a decorated Christian Church prayer hall ahead of Christmas celebrations in Bhubaneswar, India, Tuesday. Anti-Christian riots by Hindu hard-liners in late August had left at least 38 people dead, as many as 30,000 homeless and dozen of churches destroyed in this eastern Indian state. (Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press)
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Pictures of the Day - 2009 PART 3
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