ULTRA-ORTHODOX FUNERAL: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attended the funeral of Rabbi Menachem Porush in Jerusalem Monday. The esteemed rabbi and longtime leader of one of the most influential ultra-Orthodox parties in parliament died Sunday of an apparent heart attack at the age of 93. (Bernat Armangue/Associated Press)
TALK TO THE HAND: Keith Jardine tried to fend off Ryan Bader during their Ultimate Fighting Championship match in Sydney Sunday. Mr. Bader finished off Mr. Jardine with a flying knee and a big left hook. (Mark Nolan/Getty Images)
NO FEAR: A Danish soldier guarded U.S. and British troops as they cleared improvised explosive devices from a main route near Marjah, Afghanistan, Sunday. Afghan and NATO troops are in their second week of an offensive in the area. (Patrick Baz/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
PLAYING WITH FIRE: Carnival revelers carried burning wooden sticks during the traditional “Chienbaese” celebration in Liestal, Switzerland, Sunday. (Michael Buholzer/Reuters)
PROCEEDING WITH CAUTION: Young women navigated rubble after attending morning Mass at the earthquake-damaged Sacre Coeur Catholic Church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
MUDDY STREET: A woman and her son stood on a mud-covered street after heavy flooding in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, Sunday. Landslides killed at least 42 people over the weekend. (Manuel de Almeida/European Pressphoto Agency)
BAFTA AWARDS: British actress Kate Winslet and American actress Gabourey Sidibe arrived at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards at the Royal Opera House in London Sunday. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
GRAND GESTURE: National Front political party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen gestured during a political meeting in Nice, France, Sunday ahead of a regional election. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)
PUMPING IRON: Palestinian bodybuilder Jehad Mohammed lifted weights at a gym in Gaza City Sunday. (Ali Ali/European Pressphoto Agency)
PUSHED BACK: An Indian policeman pushed back a female activist of the People’s Democratic Party, Kashmir’s main opposition party, during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday. Hundreds of PDP members rallied against what they call human-rights violations by Indian security personnel. (Danish Ismail/Reuters)
ON STRIKE: Lufthansa pilots began a four-day walkout at the airport in Frankfurt Monday, grounding hundreds of flights; 10,000 passengers were affected world-wide. The pilots are striking over a lack of job security. (Boris Roessler/European Pressphoto Agency)
LOOKING FOR WORK: People attended a job fair in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, Monday. (Liu Tao/China Foto Press/ZUMA Press)
SAFE LANDING: Space shuttle Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday after completing a mission to deliver parts to the International Space Station. (Gary I. Rothstein/European Pressphoto Agency)
RACEWAY CRASH: A race official climbed over a barrier with a fire extinguisher to aid Antron Brown after he crashed his Matco Tools/U.S. Army dragster during the NHRA Arizona Nationals in Chandler Sunday. A woman died after being hit by a tire from the crash; Mr. Brown wasn’t injured. (Crystal Ochoa/The Arizona Republic via Associated Press)
CARRIED TO SAFETY: A shopkeeper carried an injured soldier away from the site of a bomb blast in Mingora, Pakistan, Monday. A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the busy market. (Hazrat Ali Bacha/Reuters)
HOCKEY UPSET: Team USA’s Bobby Ryan celebrated a goal against Canada during their hockey game at the Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday. The U.S. pulled off a 5-3 upset. (Julie Jacobson/Associated Press)
February 20, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
Pictures of the Day
Police officers sat near a barricade with their guns ready Friday in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. The French prime minister asked unions and employers to accept a new aid package and end a violent month-long wage strike on the French Caribbean island. President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday announced a $729 million aid package to help France’s overseas regions. (Lionel Bonaventure/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Miners prepared to sacrifice llamas for a ritual celebration on the outskirts of Oruro, Bolivia, Friday. Workers blessed their mine by offering the sacrifices during the Andean carnival celebrations. (David Mercado/Reuters)
Sheep meandered across a road in Goathland, England, Friday. The picturesque area is the location for the popular “Heartbeat” TV drama, which may be cancelled. Residents are petitioning to keep the show for fear tourism will otherwise dwindle. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A laborer pushed a wheelbarrow of mud for making bricks near Siliguri, India, Friday. The Indian economy is set to slow to around 7.1% this year, by some estimates. India’s finance minister said workers may have to accept pay cuts to protect their jobs. (Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)
New York Yankee Johnny Damon signed autographs for fans before the start of practice at spring training Friday in Tampa, Fla. (Mary Altaffer/Associated Press)
Germany’s Maria Riesch, left, congratulated Lindsey Vonn, of the U.S., after Ms. Riesch won the World Cup super-combined event in Tarvisio, Italy, Friday. Ms. Vonn finished second. (Damien Meyer/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A man cross-country skied as another walked in swimming trunks to a frozen river’s edge near Veliky Novgorod, Russia, Friday. (Mikhail Mordasov/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Bulls were corralled in a pen at the World Bull Fair in Seville, Spain, Friday. (Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)
People waited to enter a meeting of creditors of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC at a New York bankruptcy court Friday. Investors, attorneys, advisers and media were updated on the litigation and liquidation of assets. Mr. Madoff is accused of operating a $50 billion Ponzi scheme and is currently under house arrest. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Kimberly Pawlowski, the newlywed of slain police officer John Pawlowski, cried as pall bearers carried her husband’s casket Friday in Philadelphia. The officer was the fifth to die in the line of duty in less than a year in Philadelphia. Rasheed Scrugs has been charged in the crime. (Joseph Kaczmarek/Associated Press)
Civilians helped firefighters extinguish flames at a Dhaka, Bangladesh, market Friday. More than 25 people were injured, including firefighters. (Abir Abdullah/European Pressphoto Agency)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton posed for a photograph with students at Ewha Women’s University in Seoul Friday. She said U.S. ties would weaken with North Korea unless the communist country stopped threatening South Korea. Later Friday, she traveled to China. (Lee Jin-man/Associated Press)
A Palestinian protester ran with a slingshot during a demonstration Friday against Israel’s separation barrier in Bilin, West Bank. Once completed, 87% of the barrier will sit on West Bank land, according to a U.N. office. (Abbas Momani/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Visually impaired men protested in New Delhi Friday, demanding the Indian government help set aside jobs for the blind. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)
An electronic board at a Tokyo securities firm reflected pedestrians passing by Friday. Japanese stocks extended their losing streak as global economic fears sent the Nikkei plummeting more than 100 points. (Katsumi Kasahara/Associated Press)
Kashmiri protesters threw stones at police officers, unseen, in Srinagar, India, Friday. They demanded the release of separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah and other political prisoners from Indian jails. (Mukhtar Khan/Associated Press)
An Iraqi Christian girl attended Mass Friday at St. Joseph’s Chaldean Church in Baghdad. (Khalid Mohammed/Associated Press)
A happy reveler showed off her carnival attire Thursday in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil’s carnival started Friday. Mayor Eduardo Paes, who took office in January, promises to crack down on even small offenses to shake the city’s anything-goes reputation during carnival. (Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press)
A job seeker waited at a fair held at the International Expo Centre in Xian, Shaanxi Province, China, Friday. The unemployment rate climbed to 4.2% in December — the highest level in five years. An estimated 20 million migrant workers have lost their jobs. (China Photos/Getty Images)
Models prepared backstage before the Paul Costelloe show Friday as part of London Fashion Week. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
February 19, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
Pictures of the Day
Lawyers started a fire near a Chennai, India, police station Thursday in protest of Sri Lanka’s offensive against the Tamil Tigers. Millions of people in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu have strong historical and cultural ties to the Tamils in Sri Lanka. (Babu/Reuters)
A farmer harvested seeds from a field in An Lac, Vietnam, near Hanoi, Thursday. (Kham/Reuters)
A kite surfer performed a jump off the coast of Alimos, a suburb of Athens, on a windy Thursday. (Petros Giannakouris/Associated Press)
A bullfighter’s apprentice peeked out from behind a barrier that competitors use to protect themselves from bulls. Thursday marked the opening day of the World Bull Fair in Seville, Spain. (Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)
Bob Incao shoveled snow off cars at a Concord, N.H., Saab dealership Thursday. The Swedish government rejected General Motors’s plea for government funding for GM’s Sweden-based unit, Saab. Swedish officials said it was up to the U.S. automaker to save the brand. (Jim Cole/Associated Press)
Hundreds of people protested Thursday outside the New York Post newspaper’s office in New York. They were protesting against a cartoon they claim links President Obama to a violent chimp that was recently shot dead by police in Connecticut. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Hundreds of residents picked up free boxes of food and personal-care items provided by the Feed the Children organization Thursday in Wilmington, Ohio. The area has been devastated by the impending pullout of cargo shipper DHL. (Skip Peterson/Associated Press)
A girl saluted President Barack Obama Thursday as he prepared to leave the White House for Canada on his first foreign trip as president. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Horses jumped during the Racing U.K. Novices’ Handicap race in Huntingdon, England, Thursday. (Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)
Enthusiastic South Koreans welcomed visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul Thursday. North Korea said Thursday its missile and nuclear programs pose no threat. (Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press)
Journalists surrounded Sen. John Kerry (D., Mass.) as he visited the American International School in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, Thursday. The school was destroyed in Israel’s military operation last month. Mr. Kerry stressed that his visit did not represent a policy change in Washington toward Hamas. (Mohammed Abed/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A family rested on the floor of the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City Wednesday. More than 80,000 people from Toluca, Mexico, have made the pilgrimage by foot, on bikes or in caravans. (Deanna Dent/Associated Press)
State Sen. Roy Ashburn (R., Bakersfield), left, talked with Sen. Dave Cox (R., Fair Oaks) Thursday at the Sacramento, Calif., Capitol. The Legislature approved a plan Thursday to close a $42 billion budget deficit. (Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press)
A woman walked on a frozen river at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing Thursday. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)
Kids played Thursday in slums on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According to government sources, about 35% of Cambodians live below the poverty line. (David Longstreath/Associated Press)
People reveled at the fifth International Poetry Festival in Granada, Spain, Wednesday. (Esteban Felix/Associated Press)
President Obama prepared to board Air Force One at Andrews Air force Base Thursday in Maryland before departing for Ottawa to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The economic downturn and the “Buy American” portion of the new stimulus legislation are on the agenda. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
Austria’s Mario Stecher looked on after the Nordic Combined skiing competition at the Nordic World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic, Thursday. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)
February 18, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
Pictures of the Day
Anna Carin Olofsson Zidek, of Sweden, took a shot during the women’s International Biathlon Union world championships Wednesday in Pyeongchang, South Korea. She placed fourth. In a Biathlon competition, the athlete skis distances varying from 6 to 20 km and stops at the shooting range to shoot two or four times. (Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Unused shipping containers were piled up at a storage depot in Hong Kong Wednesday. The government is looking for places to store hundreds of thousands of unused containers expected to flood Hong Kong in the coming months due to China’s slow exports. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)
U.S. Army soldiers fingerprinted and photographed Afghan men while patrolling the reported Taliban area of Gandalabog, Afghanistan, Wednesday. President Barack Obama has committed to adding an additional 17,000 troops there. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
A Palestinian was pulled up by a friend Wednesday into the remains of a Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, house that was destroyed in Israel’s offensive last month. (Tara Todras-Whitehill/Associated Press)
A House of Commons security guard stood at the end of the Hall of Honor lined with U.S. and Canadian flags Wednesday in Ottawa. President Obama will visit Thursday. (Tom Hanson/The Canadian Press via Associated Press)
A woman with a traditional Congolese hair style posed for a portrait in the village of Bangadi, Congo, Wednesday. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)
California state Sen. Gil Cedillo (D., Los Angeles) relaxed in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday. State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has been confining members to the Capitol to coax one Republican to vote for a stalled state budget package. (Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press)
Alfonso Martin, of American Turf and Carpet, vacuumed the red carpet outside Los Angeles’s Kodak Theatre Wednesday in preparation for the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday. (Chris Carlson/Associated Press)
Luciano Balderas, of Alexandria, Va., displayed steamed blue crabs on a cold, rainy Wednesday in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)
A sign depicting a kissing zone was pictured at Warrington Bank Quay train station in Warrington, England, Wednesday. A railway station in northern England has imposed a kissing ban on passengers being dropped off, in a bid to cut delays in certain zones. (Andrew Yates/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
U2’s Bono rehearsed Wednesday in London for the 2009 Brit Awards. (Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
A man walked among wrecked cars on shelves in a hangar in Berlin Wednesday. The German government is offering 2,500 euros for cars older than nine years old to people willing to buy new vehicles. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Smoke billowed from an immigration center in Lampedusa, Italy, Wednesday. A failed escape attempt left 14 people suffering from smoke inhalation, police said. Many of the immigrants were Tunisians who were protesting their impending expulsion. (Alessandro Fucarini/Associated Press)
Muslims protested near the presidential palace in Manila Wednesday. The Philippines wants to resume peace talks with the Muslim separatist group the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, months after fighting left hundreds dead. (Jes Aznar/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
People prayed for rain in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday. In much of the Middle East, rainfall has been down. (Fahad Shadeed/Reuters)
Floodwaters lapped at the edge of the Fortescue Bridge in Pilbara, Australia, Tuesday. Heavy rains cut off towns, stopped mining operations and damaged crops a week after deadly brushfires. (Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia/Reuters)
Visitors walked near the Palace Museum after a snowfall in Beijing Wednesday. The Chinese government took credit Tuesday for the first snowfall amid a drought, saying it fired sticks of chemicals into the sky. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
Police scuffled with lawyers during a protest rally in New Delhi Wednesday. Thousands rallied against criminal-code changes. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)
People waited outside the Bank of Antigua in St. John’s, Antigua, Wednesday to withdraw money. The bank is owned by Stanford Group. The SEC filed civil charges against R. Allen Stanford Tuesday for alleged fraud involving $8 billion in certificates of deposit. (Jewel Samad/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI lost his skullcap to a gust of wind Wednesday at the Vatican. The pontiff’s personal secretary tried to catch it. (Pier Paolo Cito/Associated Press)
February 17, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
Pictures of the Day
A Japanese woman paid her respects to some 9,000 victims whose remains were at a Phnom Penh, Cambodia, extermination camp Tuesday. The alleged torturer-in-chief for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime, Kaing Guek Eav, stood trial Tuesday for crimes against humanity in the “Killing Fields” case. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
Roger Mbuliundo stood beside his 60-year-old father’s body Tuesday. The man was shot and killed in the bush near Dungu, Congo. Thousands of Congolese people have fled their villages as rebel Ugandan forces carry out massacres. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)
The French-Caribbean island of Guadeloupe was on the verge of rebellion Tuesday, an official said, after stone-throwing protesters set cars and buildings ablaze. Tourists have fled after nearly four weeks of work stoppages and demonstrations for lower prices and higher pay. (Gilles Petit/Reuters)
A police forensics expert investigated the scene where two gunmen on a motorcycle fired shots outside an Athens television station Tuesday. Police said no injuries were reported. (Petros Giannakouris/Associated Press)
Pakistani Christians carried quilts to be donated to refugees from the troubled Swat Valley in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday. The area has largely fallen to militants who have beheaded opponents and banned many forms of entertainment. Up to one-third of the valley’s 1.5 million residents have fled. (Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press)
Firemen stood near an emergency helicopter that crashed during a rescue operation near Wroclaw, Poland, Tuesday. The helicopter crashed on its way to help people involved in a car accident. (Wrofoto/Reuters)
With a sleeping bag under his arm, state Sen. Lou Correa (D., Anaheim) walked into the Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday. On Monday, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D., Sacramento) warned members to be prepared to stay until they got the state budget passed. (Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press)
President Barack Obama got ready to board Marine One at the White House before flying to Denver, where he signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Tuesday. The $787 billion plan is designed to create or save millions of jobs. (Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Paramilitary policemen attended a training session at a military base in Yinchuan, in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region of China, Tuesday. The U.S. and China will resume senior military talks following a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, state media said Monday, after an interruption caused by U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.(Reuters)
Albanians gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of Kosovo’s Independence in Tirana, Albania, Tuesday. Minority Serbs and Belgrade leaders vowed to continue challenging the secession.(Armando Babani/European Pressphoto Agency)
Louis Buckley, content developer at London’s Science Museum, played rock, paper, scissors with Berti the robot at the Science Museum in London.(PA Photos/Landov)
People walked past the Wumen Gate of the Forbidden City during a snowfall in Beijing Tuesday night. China took credit for the first snowfall of the winter in Beijing, saying it fired sticks of chemicals into the sky to seed clouds in a bid to end a persistent drought.(Jason Lee/Reuters)
Workers carried bricks in a brick field on the outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday. About 45 workers are employed at the brick factory and most work 12 hours a day. The daily wage is 120 taka, or $1.70, for men, and 100 taka, or $1.40, for women.(Andrew Biraj/Reuters)
A young fan got up after posing for a photograph with a backdrop of the Chelsea soccer team at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Tuesday. The backdrop contains the former manager Felipe Scolari, third left bottom row, who was fired and has been replaced with Guus Hiddink.(Alastair Grant/Associated Press)
Supporters of Madagascar’s opposition leader and Antananarivo mayor, Andry Rajoelina, protested during a rally in Antananarivo Tuesday. Ten thousand protesters gathered in the city as they called for the removal of President Marc Ravalomanana.(European Pressphoto Agency)
Jelena Jankovic of Serbia lost her balance after trying to return the ball to Monica Niculescu of Romania during their match at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships 2009 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Tuesday.(Ali Haider/European Pressphoto Agency)
A man in a ballet dress danced in Tiergarten park after snowfall in Berlin Tuesday as part of a radio station promotion.(Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)
A Palestinian boy climbed through an opening in Israel’s controversial barrier in Shuafat in the West Bank near Jerusalem Tuesday.(Baz Ratner/Reuters)
February 13, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
Pictures of the Day
U.S. servicemen sat inside a C-17 Globemaster at Manas Air Base near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday waiting to take off for Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan is delaying a decision on whether to close the last U.S. airbase in Central Asia. (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)
On Friday, people passed by a banner showing images of people who’ve disappeared during 36 years of internal conflict between leftist guerrillas and military dictatorships in Guatemala City. Human-rights groups protested outside Guatemala’s president’s house Friday. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)
A man jumped through a ring of fire Friday near Ludhiana, India, at the Kila Raipur Sports Festival. The festival, also known as the “Rural Olympics,” is held yearly. (Munish Sharma/Reuters)
Children walked on railway tracks in Mumbai Friday. (Arko Datta/Reuters)
Baltimore Orioles clubhouse worker Sammy Sanchez rubbed mud on a new baseball as the team prepared for the start of spring Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Jeff Roberson/Associated Press)
Smoke filtered through trees during a blaze in Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa, Friday. Strong winds coupled with dry weather fanned hundreds of brush fires. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)
Volunteer firefighters tried to extinguish flames after Continental Connection’s Flight 3407 crashed Thursday outside Buffalo, N.Y., killing all 49 on board and one person on the ground. (Harry Scull Jr./The Buffalo News via Associated Press)
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived via helicopter to Roshan Tower in Musa Qala, Afghanistan, Friday. The cost of Britain’s military operations there soared to $2.6 billion last year, according to the Ministry of Defence. (Press Association/Landov)
The European Space Agency provided a picture that shows the Ariane-5 rocket blasting off with two communication satellites Thursday from Kourou, French Guiana. (P.Baudon/European Space Agency/Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales/Arianespace)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waved to his supporters at a rally closing his constitutional amendment campaign in Caracas Thursday. Voters will decide Sunday whether Mr. Chavez’s term will extend beyond 2013. (Xinhua/Landov)
This picture, taken by European Pressphoto Agency photographer Franck Robichon, won third prize in the Sports Action Singles category in the World Press Photo of the Year 2008 contest, announced Friday in Amsterdam. It shows Cuba’s Alexis Copello competing during the men’s triple jump qualifiers in Beijing last August. (Franck Robichon/European Pressphoto Agency)
A man performed “Kathakali,” a traditional Indian dance, at the annual Kala Ghoda Festival of Arts in Mumbai Friday. The nine-day festival showcases Indian arts and heritage. (Arko Datta/Reuters)
Indonesian workers checked dead fish at a breeding pond in the Jatiluhur Reservoir in West Java, Indonesia, Friday. The mass death is blamed on a lack of oxygen due to a sudden change of weather. (Mast Irham/European Pressphoto Agency)
A Palestinian demonstrator used a slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli troops during clashes at Israel’s separation barrier in Qalqilya, West Bank, Friday. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Associated Press)
Activists from Bharatiya Janata Party Mahila Morcha popped balloons on a Valentine’s Day billboard in Hyderabad, India, Friday. The group opposes the celebrations. (Krishnendu Halder/Reuters)
February 12, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
Pictures of the Day
A wall at Jaipur, India’s, famous Amer Fort collapsed Thursday as a large crowd gathered to get a glimpse of Bollywood actor Salman Khan during the shooting of the movie “Veer.” About 15 people were injured in the collapse. (European Pressphoto Agency)
A pair of work boots lay at the scene where a Norfolk-Southern train struck a diesel truck and derailed outside Smarr, Ga., Wednesday. Truck driver Johnny Wynes Jr., 71, was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Three train engineers were hospitalized as a precaution. (Woody Marshall/The Macon Telegraph via Associated Press)
Fourth-grade students from the Packer Collegiate Institute, dressed as President Abraham Lincoln, exited the subway after visiting a group of senior citizens in New York Thursday. Thursday marked the 200th anniversary of Mr. Lincoln’s birth. (David Goldman/Associated Press)
Ethnic Hmong women carried corrugated roofing sheets that they bought at a Dong Van, Vietnam, market Thursday. (Reuters)
Workers installed solar panels Thursday on what will be the world’s biggest such roof. The panels are spread over five hangars at a Weinbourg, France, farm. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)
Crew members of the MV Faina observed a moment of silence Thursday in Mombasa, Kenya, in honor of their deceased captain, who died of a suspected heart attack during the ship’s hijacking in September. Somali pirates released the ship, which was carrying tanks and equipment, last week. (Tony Karumba/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Greenpeace activists covered the hotel El Algarrobico with a giant green cloth Thursday in Carboneras, Spain, in protest of construction of the hotel at the protected Gabo de Gata nature park. (Pedro Armestre/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Jim “The Jackman” stood on top of his van covered with NASCAR banners and flags as he watched drivers practice laps Thursday in Daytona Beach, Fla. (J. Pat Carter/Associated Press)
England’s Johanna Mundy drives off the first tee during the first round of the SBS Open golf tournament in Kahuku, Hawaii, Thursday. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)
Supporters of Andry Rajoelina, the former mayor of Antananarivo, Madagascar, rallied Thursday in that capital city. The opposition leader and President Marc Ravalomanana have started talks to end weeks of unrest that have claimed at least 125 lives. (Walter Astrada/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A balloonist checked his equipment before the start of the 14th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Week in Pampanga, Philippines, Thursday. At least 25 countries are expected to fill the skies of Pampanga with a barrage of color. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)
Riot police used water cannons on farmers from the Philippine provinces of Negros and Leyte Thursday as the farmers tried to walk to the presidential palace in Manila. The farmers are demanding land be redistributed. (Aaron Favila/Associated Press)
Girls played in a deserted boat in a dry lake Thursday in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. A lack of rain continues to take a toll on China’s water supply and wheat crops. (Nir Elias/Reuters)
Men hung onto an overcrowded commuter train at Sudimara train station in Indonesia as they traveled to Jakarta Thursday. A train ticket for a 31-mile journey costs about 1,500 rupiah, or 13 cents each way. A railway official said at least 26 people died falling from trains in 2008. (Beawiharta/Reuters)
A woman walked through the snow-covered village of Bedretto, Switzerland, Thursday after a heavy snowfall. (Fiorenzo Maffi/Reuters)
Muhammad Ponari, 9, dipped his “magic stone” into a bottle of water during a mass healing event Thursday in East Java, Indonesia. Locals believe Muhammad possesses healing powers. Relatives say Muhammad caught the stone after it fell from the sky following a lightning strike. (Sigit Pamungkas/Reuters)
A man swept near another man on crutches in the courtyard of a Battambang, Cambodia, school for landmine and polio victims Thursday. Cambodia reportedly has more landmines than any other country world-wide. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
A woman picked out a Valentine’s Day gift in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday. Red Valentine’s Day items are considered contraband, however, they are legal any other time of the year. (Hassan Ammar/Associated Press)
Afghan children played in the Kochi refugee camp on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday. About 2 million Afghans are living in Pakistan, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. (Athar Hussain/Reuters)
February 11, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
Pictures of the Day
Alexis Lewis, 14, salvaged belongings Wednesday from her home after it was hit by a tornado in Lone Grove, Okla. The tornado killed at least eight people and seriously injured 14 in the small town. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis, left, and Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack, right, attended a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington Wednesday. Lawmakers questioned executives from banks that got government aid about increasing credit flow through lending. (Brendan Smialowski/Bloomberg News via Landov)
Vice President Joe Biden, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation employee Scott Christie, Rep. Tim Holden and Gov. Ed Rendell stood over a crack in a Carlisle, Pa., bridge Wednesday. Mr. Biden touted President Obama’s stimulus bill, $16 million of which was planned to go to Pennsylvania. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
A family waited to board a train at Wuchang Railway Station in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, Wednesday. The Ministry of Railways expects the railways to handle a record 188 million passengers as people return to work after the Chinese New Year. (China Photos/Getty Images)
Detainees talked among themselves before their release from Camp Cropper, a detention center near Baghdad, Wednesday. The transfer of prisoners from U.S. posts to the Iraqi government is expected to be completed by the end of the year. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)
Girls displaced by war stood at a makeshift camp near Goma, Congo, Wednesday. Rwandan Hutu rebels are eluding a joint Rwanda-Congo military effort by retreating into the bush. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters )
German Special Forces arrested an environmental activist Wednesday in Frankfurt. The demonstrator was hanging upside down in protest of the proposed clearing of a large wooded area to make way for a new Frankfurt Airport runway. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
Kuwait City airport employees swept a red carpet after a sandstorm before the arrival of French President Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday. Mr. Sarkozy, who made an unannounced visit to Iraq, said France is in talks to sell combat jets and an anti-missile defense system to Kuwait. (Remy de la Mauviniere/Reuters)
An American flag flew on a bent pole at a tornado-damaged home in Lone Grove, Okla., Wednesday. Homeowner W.A. Taliaferro was home when the twister struck and is now hospitalized. The deadly tornado was one of at least five to touch down in Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri Tuesday. (Bill Waugh/Associated Press)
Indian Air Force aerobatic team Suryakiran displayed their skills at the Aero India show Wednesday in Bangalore, India. (Jagadeesh/European Pressphoto Agency)
Staff at the 200-year-old Macnaughton Holdings mill worked Wednesday in Keith, Scotland. The weavers hope demand increases for fabric to make traditional dress and flags during the country’s homecoming year, which celebrates Scotland’s world contributions. (Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)
Police officers threw out burnt furniture from the Afghan Justice Ministry correction department building, which was hit by a suicide blast Wednesday in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban militants attacked three government buildings in coordinated assaults. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)
A melted trampoline sat at a Myrtle Creek playground in Australia’s Victoria Alps Wednesday. At least 180 people have died in raging brush fires. (Torsten Blackwood/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Lindsey Vonn, of the U.S., posed Wednesday in Innsbruck, Austria. Ms. Vonn won the women’s World Cup downhill skiing event Monday in France, but cut a tendon in her thumb while trying to open a bottle of champagne to celebrate. She has since ruled out competing in Thursday’s giant slalom. (Kerstin Joensson/Associated Press)
At the ARCO International Art Fair in Madrid Wednesday, two women viewed a painting called “Last Supper — Gaza” by Indian artist Vivek Vilasini. (Paul White/Associated Press)
A police officer on a motorbike tried to stop a zebra, one of four animals to break out of a circus in Augsburg, Germany, Monday. All four were caught. (Anne Wall/European Pressphoto Agency)
Minnesota Timberwolves mascot Chopper wrapped his tongue around referee Olandis Poole’s arm during a timeout in a game against the Toronto Raptors Tuesday in Minneapolis. The Raptors won 110-102. (Eric Miller/Reuters)
A man brushed off dust on a mummy Wednesday near Cairo, Egypt. Archaeologists found the mummy, which dates back at least 2,600 years, at the Step Pyramid of Saqqara, one of the earliest large stone structures in the world. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters)
A rotating billboard in Tel Aviv Wednesday showed the faces of Israeli Foreign Minister and Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu. Results from Tuesday’s election show Ms. Livni’s party with a slim one-seat lead, but both parties are claiming victory. (Tara Todras-Whitehill/Associated Press)
February 10, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
Pictures of the Day
A woman carried a poster of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a rally Tuesday in Tehran, Iran, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled a U.S.-backed leader. Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday Iran is ready for talks with the U.S., but demanded a policy change. (Vahid Salemi/Associated Press)
President Barack Obama held a note, passed to him by an aide, with the words “The Senate just passed the Recovery and Reinvestment Plan” after the $838 billion measure passed 61-37 Tuesday. At the time, Mr. Obama was at a Fort Myers, Fla., town hall discussion on the economy. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press)
Martinique residents rallied Tuesday for better pay for low-wage workers. An alliance of unions and groups known as “Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon” led the protest, which started on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and spread to nearby Martinique. The French government has rejected Guadeloupe’s demands. (Julien Tack/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Delphin Kagushire, 10, talked to a friend Tuesday after they both had surgery to correct leg deformities at the Heal Africa Hospital in Goma, Congo. The charity Stand Proud is helping take care of Delphin and other children in the war-torn region. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)
A house was covered in mud after a landslide in Tartagal, Argentina, Tuesday. Officials said 12 people are missing and more than 1,000 residents were evacuated after the mudslide swept away a railroad bridge. (Lisandro Mansilla/Associated Press)
Gold pieces were melted down in Istanbul Tuesday after the Turkish Lira gained in value against gold prices, prompting a gold sell-off. (Mustafa Ozer/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Members of Neturei Karta, an ultra-Orthodox anti-Zionist movement, protested Tuesday in Jerusalem against Israel’s parliamentary elections. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s Kadima Party was forecast to eke out a surprising victory. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)
Spectators looked as German street performer Johan Lorbeer seemed to float up to touch a wall Tuesday at Madrid’s Atocha train station. (Susana Vera/Reuters)
Handlers groomed a toy poodle that won the category during day two of the 133rd annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden Tuesday in New York. More than 2,000 dogs from 48 states are competing this year. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
A burnt tree was pictured in Jeeralang West, Australia, Tuesday. Officials defended their preparation and actions over fires that swept through southeastern Australia last weekend, killing at least 181 people. The death toll is expected to pass 200. (Associated Press)
A cross-country skier followed tracks in Oslo Tuesday after heavy snowfall. (Lise Aaserud/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A tanker burst into flames Tuesday after colliding with a container ship off the coast of Dubai. Two of the tanker’s crew who were pulled from the water suffered minor injuries, but no one died. The Maltese-flagged tanker was carrying about 30,000 tons of oil from Iran to the United Arab Emirates. (Seawings Dubai/Reuters)
A rice farmer sprayed insecticide on his crop in Reang Kesei, Cambodia, Tuesday. Last week, the United Nations asked donors to speed up farm aid to help Cambodia increase rice exports. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
China Central Television apologized Tuesday for organizing a massive fireworks display that caused Beijing’s new Mandarin Oriental hotel to catch fire, killing a firefighter in the process. The pyrotechnics display was so large that a special permit was needed, but never obtained. (Alexander F. Yuan/Associated Press)
An Israeli man tried to take a sticker off an election poster of hard-line Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday in Netivot, Israel. New polls showed moderate Kadima Party leader and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni closing in on Mr. Netanyahu in the prime minister race. (Tara Todras-Whitehill/Associated Press)
Hotel workers pulled back a barrier Tuesday after a cliff fell into the sea in Birling Gap, England, due to heavy rains that have pounded the southern coast. About 276 flood warnings were in place throughout the U.K. due to the rain and melting snow. (Gerry Penny/European Pressphoto Agency)
Filipino fishermen tried to rescue 200 stranded dolphins off the coast of Orion, Philippines, Tuesday. Officials said the dolphins may have become disoriented after a sea quake. (Dennis M. Sabangan/European Pressphoto Agency)
German actress Jenny Elvers-Elbertzhagen posed at the after-show party of the Cinema for Peace’s gala at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival Tuesday in Berlin. Cinema for Peace promotes humanity through film. (DPA/Landov)
Bulgarian Orthodox Christians celebrated Mass Tuesday at a Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, church. The service was part of Saint Haralambos’s Day, a day when the sick go to church to pray for healing. (Vassil Donev/European Pressphoto Agency)
February 6, 2009 Published ~ 3 years ago.
Pictures of the Day
Applicants stood in line for job interviews at a McLean, Va., career fair Friday. The U.S. unemployment rate in January jumped to 7.6%, the highest since September 1992, according to government figures. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Furloughed Department of Motor Vehicles workers gathered Friday outside a Los Angeles office. California imposed its first-ever furlough, requiring more than 200,000 state employees take two unpaid days off each month. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is hoping to save the state $1.3 billion through June 2010. (Nick Ut/Associated Press)
A Cuban-American visited the Cuban Memorial Monument at Miami’s Tamiami Park Friday. Cuban exiles placed more than 10,000 crosses in the park to honor loved ones who died fighting Fidel Castro’s government or trying to cross into the United States. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
Retired U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger spoke on his phone during the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich Friday. The conference runs through Feb. 10. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)
Chinese soldiers use washbasins to help irrigate crops in Xuchang, Henan Province, China, Friday. The People’s Liberation Army deployed more than 1,000 soldiers to the area amid the country’s worst drought in five decades. (Associated Press/Color China Photo)
Goats drank water in El-Wak, close to the Somalia-Kenya border, Friday. Nomadic herders walk for miles with their animals in search of water in the drought-prone region. (Antony Njuguna/Reuters)
Children had a snowball fight on the iconic Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, England. Snow fell every day this week in the town, which is one of England’s oldest and highest. (Press Association Photos/Landov)
Pilot Steve Bolle, left, and one of his five passengers walked to the shore with their luggage after their plane went down Friday in Darwin, Australia. The pilot reported the dual-propeller Piper Chieftain experienced engine trouble shortly after takeoff. All the passengers survived the landing. (Glenn Campbell/Fairfax/Reuters)
Horses fought during a competition in Rongshui, China, Thursday. Horse fighting is a traditional custom that dates back hundreds of years among the country’s Miao minority. (Reuters/China Daily)
Sailors from the Norfolk, Va.-based USS Mason climbed aboard Motor Vessel Faina on Friday to conduct crew medical exams. Somali pirates released the Ukrainian ship Thursday, after holding it since September, for a $3.2 million ransom. The U.S. Navy watched the Faina for fear its cargo of tanks and weapons would fall into enemy hands. (Michael R. McCormick/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A coal worker stacked wood in the swamps of Zapata, Cuba, Thursday. (Enrique De La Osa/Reuters)
British actress Kate Winslet and German actor David Kross, far left, posed while promoting their movie “The Reader” at the Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin Friday. Ms. Winslet is nominated for an Oscar for her role. (Johannes Eisele/Reuters)
A man carried an injured protester during a demonstration Friday in Perak, Malaysia, against the swearing-in of state Chief Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir. According to witnesses, police fired tear gas at thousands after they breached barricades around the royal palace. (Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters)
A lantern display by artist Lin Yu-Zhu and an art display by visual designer Xiao Qing-Yang were pictured at the city hall in Taiwan’s capital Friday during the Taipei Lantern Festival. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)
Muslim boys played with snow in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir, Friday. (Farooq Khan/European Pressphoto Agency)
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Pictures of the Day 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.