FASHION-INDIA-BOLLYWOOD
Indian Bollywood actress (L/R) Shabana Azmi, designer Manish Malhotra and actress Priyanka Chopra pose as they attend a fashion show for The Mijwan Welfare Society in Mumbai late September 3, 2012.
US-AVIATION-HISTORY
A Variety of aircraft on display September 3, 2012 at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.
three hairs believed to belong to Islam's Prophet Mohammed
A vessel containing three hairs believed to belong to Islam's Prophet Mohammed is held up at the Hanbali mosque in the northern Palestinian city of Nablus on August 15, 2012. The ancient mosque was founded by the al-Hanbali family of Nablus in the early 16th-century, and according to local Muslim tradition, a wooden box kept in the mosque preserves several hairs of the prophet. The flask containing the hairs is brought out annually on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for worshipers to view and seek blessings from.
Nanjing Massacre memorial hall in Nanjing
A group of visitors arrive at the Nanjing Massacre memorial hall in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province on August 15, 2012 to commemorate Victory over Japan Day. Two Japanese cabinet ministers visited a shrine honouring war criminals on August 15, the anniversary of Tokyo's 1945 surrender, a move set to inflame feelings already running high over territorial spats
Labor Day
Romeo Tichinte, 19, and Carolina Marquez, 20, of Los Angeles, share a kiss while visiting Huntington Beach, Calif., during the holiday weekend Monday afternoon, Sept. 3, 2012.
California Wildfires
A firefighting helicopter drops water on a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, Calif., Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. A day after the wildfire broke out near a campground and forced the evacuation of thousands of campers and picnickers it had grown to more than 4,100 acres, or roughly 6 square miles, and was just five percent contained.
Freewheelin
People board a pedal bus at a Freewheelin station to get around Democratic National Convention festivities on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 in Charlotte, NC. Humana is providing complimentary pedal buses for convention-goers throughout the week
the annual West Indian Day parade
People dance on the streets during the annual West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn, New York, September 3, 2012. The parade celebrates Caribbean culture, though it has been marred by violence in past years, causing a greater police presence this year.
USA-CAMPAIGN
A tattoo reading, "Live in the moment. Moments make history" is seen on the back of Erica McDaniel, 20, ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina September 3, 2012.
flooded river after heavy rainfall hit Liangshan,
Locals stand on a collapsed road next to a flooded river after heavy rainfall hit Liangshan, Sichuan province, September 2, 2012. China's central authorities initiated a level four emergency plan on Sunday afternoon in response to severe flooding in the southwestern Chinese cities of Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality.
heavy rainfall hit Liangshan
Rescuers help locals move a trapped car to safer areas after heavy rainfall hit Liangshan, Sichuan province, September 2, 2012. China's central authorities initiated a level four emergency plan on Sunday afternoon in response to severe flooding in the southwestern Chinese cities of Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality. According to the Sichuan provincial civil affairs authority, the flood impacted 1.6 million local people, left 12 dead and 15 missing. Some 174,000 had either been evacuated or is in need of life assistance, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken September 2, 2012.
VIETNAM BIRD FLU
Poultry is disp
The Cheon Jeong Gung Museum
The Cheon Jeong Gung Museum, where the body of Evangelist Reverend Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, is placed, is seen in Gapyeong, about 60 km (37 miles) northeast of Seoul September 3, 2012. Sun, the founder and head of the Unification Church which has millions of followers around the world, died at a retreat near the South Korean capital Seoul on Monday, church officials said.
San Gabriel mountains in the Angeles National Forest
A helicopter drops water on a brush fire as thick smoke rises from the hills above San Gabriel mountains in the Angeles National Forest, California, along Highway 39 on Azusa Canyon, September 2, 2012. Evacuations have been ordered in the surrounding areas as the fire has burned more than 3,600 acres with only 5 percent containment as of 9:00 pm (PST), according to the Angeles National Forest Department.
Senkaku and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea
This picture taken on September 2, 2012 shows a team of Japanese surveyors on rubber boats heading to the disputed island chain known in Japan as Senkaku and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea. Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, known for his outspoken views, dispatched the team to survey the shoreline and waters around the rocky uninhabited isles.
RUSSIA BORODINO BATTLE
Historical club members perform a reconstruction marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino at Borodino village some 120 km outside Moscow, Russia, 02 September 2012. The large and bloody single-day Battle of Borodino between the Imperial Russian Army and Napoleon's Great Army on 07 September 1812 resulted in the retreat of the Russian army and the occupation of Moscow by Napoleon
smoke and fire glows from the hills above San Gabriel mountains
A plume of thick smoke and fire glows from the hills above San Gabriel mountains in the Angeles National Forest, California, along Highway 39 on Azusa Canyon September 2, 2012. Evacuations have been ordered in the surrounding areas as the fire has burned more than 3,600 acres with only 5 percent containment as of 9:00 pm (PST), according to the Angeles National Forest Department
The Universe Revolves Around You
People explore the art installation "The Universe Revolves Around You" during the Burning Man 2012 "Fertility 2.0" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, September 2, 2012. More than 60,000 people from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival, which is celebrating its 26th year, to spend a week in the remote desert cut off from much of the outside world to experience art, music and the unique community that develops.
Nicki Minaj
People Nicki Minaj
Fans surround singer Nicki Minaj as she performs on NBC's "Today" show on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 in New York.
RUSSIA PUSSY RIOT
A picture made available on 14 August 2012 shows members of Russian punk group 'Pussy Riot' during a rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, 10 February 2012. Three members of the band, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Aliokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich, are accused of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility after they performed a song in the Christ the Savior cathedral in Moscow earlier this year ahead of presidential elections in Russia. In the song variously entitled 'Holy Shit' and 'Mother of God, Chase Putin Away!', the band asked Virgin Mary 'to drive Putin away'. Free members of the group gave an interview on 14 August 2012 to foreign media announcing they will protest again despite the trial. Several worldwide renowned artists, among them Madonna, Bjork, Elijah Wood, Peaches, expressed their support to the group. The Moscow Khamovnichesky Court is to pronounce sentence on the Pussy Riot case on 17 August
BRITAIN-COMIC-CIRCULATION-DANDY
A person reads a copy of the children's comic The Dandy at a news agent in central London on August 14, 2012. Publishers DC Thompson, based in Dundee, Scotland, announced that the future of Britain's oldest children's comic and home to cartoon strip characters including Desperate Dan and the cow-pie eating cowboy, is under review after 75 years. By the second half of 2011, circulation had dipped below 8,000, down from a 1950s high of 2 million weekly copies. A spokeswoman for the publishers told AFP that "a review of the title is under way (but) nothing has been decided on yet", indicating the comic was likely to live on as a digital edition even if the print edition closed.
INDONESIA
A villager carries grass while walking through a dry dam as a result of a long drought period that hit the area in the Bojonegoro district of Indonesia's East Java province September 2, 2012. The Indonesian National Board of Disaster Management predicts nine provinces might suffer from water crises due to the drought and measures have been drafted to tackle the problem. Picture taken September 2, 2012.
INDONESIA
A villager collects drinking water provided by a state company after suffering from a long drought period in Bojonegoro, Indonesia's East Java September 2, 2012. The Indonesian National Board of Disaster Management predicts nine provinces might suffer from water crises due to the drought and measures have been drafted to tackle the problem. Picture taken September 2, 2012.
collects water from a hole dug at a dried-up lake in Gunung Kidul
A villager squats as he collects water from a hole dug at a dried-up lake in Gunung Kidul village, Yogyakarta September 1, 2012. The Indonesian National Board of Disaster Management predicts nine provinces might suffer from water crises due to the drought and measures have been drafted to tackle the problem. Picture taken September 1, 2012.
Mariachis walk
Mariachis walk on stilts during the International Mariachi Parade in Guadalajara September 2, 2012. Mariachis, traditional Mexican musicians whose music originated in the 19th century in the state of Jalisco, play music for paying customers in public places, bars and restaurants, or at weddings and parties, and have been officially declared an "intangible cultural heritage of humanity" by UNESCO
SAFRICA-MINING-CRIME-DIAMOND
A picture taken on July 6, 2012 shows an illegal miner displaying diamonds dug out of a disused mine in Komaggas. Three months ago 10 illegal miners died in an avalanche, while looking for gems on a disused mine. Illegal miners in South Africa are ready to risk death to chase a share of the mineral riches that shaped the continent's biggest economy. In sparsely populated Namaqualand, where the famed gem deposits run along the icy Atlantic Ocean to the Namibian border, diamond giant De Beers was once the top employer, but its mines were halted in 2008. The slowdown has emptied out the private mining towns, but has lured growing numbers of diggers from the area's other small settlements into the abandoned fields.
Actors playing the roles of Dom Pedro and his wife perform during a play on Brazil's independence,
Actors playing the roles of Dom Pedro and his wife perform during a play on Brazil's independence, at Independence park in Sao Paulo, Brazil on September 2, 2012. The so-called Grito de Ipiranga (Shout of Ipiranga) by then regent Pedro (later Emperor Pedro I) "Independence or death" in 1822, became the decralation of Brazil's independence from Portugal and next September 7 marks its 190th anniversay.
Body Worlds
A plastinated human head is seen at the "Body Worlds" exhibition by Gunther von Hagen at the Universum Museum in Mexico City August 14, 2012. Von Hagen is a German anatomist who invented plastination, the method for preserving biological tissue specimens. The exhibition shows whole bodies plastinated in lifelike poses and dissected to show various structures and system of human anatomy.
Kristen Bell
Cast member Kristen Bell poses at the premiere of "Hit and Run" at Regal Cinemas in Los Angeles, California August 14, 2012. The movie opens in the U.S. on August 22.
AUSTRALIA BILLYCARTS RACES
Students from the Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts take part in a sprint race during TechnoPush at the Sydney Motorsport Park in Sydney, Australia, 15 August 2012. More than 60 teams made up from New South Wales primary and high school children race their billycarts in obstacle, sprint, road safety and endurance tests designed to teach children about road safety, vehicle technology and the environment
