Turkey Ancient City
This is a Joint Turco-Italian Archaeological Expedition Nov. 2, 2011 file photo, of the South Gate of the Inner Town of Karkemish seen in Gaziantep province, Turkey. Few archaeological sites seem as entwined with modern conflict as the ancient city of Karkemish, itself the scene of a battle mentioned in the Bible. Smack on the border between Turkey and Syria, where civil war rages, Turkish sentries have long occupied the acropolis and the ruins were recently demined. Visible from earthen ramparts, a Syrian rebel flag flies in a town that regime forces fled months ago.
Japan Daily Life
A man stops and looks at a caricature shop in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
FASHION-US-VICTORIA'S SECRET
Models celebrate the 2012 Victoria's Secret fashion show November 7, 2012 in New York.
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-FOG
A Pakistani man stands beside his tent along a river during fog in Lahore on November 8, 2012. Haze has covered most of the areas of Punjab including Lahore causing disturbance to transport and communications in the province.
India Dengue
A Delhi Municipal field worker fumigates on the roof top of a house, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Dengue cases in the capital rose to 1,277 on Wednesday, with 39 more people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease, according to The Delhi Municipal Cooperation and news reports.
ARCHITECTURE-CONSTRUCTION
A picture taken on August 11, 2012 shows a luxury house under construction in the village of Mazraa al-Sharqiya near the West Bank city of Ramallah. A group of Palestinians who have spent years working overseas are returning home to small villages like Mazraa al-Sharqiya and rewarding themselves with their ideal luxury home
India Daily Life
A homeless child sits by a bonfire on a wayside in the morning in Jammu, India, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012.
India Daily Life
Indian street vendors sell garlands on the banks of the Ganges River in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Allahabad, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River is considered one of Hinduism’s holiest sites.
Indonesia Obama
A vendor sits next to a painting of President Barack Obama at his roadside studio in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012.
two-year-old female giraffe arrives in a crate on a trailer at Taronga zoo in Sydney
Kitoto, a two-year-old female giraffe arrives in a crate on a trailer at Taronga zoo in Sydney on November 8, 2012. Kitoto who arrived from Taronga Western Plains zoo will share an exhibit with a male and two female giraffes to help maintain the herd structure at Taronga zoo
CHINA HONG KONG GREENPEACE SHIP ARRIVAL
The ship 'MY Esperanza', belonging to the global environmental group Greenpeace, sails through Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, 17 October 2012. The ship is in the ex-British colony to raise awareness on ocean conservation issues amongst the people of Hong Kong
INDIA-KASHMIR BRICK KILNS
A non-Kashmiri woman labourer pushes a brick laden handcart inside a brick kiln in village Malpora of Anantnag, around 60 kilometers south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir 17 October 2012. Officials say around 300 brick kilns are operational in Indian Kashmir. The industry is worth 1.15 billion USD and engages 1,00,000 of laborers, mostly outsiders. Brick kiln owners say the season for making bricks lasts for only four months and requires a day temperature around 27 degree centigrade.
GERMANY HISTORY MIA RECOVERY
Members of the union for the recovery of dead from the world wars in eastern Europe VBGO dig out the identification tags of a fallen soldier, at a former army headquarter in Klessin, Germany, 30 September 2012. Here, the remains of German soldiers are probably still buried. Klessin was the place of a battle between German and Soviet forces between February and March 1945. About 200 of the soldiers who were part of it are still missing nowadays.
NETHERLANDS-WEATHER-BEACH
People enjoy the weather on September 30, 2012 on a beach in Scheveningen.
THE NETHERLANDS NATURE
A woman walks with her dog in a forest in Arnhem, the Netherlands, 30 September 2012. Now that the fall started officially, the days become shorter, the leafs fade and a huge variety of mushrooms appear
GERMANY LEISURE
People enjoy on a giant swing on the grounds of the Cannstatt Folk Fair in Stuttgart, Germany, 30 September 2012.
SYRIA-CONFLICT
Syrians inspect damages in the old city of Aleppo after the area was shelled by Syrian regime forces on September 30, 2012. Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shelled rebel-held areas across Syria as fierce clashes were reported in second city Aleppo where a fire tore through a medieval souk.
NETHERLANDS-WEATHER-BEACH
People enjoy the weather on September 30, 2012 on a beach in Scheveningen.
APTOPIX Guatemala Earthquake
Residents and rescue workers use heavy equipment to look for people feared buried at a sand mine, after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center. There are three confirmed dead and many missing after the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a deadly 1976 quake that killed 23,000
AUSTRALIA DIAMOND JUBILEE TOUR TASMANIA
Jenette Alones and Elizabeth Hall of New Norfolk make their way into Richmond village for the arrival of HRH The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles and HRH The Duchess of Cornwell, Camilla in Richmond, Tasmania, Australia, on 08 November, 2012. The royal couple are visiting pacific nations as part of their royal tour to mark Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee.
USA NEW YORK STORM
A Con-Edison employee works in a heavy snow fall as the area deals with a winter storm in New York, USA, on 07 November 2012. The region is dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which hit coastal areas hard and has left nearly one million people still without power.
MARILYN MONROE
Marilyn Monroe's yearbook (she is in the centre, Norma Baker), is displayed at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California on November 7, 2012. Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premiere celebrity and memorabilia auction house, announces Hollywood Icons & Idols, an unprecedented Hollywood collection of over 800 items of screen worn wardrobe, props, original photographs, and celebrity (Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, JFK, Bruce Lee, Liz Taylor and ohers) owned items on November 9-10, 2012 at Julien’s Auctions Beverly Hills Gallery.
South Korea Exam
South Korean students cheer for their seniors' success in the College Scholastic Ability Test in front of the main gate of an examination hall in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. About 660,000 high school students and graduates in South Korea are scheduled to take the examination Thursday that will virtually determine their admission to college
SOUTH KOREA COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS
A group of high schoolers give a performance in front of Chuncheon High School in Chuncheon, northeast of Seoul, South Korea, on 08 November 2012, to wish their seniors good luck in the state-administrated scholastic aptitude test that begins the same day. Some 660,000 students nationwide are taking the test to enter college in the spring semester that begins in March.
Superstorm Noreaster
A New York Police Department van broadcasts the location of warm shelters over a loudspeaker as snow as it accumulates in the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. A Noreaster is complicating an already difficult situation with wind and blowing snow
COLOMBIA CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
Members of Cirque du Soleil present a scene of 'Varekai' for the press in Bogota, Colombia, 07 November 2012. Cirque du Soleil manager Robert Mackenzie which announced the company will present 'Varekai' in Colombia on March or April 2013.
BRAZIL FASHION
Members of Brazilian NGO Educafro protest the lack of black models in the Rio de Janeiro Fashion Week in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 07 November 2012. Rio de Janeiro Fashion Week runs from 7 to 9 November
RIO FASHION WEEK
Models present creations by Oh, Boy! brand, during the Rio Fashion Week 2013 Autumn/Winter collection on November 7, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A petrol bomb
A petrol bomb explodes next to riot police during a demonstration against new austerity measures outside the parliament in Athens on November 7, 2012. Greek police today used tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting outside parliament ahead of a key vote on a new round of austerity measures. Some protestors responded by hurling petrol bombs at police forces as the demonstration by some 70,000 people in Athens briefly flared up, an AFP correspondent reported.
