The World in Pictures

Photos of events as they unfold across the globe.

Upside-down House

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James Wray
on August 4, 2008 11:33 AM | | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)
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A picture dated 01 August 2008 shows builders working on an upside-down house in Trassenheideon on the island of Usedom, Germany. A company from Poland want to complete the family house by the end of August.  All furniture is to be installed upside-down. The house will be used for exhibitions and the surrounding area should display other architectural oddities. About 400,000 Euros have been invested in the project 'Die Welt steht Kopf' (The World on its Head).  EPA/STEFAN SAUER

Church of our Lady in Dresden, Germany

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James Wray
on August 4, 2008 11:17 AM | | Comments (6) | TrackBacks (0)
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The art academy, the baroque Church of our Lady, the Staendehaus, the castle tower and the cathedral (L-R) turned golden by the rising sun in Dresden, Germany, 04 August 2008. The outline of the buildings are clearly mirrored in the low waters of the river Elbe. The water level of the river has reached 76cm, a third of the normal level.  EPA/MATTHIAS HIEKEL

Giant Orange

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James Wray
on July 15, 2008 5:16 PM | | Comments (8) | TrackBacks (0)
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An Euro coin stands atop a 1.2 kilogram orange picked in Vilvestre, Spain, 15 July 2008. This fruit comes from an orange tree bought by a Spanish couple 16 years ago in the Portuguese region of Freixo a Espada Cinta, on the border to Vilvestre. The owners of the tree, which grows an average of fourty oranges of one kilo per year, explained that their 'secret' is a special fertilizer known as 'gallinaza' and the microclimate of that area.  EPA/CARLOS GARCIA

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James Wray
on July 15, 2008 5:13 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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A German Air Force ('Luftwaffe') helicopter type 'CH-53' drops flares during the 'Elite 2008' manoeuvre at the training area 'Heuberg' near Messtetten, Germany, 15 July 2008. 1,700 soldiers from 17 nations took part in the annual ELITE (Electronic Warfare Live Training Exercise), which is the Luftwaffe's largest annual manoeuvre.  EPA/PATRICK SEEGER

Plasma Production

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James Wray
on July 15, 2008 5:11 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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A view of the inside of South Korea's indigenous fusion energy test bed, the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), with which the National Fusion Research Institute in Daejeon succeeded in creating plasma for the first time, Daejon, South Korea, 15 July 2008.  EPA/STR

A Little Bit of Paris in Kabul

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James Wray
on July 15, 2008 5:10 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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A general view of replica of Paris famous Eiffel Tower at the compound of Sham-e-Paris (Paris Evening) wedding hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, 15 July 2008. After the fall of Taliban regime many Afghan families who can afford expenses, prefer to get their children married in modern hotels in Kabul.  EPA/S. SABAWOON

Algae bloom threatening Olympic sailing events

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James Wray
on July 4, 2008 5:24 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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Picture made available on 04 June 2008 shows a grab and a bulldozer work to clear the algae off the sea in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province, 01 July 2008.  China has mobilized thousands of workers and soldiers to clean up an algae bloom, threatening Olympic sailing events in Qingdao.  EPA/JOHN WONG

Recreation of the Argo

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James Wray
on July 2, 2008 7:47 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)
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The recreation of the ancient Greek ship Argo, the vessel used by Jason and his Argonauts on the quest for the 'golden fleece' sails in the canal of Korinthos, some 83 km west of Athens on 2 July 2008. The 50-oar vesssel crewed from all 27 European Union member countries is going to sail to Venice .  EPA/VASSILIS PSOMAS

The Nigh' by Spanish artist Antonio Lope

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James Wray
on July 2, 2008 7:45 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)
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A man walks in front of the sculpture 'The Night' by Spanish artist Antonio Lopez, a big size head representing the head of one of the artist's granddaugthers which is exhibited at the Atocha Railway Station in Madrid, Spain, 2 July 2008. A painting by Antonio Lopez entitled 'Madrid from Torres Blancas' was sold at auction by Christie's in London on 30 for 1,744,030 Euros becoming the most expensive work by a living Spanish artist sold at auction.  EPA/BALLESTEROS

Peruvian Police Incinerate Drugs

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James Wray
on July 2, 2008 7:41 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Members of the Peruvian Police incinerate more than one tone of cocaine paste, 437,629 kilogrames of cocaine hydrochloride, 212,515 kilogrames of marihuana, and 115,534 kilogrames of opium alkaloid in Lima, Peru, 02 July 2008. The narcotics were confiscated during several operations since 03 June 2008.  EPA/ALBERTO ORBEGOSOS
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