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Rescuers Work At Scene Of Cave-In Accident In Nanning, China

Rescuers Work At Scene Of Cave-In Accident In Nanning, China

Rescuers work at the scene of a cave-in accident in Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2013. The tunnel of a metro line under construction in Nanning collapsed Wednesday afternoon, trapping three workers. Two have been rescued and one still trapped. <Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang>

Local People Head For Wedding Ceremony On A Boat Loaded With Presents In Anchang, China

Local People Head For Wedding Ceremony On A Boat Loaded With Presents In Anchang, China

Local residents wearing traditional costumes ride a boat fully loaded with bride-price presents on their way to a wedding ceremony in Anchang Township in Shaoxing, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Jan. 2, 2013. Local residents wearing traditional costumes ride a boat loaded with bride-price presents on their way to a wedding ceremony in Anchang Township in […]

Indian Men Warm Themselves Around Bonfire At A Road In New Delhi Amid Dense Fog

Indian Men Warm Themselves Around Bonfire At A Road In New Delhi Amid Dense Fog

Indian men warm themselves around a bonfire as another gets a haircut from a roadside barber in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Dense fog enveloped the city in the morning hours affecting road and rail traffic as well as operations at the International Airport, according to a local news agency. <AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar […]

Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Produced In Vietnam Are Listed As Protected Desination Of Orgin

Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Produced In Vietnam Are Listed As Protected Desination Of Orgin

Phu Quoc fish sauce is displayed for sale on Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang province, Vietnam, on Jan. 2, 2013. <Xinhua/VNA>

A Syrian Rebel Plays Soccer While Fighting Against Gov’t Soldiers Near Alleppo

A Syrian Rebel Plays Soccer While Fighting Against Gov’t Soldiers Near Alleppo

A Syrian rebel plays football in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The United Nations estimated Wednesday that more than 60,000 people have been killed in Syria’s 21-month-old uprising against authoritarian rule, a toll one-third higher than what anti-regime activists had counted. The U.N. human rights chief called the toll […]

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Hold Traditional Jewish Wedding Ceremony In Netanya, Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Hold Traditional Jewish Wedding Ceremony In Netanya, Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray in the men’s section during a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony of the great-grandson of the Rabbi of the Sanz Hasidic dynasty, in Netanya, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Thousands of people attended the wedding. Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather for a traditional Jewish wedding of the great-grandson of the Rabbi of the Sanz Hasidic […]

Shitte Muslim Worshippers Celebrate Arbaeen Festival In Karbala Near Baghdad

Shitte Muslim Worshippers Celebrate Arbaeen Festival In Karbala Near Baghdad

Shiite Muslim worshippers pray at the holy shrine of Imam Hussein during the Muslim festival of Arbaeen in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 2 , 2013. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein the […]

Pakistani President Meets With Malala Undergoing Treatment In Birmingham Hospital

Pakistani President Meets With Malala Undergoing Treatment In Birmingham Hospital

In this Dec. 8, 2012 file photo provided by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari, left, and his daughter Asifa Bhutto, center back, meet with Malala Yousufzai, where she is undergoing treatment for injuries sustained when a Taliban gunman opened fire on her and her friends outside the Khushal School for […]

Google Chairman To Visit North Korea Sometime This Month

Google Chairman To Visit North Korea Sometime This Month

In this Sept. 20, 2012 file photo, a North Korean woman sits in a computer room near portraits of the country’s late leaders, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, at the Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang, North Korea. Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt is preparing to travel to one of the last […]

Yemeni People Look Photos Of Victims Killed By Al-Qaida Attacks In Sanaa

Yemeni People Look Photos Of Victims Killed By Al-Qaida Attacks In Sanaa

Yemeni soldiers view photos of victims who were killed in a terrorist attack in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 2, 2013. At least 596 army and security soldiers were killed in more than 66 al-Qaida attacks across Yemen in 2012. Yemeni people view photos of victims who were killed in a terrorist attack in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. […]

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