These four serial photos show a hot air balloon before bursting over Luxor
In this combo made from images from amateur video provided by Al-Jazeera, smoke pours from a hot air balloon over Luxor, Egypt, top left, before bursting, top right, and plummeting about 1,000 feet to earth, bottom left and right, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Nineteen people were killed in what appeared to be the deadliest […]
Leaders of two Pakistani Muslim factions agree on alliance for coming election
President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif (L) talks with chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) Pir Pagara during a meeting in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Feb. 26, 2013. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) agreed on alliance in the general elections on Tuesday. President of Pakistan Muslim […]
Syrians stand near the body of a man tortured to death by gov’t forces
In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 file photo, Syrians stand near the body of a man, local residents say was an activist, and tortured to death by Syrian government forces in Idlib, northern Syria. A whole range of groups have accelerated a campaign to gather evidence of war crimes including torture, massacres and indiscriminate killings […]
Myanmar president meets the press upon arrival in Oslo to start European tour
Myanmar President Thein Sein, left, speaks at a press conference after meeting with Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, right, in Oslo Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. President Thein Sein’s arrival Tuesday marked the start of a European tour that will also include stops in Finland, Austria, Belgium and Austria. Norway’s prime minister praised the pace of […]
Vehicles produced at M&M, a leading manufacturer of multi-utility cars in India
An employee works on a production line of Mahindra & Mahindra’s vehicle manufacturing plant at Chakan, near Pune, India, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. M&M is one of the market leaders in multi-utility vehicles in India and is among the top five tractor manufacturers in the world. <AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade>
Head of Hong Kong Administrative Region meets with visiting Thai PM
Leung Chun-Ying (R), Chief Executive of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, meets with visiting Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in Hong Kong, south China, Feb. 26, 2013. <Xinhua>
Indian Catholic women pray for the health of Pope Benedict to resign on Feb. 28
Indian Catholic women pray during a special mass for the health of Pope Benedict XVI at a church in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. The pope will hold his last general audience on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI will resign on Feb. 28, and will continue to live at the Mater Ecclesiae […]
NK-Egyptian joint venture company Koryolink opens in Pyongyang
Photo taken on Feb. 25, 2013 shows the business hall of the Korean-Egyptian joint venture company Koryolink in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Foreigners living in DPRK can get access to the mobile Internet starting from Monday. <Xinhua/Du Baiyu>
A pangolin rescued by Indonesian customs while being smuggled to Malaysia
An Indonesian official shows a pangolin confiscated from suspected smugglers during a news conference in Medan, north Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Indonesian Customs confiscated 128 live pangolins from a boat off Sumatra island as it was heading for Malaysia on Saturday. <AP Photo> An officer shows a rescued pangolin at the Customs and […]
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