2013年9月1日星期日

Fire razes residential area in the Philippines

A resident retrieves reusable materials from his burnt homes after a fire razed a residential area in Quezon City, the Philippines, May 21, 2013. More than 200 families were left homeless in the fire. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
A resident retrieves reusable materials from his burnt homes after a fire razed a residential area in Quezon City, the Philippines, May 21, 2013. More than 200 families were left homeless in the fire. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

Annual "Plane Pull" contest held in NY

Policewomen pull on the rope connected to the Airbus A320 during the fourth annual ”Plane Pull“ May 20, 2013 at JFK airport in New York. Teams of police officers from London's Metropolitan Police Service, city police officers, state police troopers and employees of British Airways PLC and JetBlue Airways Corp. race to move the Airbus A320 jet 100 feet in the fastest time, during the competition to benefit the charity Joining Against Cancer in Kids. (Photo Source: chinanews.com)

3 old wood barracks catch fire in Panama

PANAMA-PANAMA CITY-FIRE
Residents try to save their belongings during the fire that affected their homes, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 21, 2013. Three old wood barracks, where 75 families lived, were burned during the fire on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Mauricio Valenzuela)

Mass protest held in Chile

CHILE-VALPARAISO-SOCIETY-PROTEST
Protesters shout slogans during a protest called by the Worker's United Center (CUT, by its Spanish acronym), The School of Teachers, and social organizations, in Valparaiso, Chile, on May 21, 2013. The protest was performed simultaneously with the delivery of the last management report by president Sebastian Pinera before Chile's National Congress. (Xinhua/Jorge Villegas)

Brush fire burns over 1,400 acres in Angeles National Forest, California

US-CALIFORNIA-FIRE
A firefighter keeps watch at Green Valley as the fire has burned more than 1,400 acres since Thursday in the Angeles National Forest just north of Castaic, in California, the United States, on May 31, 2013. (Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong)

People take part in World Naked Bike Ride in London

BRITAIN-LONDON-NAKED BIKE RIDE
People take part in the annual World Naked Bike Ride in central London, Britain, on June 8, 2013. Naked cyclists protested against oil dependency and car culture, raising awareness of cycling as an environmentally friendly option. (Xinhua/Bimal Gautam)

German FM Westerwelle meets Pakistani PM Sharif in Islamabad


PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-GERMAN-FM-VISIT
A handout picture released by the PakistanMuslim League Nawaz (PML-N) shows newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (R) and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle during a meeting at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on June 8, 2013. Westerwelle arrived in Islamabad on his two-day visit to Pakistan for talks with the new government on bilateral and regional matters, focusing on security issues and peace in Afghanistan.(Xinhua/PML-N)

Afghan refugees celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival

PAKISTAN-PESHAWAR-AFGHAN-REFUGEES-EID AL-FITR-CELEBRATIONS
Afghan refugees offer Eid al-Fitr prayers on the outskirts of northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, Aug. 8, 2013. Muslims around the world celebrate the Eid al-Fitr festival, which begins after the sighting of the new moon, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (Xinhua/Ahmad Sidique)

Amazing pictures of galaxy

Nepalese hold up offerings on Shrawan Somvar

NEPAL-KATHMANDU-SHRAWAN SOMVAR
A Nepalese Hindu woman holds up offerings in honour of Lord Shiva on last Shrawan Somvar at Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 12, 2013. Shrawan Somvar (Monday) is considered auspicious for offering prayer to Lord Shiva for the long and prosperous life for their husbands.(Xinhua/Sunil Sharma)