Sunday, March 22, 2009

Events in pics..


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Carron Valley, Scotland. Following two weeks of intense snowfall, farmer Peter Laidlaw feeds his Highland cow from a tractor. 




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Madrid. Oddly ecstatic, an outsize beauty beams down from a giant, manipulated photo by Spanish artist Isaac Montoya at the ARCO International Art Fair as a spectator passes by.




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Tekapo, New Zealand. A starry blanket seems to hang over the small town of Tekapo, which glows in warm yellows at night due to sodium lamps used to cut light pollution. 




Druze farmer at border crossing with apples

A Syrian Druze farmer from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on the border waits his turn to pass through a border crossing. Both countries allow the Druze to sell goods in Syria.





Indian priest leading goats into temple

A priest leads sacrificial goats into a temple in Gauhati, India.




Robotic and human hand both choose "scissors" in game

A robot plays the game Paper, Scissors, Stone with a Science Museum employee in London, England.




Woman sweeping next to street mural showing Che and Obama

In the Nicaraguan capital Managua, a woman sweeps the pavement next to a street mural showing revolutionary hero Che Guevara and US President Barack Obama.




Kosovans celebrate a year since declaring independence

In Pristina, Kosovans in traditional dress mark the first anniversary of its declaration of independence from Serbia.

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