Monday, January 16, 2012

Pictures of the week 9th - 15th Jan





An instructor from the Tianjiao Special Guard/Security Consultant Ltd. Co, smashes a bottle over a female recruit's head during a training session for China's first female bodyguards in Beijing January 13, 2012. According to the company, the training session consists of 20 women, mostly college graduates, who will undergo 8-10 months of training to develop sufficient skills to become security guards. The company will then offer the best trainee a chance to attend the International Security Academy in Israel. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)





Mohammad Saber Yaqoti Hussaini Khedri, second right, the calligrapher of the world's biggest copy of the holy Quran turns a page at a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Hussaini Khedri claims to have completed the writing of the world's biggest copy of Islam's holy Quran in 5 years along with his nine students with the financial support of a well- known figure Afghan Sayed Mansoor Nadri. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)





A model wears a creation of the Filhas de Gaia fall-winter fashion collection during the Fashion Rio 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)





Residents burn tires and wave a flag as they await for the riot police and demolition crew to dismantle their homes in San Juan, east of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2012. Several residents and police as well as demolition crew were injured as residents resist the demolition of their houses which allegedly was effected to pave the way for the development of the prime property such as the building of a new city hall, a shopping mall and condominiums. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)





Hindu devotees hold their saris to dry after taking a dip in the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, on Makar Sankranti festival, that falls during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus take a bath at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as "Magh Mela" to rid themselves of their sins and attain prosperity. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)





Indian soldiers train on stunt motorcycles in preparation for an upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)





A dressed monkey sits at a roadside to earn money from passers-by for his owner in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Jan 13, 2012. (AP Photo/ B.K.Bangash)





A Hindu devotee's feet are seen while he rolls on the ground during the first day of Swasthani Brata Katha festival at Saali River near Kathmandu January 9, 2012. The month-long festival is dedicated to God Madhavnarayan and Goddess Swasthani and involves the recitation of folk tales about miraculous feats performed by the two Gods, in many Hindu households. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






A stranded driver sits on the top of his truck loaded with pipes on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on the outskirts of Jammu January 8, 2012. The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the third consecutive day following heavy snowfall, local media reported. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta (INDIAN-ADMINISTERD KASHMIR - Tags: TRANSPORT SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)





A visitor feeds a food pellet to a giraffe in the Giraffe Centre near Nairobi January 8, 2012. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (KENYA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






People walk under heavy snowfall near the eastern German town of Altenberg January 8, 2012. REUTERS/David W Cerny (GERMANY - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)





A Christian pilgrim emerges from the water during a baptism ceremony in the Jordan River at the baptismal site known as Qasr el-Yahud, near the West Bank city of Jericho January 8, 2012. Hundreds of Catholic Christians gathered on Sunday on the banks of the Jordan River at the traditional site where it is believed John the Baptist baptised Jesus Christ. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






Hindu women sit around fires to warm themselves up before taking a holy bath during the first day of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival at Saali River near Kathmandu January 9, 2012. The month-long festival is dedicated to God Madhavnarayan and Goddess Swasthani, involving the recitation of folk tales about miraculous feats performed by the two Gods in many Hindu households. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






A Hindu devotee's feet are seen while he rolls on the ground during the first day of Swasthani Brata Katha festival at Saali River near Kathmandu January 9, 2012. The month-long festival is dedicated to God Madhavnarayan and Goddess Swasthani and involves the recitation of folk tales about miraculous feats performed by the two Gods, in many Hindu households. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)





Firefighters aim coloured water at a target during the annual fire drill competition in Mumbai January 9, 2012. Firefighters in Mumbai took part in the annual competition to enhance their emergency response during fire incidents. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






Judges wearing wigs attend a ceremony to mark the beginning of the new legal year in Hong Kong January 9, 2012. The territory continued its common law system after it reverted to Chinese rule in 1997. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






A heavy swell smashes the Panamanian-registered Tycoon into a cliff on Christmas Island, 2,800km (1,740 miles) west of Darwin, January 9, 2012. The cargo ship, which local media reports is leaking oil and fuel, was loading phosphate when heavy swells caused it to break from its moorings. Picture taken January 9, 2012. REUTERS/Lisa Preston (AUSTRALIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TRANSPORT)






A keeper looks inside the mouth of a South American sea lion at 'Tiergarten Schoenbrunn' Zoo in Vienna, January 10, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner (AUSTRIA - Tags: ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






A man whose son died during the uprising last year, screams in front of riot police at the police academy where former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's trial is continuing, in Cairo January 10, 2012. The trial of Mubarak, his two sons, former interior minister and senior police officers resumed on Tuesday after the prosecutor demanded the death sentence for the former Egyptian president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






A man inspects a highway that was partially destroyed by rains near the town of Sapucaia, 104 km (65 miles) northeast of Rio de Janeiro January 10, 2012. Thirteen bodies were found with another nine people still missing due to heavy rains since the New Year, according to the Civil Defense, as Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff created a national task force to work towards preventing floods and landslides. REUTERS/Ana Carolina Fernandes (BRAZIL - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






People visit the so-called "Moroz-city" (Frost city) at the Sokolniki city park in Moscow January 10, 2012. The city, made of ice, consists of streets, a bank, a theatre, a prison, a registry office, a hotel and other sights, according to the local media. REUTERS/Anton Golubev (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti listen to their national anthems before talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, January 11, 2012. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






Students arrange themselves into a formation of the Pongal Panai, or an earthen pot, as part of the Pongal festival celebrations in Chennai January 12, 2012. Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils across the country. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)






The luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its starboard side as seen from the Giglio harbor, after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. The luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, sending water pouring in through a 160-foot (50-meter) gash in the hull and forcing the evacuation of some 4,200 people from the listing vessel early Saturday, the Italian coast guard said. The number of dead and injured is not yet confirmed Coast Guard Cmdr. Francesco Paolillo said. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)






Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members hurl snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. More than 200 soldiers participated in the one-month winter exercise. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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