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2439030 In the popular cultures in Catalonia there are the Correfocs. They are groups of people from a specific suburb of Barcelona, or from towns of Catalonia. Correfoc could be translated in English as "Fire Runner", this explains what they do. They run between crowds with fireworks dressed as devils, they're called in Catalan as "Diables", which is the exact translation. Pople around use to gather and dance under the fireworks.

2416128 A palestinian man. He explains that he and his family live in a place that was a bunker. They used to suffere severe cut of electricity. It's since some years that they have no more energy, either public or private. Beddawi Refugee Camp - Tripoli - Lebanon.

902_05_12512886highres The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, aka the Battle of Spotsylvania or Spottsylvania. Second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12529484highres Monks in the middle ages playing Bob-Apple. The apples were hung on a string and the players had to bite them without using their arms or hands. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

902_05_12516060highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian/Edwardian.Social History.No. 20.? Camels. When a cargo of more valuable merchandise has to be transported to a distant city in the country away from railways, and involving some more or less desert route, the services of the ship of the desert are brought into requisition. This is a portion of such camel-laden caravan starting from the town, and accompanied with their attendant bournoused Arabs. The camel is not now very much used in Algiers. The railways, which are gradually being extended over Algeria and the adjacent provinces in every direction, and good military and other roads, are gradually causing the services of this useful animal to be scarcely indispensable around Algiers and other large cities ; so that probably, at no very distant future, it will be entirely supplanted by other means of transit; and so far as Algiers itself is concerned, it is likely, before long, to become as extinct as the lion now is, but which once used to roam and commit its depredations not so very far frohi the town itself.

902_05_12523070highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian/Edwardian.Social History. The Beauties of Venice,photographs created in 1888 Joseph John William ACWORTH F.I.C., F.C.S.J. The Beauties of Venice . may be made by land across the canals by bridges and along their narrow banks by the narrow streets. . This is one of the larger canals, and the houses or palaces are inhabited by some of the well-to-do of the city. On our left we notice a high post standing straight up out of the water. These posts-for there are many in front of each palace-are painted with the heraldic colours of the family, and were formerly the distinguishing marks of the nobility [B] They are used as moorings for their own and also for their visitors' gondolas.

902_05_12523068highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian/Edwardian.Social History. The Beauties of Venice,photographs created in 1888 Joseph John William ACWORTH F.I.C., F.C.S.J. The Beauties of Venice . In Venice there is not a single horse, or any other beast of burden ; the canals are the water-streets, by means of which passengers and merchandize may be conveyed to any part of the city. The canal is the street and the gondola is the cab or carriage. Except in the Public Gardens there are not many trees to be found in Venice, though every here and there we meet with such an oasis in the barren desert of masonry as we see in the picture before us [B] Although there are such a number of canals in Venice, yet access to all and every part of the town

902_05_12512095highres Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian.Social History. Hova Women pounding rice Madagascar. Slide from S.P.G., the society for the propogation of the gospels to foreign parts. The rice is then taken to the neighbouring village or homestead and is stored in pits dug out of the hard, red clay soil, or sometimes in a huge basket made from a rush mat and kept in the house. In preparing it for household use there comes in another part of the Malagasy women's work, chiefly, but not exclusively, done by them, that of pounding the rice required for the family every day. Placed in a deep wooden mortar, the rice is pounded with a long wooden pestle to clear it of the husk, and often, if fine white rice is desired, of the inner red skin also. This is a fatiguing task, but is often lightened by three or even four taking part in the work, the various pestles descending in rapid and alternate strokes.

902_05_12513159highres Magic Lantern slide circa 1900 hand coloured. Titled Cities and places of interest in the Mediterranean.23.?MONACO AND MONTE CARLO. Very few people ever visit Nice, or any town in the locality, without also going to see Monte Carlo?a portion of the principality of Monaco?one of the fairest spots on earth, but which is, like many other fair things, smirched with a foul blot?and this blot is the licensed gambling den in its midst. The accompanying view shows us on the right the ancient castle and seat of the Grimaldi family, the rulers, and on the left, at the other extremity of the bay, Monte Carlo itself.

902_05_12513140highres Magic Lantern slide circa 1900 hand coloured. No. 1.?GIBRALTAR. |AS the narrow straits of 'Gibraltar form the mouth or entrance of the Mediterranean, of which we propose to speak this evening, we cannot do better than commence this lecture with a description of the celebrated promontory which is the key to that sea, and which, in our hands, gives us the opportunity of keeping watch and ward over every vessel passing in and out of it. Gibraltar itself is a town and fortress situated at the most southern part of Spain, and in the province of Andalusia; and the celebrated rock which rises above was termed by the ancients Galpe, and formed , with a somewhat similar one on the African coast opposite, known as Abyla, the Pillars of Hercules.

902_05_12512025highres Magic Lantern slide circa 1900 hand coloured. created in 1887. A tour of North Wales. 17 Falls of the Ogwen, commonly called the Falls of Benglog, or the Skull. These are formed of three cataracts, which tumble down a height of 100 feet. The stream, which issues from the lake in a considerable volume, is crossed by the turnpike road, and we descend by the bridge to get the view now before us. The lone-liness of this spot and the sight of the water foaming over the bare rocks, only serve to increase one's awe and wonde

902_05_12512041highres Magic Lantern slide circa 1900 hand coloured. created in 1887. A tour of North Wales. 31.View at Nant Mill?To get this view we can either descend Snowdon on the Llanberis side, and then take train, vid Carnarvon, for Bettws Garmon, or we can find our way over the mountain to Snowdon Hanger, and so along the valley. If we choose the former we have a pleasant ride along the peculiar little narrow-gauge railway, with its fine views, and the picture before us may be seen from the carriage windows as we pass along. This is a charming spot, and has long been a favourite haunt of the artist. Although the old Mill is gone, there remains still such a picture of exquisite beauty, that one cannot help a feeling of intense pleasure at the sight.

902_05_12512121highres Magic lantern slide WW1, 1914-1918, World war one images. Secret or Mystery port . The Port of Richborough during the Great War. This was a highly secret government facility built to service the B.E.F with it's logistics including Ammunition, Tanks, Horses, Rations and Fuel etc... The River Stour was widened in some places and cuttings were made to form small port areas.Huge in size, it was used to service the whole British Army on the Western Front.

902_05_12512108highres Magic lantern slide WW1, 1914-1918, World war one images. Secret or Mystery port . The Port of Richborough during the Great War. This was a highly secret government facility built to service the B.E.F with it's logistics including Ammunition, Tanks, Horses, Rations and Fuel etc... The River Stour was widened in some places and cuttings were made to form small port areas.Huge in size, it was used to service the whole British Army on the Western Front.

902_05_12511027highres Magic lantern slide WW1, 1914-1918, World war one images,SMS Möwe (German: Seagull) was a merchant raider of the Imperial German Navy which operated against Allied shipping during World War I.Disguised as a neutral cargo ship to enable it to get close to targets, the Möwe was effective at commerce raiding, sinking several ships in the course of the war. Built by the Joh. C. Tecklenborg yard at Geestemünde, she was launched as the freighter Pungo in 1914 and operated by the Afrikanische Fruchtkompanie for F. Laeisz of Hamburg. After an uneventful career carrying cargoes of bananas from the German colony of Kamerun to Germany she was requisitioned by the Imperial German Navy for use as a minelayer. Her conversion took place at Imperial shipyard at Wilhelmshaven in the autumn of 1915, and under the command of Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, she entered service on 1 November that year. The most successful German Raider in either the First or Second World Wars.

902_05_12523046highres Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, 1852 etching or wood engraving. Two men in the park with one asking the question Have you ever been accustomed to the use of opium ?

902_05_12512718highres A lantern used by Guy Fawkes in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Guy Fawkes, 1570 - 1606, aka Guido Fawkes. Member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, aka Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, an assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

902_05_12310679HighRes The Sinking of CSS Alabama during The Battle of Cherbourg, or the Battle off Cherbourg. Single-ship action fought during the American Civil War between a United States Navy warship, the USS Kearsarge, and a Confederate States Navy warship, the CSS Alabama, on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France. From The History of our Country, published1900.

902_05_12290556HighRes The death of Metacomet, aka by his adopted English name King Philip, in 1676, during King Philip's War, aka First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, or Metacom's Rebellion. Metacomet, member of the Wampanoag native American Indian Tribe. From The History of Our Country, published 1899

902_05_12290555HighRes The colonial assault on the Narragansetts' fort in the Great Swamp Fight in December 1675 during King Philip's War, aka First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, or Metacom's Rebellion. From The History of Our Country, published 1899

902_05_12310040HighRes String games of Northern Queensland and Torres Straits Aborigines, Australia. A design formed by manipulating string on or around one's fingers. The complex patterns created can be made purely for entertainment or can be used to pass on information about tribal legends, or to emphasis practical information concerning things of daily importance, like hunting. From Customs of The World, published c.1913.

902_05_12310711HighRes Striking workers fire on private security agents' barges during The Homestead Strike, aka the Homestead Steel Strike or Homestead Massacre, Homestead, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, July 6, 1892. From The History of Our Country, published 1900

902_05_12280318HighRes Pontiac Outwitted at Fort Detroit. Pontiac, or Obwandiyag,c. 1720 ? 1769. Ottawa war chief noted for his role in Pontiac's War (1763?1766). After convincing various Indian tribes join him in an attempt to capture Fort Detroit from the British, he entered the stronghold with about 300 men carrying concealed weapons. The British had learned of Pontiac's plan, however, and were armed and ready. From The History of Our Country, published 1900.

902_05_12280319HighRes Pontiac delivering the wampum belt to Sir William Johnson at Fort Oswego as a sign of peace and the end of Pontiac's War, 1766. Pontiac, or Obwandiyag, c. 1720 ? 1769. Ottawa war chief. Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, c. 1715 ? 1774. Anglo-Irish official of the British Empire. From The History of Our Country, published 1900.

902_05_12280707HighRes Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks, 1816 ?1894. American politician and Union general during the American Civil War. From The Century Magazine, published 1887.

902_05_12280306HighRes La Salle claiming the entire Mississippi River basin for France in 1682. René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de La Salle, 1643 ? 1687. French explorer. From The History of Our Country, published 1900.

902_05_12280290HighRes Hiawatha aka Ayenwatha, Aiionwatha, or Haiëñ'wa'tha. Pre-historical Native American leader and co-founder of the Iroquois confederacy. From The History of Our Country, published 1899

902_05_12289887HighRes Captain James Lawrence uttering his last words or "dying command" "Don't give up the ship!" after being mortally wounded whilst commanding The USS Chesapeake in a single-ship action against HMS Shannon commanded by Philip Broke during the War of 1812. James Lawrence, 1781 ?1813. American naval officer. From The History of Our Country, published 1905.

902_05_12289895HighRes Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebró, 1794 ? 1876, aka Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna and sometimes called "the Napoleon of the West". Mexican politician, general and 8th President of Mexico. From The History of Our Country, published 1905.

244456 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244445 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244444 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244443 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244442 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244441 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244440 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244439 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244438 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244437 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244436 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244435 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244434 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244433 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244432 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244431 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

244430 Budistas participam de Culto Póstumo Ecumênico Budista, no Grande Auditório do Bunkyo, bairro da Liberdade, centro de São Paulo, para prestas homenagens as vítimas do terremoto seguido de um tsunami que atingiu o Japão ano passado. Cerca de 19 mil pessoas morreram ou ficaram desaparecidas (vítimas principalmente das ondas gigantes que varreram dezenas de comunidades ao longo da costa nordeste). Segundo dados oficias, os danos materiais provocados pelo desastre somaram 16,9 trilhões de ienes (cerca de R$ 380 bilhões, na cotação atual). São Paulo/SP, Brasil. 12/03/2012. Foto: Anderson Barbosa / Fotoarena

925_13_MW021592 Nijhum Dwip (Nijhum island) once known as Char Osman is a small island under Hatiya Upazila in Noakhali district in Bangladesh

925_13_MW021576 Nijhum Dwip (Nijhum island) once known as Char Osman is a small island under Hatiya Upazila in Noakhali district in Bangladesh

925_13_MW021589 Nijhum Dwip (Nijhum island) once known as Char Osman is a small island under Hatiya Upazila in Noakhali district in Bangladesh

925_02_MW020149 The Sinamaica lagoon is a large extension of water located northwest of Zulia state, Venezuela

925_02_MW020156 The Sinamaica lagoon is a large extension of water located northwest of Zulia state, Venezuela

925_02_MW020164 Sinamaica Lagoon is a large extension of water located northwest of Zulia state, Venezuela

925_02_MW020160 The Sinamaica village inhabited by the ethnic A?u Indians is one of the last floating villages on earth and have been living in the area in houses above water, known as palafitos, since pre-colonial times

925_02_MW020153 A woman from the ethnic A?u Indian community weaving a basket at the village of Sinamacia, on Sinamacia lagoon

925_01_MW020159 The Sinamaica lagoon is a large extension of water located northwest of Zulia state, Venezuela

925_02_MW020151 A woman from the ethnic A?u Indian community, at the village of Sinamaica, on Sinamaica lagoon

925_07_MW018515 The Tajhat palace, in the Northern district town of Rangpur, in Bangladesh

925_02_MW018961 The silhouette of a man from the ethnic Veddas community showing hunting activities, in Dambana, Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka

925_02_MW018959 A group of people from the ethnic Veddas community showing the hunting dance, in Dambana, Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka

925_02_MW018957 A man from the ethnic Veddas community making fire in traditional way, in Dambana, Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka

925_02_MW018956 A group of men from the ethnic Veddas community making fire in traditional way, in Dambana, Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka

925_02_MW018955 A man from the ethnic Veddas community, in Dambana, Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka

925_07_MW018209 The Tajhat palace, in the Northern district town of Rangpur, in Bangladesh

925_07_MW018210 The Tajhat palace, in the Northern district town of Rangpur, in Bangladesh

925_02_MW016134 Sitting at home with her mother, Maria, 12, embroideries a piece of cloth, at Qalaai Mirabaas neighborhood, in Kabul, the capital

925_02_MW016046 Siblings of an ethnic Hazara family having breakfast at home, in the village of Ragshad, in central Bamyan province

925_09_MW016048 Children of an ethnic Hazara family preparing lessons for school, at their home in the village of Ragshad, in the central Bamyan Province

925_09_MW015932 Children of an ethnic Hazara family preparing lessons for school, at their home in the village of Ragshad, in the central Bamyan Province

925_02_MW016140 Noor Ahmad, 15, helps his sister, Aqila, 8, in washing dishes, outside their home in the village of Ragshad in the central Bamyan Province

925_02_MW016132 Aqila, 8, leads her 18 month old brother, Abdul Wahid, down the hill, towards other children who are playing in the village of Ragshad, in the central Bamyan Province

925_02_MW016094 Aqila, 8, weaving a carpet on a traditional loom, at their home, in the village of Ragshad, in the central Bamyan province

925_02_MW016129 Chamank, 12, places donkey dung, mixed with dried grass and water, into the crevices of rocks for drying so that it can be used as fuel for cooking and heating, in the village of Dar-e-Buzgala, in the central Bamyan Province

925_02_MW016122 Aqila, 8, is weaving a carpet, while children from the neighborhood hang around

925_02_MW007535 Portrait of two Rajasthani women at Jaisalmir, Rajasthan, India

925_02_MW007534 Rajasthani women are known for their simplicity, beauty and valor all over the world

925_04_MW016219 A man addicted to heroine, being stoned by a passerby, gets a dressing for his wounds, at Mary Adelaide, a church based NGO that operates from Karachi

925_02_MW002858 Offering: Laxmi Thapa, 68, Offers Lamps To People For Blessing

925_02_MW007737 Bedey, a community belonging mainly to the ethnic Mong-tong (Mangta) of ARAKAN, who in 1638, accompanied the fugitive king of Arakan, Ballal Raja, and later settled in Bikrampur area near DHAKA

925_02_MW018318 Kue, a Huaorani guide for the jungle gets ready to chase a monkey in the forest using the traditional open Cerbatana or blowpipe

925_02_MW017185 Using a toothpick, a sardarni or madam, cleans teeth of one of her many girls that she uses for prostitution

925_02_MW017153 Nusrat, at Kamlapur Railway Station, in Dhaka

925_02_MW004464 A woman works with the stems of some palm or coconut leaves used in weaving to make some wonderful handicrafts or household items

925_02_MW002320 In a battery-recycling workshop, an old woman carries a child coated with carbon dust all over his body

925_02_MW002318 Sitting in a communal kitchen that is shared between 3-6 families, a young girl child flattens dough in round plate like shape so it can be baked to make flat bread known as roti

925_02_MW002317 Young children having their brunch at Korar Ghat by the river Buriganga on the outskirts of Dhaka in Dhaka district

925_02_MW002309 Shehnaz (3 years old) sits on the window of battery recycling workshop

925_02_MW002306 A young boy playfully rests against a plastic bag that is use to transport carbon rod that comes out from the center of used batteries

925_02_MW002302 Using water that is pumped from river Buriganga below, a young girl washes pencil-like carbon rod that comes out of the used batteries, in a bettery recycling workshop in Ayena Ghat on the outskirts of Dhaka

925_02_MW002301 At Ayena Ghar battery factory in Dhaka, a young girl lifts a basket full of plastic covers retrieved from used batteries

925_02_MW002300 At Ayena Ghar battery factory in Dhaka, young girls and women busy breaking a heap of batteries one by one

925_02_MW002295 After cleaning and washing them thoroughly with water, a young girl child and a woman gathers pencil carbon rods, that comes out from the center of D-size drycell batteries

925_02_MW002294 Women and child pauses for a photograph from their work in a battery recycling workshop in Ayena Ghat by the river Buriganga on the outskirts of Dhaka in Dhaka district

925_02_MW002288 With a smile on her face, a woman looks through her working place in battery recycling workshop where she breaks thousands of batteries every day, one by one

925_01_MW002304 Slum-like living quarters for labourers and their families next to the battery recycling factory at Ayena Ghat where most workers live

925_01_MW002276 Women collect water from a hand pump painted red to indicate that its water is heavily contaminated with arsenic

925_02_MW002293 An infant sleeps on a piece of jute bag

975_08_TASS-D-192904 Russian federation, moscow,the russian-us crew on board russia's orbiter mir check air-tightness of the station's faulty hatch section on thursday night,the hatch section of the kvant ll module undergone manifold pressurization, after which ground experts would try to estimate air pressure downfall rates or receive evidence that all the airlocks have been patched, crew commander solovyov and wolf left the station's insides at 00,12 moscow time on thursday (21,12 gmt, january 14) for a sortie which took about 210 minutes, according to plans, it was the 16th space walk of mir commander solovyov (pictured), in his five missions since 1988, solovyov holds the world record of over 72 hours in outer space, july 27, 1989.

1019_24__KKC7630 Stromness is a former whaling station on the northern coast of South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic. It was the destination of Ernest Shackleton's rescue journey in 1916. It is the central of three harbours in the west side of Stromness Bay, South Georgia. The name 'Fridtjof Nansen' or Nansen appeared for this harbour on some early charts, but since about 1920 the name Stromness has been consistently used..

1019_19_KK-L1020479 Gion, the famous district of Kyoto, was originally developed in the Middle Ages, in front of Yasaka Shrine. it is still famous for the preservation of forms of traditional architecture and entertainment. The geisha in the Gion district (and Kyoto generally) does not refer to themselves as geisha; instead, Gion geisha use the local term geiko. While the term geisha means 'artist' or 'person of the arts', the more direct term geiko means essentially 'a child of the arts' or 'a woman of art'..

1019_19_KK-L1020459 Gion, the famous district of Kyoto, was originally developed in the Middle Ages, in front of Yasaka Shrine. it is still famous for the preservation of forms of traditional architecture and entertainment. The geisha in the Gion district (and Kyoto generally) does not refer to themselves as geisha; instead, Gion geisha use the local term geiko. While the term geisha means 'artist' or 'person of the arts', the more direct term geiko means essentially 'a child of the arts' or 'a woman of art'..