Kimono-clad models help Tokyo win its bid to host the 2020 Olympics
Kimono-clad models wait for the arrival of International Olympic Committee Vice President Craig Reedie of Britain at the Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The IOC’s evaluation commission is currently on a four-day inspection of Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Shizuo Kambayashi>
Young women begin wearing spring clothing as it gets warm in Nanjing, China
Combo photo taken on March 5, 2013, shows young women wearing spring clothing as temperature rises in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Li Xiang>
An Indian guard examines body of elephant killed by a speeding train near Alipurduar
An Indian forest guard walks past the body of an elephant that was killed after being hit by a speeding train at the Buxa Tiger Reserve, near Alipurduar in West Bengal state, India, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis>
Swarms of locust from Egypt cover various green fields in southern Israel
Swarms of locust fly near Kadesh Barnea, Israel, on March 5, 2013. The swarms of locust came from Egypt on Monday, covering various green fields and areas in southern Israel, mainly near the borders between Israel and Egypt. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Jini>
The Ottomans Return
“When General Bonaparte arrived in the Middle East in 1798 there were only two independent states in the region: Turkey and Iran, which are now striving to restore their inescapable role as the region’s two superpowers.” (Bernard Lewis) There is a great deal of talk today about the signs of a Turkish cultural invasion of […]
An Iranian woman looks at outfits on mannequins during Int’l Fashion, Clothing Festival
An Iranian woman dresses a mannequin with a head scarf, during the “Second Fadjr International Fashion and Clothing Festival,” at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 4, 2013. An Iranian woman looks at outfits on mannequins, during the “Second Fadjr International Fashion and Clothing Festival” at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque, […]
A Hindu holy man rests at a temple in Katmandu as its religious festival approaches
A Hindu Holy man rests at Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 4, 2013. Hindus across the world will be celebrating the Hindu religious festival of Mahashivratri, or night of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction on March 10. A Hindu holy man mixes vermillion powder at the Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, […]
Indian Hindu devotees take holy dips in Ganges river during their religious festival
An Indian woman devotee prays as marigold flowers and oil lamps offered by devotees float at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have been attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world’s […]
Photos of endangered wildlife on display at world convention for them in Bangkok
A man looks at photos of endangered wildlife at the 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Bangkok, Thailand, March 4, 2013. CITES will be held from March 3 till March 14 in Bangkok with the participation of conservationists from about 180 countries and […]
A monkey rests it’s hands on a man’s arm waiting to be fed at a park in Kuala Lumpur
A monkey rests it’s hands on a man’s arm as it waits to be fed at a park in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 4, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mark Baker>
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