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Colorful Parade Held To Support Gays, Lesbians In Hyderabad, India

Colorful Parade Held To Support Gays, Lesbians In Hyderabad, India

A participant waves a rainbow flag from a motorcycle as members and supporters of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community take out the Hyderabad gay pride parade in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The parade was held to spread awareness about harassment, violence and discrimination faced by the community and to demand that […]

An Indian Man Compete In Bullock Cart Race During A Rural Sports Festival In Kila Raipur, Punjab

An Indian Man Compete In Bullock  Cart Race During A Rural Sports Festival In Kila Raipur, Punjab

An Indian villager participates in a bullock cart race during a rural sports festival, also known as “Indian Rural Olympics”, in Kila Raipur, near Ludhiana, in the northern Indian state of Punjab, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The three-day long event is a celebration of rural life in India’s farming belt and features major Punjabi rural […]

Unknown Gunmen Kill Three More People In Karachi, Bringing Total Death Toll In January To 155

Unknown Gunmen Kill Three More People In Karachi, Bringing Total Death Toll In January To 155

People and rescuers gathered around bodies of victims at a hospital in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Jan. 31, 2013. At least three people were killed as unknown gunmen opened fire at a vehicle in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 155 in separate incidents of […]

Exiled Tibetans Attend Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign In New Delhi

Exiled Tibetans Attend Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign In New Delhi

Exiled Tibetans shout slogans as they take part in a rally during Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The four-day campaign that began Wednesday is being held to express solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet and to raise awareness and seek international support for Tibet. Exiled Tibetans and Buddhist monks […]

Mass Funeral Held For Victims Of Road Accident That Left 20 Dead In India

Mass Funeral Held For Victims Of Road Accident That Left 20 Dead In India

People stand near bodies of victims of a road accident during a mass funeral at Gilosan village, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. More than 20 people, including eight children and eight women, were killed in a road accident in Gujarat state when a minibus lost control and […]

Supporters Of Islamist Party Armed With Sticks March Street To Attack Police In Dhaka, Bangladesh

Supporters Of Islamist Party Armed With Sticks March Street To Attack Police In Dhaka, Bangladesh

Jamaat-e-Islami activists armed with sticks march on a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Hundreds of supporters of Bangladesh’s main Islamist party attacked police Monday in a busy commercial district in the nation’s capital, injuring many including at least eight security officers, an official said. The party has been demanding a halt to […]

Mexican Dancers Perform “Bubble Dance” During Cultural Program “Lokrang” In Bhopal, India

Mexican Dancers Perform “Bubble Dance” During Cultural Program “Lokrang” In Bhopal, India

Dancers from Mexico perform “Bubble Dance” during the five-day long cultural program “Lokrang” in Bhopal, India, Jan. 29, 2013. The program was organised by Madhya Pradesh state cultural department during India’s 64th Republic Day celebrations. Dancers from Turkey perform “Belly Beats Dance” during the five-day long cultural program “Lokrang” in Bhopal, India, Jan. 28, 2013. […]

Exiled Tibetan Buddhists Attend Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign In New Delhi

Exiled Tibetan Buddhists Attend Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign In New Delhi

Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay, left, speaks with the leader of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party L. K. Advani during the Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The four-day campaign that began Wednesday is being held to express solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet and to […]

Sri Lankan Journalists, Activists Stage Demonstration To Condemn Gov’t Suppression Of Media In Colombo

Sri Lankan Journalists, Activists Stage Demonstration To Condemn Gov’t Suppression Of Media In Colombo

Journalists, rights activists and opposition lawmakers shout slogans and display placards during a demonstration alleging the government of suppression of media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013. Sri Lankan journalists staged a “Black January” protest Tuesday, remembering a series of attacks against journalists and media workers in this month over the past several […]

Six Men Enact A Mock Hanging In A Protest Asking Death Penalty For Six Men Accused Of Fatal Gang Rape Of A Woman In New Delhi

Six Men Enact A Mock Hanging In A Protest Asking Death Penalty For Six Men Accused Of Fatal Gang Rape Of A Woman In New Delhi

An elderly protester, wearing an outfit with the colors of the Indian national flag, shouts slogans during a protest demanding the death penalty for six men accused of a fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi last month in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Scores of protesters gathered near India’s […]

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