Pakistanis Do Shopping At Second Hand Clothes Market In Lahore For Winter
Pakistanis do shopping at Landa Bazaar, a second hand clothes market, preparing for the winter, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Dec. 2, 2012. Pakistani women do shopping at Landa Bazaar, a second hand clothes market, preparing for the winter, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Dec. 2, 2012. <Xinhua/Sajjad>
Nepal unveils memorial monument for legendary alpinist Park Young-seok
Nepal has unveiled a memorial monument in memory of veteran South Korean climber, Park Young-seok, earlier on Nov. 10 Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has constructed the memorial monument at International Mountaineers’ Memorial Park (IMMP) at Kakni, some 20 kilometers north of Kathmandu. The marble monument, 1.5 meters high, is put on a 1.2 meter high pedestal. About 100 people including Lee […]
Pushpa Basnet named CNN Hero of the Year
Pushpa Basnet, a Nepalese woman who supports children so they don’t have to live behind bars with their incarcerated parents, was named the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year on Sunday night. Nepal is one of the poorest countries, and space is very limited in the few group homes affiliated with the government. So when […]
Jhiri Fair Held At Kanachack Village, India
A Hindu man, left, gets the first tonsuring of his son done, as a religious offering during the Jhiri fair at Kanachack village, on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. According to legend, the fair is held in memory of Baba Jitu, an honest farmer who killed himself since he was not […]
People Protest Against Death Of Garment Workers In Recent Fire In Dhaka
People show placards and pretend to be dead bodies during a protest against the death of garment workers in a fire accident in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Nov. 29, 2012. At least 111 people were killed after a devastating factory fire at Tazreen Fashion Limited on the outskirts of Dhaka on Nov. 24, 2012. <Xinhua/Shariful […]
Garments tragedy raises many questions about workers’ safety in Bangladesh
A national mourning and sabotage allegation can not hide sheer negligence behind the latest and the biggest ever garments tragedy in Bangladesh that left at least 110 workers roasted alive on Saturday. The National Mourning Day was observed on Tuesday over the casualties in Ashulia garment factory fire. The national flag was hoisted half-mast at […]
Tibetans Enhance Self-Immolation, Other Forms Of Protests Against Chinese Rule
In this Oct. 23, 2012 file photo released by London-based rights group Freetibet.org, Dorje Rinchen, a farmer in his late 50s, runs after setting himself on fire on the main street in Xiahe, in northwestern China’s Gansu province. A surge in self-immolations and large demonstrations by Tibetans in western China mark a new phase in […]
Ethnic Bodos Hold Rally Against Muslims From Former East Pakistan In New Delhi
An activist of India’s northeastern Assam state’s ethnic Bodos shouts slogans against the Muslim settlers in the state, who mostly came from the former East Pakistan before it became Bangladesh in 1971, during a protest in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Assam state has been simmering with tension since riots broke out between […]
Indian Sikhs Celebrate Birth Anniversary Of First Sikh Guru In New Delhi
Indian Sikhs display their martial arts skills during a procession to mark the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Sikhism was founded in the 15th century by Guru Nanak, who broke away from Hinduism, India’s dominant religion. He preached the equality of races and […]
Lower Rank People Of India Stage Rally Demanding Affirmative Action For Better Lives
Activists of All India Confederation of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe organizations, a group of lower rank people in India’s caste hierarchy, shout slogans at a protest rally, in New Delhi, India , Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. The rally was held to demanded affirmative action for the lower castes in the private sector by reserving […]
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