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Hungary Holds Miss Colours Beauty Contest
Contestants take part in the Miss Colours beauty contest for wheelchair users, in Hungarian capital Budapest, on Feb. 25, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Attila Volgyi> news@theasian.asia
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Ice Sculpture of Angry Bird in Burma
Visitors takes photos in front of ice sculptures at the ice wonderland show in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb. 25, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/U Aung> news@theasian.asia
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Hadi Elected as Yemeni New President
Yemeni people take part in a celebration after the official results of the country’s presidential election was announced in Sanaa, Yemen, on Feb. 24, 2012. Yemen’s Supermen Committee for Elections and Referendum (SCER) said Friday evening that Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was elected as the country’s new president with 6.6 million…
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Libyans Continue to Celebrate Civil Revolution Anniversary
Libyans carry a national flag which is 17 kilometers long and 3 meters wide, from the Tajoura to Martyrs’ Square, where the Libyans continue celebrating the one-year anniversary of the uprising against Moamer Kadhafi. <Photo: Xinhua/Hamza Turkia> news@theasian.asia
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Russia Celebrates Defenders of the Fatherland Day
Performers attend the reenactment of battles during celebration of Defenders of the Fatherland Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 23, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Lu Jinbo> news@theasian.asia
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Argentina Train Derailed, 49 Dead
A rescuer carries a wounded passenger at the site of train derailling in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, Feb. 22, 2012. The derailment of an inter-city train has resulted in the death of at least 49 people and the injury of at least 600 people in Buenos Aires early Wednesday.…
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Yemen Holds Presidential Election
Tawakel Karman, a co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, with colored headscarf, gestures after voting at a polling station in Sanna, Yemen, Feb. 21, 2012. Yemenis headed for the polling stations Tuesday morning to vote for a successor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh with the aim of pulling the…
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“This is My Fury”
A protestor throws a stone at the police during a protest in support of the Aysen community demands, in Santiago, capital of Chile, on Feb. 20, 2012. The protest organized by several social organizations demanded reduction of the gas cost, job equity, citizens participation, and quality health care, among other…
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Danube River’s Ices Damage Serbians’ Boats
People try to save boats from being damaged by the floating ice on the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia, on Feb. 20, 2012. Hundreds of small boats and floating restaurants on the Danube River were damaged near Belgrade by big chunks of ice that have begun melting due to raising…
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Cologne Rosenmontag Parade
Revelers participate in a parade during the Rosenmontag, a main activity of the Cologne Carnival, Feb. 20, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ma Ning> news@theasian.asia
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