Pictures of the Day: Train Crash in Argentina, Mubarak’s Trial, and Planking
Security guards stand as black smoke rises from tires, which were burned by protesters during an anti-US demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2012. Anti-American demonstrations erupted on the outskirts of Kabul for a second day. (Ahmad Jamshid/AP Photo) Firemen rescue wounded passengers from… Read More »
EmailToday in Pictures: Syria Uprising, Mardi Gras, and Afghan Koran Burning
Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a 72-year-old Nepali who claims to be the world’s shortest man at 22 inches in height, walk near his home in Reemkholi village in Dang district southwest of Kathmandu, Feb. 21, 2012. Dangi will embark to the capital city as Guinness World… Read More »
By Lawrence Lai
Andy Warhol’s Polaroid Portraits
Andy Warhol was best known for his famous silkscreen portraits, which were his bread and butter throughout the 1970s and ’80s. Just as iconic as those paintings were his portraits of the bold-faced names of the period. Celebrities, musicians, fashion moguls and athletes of the… Read More »
Today in Pictures: Carnival, London Fashion Week and Spanish Protests
Protesters dressed as the comic figure Waldo hold signs during a march by thousands of demonstrators against the government’s new labor reform law Feb. 19, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. The reforms have prompted marches in 57 cities, as the government seeks to revive the ailing… Read More »
Today in Pictures: Honduras, India Election, Hockey, Rugby, and Giraffes
Fourth grade student Joy English of Central Intermediate School in Washington, Ill., lifts her President Obama mask during instructor Jane Woith’s Wax Museum Hall of Presidents, Feb. 16, 2012. Students in Woith’s social studies classes portrayed the U.S. presidents as a class project as President’s… Read More »
Today in Pictures: Sanremo Song Festival, Kim Jong Il Birthday, Egypt protests, Tibet, Fashion
Dancers perform during the 62nd edition of the Sanremo Song Festival, Sanremo, Italy, Feb. 15, 2012. (Luca Bruno/AP Photo) A Bananaquit hangs upside down to peck at a flower in the Costa Rica section of the Glass House at the Cleveland Botanical Garden… Read More »
By Lauren Sher
Photos of Dogs Underwater Become Viral Hit
Seth Casteel knows how to bring out a dog’s wild side. The pet photographer has snapped surreal photos of more than 60 dogs swimming underwater and diving into pools to chase after a coveted tennis ball or squeaky toy. “I’m interested in photographing dogs in… Read More »
Today in Pictures: Piglets, Sri Lanka, Clowns, Jeremy Lin and the Queen
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is shown the Ampulla and Coronation Spoon, which was used at her Coronation in 1953, by the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams as her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and other guests watch, during a multi-faith reception at Lambeth Palace,… Read More »
Today in Pictures: Fashion Week, Syria, Westminster, Valentine’s Day
Sophie, a Standard Poodle, is groomed before her showing at the 136th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Feb. 13, 2012, in New York. (Craig Ruttle/AP Photo) Activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) burn the greeting cards during a protest against Valentine’s… Read More »
Today in Pictures: Snow Monkeys, Athens Clashes, Westminster Dogs, and The Grammy’s
Chinese women do morning exercises with swords along a river bank in Suining in southwest China’s Sichuan province, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo) A Japanese snow monkey relaxes in a hot spring in the Jigokudani valley in northern Nagano Prefecture in Japan, Feb 11,… Read More »
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