WHAT HUMANS DO

WHAT WE DO

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NO MORE PLASTIC BAGS

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YEAH!!!

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HUMANS

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SWIMING WITH BELUGA WHALES IN THE NORTH POLE

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YEARS AGO

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GIRLS...

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GUYS...

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HUMANS

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AGORAPHOBIA

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PECULIAR

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HUMANS

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HUMANS

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OOOPS

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GIANT GEM

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TRIPLETS

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Triplets brothers and all of them police men.

ULTRAVIOLET BATH

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In the countries where winter is long and dark like Russia, children are exposed to ultraviolet baths to provide vitamin D

PECULIAR GRASS

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In the cities where there is no a lot of water, humans use green colored rocks to simulate grass in their front yards.

BEAUTIFUL

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HARBIN ICE FESTIVAL, CHINA

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AROUND THE WORLD

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FUN TIMES

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CARTELES CURIOSOS

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SHE WAS BORN ON 1-1-11 AT 1-11

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DAILY STUFF

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INCREDIBLE ABILITIES

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A.W. Underwood tenía una rara habilidad, era la de poder prender fuego a los objetos tan sólo con exhalar su aliento sobre ellos. Primero guardó su habilidad celosamente, pero más tarde decidió sacar provecho de ello hasta que se hizo célebre y se cansó de exhibirse, pero ningún experto podía explicar su rara habilidad. Según L.C. Woodman, el primer médico que examinó a aquel iniciador de incendios, cuando Underwood cogía algunas cosas como un pañuelo de algodón, hojas secas, y las apretaba contra la boca, estallaban el llamas en cuestión de segundos. El médico enjuagó la boca de aquel hombre de veinticuatro años con diversas soluciones, le hizo ponerse guantes de goma...

Samuel Leffers se despertó una mañana, en el verano de 1806, con un desacostumbrado entumecimiento de su costado izquierdo. Al principio no se alarmó, dando por supuesto que había permanecido tumbado durante mucho tiempo sobre el mismo lado. Sin embargo, pronto se percató de que también tenía dificultades para hablar y que no podía cerrar el ojo izquierdo. Aunque su estado mejoró algo, la dolencia pareció centrarse en su ojo, que se le quedó abierto de modo permanente.

Avanzado el verano, según un comunicado al American Journal of Science, Leffers fue afectado por la desgracia, o por lo menos así lo creyó, cuando fue alcanzado por un rayo, que le dejó inconsciente. Sin embargo, cuando volvió en sí, también había recuperado el movimiento de sus miembros. Al día siguiente, notó que su visión había mejorado y que ya podía mover el párpado. Sólo le quedó una secuela: la descarga eléctrica le dañó el sentido del oído.

Unos sucesos pintorescos empezaron a ocurrir en la casa de Ohio de la familia Resch, el 3 de marzo de 1984. Las luces se encendían y apagaban sin una causa aparente. Los aparatos electrónicos se ponían en marcha solos. La televisión efectuaba unos ruidos misteriosos, aunque estuviese desenchufada y la pantalla en blanco. la ducha comenzaba a correr cuando no había nadie en el cuarto de baño. A través de todo ello existía un hilo de unión: la adolescente Tina Resch, de catorce años, que parecía encontrarse siempre cerca del lugar de la acción, aunque no fuese físicamente responsable del asunto.

LO QUE HACEMOS

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PUMPKIN ART

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PredatorPumpkinn

Wally Gelnore 205 pounds

Tippy Dinero 95 pounds

Spenden Bargeld. 111 pounds

Seymour Grazoo 923 pounds

Rubin Grogsworth 9075 pounds

Oswald Groobermen Jr. 454 pounds

Newton Grossbeek - 1238.5 pounds

Mr. Wooton Grumpoa 705 pounds

Morton Grinagan 832 pounds

Morris Grunday 315 pounds

Melvin Grizzles 65 pounds

Marvin Greebles 315 pounds

Horace Burly 478 pounds

heywood floyd 789 pounds

Harvey Grooben 577 pounds

Fredie Oyama Growloon 625 pounds

Cornelius Grundblat 488 pounds

Big Al Paquale 1294 pounds

Arthur Grady 111 pounds

ACROSS THE PLANET

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Russian Orthodox Priest
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig
Father Sevastyan meditates on the Gospels at Svyato-Kazansky hermitage, one of many Russian Orthodox communities resurrecting across the land.

Demsa Dancer, India
Photograph by Kieron Nelson

Orissa, India. Behind a ramshackle cluster of market stalls an impromptu Demsa dance was in full swing. The women danced in semicircles while the men played musical instruments. Suddenly, the crowd stopped clapping. A young man, his face painted a vivid blue, stood in the middle of the circle. He vanished into the multitude, only to reappear like a deity on the shoulders of two men. The dancing started again with the banging of drums as he was spun in a circle to the delight of the crowd.

Fishing, Celebes Sea
Photograph by Liang Huan Chuan
In Semporna, many Filipinos and Malayu who traditionally fish for a living have erected hundreds of these homes in the Celebes Sea.

DAREDEVIL

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Daredevil, India
Photograph by Chris Shirley

The actual name of this is "The well of death."

Just look all the missing planks and holes in the "well."

On hindsight, being up there was probably a bad idea.
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STONE-MARKER GRAVE

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Stone-Marked Grave, Libya
Photograph by George Steinmetz
Carefully chosen light and dark stones mark the isolated grave of a herder who died between 5,000 and 3,000 years ago. As rainfall dwindled, the inhabitants of Libya's remote Fezzan region congregated around scattered oases.

CLIFF DIVERS

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January 23, 2009
Cliff Divers,

Mazatlan, Mexico
Photograph by W.E. Garrett
A daring diver times his plunge with an incoming wave as he plummets from a cliff in Mazatlan, Mexico. When the surf surges in, 12 feet (3.7 meters) of water lies below; outgoing seas leave half that depth.

PRAYING IN THE DESERT

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JUST FOR FUN

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OMG

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OOOPS

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AROUND THE PLANET

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LEAD PENCIL MINIATURE ART BY DALTON

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THE METAL ART OF JAMES CORBERTT

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SAND ART

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TOYS

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THE MAGIC RED SHOES

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TATOOS AND PIERCINGS

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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SEATBELT ADD EVER

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TOUCHING A SHARK

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OPTICAL FUN

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WORLD AIR STUNT CHAMPIONSHIP

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IMAGINACION

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ARTE EN SANDIAS Y HUEVITOS

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THIS WEEK IN THE BLUE PLANET

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An image made by the Spitzer Space Telescope shows a young black hole about 13 billion light-years away from Earth.

Floods in Brazil

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi listens to reporters' questions after the signing of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act.

Mexican men during a ceremony honoring nature

Illegal weapons are set aflame in Nairobi, Kenya.

Felicia Hurley and Jessica Miller share a quiet moment before getting married on Saturday in Washington DC.

Celebrations in Venezuela

A man removes worshipers' notes from the crevices of the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

SPECIAL HUMANS

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TERRORISTS ATTACK THE MOSCOW METRO

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Suppressing Terror

Russian emergency workers carry a victim's body out of the Lubyanka metro station. At a meeting with senior officials, President Dmitry Medvedev vowed to uphold the "policy of suppressing terror and the fight against terrorism. We will continue operations against terrorists without compromises and to the end," he said.

Culture Clash

Ambulances are parked near one of the entrances to the Park Kultury (Park of Culture) subway station. Better known as the Metro, Moscow's subway system is one of the world's most extensive and well-managed, carrying as many as 10 million people a day.

Drawing the Line

Police stand next to a map of the Moscow metro transport system. 24 people died in the first blast at around 8.00am local time as a train stood at the central Lubyanka station, beneath the offices of the FSB (Federal Security Services) intelligence agency. Roughly 40 minutes later, a second explosion ripped through a train at Park Kultury, leaving another 13 dead. Officials suspect that the first attack was intended as a message to the security services, which have led the crackdown on Islamic extremism in Chechnya and other parts of the Caucasus region in southern Russia.

On the Move

Russian riot police run near the Lubyanka metro station in Moscow on March 29, 2010 after two explosions during the early morning rush hour in metro stations killed dozens of people. Russian intelligence said it was likely a group from the North Caucasus was responsible and that two women carried out the attack.

AS WE ARE

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Police officers stand next to brand new police cars, Taiwan

Taking a little nap...Seoul

A swimmer gets into a river in China

Celebrating the 9th anniversary of " Subway No pants day" NY

A lonely homeowner refuses to move until he gets more money. China

Indian musicians perform in Sidney, Australia

Thai elephants collect money for Haitiians survivors

Jumping over the fire to celebrate Saint Anthony the Patron Saint of Animals, Spain

Lotto winners kiss among colorful plastic balls to celebrate in NY

Villagers are pinned down by a bull in a festival in India

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

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A balloon vendor sells heart shape balloons for Valentine's Day in Pakistan

THE WEEK IN PHOTOGRAPHS

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Don't Anybody Sneeze

In Macao, Bryan Berg breaks the world record for the largest house of freestanding cards with his replica of the Venetian Macao.

Never Doing THAT Again Athletes recover after finishing the women's Biathlon 7.5km Sprint at the Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Armored Carnival-goers pass through the center of Maastricht, Netherlands.

Powerful Bite A serviceman holds a desk by his teeth at a military show in Vladivostok, Russia during a celebration for Defender of the Fatherland Day.

Reanimated People dressed as zombies take part in a zombie parade ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Defused A Pakistani security official removes an explosive device from the body of a would-be suicide bomber at a police station in Mansehra, Pakistan. Police gunned down the would-be bomber as he tried to force his way into the police station.

Illicit Police officers walk amidst seized marijuana packages in Santander de Quilichao, Colombia.
Ancient Lights The 3200-year-old Abu Simbel temple is dramatized during a daily sound and light show on the eve of the anniversary of pharaoh king Ramses II's coronation.

Lighter Than Hair
In Jerusalem, Jewish orthodox men take a walk in the Mea Shearim neighborhood while wearing costumes in celebration of Purim.

Don't Try This At Home
In Mexico, a diver fends off a Great White shark, then, in a moment of thrill-seeking insanity, puts his hand into the shark's mouth.

Mighty Duck

An employee of the Castle Neuhardenberg museum holds a portrait of German Chancellor Angela Merkel painted by artist, Ommo Wille. The painting is part of a larger exhibit entitled, DUCKOMENTA.

INDIA'S HOLI FESTIVAL OF COLORS

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Workers clean the remnants of Holi celebrations at the Bankey Bihari Temple on Saturday.

A girl reacts during the celebrations of Holi in the southern city of Hyderabad on Monday.

Girls smeared with colored powder react as they celebrate Holi in the southern Indian city of Chennai Monday.

Visually impaired children play with colored water during Holi festivities at a school for the blind in Hyderabad on Monday.

Men and women take part in huranga, a game played between men and women a day after Holi, in Dauji temple near the northern Indian city of Mathura on Tuesday.

An Indian woman smeared with colors and water dances as she celebrates the Holi festival in Mumbai on Monday.

People, their faces smeared with colored powder, pose for a photograph during Holi festivities in Gauhati, India, Monday.

Hindu devotees play with color during celebrations of Holi, the Festival of Colors, in the streets near the Bankey Bihari Temple on Monday in Vrindavan, India. The festival is meant to welcome spring and win the blessings of gods for good harvests and fertility of the land. The tradition of playing with colors on Holi draws its roots from a legend of Radha and the Hindu god Krishna. It is believed that young Krishna was jealous of Radha's fair complexion. Krishna questioned his mother Yashoda on the darkness of his own complexion. Yashoda teasingly asked him to color Radha's face in whichever color he wanted. The tradition of applying color on one's beloved is being religiously followed to this date.

OLYMPIC MOMENTS

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The medalists in the men's super-combined, from left: silver medalist Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, gold medalist Bode Miller of the U.S. and bronze medalist Silvan Zurbriggen of Switzerland.

Skicross bronze medalist Audun Groenvold of Norway, right, celebrates while Olympic champion Michael Schmid of Switzerland claps during the medal ceremony at Whistler. Andreas Matt of Austria took the silver.

Speed skaters Jennifer Rodriguez of the U.S. (front) and Tamara Oudenaarden of Canada practice for women's 1500 meter race at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates of the United States compete in the original dance portion of ice dancing. The competition concludes Monday with the free dance portion.

Russia's Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin perform their original dance during the ice dancing competition. Slight alterations were made to their Aboriginal-themed costumes after an uproar over whether the costumes were racist. The competition concludes Monday with the free dance portion; Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are leading.

Japan's Nobuko Fukuda, left, and Switzerland's Bettina Gruber fall as Russia's Irina Khazova tries to avoid them in the women's cross country team sprint semifinals at the Whistler Olympic Park.

From left, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle of Germany, Irina Khazova of Russia, Riitta-Liisa Roponen of Finland, Karine Laurent Philippot of France and Magda Genuin of Italy compete during the women's cross country skiing team sprint semifinal at Whistler.

Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria celebrate their gold medal in the men's ski jumping team event at Whistler. The German team was second, and Norway was third.

Georgia's Allison Reed and Otar Japaridze perform in the ice dancing free program.

Ukraine's Anna Zadorozhniuk and Sergei Verbillo compete in the free program of ice dancing.

U.S. skaters Meryl Davis and Charlie White perform in the ice dancing finale at the Pacific Coliseum. Davis and White later won the silver medal.

Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto of the U.S. watch as they receive their scores for the free dance portion of ice dancing. The pair placed fourth overall.

Canada's Joannie Rochette fights back tears after finishing her routine in the women's short program figure skating event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Feb. 23. Rochette's mother died just days before the start of competition, Skate Canada said on Sunday.

Rachael Flatt of the United States competes in the women's figure skating short program.

Kim Yu-Na of South Korea competes in the women's figure skating short program. Her performance put her in first place. The finale is Thursday night.

Japan's Mao Asada reacts after performing in the women's short program figure skating event.

Mirai Nagasu of the United States competes in the short program of women's figure skating at Pacific Coliseum at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Nagasu, who suffered a bloody nose midway through her performance, posted a personal best to take the lead halfway through the night's competition

Finland's Anssi Koivuranta celebrates a successful jump during the Nordic combined team event.

The United States' Todd Lodwick holds his child after his ski jump during the Nordic combined team event at Whistler. The Americans took their first medal ever in the event -- a silver. The Austrian team won the event, which combines ski jumping and cross country skiing.

Bode Miller sits back too far before skiing out of the first run of the giant slalom at Whistler. The American had hoped for a fourth medal in skiing at the Vancouver Games -- which would have been an Olympic record.

Canada's Ashleigh McIvor, center, clears a jump ahead of France's Marion Josserand, right, and Hedda Berntsen of Norway during the women's ski cross final. McIvor won the gold medal, Bernsten silver and Josserand bronze.

Silver medalist Kjetil Jansrud, left, and bronze medalist Aksel Lund Svindal celebrate a great men's giant slalom race for Norway during the flower ceremony at Whistler. Carlo Janka of Switzerland, the reigning world champion in the event, won the gold. Ted Ligety was the top U.S. finisher, placing ninth. Bode Miller, trying to become the first person to win four medals in alpine skiing at a single Olympics, failed to finish the first run.

Austria's Mario Stecher, left, is tackled by teammate David Kreiner after crossing the finish line to win the Nordic combined team event. The U.S. won the silver, its first medal in the event, which combines ski jumping and cross country skiing. Germany took bronze.

Lindsey Vonn of the United States crashes into the fence during the first run of the women's giant slalom. It was later determined that she broke her right pinkie finger in the crash.

The Czech Republic's Martin Jaks, top, and Russia's Nikolay Pankratov rest after competing in the men's cross country 4x10km relay at Whistler Olympic Park.

Team members look on as athletes compete in the men's cross country 4x10km relay at Whistler Olympic Park. The Swedish team of Daniel Richardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Soedergren and Marcus Hellner who the event

Gold medalist Martina Sablikova (C) of the Czech Republic celebrates on the podium as silver medalist Stephanie Beckert (L) of Germany and bronze medalist Clara Hughes of Canada applaud during the flower ceremony for the women's 5,000 meters speed skating race at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

Canadians pilot Helen Upperton, right, and brakeman Shelley-Ann Brown react when they see that they won the silver during the women's two-man bobsled competition final.

USA's Apolo Anton Ohno, left, passes Canada's Olivier Jean, right, during the seventh heat of the men's 500m short track skating competition.

Bill Demong of the United States soars during the practice jump for the large hill ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined individual event. He went on to win the competition, the first American gold ever in the sport. Teammate Johnny Spillane won silver.

Celia Bourgeois of France lies exhausted after the women's cross country skiing 4x5-kilometer relay. Her team finished seventh.

Germany's Claudia Nystad reacts as she crosses the finish line to give her team a silver medal in the women's cross country skiing 4x5-kilometer relay. Norway won, and Finland was third.

Defending champ Julia Mancuso of the United States clears a gate during the second run of the women's giant slalom at Whistler. Mancuso, victim of a controversial restart in the first run on Wednesday, had Thursday's third-best run but finished eighth. The winner was a surprise: Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany, who had never won a senior-level race before. Tina Maze of Slovenia won the silver, and first-run leader Elisabeth Goergl of Austria took bronze.

Molly Engstrom of the U.S. sits dejectedly on the ice after Canada won the gold medal in women's ice hockey.

Jeret "Speedy" Peterson of the U.S. celebrates after landing his signature "Hurricane" jump -- the most difficult of the competition -- in the men's aerials final at Whistler. Peterson's final jump scored the highest of any in the event and boosted him to the silver medal. Alexei Grishin of Belarus won the event with a technically precise last jump, and Liu Zhongqing of China took bronze.

Rachael Flatt of the United States performs in the women's figure skating finale. The U.S. champion placed seventh.

Japan's Mao Asada performs her free skate program. She hit two triple-axel jumps -- a first in a women's competition -- but had to settle for silver

Canada's Joannie Rochette gestures after performing her free skate. Perhaps the crowd favorite, she won the bronze just four days after the death of her mother.

Mirai Nagasu, 16, of the United States reacts to her score coach Frank Carroll in the skating finale. She scored a personal best in the free skate to place fourth overall.

Call her queen: Kim Yu-na wipes away tears after her stunning gold-medal performance in women's figure skating at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver on Thursday, Feb. 25. The South Korean soared to a world-record 228.56 points -- and earned her country's first medal ever in the sport. Despite two triple axels, longtime rival Mao Asada of Japan could only win silver. Joannie Rochette, skating four days after her mother's death, won the bronze for Canada.

China’s Liu Yin, left, cries as Wang Bingyu hugs Li Dongyan after they won the bronze medal in women's curling against Switzerland. Sweden plays Canada for the gold.

Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen crosses the finish line to give Norway the gold medal in the men's biathlon 4x7.5-kilometer relay. It was Bjoerndalen's sixth career gold medal -- the most of any biathlete in history. The 36-year-old Norwegian has 11 Olympic medals overall, but this was his first victory since winning in all four events in 2002.

Norway's Halvard Hanevold, Tarjei Boe, Emil Hegle Svendsen and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen celebrate during the flower ceremony after taking the gold medal in the men's biathlon 4x7.5-kilometer relay. It was Bjoerndalen's sixth career gold -- the most of any biathlete in history.

Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. looks down after skiing out of the course during the first run of the women's slalom. It was the last women's event, so Vonn finished the Olympics with a gold in the downhill and a bronze in the super-G.

Germany's Maria Riesch has a second gold medal to celebrate after crossing the finish line during the second run of the women's slalom at Whistler. She added this victory to her gold in the super combined event

American skaters Brian Hansen, Jonathan Kuck and Chad Hedrick, left to right, celebrate a speed skating upset over the Netherlands in the men's team pursuit semifinals at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Netherlands star Sven Kramer will go home with only one gold, instead of the three he seemed destined to win. The finals are Saturday.

Katherine Reutter of the United States celebrates the silver medal in the 1,000-meter race in women's short track. Her victory guaranteed that the United States would beat its record for most Winter Olympic medals.

Canada's Charles Hamelin, left, celebrates his gold medal in the men's 500-meter short track event. He also was on Canada's 5,000-meter relay team, which took the gold later in the evening.

Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States crosses the line after Francois-Louis Tremblay of Canada and Sung Si-Bak of South Korea crashed in the men's short track 500-meter final at the Pacific Coliseum on Friday, Feb. 26. But Ohno was disqualified after the judge ruled he had caused Tremblay's fall. Canada's Charles Hamelin won the gold; Sung got the silver and Tremblay the bronze. Ohno went on to add his eighth Olympic medal by anchoring the U.S. men's 5,000-meter relay team to a bronze behind Canada and South Korea.

Gold medalist, China's Meng Wang (L) celebrates with her country flag and compatriot China's Yang Zhou at the end of the Ladies' 1000 m short-track final.

Bronze medalist Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States holds up eight fingers to signify his tally of Olympic medals after the Men's 5000m Relay Short Track Speed Skating Final on Feb. 26. USA won gold in the event.

Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's 30-kilometer mass start classic race.

Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong clears a gate during the men's slalom event. Nicknamed "Snow Leopard," Nkrumah-Acheampong was the first Ghanaian to ever compete in the Winter Olympics. He finished 47th.

Norway's Lars Elton Myhre falls during his race in the first run of the men's slalom event.

Stanislav Detkov of Russia reacts after advancing in the men's parallel giant slalom in snowboarding. He finished fourth in the event

Russian silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko performs during the figure skating exhibition.

John Morris and Ben Hebert of Canada celebrate after winning the gold medal in curling.

Driver Steven Holcomb, front, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curtis Tomasevicz celebrate USA-1's gold-medal finish in the men's four-man bobsled competition. It was the United States' first gold in the event since 1948.

Bronze medalist Joannie Rochette of Canada performs during the figure skating exhibition gala at the Pacific Coliseum. Rochette was a heroine of the games, skating to a medal just days after her mother died.

South Korea's Kim Yu-na performs during the figure skating exhibition gala at the Pacific Coliseum. It's a tradition for the medalists in skating to perform in the gala at the end of the games.

Curtis Tomasevicz, center, celebrates with U.S. teammates, left to right, Steve Mesler, Justin Olsen and driver Steven Holcomb after winning the four-man bobsled competition at Whistler. It was the first gold for the U.S. in the event since 1948.

Finland's hockey players pose with their medals after defeating Slovakia in the bronze-medal game at Canada Hockey Place in the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Saturday, Feb. 27

Fans react after Canada won the men's hockey gold -- the most coveted medal for Canadians of the Vancouver Games.

Petter Northug of Norway reacts after finishing first in the men's 50-kilometer race.

Norway's Petter Northug, bottom, is congratulated by teammate Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset after winning the men's 50-kilometer mass start classic cross-country final at Whistler. Germany's Axel Teichmann won silver, and Sweden's Johan Olson took bronze

Dustin Brown (L) and goalie Ryan Miller of Team USA stand with their Silver medals after being defeated by Canada, 3-2 in overtime, in the men's hockey final.

Team Captain Scott Niedermayer #27 of Canada waves to the fans after receiving the gold medal following his team's 3-1 overtime victory during the ice hockey men's gold medal game between USA and Canada.

Canadian fans celebrate their gold medal victory against the United States in the final hockey match.

Dancers perform during the closing ceremony at the BC Place in Vancouver, on the last day of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

U.S. figure skater Evan Lysacek (C) waves during the closing ceremony.

Short Track Speed Skater Apolo Anton Ohno of the U.S. walks out with his team during the closing ceremony.

Dancers perform during the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Entertainers perform during the Closing Ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at BC Place

Catching a ride
Canada's Jeff Pain starts his first heat in the men's skeleton event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, on Feb. 18.

WOW

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PLAYING IN THE SNOW

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With a laundry basket Kevin Bird, left, and Ryan Reese build a snow fort in Logan Circle during a snow storm in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.

LAS ESTATUAS MAS GRANDES DEL MUNDO

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Spring Temple Buddha – China

Laykyun Setkyar – Myanmar

Ushiku Daibutsu – Japón

Nanshan Haishang Guanyin – China

Emperors Yan and Huang Statue – China

Sendai Daikannon - Japón

Estatua de Pedro el Grande – Rusia

Gran Buda de Tailandia

Ling Shan Grand Buddha – China

Dai Kannon – Japón

WHAT WE DO

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OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

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House I, Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein is best known for the pop paintings based on advertisements and comic strips that he made in the 1960s. He also produced a significant body of sculpture, including large-scale works designed for the outdoors. House I incorporates the hallmarks of the artist's style: crisp, elemental drawing, heavy black outlines, and a palette based on primary colors. Whereas most of the artist's sculpture approximates freestanding paintings in relief rather than volumetric structures in the round, some of ...

Delboeuf Illusion
The Delboeuf illusion is an optical illusion of relative size perception. In the best-known version of the illusion, two circles of identical size are placed near to each other and one is surrounded by an annulus; the surrounded circle then appears larger than the non-surrounded circle if the annulus is close, while appearing smaller than the non-surrounded circle if the annulus is distant. Recent work suggests it is caused by the same visual processes that cause the Ebbinghaus illusion

Chubb Illusion
The Chubb illusion is an optical illusion wherein the apparent contrast of an object varies dramatically, depending on the context of the presentation. Low-contrast texture surrounded by a uniform field appears to have higher contrast than when it is surrounded by high-contrast texture. This was observed and documented by Charles Chubb and colleagues in 1989

Munker-White Illusion
White's illusion is an optical illusion illustrating the fact that the same target luminance can elicit different perceptions of brightness in different contexts.Note, that although the gray rectangles are all of equal luminance, the ones seen in the context with the dark stripes appear brighter than the ones seen in the context with the bright stripes. Note that this effect is opposite to what would be expected from a simple physiological explanation on the basis of simultaneous contrast ...

The Spinning Dancer
The Spinning Dancer, also known as the silhouette illusion, is a kinetic, bistable optical illusion resembling a pirouetting female dancer. The illusion, created by web designer Nobuyuki Kayahara, involves the apparent direction of motion of the figure. Some observers initially see the figure as spinning clockwise and some counterclockwise.The illusion derives from the lack of visual cues for depth. For instance, her arms could be swinging either in front of her to the left or behind her to the ..

Peripheral drift illusion
The peripheral drift illusion (PDI) refers to a motion illusion generated by the presentation of a sawtooth luminance grating in the visual periphery. This illusion was first described by Faubert and Herbert (1999), although a similar effect called the "escalator illusion" was reported by Fraser and Wilcox (1979). A variant of the PDI was created by Kitaoka and Ashida (2003) who took the continuous sawtooth luminance change, and reversed the intermediate greys. Kitaoka has created numerous variants of the PDI ..

Ames trapezoid
The Ames trapezoid or Ames window is a style of window which, when observed frontally, appears to be a rectangular window but is, in fact, a trapezoid.The window is mounted on a rod connected to an electric motor that rotates it about its vertical axis. When it is observed with one eye from about 3 meters or with both eyes at 6 meters, or more, the window appears to rotate through 180 degrees and then seems to stop momentarily ...

The Ambassadors (Holbein)
The Ambassadors (1533) is a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger in the National Gallery, London. As well as being a double portrait, the painting contains a still life of several meticulously rendered objects, the meaning of which is the cause of much debate. It is also a much-cited example of anamorphosis in painting

McCollough effect
The McCollough effect is a phenomenon of human visual perception in which colorless gratings appear colored depending on (contingent on) the orientation of the gratings. It is an aftereffect requiring a period of induction to produce it. For example, if someone alternately looks at a red horizontal grating and a green vertical grating for a few minutes, a black-and-white horizontal grating will then look greenish and a black-and-white vertical grating will then look pinkish. The effect was discovered by Celeste ..

Ehrenstein illusion
The Ehrenstein illusion is an optical illusion studied by the German psychologist Walter Ehrenstein in which the sides of a square placed inside a pattern of concentric circles take an apparent curved shape

Metamorphosis of Narcissus
The Metamorphosis of Narcissus (1937) is an 511 x 781 mm oil on canvas painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. This painting is from Dalí's Paranoiac-critical period. According to Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool. Unable to embrace the watery image, he pined away, and the gods immortalized him as a flower. Dali completed this painting in 1937 on his long awaited return to Paris after having had great success in ..

Necker Cube
The Necker Cube is an optical illusion first published in 1832 by Swiss crystallographer Louis Albert Necker

Pulsing vortex
If you stare at this one long enough you’ll notice a fast and pulsing multicolored vortex. Photo from Flickr

Poggendorff Illusion
The Poggendorff Illusion is an optical illusion that involves the brain's perception of the interaction between diagonal lines and horizontal and vertical edges. It is named after Poggendorff, who discovered it in the drawing of Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, in which Zöllner showed the Zöllner illusion in 1860.In the picture to the right, a straight black and red line is obscured by a grey rectangle. The blue line, rather than the red line, appears to be a continuation ..

Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire - ..
Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire (1940) is a painting by Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí. The painting depicts a slave market, while a woman at a booth watches some people. A variety of people seem to make up the face of Voltaire, while the face seems to be positioned on an object to form a bust.The painting was completed in 1940. Dalí describes his work on the painting "to make the abnormal look normal and the normal ..

Wormhole
The black and white circular lines make this illusion seem as if there are various depths in the image, creating different entryways and tunnels. Photo courtesy of Paco Calvin

Disappearing dots/ Troxler's Effect
Troxler's fading or Troxler's effect is a phenomenon of visual perception. When one fixates a particular point, after about 20 seconds or so, a stimulus away from the fixation point, in peripheral vision, will fade away and disappear. The effect is enhanced if the stimulus is small, is of low contrast or equiluminant, or is blurred. The effect is enhanced the further the stimulus is away from the fixation point.Troxler's fading was discovered by Ignaz Paul ..

Wundt Illusion
The Wundt illusion is an optical illusion that was first described by the German psychologist Wilhelm Wundt in the 19th century. The two red vertical lines are both straight, but they may look as if they are bowed inwards to some observers. The distortion is induced by the crooked lines on the background, as in Orbison's illusion. Hering illusion produces a similar, but inverted effect.Another variant of the Wundt illusion is the Horizontal-Vertical Illusion, introduced by Wundt on ..

Lamp Optical Illusion
What do you see? Do you have a dirty mind?

Penrose triangle
The Penrose triangle, also known as the Penrose tribar, is an impossible object. It was first created by the Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd in 1934. The mathematician Roger Penrose independently devised and popularised it in the 1950s, describing it as "impossibility in its purest form". It is featured prominently in the works of artist M. C. Escher, whose earlier depictions of impossible objects partly inspired it.

Ebbinghaus Illusion
The Ebbinghaus illusion or Titchener circles is an optical illusion of relative size perception. In the best-known version of the illusion, two circles of identical size are placed near to each other and one is surrounded by large circles while the other is surrounded by small circles; the first central circle then appears smaller than the second central circle.It was named for its discoverer, the German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909) it was popularised in the English-speaking world by Titchener ..

4 Perfectly Round Circles
4 Perfectly Round Circles [Optical Illusion]. Can you see them all at once

Colored Spirals
You see embedded spirals of green, pinkish-orange, and blue? Incredibly, the green and the blue spirals are the same color

Same Color Illusion
The same color illusion—also known as Adelson's checker shadow illusion, checker shadow illusion and checker shadow—is an optical illusion published by Edward H. Adelson, Professor of Vision Science at MIT in 1995. The squares A and B on the illusion are the same color (or shade), although they seem to be different. This can be proven by sampling the colors of A and B in an image-editing program. By erasing everything except the two labelled squares

Rotating snakes
Circular snakes appear to rotate 'spontaneously.' Stare into the middle of the picture in this link and you'll get this disorientating sensation of the outer circles slowly rotating

Leaning tower illusion
The Leaning Tower Illusion is an optical illusion that presents two identical images of the Leaning Tower of Pisa side by side. Although the images are identical, people have the impression that the tower on the right leans more, as if photographed from a different angle. The illusion was discovered by Frederick Kingdom, Ali Yoonessi and Elena Gheorghiu at McGill University, and won the first prize in the Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest 2007.

Young Girl-Old Woman Illusion
A famous perceptual illusion in which the brain switches between seeing a young girl and an old woman (or "wife" and "mother in law")

Strobe effect
Animated black and white lines make your world turn liquid

Kanizsa Triangle
The Kanizsa triangle is an optical illusion first described by the Italian psychologist Gaetano Kanizsa in 1955. In the accompanying figure a white equilateral triangle is perceived, but in fact none is drawn. This effect is known as a subjective or illusory contour. Also, the nonexistent white triangle appears to be brighter than the surrounding area, but in fact it has the same brightness as the background

Hermann Grid illusion
A grid illusion is any kind of grid that deceives a person's vision. The two most common types of grid illusions are Hermann grid illusion and the Scintillating grid illusion

Rollers
Rollers appear to rotate without effort. On the other hand, they appear to rotate in the opposite direction when observers see this image keeping blinking.

Your own blind spot
All humans have a blind spot right near the middle of their pupil. To find it, hold your arm out in front of you, but off to the side, with your index finger extended. Cover one of your eyes, stare straight ahead with the other and slowly bring your extended finger closer to the middle of your field of vision. As your finger approaches you should see your fingertip disappear when it reaches the blind spot. Mind = blown.

Cube?

Down or Up

Face or Eskimo?

What do you see?

How many cubes?

Cups or Faces?

Up or Down?

Follow the lines...

What do you see?

Young woman or Old woman?

What do you see?

What you should do for the black and white optical illusion image above:Stare at the center of the image above for at least 30 seconds. Then look at a blank white wall, or a peice of paper. What do you see? On this page you'll see that the after image of the black and white image above is much stronger than the one in color below. Take your time, sometimes it takes an additional 20 seconds before your eyes can really focus on the after image. The image looks similar to the shroud of turin, which is another famous face of jesus.

CITIES IN THE NIGHT

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THE SMALLEST AND THE TALLEST

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He Pingping (L) of China looks up at Sultan Kosen of Turkey as they pose for photographers during a promotional event in Istanbul January 14, 2010. He, with a height of 73 cm (2 feet 5 inch), and Kosen, with a height of 246.5 cm (8 feet 1 inch), are listed in the Guinness World Records as the world's shortest man and tallest man respectively.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

He Pingping of China smiles as Sultan Kosen of Turkey rests his hands on He's shoulders during a promotional event in Istanbul January 14, 2010. He, with a height of 73 cm (2 feet 5 inch), and Kosen, with a height of 246.5 cm (8 feet 1 inch), are listed in the Guinness World Records as the world's shortest man and tallest man respectively. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

He Pingping (L) of China gestures as Sultan Kosen of Turkey looks on as they pose for photographers during a promotional event in Istanbul January 14, 2010. He, with a height of 73 cm (2 feet 5 inch), and Kosen, with a height of 246.5 cm (8 feet 1 inch), are listed in the Guinness World Records as the world's shortest man and tallest man respectively.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

INCREIBLES

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Photo taken on Jan. 12, 2010 shows the scenery of the Expo Axis during a trial illumination in the Expo Park in Shanghai, east China. Ninety percent of the construction work has been completed in the expo site by far. Workers are busy working to greet the 100 days count down to the opening of Shanghai World Expo on Jan. 21. (Xinhua Photo)

Photo taken on Jan. 12, 2010 shows the scenery of the Information and Communications Pavilion during a trial illumination in the Expo Park in Shanghai, east China. Ninety percent of the construction work has been completed in the expo site by far. Workers are busy working to greet the 100 days count down to the opening of Shanghai World Expo on Jan. 21. (Xinhua Photo)

Photo taken on Jan. 12, 2010 shows the scenery of the Expo Axis during a trial illumination in the Expo Park in Shanghai, east China.(Xinhua Photo)

British artist Jason de Caires Taylor works on a sculpture called "The Man on Fire" underwater in this undated handout in the Mexican resort of Cancun. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

A diver swims near British artist Jason de Caires Taylor's sculpture "The Flower of Hope" in this undated handout in the Mexican resort of Cancun.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Divers swim near British artist Jason de Caires Taylor's sculpture "The Man on Fire" in this undated handout in the Mexican resort of Cancun. At the bottom of its turquoise waters and playing with the reflections of the sun at sea, a series of sculptures were immersed in the Mexican resort of Cancun in what aspires to be a huge underwater museum that harmonizes with the beauty of its coral reefs. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

CHINESE DANCERS

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ICE HOTEL

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The Ice Hotel itself is located about 20km away at a place called Jukkasjarvi (pron Yukkasyaravi). It certainly wasn't the Superman ice castle that I'd imagined for so long, more like a couple of snow-covered rounded-metal aircraft hangars you see about the place. But in its way it is beautiful, and the surrounding village and countryside also aim to please.

As you'd expect it has a 'warm' reception and other amenities like restaurants and bars that you don't have to freeze to eat or drink in. No detail required there. The Ice Hotel itself however is a long (60-70 metres) semi-circular corridor with guest wings branching off it one both sides. In the entry corridor is an ice reception and what would best be described as an ice dining hall, complete with ice table, chairs and chandelier.

There is also a church (above right, including spacey supernatural aura whisping about) and the all important Ice Bar located inside. All of it is hewn out of man-made blown white snow that is completely opaque when packed, carved and moulded into the superstructure.

The bar more resembled the ice castle of my aberrant conception. Big bricks of clear ice making a grand hall, where the bar serves Absolut vodka drinks of every variety in ice glasses that end up sticking to your hand. Lounge alcoves with reindeer skin covers on the seats are found down one side, but apart from that there is (not surprisingly) very little seating, as the whole complex maintains a temperature of between -5C and -9C.

On to the bedrooms. We ordered the basic room (above right) which was little more that a frosty alcove with a rough bed (again covered with reindeer skins) plonked in the middle. Sleeping bags and inners are provided because there ain't no electric blanket!

Management secures ice artists from all over the world to create their own little fantasy in one of the 30 or so deluxe or super deluxe rooms. There doesn't seem to be any theme so some of the creations are quite bizarre. All are very nicely executed so it's a shame to think that they will all melt away before mid year.

PECULIAR

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In the city of In Gall, Niger, men from the Wodaabe tribe dance and sing at the Gerewol festival just as a massive sandstorm hits. The Gerewol is an annual courting festival where the men try to look as beautiful as possible so they are chosen for mates by Wodaabe women. The women can select up to four men, and a man if not chosen, will be very lonely for the next year. The Wodaabe may be related to the ancient human groups that lived in the Gobero area thousands of years ago. (© Mike Hettwer)

YEAP...WE DO THIS

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THINGS WE DO

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CARPET OF PETALS

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PERUVIAN MUMMIES

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WE PLAY

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LO QUE HACEMOS

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PROTESTING

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Contra el cambio climático
Con motivo de una acción contra en cambio climático en México, unos activistas encendieron velas que dibujaban los continentes. Foto: Reuters.

DIA DE NAVIDAD EN EL MUNDO

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Ballenas Varadas
Un grupo de voluntarios trata de salvar unas ballenas varadas en las playas de Nueva Zelandia

Baño navideño
Unos nadadores participan en una carrera en el río Vitava en su tradicional baño navideño en Praga. Foto: Reuters.

Rezo por las víctimas
Monjes budistas rezan en la provincia tailandesa de Phang Nga por las víctimas del tsunami que, hace cinco años, causó la muerte de 175.000 personas en una docena de naciones bañadas por el océano Índico.

Foto: Reuters.

Musulmanes flagelándose
Un grupo de musulmanes se flagelan durante una procesión en Ashura, en Amroha, an norte de la India. Foto: Reuters.

SNOW

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El invierno ha llegado oficialmente a gran parte del mundo. Ciudades de Francia, EEUU, Holanda o Bélgica han amanecido cubiertas de nieve.

FUN

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WOW

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WOW

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LO QUE HACEMOS

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PECULIAR HUMANS

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GLOBAL WARMING PROTESTS

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Demonstrators block the entrance of Chevron Corp. in San Ramon, Calif., on Dec. 7 to coincide with the climate talks.

This globe is part of the "Cool Globes" art installation on display in Copenhagen during the climate talks.

Global actions to lobby for curbing greenhouse gas emissions include this rally by children, some dressed as trees, in Sidon, Lebanon, on Dec. 8.

Mankind's reliance on fossil fuels, including these commuters in Taipei, Taiwan, on Dec. 7, is tied to the sharp increase in CO2 since the start of the industrial age.

An activist outside the climate summit in Copenhagen on Dec. 8 makes a point about Europe not retreating from its aggressive targets for CO2 emissions reductions.

Emissions-producing diesel trucks and cars pass non-polluting windmills that stand along the I-10 freeway near Banning, Calif., on Dec. 8. Sustained global warming shows no sign of letting up, according to a new analysis by the World Meteorological Organization and made public at the climate talks in Copenhagen. Although global temperature fluctuates from year to year, overall the decade of the 2000s is likely the warmest in the last 150 years covered by the report. This decade is warmer than the 1990s which were warmer than the 1980s, and so on. The conclusions are in line with independent analysis by the National Climatic Data Center and NASA.

Members of environmental activist group Greenpeace unfurl a banner from Rome's Colosseum on Dec. 9.

A woman walks past one of the dozens of exhibits at the climate summit on Dec. 10.

Activists dressed as aliens on Dec. 10 roam the halls where the U.N. climate summit is being held.

In New Delhi, India, activists on Dec. 10 prepare to release sky lanterns to express their hopes for the climate conference.

More than 600 people were detained as night fell in Copenhagen on Dec.

Climate activists taking part in a mass rally in Copenhagen on Dec. 12 hug a police officer standing guard.

Activists dressed as polar bears stage a protest at the U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen.

People get ready before the start of a 'Climate No Borders' march together with several hundred protesters in Copenhagen.

A member of Greenpeace demonstrates during a 'Climate No Border' protest in Copenhagen on Dec. 14. The activist is dressed as 'Death', one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at a presentation Dec. 14 on melting Arctic ice at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

Climate activists shout slogans during a march in Copenhagen on Dec. 14.

Several hundred protesters march during a climate protest in Copenhagen on Dec. 14.

Riot police clash with climate activists in Copenhagen on Dec. 14. Between Dec. 12 and 14, police arrested nearly 1,300 activists.

In Copenhagen, Denmark, climate activists have held daily rallies, including this one on Dec. 15. Copenhagen is the host city for the U.N. Climate Change Conference.

Greepeace activists scale Australia's Sydney Opera House on Dec. 15 to make a climate statement urging nations to reach a treaty agreement. The activists were later arrested and charged with trespassing.

An officer wipes his eyes after police used pepper spray against protesters on Dec. 16.

A Danish riot policeman clubs an activist who climbed on top of the car

A police officer uses his baton on activists trying to get into the U.N. talks on Dec. 16.

A demonstrator hit by pepper spray receives help outside the U.N. talks on Dec. 16. Hundreds of climate demonstrators marched to the summit venue to show their anger over the slow progress being made by nations towards a climate deal.

Danish riot police push back protestors outside the venue of the U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen on Dec. 16.

Protestors with a group called Lobbyists for Profitable Climate Solutions, one holding fake dollar bills, another holding a sign reading "Stop Global Whining," heckle other demonstrators near the venue of the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen on Dec. 16.

A German climate activist cries as her hair is cut outside the venue of the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday.

JOGGING IN THE SNOW

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ANIMALS IN OUR LIVES

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Cuddle buddy
A female rhino baby lies between two keepers in her indoor enclosure in the Allwetter Zoo in Muenster, western Germany. The rhino baby was rejected by her mother, Emmi, and will now be raised by the zoo keepers.

Religious ritual
An Orthodox Jewish couple in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood begin the Kaparot ritual by reciting a prayer and then twirling a chicken over their heads to release the sins accumulated over the past year, ahead of the Yom Kippur holiday, which is the Day of Atonement.

Furry fashion model
A Yorkshire terrier stands on the catwalk during the I Love My York show in Lodz, Poland.

Fat cat
Veterinary nurse Jennie Doig holds Socrates, an overweight cat that is part of the Pet Fit Club program organized by U.K. animal charity PDSA. In the program, the overweight pets have 100 days to meet a specific target.

Hitching a ride
A Chinese woman drives her car through traffic as her dog looks out of the passenger window in Shanghai.

Hogging the road
Guilford County Animal Control Officer Tracie Ross raises her hand to stop traffic to allow a group of pigs, which were running loose, to cross the road in Stokesdale, N.C.

AMAMOS A LOS ANIMALES

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ALL OVER THE PLANET

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Relaxing bath
Bathers relax at the Rudas bath in Budapest on Dec. 5. The bath was built during the Turkish occupation of Hungary.

Cold dip
A swimmer jumps into an icy river on a snowy day in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China, on Dec. 7.

Something's fishy
A worker smells a dried fish to check its quality at a processing facility on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on Dec. 7.

Weight on his shoulders
A Chinese migrant worker carries a heavy load on a pole on his shoulders at a construction site in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, on Dec. 5.

Living in poverty
Rag pickers walk past a garbage dump on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on Dec. 8.

Against the wind
People walk in the street during a snowstorm in Quebec City, Canada, on Dec. 9.

Wheel of fortune
A Tibetan devotee spins a giant prayer wheel at the Boddhanath stupa in Boddhanath, on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, on Dec. 10.

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AROUND THE PLANET

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Christmas decorations adorn a street in the New Jdeideh neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov. 29.

The 77th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was lit up in New York on Dec. 2.

Children take pictures of the interior of a 6-story Christmas tree outside of a shopping mall in Singapore, on Nov. 26.

The Sleeping Beauty Castle is illuminated during the Disneyland Magic Christmas Season Launch at Disneyland Resort in Paris on Nov. 7.

Christmas lights illuminate the Diagonal Avenue in Barcelona, Spain.

Fireworks illuminate the world's biggest floating Christmas tree on Dec. 5, in the opening ceremony at Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

OASIS OF THE SEA

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Catching a wave
Royal Caribbean sports staff member Colin Kerr tries out one of two surf simulators on board the world's largest and newest cruise ship Oasis of the Seas.