June 22, 1011

Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 1:51 pm (UTC-4)
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"Greece Financial Crisis

A protester challenges Greek riot police officers at Syntagma square in front of the parliament building in central Athens, during minor scuffles following a peaceful ongoing rally against plans for new austerity measures. (AP)



"India Protest"

An activist of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) attacks a burning government bus with a stick during a clash between the police and members of the KMSS at a land demonstration against the government's drive to evict settlers from government land, in Guwahati, India. (AFP)

"U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama"

US First Lady Michelle Obama is seen in silhouette as she addresses the Young African Women Leaders Forum in a Soweto township, Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP)

An aerial view of flooded areas after water hyacinths clogged the Rio Grande de Mindanao River in Cotabato City, southern Philippines. (Reuters)

"Belaurs WWII Remembered"

Belarusian school boys hold torches as they stand in front of one of the most important Soviet WWII war monuments marking the heroic resistance of the Red Army against the surprise German attack during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of Nazi invasion in the town of Brest, 360 kilometers (223 miles) southwest of Minsk. (AP)

"Russia WW II Remembered"

People look at actors performing a play near a church outside St. Petersburg, Russia, about suffering of civilians in WW II, at the time the Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union 70 years ago . (AP)

Belarussians in traditional costumes dance around a fire near the village of Raduga in the Gomel region, some 300 kms southeast the capital Minsk, to mark Ivana Kupala night, an ancient heathen holiday. During the celebrations, dating back to pagan times, people wear wreathes, jump over fires and bathe naked in rivers and lakes. (AP)

Belarussians in traditional costumes dance around a fire near the village of Raduga in the Gomel region, some 300 kms southeast the capital Minsk, to mark Ivana Kupala night, an ancient heathen holiday. During the celebrations, dating back to pagan times, people wear wreathes, jump over fires and bathe naked in rivers and lakes. (AP)

"UK Glastonbury Festival"

A man struggles as he carries his belongings through muddy fields on the first day of Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, south west England.  The Glastonbury festival opens its gates to 150,000 fans ignoring forecasts for rain and muddy fields to hear U2 and Beyonce alongside a bewildering choice of smaller acts from Spliff Richard to punk poet Attila the Stockbroker. (Reuters)

"Japan Technology Exhibition"
"Pakistan Wrestlers"

A Pakistani Kushti wrestlers fight during their daily training, in Lahore. Kushti, an Indo-Pakistani form of wrestling, is several thousand years old and is a national sport in Pakistan. (AP)

"Britain Wimbledon Tennis"

Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the US arrives on court prior to her match against Japan's Misaki Doi at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Britain. (AP)

"India Sunset"

A bird sits on a lamp post, at sunset in New Delhi, India. (AP)

2 responses to “June 22, 1011”

  1. Romildo Caldas says:

    Remarkeble Pictures! These Pictures express the truth and Reality, through Beauty. No Words, only a glance, give Us the Deepest Outlook!

  2. Good point’s altogether, personally I’m going to have to book mark this and come back to it. I like this content and I wish to find out more.

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