April 19, 2012

Posted April 19th, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-4)
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"Poland Holocaust"

"Taiwan Military Drill"

A group of Taiwanese women paratroopers after a drill held at Taiwan's northern Hsinchu airbase. (AFP)

"NASA Discovery"

Workers monitor the lift of the space shuttle Discovery from the the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at Washington Dulles International Airport in Sterling, Virginia. NASA will transfer Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum to begin its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and to educate and inspire future generations of explorers. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

"Space Shuttle Discovery Enterprise"

Space Shuttles Enterprise, left, and Discovery meet nose-to-nose at the beginning of a transfer ceremony at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Virginia. (NASA/Smithsonian Institution/Carolyn Russo)

"Oklahoma Bombing Anniversary"

People walk at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum before the start of the 17th annual remembrance ceremony in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Timothy McVeigh was convicted on federal murder charges for the 1995 deadly bombing and was executed in 2001. (AP)

"Slovania"

Matevz Lenarcic gestures in front of his plane after landing in Brnik Airport, Slovania. Biologist and environmentalist Lenarcic set off on January 9 on a journey around the world in an ultra-light aircraft. He aims to break the records for the lightest aircraft and the least amount of fuel used to fly around the world. (Reuters)

"Britain Swimming"

Mexico performs during the Teams Technical Routine during a synchronized swimming qualification event at the Aquatic Center at Olympic Park in Stratford, east London. (Reuters)

"Nepal"

Thaneshwar Guragai spins a basketball on a toothbrush while holding the toothbrush in his mouth for exactly 22.41 seconds to break the last Guinness record of 13.5 seconds set by Thomas Connors of U.K, in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Reuters)

"Euro 12"
"Germany Art Exhibition"

The art work 'Five Minutes Of Pure Sculpture' by British artist Anthony MacCall at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum in Berlin, Germany (AP)

"China Bees"

An apprentice of beekeeper She Ping uses burning incense to drive off bees from She's face as he assists covering She's body with bees in order to break a world record in Chongqing Municipality, China. She Ping, 32, broke the world record on Wednesday by covering his body with 33.1 kilograms of bees (about 331,000 bees). (Reuters)

"Scotland Parade"

Harris O'Riordan plays with an umbrella during a Homecoming Parade for soldiers in Forfar, Scotland. (Reuters)

 

 

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