Thursday, Sep. 24, 2009
What's that? I forgot the dorky glasses? A South Korean student in Seoul lifts his mask of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to talk on a cell phone. He's taking part in a campaign demanding the improvement of the human rights situation in North Korea.
Hitting that high E string: Finches sit on a guitar as part of the installation "From Here to Ear (version 9)" by Celeste Boursier-Mougenot at a gallery during Moscow's third contemporary art biennial.
Smile and say 'revolucion': A police officer takes pictures of coworkers as a soldier walks in front of the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya spent a second night holed up in the Brazilian embassy as police fought running battles with his supporters.
A monumental waste? This 150-foot bronze statue going up in Dakar, Senegal, is supposed to symbolize Africa's rebirth, but residents of the poverty-stricken city have complained it's a colossal waste of $27 million.
Heads you lose, Ravana: Boys cycle past effigies of the 10-headed demon God Ravana in New Delhi, India. Effigies of Ravana are burnt during the festival Dussehra, commemorating the victory of good over evil. Ravana abducted the Goddess Sita, only to be killed when Rama freed his wife.
Cool cat: Nalin, a one-year-old male white Bengal tiger, has been spending most of his day in the pool at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo during the recent heat wave.
What the Normans never found: Part of a recently discovered hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold is displayed in Birmingham, England. Armed with a metal detector, amateur treasure hunter Terry Herbert stumbled upon a massive collection of gold and silver crosses, sword decorations and other items. The Anglo-Saxons ruled England from the fifth century until the Norman conquest in 1066.
Green, white and fed up: An elderly Iranian woman holds a flag during a silent demonstration against Iran's government in Vienna.
Firefight: Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), fire a 120mm mortar during a fire mission at the combat outpost Zerok in East Paktika province in Afghanistan.
Another way to fight a war: A U.S. Marine from 2/3 Fox company hands candy to an Afghan girl while on patrol in Farah Province.
O-O-O-Oklahoma, where the lunch comes lurching up the throat! Fair participants ride the Fire Ball at the 2009 Oklahoma State Fair.
It's not easy being yellow, either: An albino frog looks up from a shallow area of the South Umpqua River near Winston, Ore.
Eerie scene: Flames grow near oil wells near Moorpark, Calif., as the 16,000-plus-acre Guiberson fire, burns out of control for a second day. Several large wildfires broke out in triple-digit temperatures on the first day of red flag warnings.
