SELECTED PHOTOS
A PICTURE MAY BE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
The Holy Land in the Old City of Jerusalem at Sunrise on St. Valentine's Day, 2008
Bill and Hillary Clinton's love story (1973).
Indian Classical Dancer Anita Ratnam during her performance Fire & Ice last April
Carla Bruni kisses her new husband French president Nicholas Sarkozy on February 3, 2008 at a cafe terrace near Paris. They married at the Elysee Palace two days prior (Reuters).
Artist Nam June Paik piece entitled Electronic Superhighway is a neon map of the USA
with television screens flashing hundreds of images corresponding to the geographic location (National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC).
Dressed in ornate traditional costumes, dancers enact a
ceremonial performance to worship
ancient philosopher and educator Confucius at a temple in Qufu, Shandong
province, China.
In the Ukrainian capital Kiev, a statue of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi (a 17th century Cossak leader who announced a 300 year union with Russia) adorns the city center. Kiev, founded 1500 years ago is one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe and is considered the birthplace of Slavic civilization.
A Venezuelan girl with Down Syndrome dressed in full bridal costume
celebrating her baptism in the Valencia Catholic Cathedral.
Norval Morrisaeu, the Canadian Aboriginal artist made a name for himself with his mix of traditional styles and contemporary use of color. This painting, Mother & Child, was painted in 2005.
Said Al-Khalidi (inset), a photographer of Awan
daily newspaper in Kuwait, was the
winner of the best journalistic photograph for the picture he took on the 26th
of March during a regional
controversy surrounding the parliamentary elections. The photo shows
a crowd dispersing following the use of tear gas.
Lebanese singer and heartthrob sand in Beirut, Lebanon for almost 1 million in a t-shirt with a picture of new Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.
Security officers escort Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe away from journalists during the African Union summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt in June 30, 2008.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell shows the UN Security
Council in 2003,
a vial that "could contain anthrax", desperately seeking evidence of WMDs in
Iraq.
A boy joins cyclists during the 10th tour of the Fireflies along a street in Manila, Philippines to advocate clean air and pollution-free environment on Earth day in April.
The famous Italian Pizza Chef Massimo Capra
South African Soweto Gospel Choir sang Happy Birthday Madiba, on Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday celebration in London (UK) - an honorific given to elders of his clan
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife Margaret with President Fidel Castro during a state visit to Cuba in 1976
Women in traditional Islamic dress and a Western woman crossed paths at the Dubai Horse Race!
Kuwaiti Artist Thuraya Al-Buqsami presented this painting in an exhibit of her work in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bid goodbye to leaders from 44 African countries after a tea ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in Yokohama for the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) since May 28.
A young Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto after her confirmation as president of the Oxford Union, the debate club at Oxford University in 1976.
Albert Einstein in a shocking pose (1951)
This painting by Iraqi artist Fadhel Abbas entitled A Meeting of Friends is on display at the Pomegranate Gallery in New York
Richard Knerr (right), the inventor of the hula-hoop who sold
40 million hoops in the first year and
100 million by 1960 died with a stroke at the age of 82 after making little
profit for his invention.
El-Ghafeer (Egypt) was part of a 3-days exhibition called "EGYPT in 1946" by Egyptian artist, Toughan, which was held in the University of Ottawa, organized by the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations (NCCAR) and The Ambassadors Magazine.
The Saudi Arabian government has paid 1,600 couples who otherwise couldn't afford a wedding all the expenses for a massive ceremony, a two-day honeymoon, household appliances and gold for the bride.
Euro 2008 Football (soccer) Cup Mascots: Trix and Flix
Spain were crowned Euro 2008 football Champions after defeating Germany 1-0 in the Final held in Vienna. The first time they won this tournament was in 1964.
Kim Jong-nam sits beside his father, North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il in 1981. (AP)
Yves "Fusion Man" Rossy is the first man to have flown a single jet-powered wing for 5 minutes at an altitude of 8,000 feet on May 14th, 2008.
In Kuwait's Friday market, fatigues for the Kuwaiti military,
police, and national guard are on sale for
anyone to purchase at a measly cost. A faux Emiri guard attire is also was
purchased by Abu
Suleiman
Al-Shayigy for $7.50. The country's newspapers published this photo of the
costume on a mannequin to
alert the authorities and the public to the danger this poses.
A group of Indians presented a statue of the revered Indian monkey God, Hanuman, to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. They said that Obama carried a good luck 'monkey king' charm.
Major General Ann E. Dunwoody takes command at Fort Lee, Va. The new commanding general is the first woman to hold this position at Fort Lee, USA.
This Elderly Frog described in the journal Nature was found in a 290-million year old fossil which shows a link between frogs and salamanders and solves some mysteries about the evolution of amphibious animals.
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