SELECTED PHOTOS

 

 

Spanish matador David Fandilla, nicknamed "El Fandi," jumps to avoid a bull, on July 13 in Pamplona, Spain (PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/Getty Images.)
 

 

When women say no. Manal El-Sherif, a 32 year old Saudi woman who was detained on May 21 for defying
 the ultraconservative Kingdom’s ban on women driving. She was released after growing international pressure.

 

 

 

Barcelona wins another UEFA Champions League against Manchester United.

 

 

Japanese families visit the Peace memorial and pray to the lives of those lost
when an atomic bomb was dropped over the city in 6 August, 1945

 

 

In response to some public suspicion about the possible connotations of the duo, Sesame Street has issued a statement that Bert
and Ernie are simply good friends. They were created to teach pre-schoolers that people can be good friends.

 

 

 

Yingluck Shinawatra, 44, is elected to be the first woman Prime Minister in Thailand's history. 

 

 

 

US president Barack Obama, VP Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the National Security team
 on Sunday, May 1st, updating the mission of Navy Seals in Abbottabad in Pakistan where Osama
Bin Laden died by a double shot to the left side of his head.

 

 

 

Sluicing for gold in the Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush  in 1900-01.

 

 

 

June 12,1953….coronation of QE II in Westminster Abbey after the death of her father King George

 

Buddhist Monks attend an alms offering ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand for Vesak day, the annual celebration of Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death (Photo: Damir Sagolj/Reuters).

 

 

 

Russians commemorate the victory over Nazi Germany on May 9, 1945.

 

 

Syrian children carrying pictures of the 13 year old Hamza Al-Khateeb in front of the Syrian consulate building in Istanbul last June. Hamza was killed at the hands of the secret police after participating in a protest against the Syrian regime.

 

 

Pippa Middleton’s figure has become the envy of the world since the wedding of her sister
 to Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge after she undertook what is known as the Dukan diet.

 

 

Harold Camping, the 89 year old California radio evangelist, predicted that Judgment Day is going to
happen at 6 pm on Saturday May 21, 2011 proved to be wrong. He failed before in 1994 on his prediction that
 the world would end then.

 

Canne’s Palm D’Or goes to the film “Tree of Life” Directed by 67 year old filmmaker American Terrence Malick.

 

7 year old Elian Gonzalez found floating off Florida survived the ship wreck and his mother’s drowning. US president Clinton sent in a SWAT team to “liberate” the child. The picture of the terrified Elian won the Pulitzer Prize on April 12, 2000 (Alan Diaz/AP).

 

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Wife Maria Shriver separate after 25  years of marriage but agree to share custody of their children.

 

 

Beetle Paul McCartney, 68 with his wife Nancy.

King Mswati III’s thirteen wives of Swaziland had planned to spend on a lavish Silver jubilee to mark the 25th anniversary of his rule in his country of 1.2 million inhabitants. In 2008, he held “40-40” celebrations to mark both his 40th birthday and 40 years of Swazi independence. Then he bought a fleet of 20 new BMW’s for the party. His wives and 20 children remain a guarded secret.

Mark Mannarn, 12, who lost his grandmother to pancreatic cancer and whose mother has been
 diagnosed with breast cancer organized an event called Minor Hockey Fights Cancer. 

 

On May 30, 1989, the Goddess of Democracy, a Styrofoam statue resembling the statue of Liberty that was built by students at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, hovered in front of the Forbidden city across from a portrait of Mao Zedong six weeks after the protests marked the death of Chinese reformer Hu Yaobang.

 

 

Olympic Gold Medalist Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir in performance in Moscow last April (AFP)

 

 

Gerald Pratley, displays his special award at the 22nd annual Genie Awards in Toronto in 2002.

 

 

Angelina Jolie with a furry prop to promote the animated movie Kung Fu Panda 2 at Cannes last May (Reuters)

The new Cuban Vice President Jose Ramon Machado at the Congress with the former President Fidel Castro.

 

Jamaican drummer and ska pioneer Lloyd Knibb was estimated to have played on more than 2000 recordings.

 

In recognition of his issuing of an apology for residential schools in 2008, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was made an honourary chief of the Blood Tribe last July in a ceremony in Stand Off, Alberta (Photo: Jeff MacIntosh/CP).

 

Famous 80s wrestling star Randy “Machoman” Savage died in a car accident in Florida last May at the age of 58.

 

Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s wife Anne Sinclair and daughter Camilly leave court  last May after her husband’s scandal. He is accused of attempted rape against a hotel housemaid.

 

 

Former S. African President Nelson Mandela relaxes with his wife Graca Mashel after casting his vote supporting President Jacob Zuma and his ruling ANC, last May).

 

 

Libyan lawyer who barged into a hotel lobby filled with international journalists screaming that she was raped by Gaddafi’s soldiers was later arrested and then released by Libyan authorities. She is undergoing treatment in Romania.

 

  

Cuba's Fidel Castro with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, 56, in Havana last June (Photo: Granma). President Chavez hugs his daughters in Caracas after his return to his country from Cuba after surgical treatment. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins / REUTERS)

 

Monaco's Prince Albert II, 53, wed Charlene Wittstock, 33, the famous South African Olympic swimmer (AFP/Getty Images)

 

 

Former U.S. President George W. Bush escorts former first lady Nancy Raegan following the service at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, California last July. (Photo: UPI/Jae C. Hong/ AP)

 

Former Canadian Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson, named the outstanding native activist actor, Gordon Tootoosis of Cutknife, Saskatchewan to the Order of Canada in September 2005 (Photo: CP).

 

Shawn Atleo delivers his opening address at the General Assembly of the First Nations in Moncton last July (Photo: David Smith/PC).

 

U.S. army General John Shalikashvili speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House with President Clinton and General Colin Powell in 1993 (Photo: AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)

 

Nunavut has announced a contest to replace its distinctive bear-shaped license plates (Nathan Denette/CP)

 

Yum Brands is the largest fast food operator in China with 48 billion fast food transactions last year. The iconic traditional façade at Shenzen houses a McDonald’s opposite a KFC.