Photos of the Day, Dec. 26, 2011
An astronaut photo released by the NASA Earth Observatory on December 26, 2011 and acquired on December 4, 2011 from the International Space Station (ISS) shows the city lights of Spain and Portugal define the Iberian Peninsula. Several large metropolitan areas are visible, marked by their relatively large and brightly lit areas, including the capital cities of Madrid, Spain. The ancient city of Seville, visible to the north of the Strait of Gibraltar, is one of the largest cities in Spain. The astronaut view is looking toward the east, and is part of a time-lapse series of images.
AFP PHOTO / NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY
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REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
A Tharu woman wearing traditional ornaments participates in a parade to mark an Elephant Race event at Sauraha in Chitwan, about 170 km (106 miles) south of Kathmandu December 26, 2011. Elephants and mahouts from Chitwan will participate in the Elephant Race, which begins on Monday, where elephants will play in an exhibition soccer match and various other sports and activities.
REUTERS/Jason Reed
U.S. President Barack Obama tries to evade the fingers of eight-month-old Cooper Wall Wagner as he poses for a picture with his parents, Captain Greg Wagner and Meredith Wagner (L), as Obama met U.S. Marines and their families having lunch at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps base in Hawaii December 25, 2011.
REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
Trunks of elephants are seen as they line up before participating in an Elephant Race event at Sauraha in Chitwan, about 170 km (106 miles) south of Kathmandu December 26, 2011. Elephants and mahouts from Chitwan will participate in the Elephant Race, which begins on Monday, where elephants will play in an exhibition soccer match and various other sports and activities.
REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Workers are silhouetted against the setting sun as they construct a minaret on a mosque in Srinagar December 26, 2011.
REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
A supporter of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare waves an Indian national flag amid fumes emitted from fumigation work carried out by a health worker, at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) grounds in Mumbai December 26, 2011. Hazare, who stoked public anger at India's scandal-prone leaders this year, threatened last week to renew protests at what he sees as watering down of the Lokpal bill, a move that could blight the government's New Year election drive.
REUTERS/Todd Korol
Canada's Ryan Strome (R) celebrates his goal against Finland with teammate Mark Pysyk (5) during the third period of play at the 2012 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, December 26, 2011.
REUTERS/Sheng Li
An employee pulls a dog sled carrying tourists in front of a snow sculpture ahead of the 13th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, Heilongjiang province December 26, 2011. The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival will be officially launched on January 5, 2012.
REUTERS/China Daily
A fisherman carries the biggest fish caught during a winter fishing event as he poses for photographs on the frozen surface of Shitoukoumen Reservoir in Changchun, Jilin province December 25, 2011. This event is part of the annual Changchun Ice and Snow Festival. Picture taken December 25, 2011.
REUTERS/Junaidi
A boy plants paper flowers with messages written by the Indonesian and Japanese society during a ceremony to commemorate the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Lhoknga, Aceh province December 26, 2011. Survivors gathered in neighbourhood mosques and homes to remember those killed by the tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake off the island of Sumatra seven years ago.
AFP PHOTO / Raul ARBOLEDA
A woman looks at the escalators at Comuna 13 neighborhood in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on December 26, 2011, the day of their inauguration. The escalators are the first of their kind to be installed in a shantytown with high rates of urban violence. It is a system that will transform the mobility of the inhabitants of this district, replacing more than 350 concrete stairways. The escalators are composed of six sections and will benefit 12 thousand users.
YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images
A man walks along the Red Square with St. Basil Cathidral in the background in Moscow on December 26, 2011. Opposition activists said 120,000 people attended a rally in central Moscow Saturday where protesters chanted slogans against Prime Minister Putin. Police put the numbers at 29,000. More than 50,000 rallied near the Kremlin walls on December 10.
AFP PHOTO / NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY
An astronaut photo released by the NASA Earth Observatory on December 26, 2011 and acquired on December 4, 2011 from the International Space Station (ISS) shows the city lights of Spain and Portugal define the Iberian Peninsula. Several large metropolitan areas are visible, marked by their relatively large and brightly lit areas, including the capital cities of Madrid, Spain. The ancient city of Seville, visible to the north of the Strait of Gibraltar, is one of the largest cities in Spain. The astronaut view is looking toward the east, and is part of a time-lapse series of images.
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Jonathon Seed, Joint Master and Huntsman with the Avon Vale Hunt, leads the hounds and fellow riders for their traditional Boxing Day hunt, on December 26, 2011 in Lacock, England. As hundreds of hunts gather today for their traditional Boxing Day meets Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has said the Hunting Act "simply doesn't work" and added that there should be a vote on whether to repeal the act when there was "time in the parliamentary calendar".
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