Offbeat images from around the world
- A Hindu devotee takes a ceremonial shower with milk at sunrise during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur. The Hindu festival of Thaipusam, which commemorates the day when Goddess Pavarthi gave her son Lord Muruga an invincible lance with which he destroyed evil demons, is celebrated by some two million ethnic Indians in Malaysia.
A Bloodhound waits backstage during the 2009 133rd Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden in New York. Photo: Timothy A Clary,
A worker of the Condal Carnival mask factory inspects a mask portraying US President Barak Obama in Sao Goncalo, north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The factory produces around 30 thousand carnival masks throughout the year and has already sold 5 thousand Obama masks to Europe in 2009
Firefighter David Tree shares his water with an injured Australian Koala at Mirboo North after wildfires swept through the region yesterday
A Chinese fishing enthusiast fishes through holes in the ice on a river on the outskirts of Beijing, China. Ice fishing is a popular leisure activity amongst Beijing residents in winter.
An oyster fishing boat is pulled by a quad bike after being washed up in a field near Port du Pave, western France. Hurricane force winds lashed France this week, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of households and prompting the closure of Paris' two international airports for the first time in 34 years.
- A garda inspector bravely tackles a protester who was brandishing a lighter and a canister of petrol outside government buildings
A woman carries straw to make fire in Chinautla, in the outskirts of Guatemala City. Guatemala has been unable to reduce extreme poverty that affects mainly rural indigenous people, according to a recent World Bank report. Photo: Eitan Abramovich, Getty Images
A model with body-painting promotes jewellery at a shop on the eve of Valentine's Day in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Photo: Getty Images
2 comments:
Hi Ocha-Onda,
This is a wonderful collection of photographs. Thanks for sharing. I like the one of the bloodhound because it reminds me of someone haha!!!
Anyway, there is a problem with the postiion of your captions. I had the same issue when I did the hokkien mee post on Sunday....My suggestion is to adjust the position of the captions cos what we see in the box is not the same as in the web page.
Thanks so much for your very encouraging comment...I will respond soon :-).
God bless your kind heart and soul!!!
cheers
Hi Paula,
I did mentioned that I got two left feet ! I am not so bothered with the misplaced captions. I have full confidence that my esteemed visitors are clued in enough to be able to sort them out anyway ! :-)
The important thing is that I get the message across which is to share the fact that a picture indeed,does paint a thousand words !
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