Sunday, March 29, 2009

THE WEEK THAT WAS IN PICTURES

(From left) Malaysian beauty queens Deborah Henry, Stephanie Chai and Lina Teoh contribute their efforts in making Earth Hour a success. - 28 March, 2009


Members of a search and rescue team continue to look for victims after a dam wall burst in Tangerang flooding an area near the Indonesian capital Jakarta overnight. The flood killed at least 50 people and left hundreds of homes underwater, the toll is expected to rise as search teams look through submerged homes


 


Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany compete in the Pairs Free Skate during the 2009 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California


In this handout photo provided by the Safari Park, Amy, an eight-year-old Lemur, nurses her twin week-old offspring at the Sarafi Park in Ramat Gan, Israel. The baby lemurs were born after a 4-month gestation, and park officials report that mother and babies are doing well


A woman shows condoms with a picture of Pope Benedict XVI and reading 'I said No !' in Paris. The condoms are an attempt to mock Pope Benedict XVI after he rejected condoms as a weapon against AIDS during his African trip.


Rescue workers evacuate residents from a home along the Red River in Oxbow, North Dakota. Most of the schools and many businesses in the area have been closed so the students and workers could help in the volunteer effort to prepare the area for flooding, a record crest of the Red River is expected in Fargo, just north of Oxbow, on Saturday.


Seven babies sit in 'tummy tubs' filled with water to cool down after a baby massage class held for young mothers in Ijmuiden, Holland. The 'cooling down' segment is to simulate a womb-like environment for the infants to experience warmth and comfort


The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) rests on the Arctic Ocean after breaking through three feet of ice during Ice Exercise (ICEX). The U.S. Navy teamed with the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory to train in the arctic environment. 


A pelican is cleaned of oil deposits by members of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at a temporary cleaning facility at Fort Lytton in Brisbane, Australia following the 'Pacific Adventurer' oil spill off Moreton Island. A huge oil slick engulfed the coastal areas surrounding Moreton Island after the vessel lost cargo overboard in Cyclone Hamish, which subsequently punctured the ship and caused the spill.


Johan Nungary of Mexico performs during the Red Bull X-Fighters motocross exhibition, in front of the Metropolitan Catedral in Mexico City


Several-time beard world champion Elmar Weisser has his beard blow-dried and shaped in Brigachtal, southern Germany, ahead of the upcoming international beard champioships. Some 150 contestants will take part in 17 beard categories


Israeli police shoot tear gas as they clash with local Arabs after a provocative march of flags by right-wing Israelis descended into violence in Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel. More than 2,500 police officers had deployed in and around Israel's largest Arab city ahead of the rally, for which the far-rightists had received High Court approval


Police and fire fighters inspect a burnt-out FedEx cargo plane after it crash landed on the runway of the Narita International Airport in Tokyo. The FedEx cargo plane en route from China crashed in high winds and exploded in a ball of flames, killing both pilots


Indian forest officials inspect the body of a full grown male Wild Royal Bengal Tiger which was hit by a train at Dolan rail bridge near the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary in Cooch Behar district some 140 kms from Siliguri, 18 June 2007. The tiger, believed to be around 10 years old, was killed trying to cross the train tracks.


A picture taken in 1971 shows a nuclear explosion in Mururoa atoll. France said it will compensate 150,000 victims of nuclear testing carried out in the 1960s in French Polynesia and Algeria, after decades of denying its responsibility. An initial sum of 10 million euros has been set aside for military and civilian staff as well as local populations who fell ill from radiation exposure, Defence Minister Herve Morin told Le Figaro newspaper.


Keswick Mountain Festival volunteer Tara Vallente walks on water inside an inflatable sphere on Derwent Water in the Lake District, Keswick, England. The new floating adventure is one of the hundreds of activities available to the public as part of this year's Mountain Festival.

















4 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Ocho-Onda

Love the pic of the skaters. I did a post on lessons from ice skaters a few weeks back. wonder if u read it. the babies pic is also cute. think i came across the one on the pelicans in either new internationalist or new scientist.

i put up a slide presentation on top images yesterday...do check it out if u have time.

hope all is well with u. me = sick :(.

take care...

cheers

ocho-onda said...

Hi Paula,

It is amazing, the zeal and drive that you put into your blogging, rain or shine, well or
unwell ! With your mileage, I am sure you have threaded all over the blogosphere, lol.

I am recovering and still struggling from a bout of hay fever, myself.

Cheers.

Doc said...

Ocho-onda,
I was really expecting the caption on the ice skating thingy to end with something like, "... Aliona Savchenko was rushed to the hospital after falling during one of her jumps...".

But the condoms take the cake don't they. Hehehe!

cheers

ocho-onda said...

And when Aliona was rushed to A & E, Dr. Saravanan was there to take good care of here, right ?(wink, wink).
Hope the person intended got the message and that he likes the icing on his cake as well,lol.
I feel sorry for the poor tiger, though. It was only searching for food. It's a sad tale of the hunter becoming the hunted ! :-(