ROCKETS FIRED FROM LEBANON INTO ISRAEL
A Lebanese army soldier holds remains of a rocket that struck northern Israel, while inspecting an area in the southern village of Sarada, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Rockets from…
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BEIJING BUN SHOP GETS CHINA’S PRESIDENT AS DINER
Tourists from Guangdong province, who ordered similar food to what Chinese President Xi Jinping ate the day before, pose for photos at the Qing-Feng Steamed Dumpling Shop in Beijing, China,…
A LOOK AT SOUTH SUDAN, YOUNG BUT RESTIVE COUNTRY
A displaced woman makes tea for others inside a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in Juba, South Sudan Friday,…
VEILED EGYPTIAN RAPPER SPEAKS FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS
By MARIAM RIZK In this Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013 photo, Egyptian rapper Myam Mahmoud poses for a portrait in downtown Cairo. Mahmoud, an 18-year-old Egyptian, rapped her way to the…
HONDURAS POLICE SAY HEIRESS/SPA OWNER SLAIN
By FREDDY CUEVAS In this Aug. 31, 2013 photo, Lenin Roberto Arana, whose stage name is Canario, plays a traditional Garifuna drum during a concert in Roatan, Honduras. Arana was…
AS NEW FILM MECCAS FLOURISH, ARTISTS BECOME NOMADS
By RYAN NAKASHIMA and NICK PERRY In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 Raffael Dickreuter, a 32-year-old freelance pre-visualization artist who was born in Switzerland, poses at his workstation…
RESCUE OF ICEBOUND ANTARCTIC SHIP FACES SETBACK
By KRISTEN GELINEAU In this image provided by Australasian Antarctic Expedition/Footloose Fotography the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy is trapped in thick Antarctic ice 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart,…
EGYPT: 3 KILLED AS POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Egyptian security forces fire tear gas to disperse supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi as they protest at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.…