Lebanese Shiite women line up to receive their certificates before a speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during their graduation ceremony, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, July 25, 2015. Nasrallah said he is "proud" of U.S. sanctions targeting three members of the group. The U.S. Treasury Department slapped sanctions last week on three Hezbollah members including senior figure Mustafa Badr al Din, and a Lebanese businessman for their suspected militant activities in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Thursday, 30 July 2015
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Friday, 17 July 2015
AP PHOTOS: In rural Georgia, a junkyard of classic cars
Nestled in a north Georgia forest, over 4,000 classic cars decorate 32
acres that have been turned into a junkyard museum. Owner Walter Dean
Lewis' parents started the business in 1931 as a general store that also
sold auto parts. Lewis grew the collection, which had just 40 cars in
the '70s, over time.
AP PHOTOS: Minority Muslims in Australia observe Ramadan
In this July 13, 2015, photo, Minhaj Uddin Syed uses a restroom sink to wash before he prays at a temporary musalla (prayer room) set up for the holy month of Ramadan in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. Syed, a Pakistani Muslim living in Australia, is a computer software technician who works around the city and is constantly on the move. Finding a place to pray five times a day during Ramadan can be a challenge as he remains devoted to his faith.
Thursday, 16 July 2015
AP PHOTOS: Indian Muslims observe holy month of Ramadan
In this July 2, 2015, photo, Fakhruddin prays after breaking his Ramadan fast at the shrine of Syed Abdullah Khan, who was a pious Muslim, in Noida, southeast of New Delhi, India. Devoted Indian Muslims, who live in the minority in predominantly Hindu India, pray in this lot which has become their community's makeshift mosque, surrounded by towering residential apartments.
Atomic bomb test marks 70th birthday amid renewed interest
This July 16, 1945 photo, shows the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, New Mexico. Thursday, July 16, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the Trinity Test in southern New Mexico comes amid renewed interest in the Manhattan Project thanks to new books, online video testimonies and the WGN America drama series “Manhattan.
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
AP PHOTOS: Muslims in Japan observe fasting month of Ramadan
In this July 11, 2015, photo, Yohei Matsuyama, second left, a Japanese Muslim, sits with other Muslim men as they break the Ramadan fast at the Japan Muslim Association in Tokyo. Japanese Muslims are observing the holy month of Ramadan, where the devoted believe that fasting is an exercise in self-restraint and intended to bring the faithful closer to God.
Monday, 13 July 2015
AP PHOTOS: Filipino Muslims observe holy month of Ramadan
In this July 9, 2015, photo, Filipino Muslim Munib Dalidig prays at the
Marikina Islamic Mosque in Marikina city, in suburban Tumana, east of
Manila, Philippines. Dalidig, who is fasting this month for Ramadan, is
among the Muslim minority in the Philippines, whose population is
predominantly Roman Catholic.
Thursday, 9 July 2015
10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
A Greek Orthodox priest gives money to a man who begs for alms under a banner reading "No" referring to the upcoming referendum in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Friday, July 3, 2015. Greeks will vote Sunday on whether to accept a proposal that creditors had made of specific reforms in exchange for loans. European Union institutions are framing it as a vote for or against the euro.
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
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10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
Manushka Doneis, 18, left, and Fritzna Oralist, 12, drink water they collected from a pool of water created by a broken, buried water pipe filtering up into the yard, as they sit inside an abandoned shipping company depot where their families live in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Friday, June 26, 2015. Squatter families residing in the building have each taken an office as a bedroom, but at night, they say, scores of other homeless workers come to sleep on the floor in the depot and hallways.
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