Monday, 6 July 2015

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Asia

In this Wednesday, July 1, 2015, file photo, tescuers search for victims at the site where an Indonesian air force transport plane crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The C-130 Hercules plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in the country's third-largest city on June 30.
In this Wednesday, July 1, 2015, file photo, tescuers search for victims at the site where an Indonesian air force transport plane crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The C-130 Hercules plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in the country's third-largest city on June 30.   

Friday, 3 July 2015

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.
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.   

For 4th year in row, Rafael Nadal loses early at Wimbledon

Andy Murray of Britain celebrates after winning the single match against Robin Haase of the Netherlands, at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Thursday July 2, 2015. Murray won 6-1, 6-1, 6-4.
Andy Murray of Britain celebrates after winning the single match against Robin Haase of the Netherlands, at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Thursday July 2, 2015. Murray won 6-1, 6-1, 6-4.  

Monday, 29 June 2015

AP PHOTOS: Cairo's dervishes spin for their supper

In this Thursday, April 30, 2015 photo, a whirling dervish with the Al-Tannoura Egyptian Heritage Dance Troupe spins the El Dammah Theatre in Cairo, Egypt. Many visitors to Cairo are familiar with the Whirling Dervishes the stylized spinning dancers who perform across the city at cultural centers, cruise ships, hotels and weddings. The art form draws its roots from the ecstatic movements of Sufi Muslim mystics seeking a state of delirious oneness with God.
Many visitors to Cairo are familiar with the whirling dervishes — the stylized spinning dancers who perform across the city at cultural centers, cruise ships, hotels and weddings.

The art form draws its roots from the ecstatic movements of Sufi Muslim mystics seeking a state of delirious oneness with God.

But Amr el-Toney, founder of the Mawlawiyah dervish dance troupe, says there are also parallels to the pharaohs of ancient Egypt.

Saturday, 27 June 2015

AP Photos: Ukrainian village caught in crossfire of war

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 23, 2015, a Ukrainian serviceman from the Kiev-2 volunteer battalion fires his rifle at a frontline in the village of Krymske, east Ukraine. Few places along the front line in east Ukraine see regular fighting as bitter as the village of Krymske. For now, Krymske is in the hands of Ukrainian government forces and the volunteer battalions that fight alongside them.
Few places along the front line in east Ukraine see regular fighting as bitter as the village of Krymske. Roads to the village have all but crumbled away under the weight of military trucks, tanks and armored personnel carriers.

Thursday, 25 June 2015

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

A commercial jetliner begins it's final approach to O'Hare International Airport as mammatus clouds form over Wrigley Field during the fifth inning of a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Chicago on Monday, June 22, 2015.
A commercial jetliner begins it's final approach to O'Hare International Airport as mammatus clouds form over Wrigley Field during the fifth inning of a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Chicago on Monday, June 22, 2015.  

Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)

A view of Michael Jackson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, the day after he died on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50.
A view of Michael Jackson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, the day after he died on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50.   

Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Photos taken at just the right moment (1)

Felice Herrig and Paige VanZant grapple in their women's strawweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at Prudential Center on April 18, 2015 in Newark, New Jersey.
Felice Herrig and Paige VanZant grapple in their women's strawweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at Prudential Center on April 18, 2015 in Newark, New Jersey.