Monday, 3 August 2015

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Asia

In this July 31, 2015 file photo, a woman lights candles in celebration at Dashiarchhara, in Kurigram enclaves, Bangladesh. At the stroke of midnight Friday, tens of thousands of stateless people who were stranded for decades along the poorly defined border between India and Bangladesh will finally get to choose their citizenship, as the two countries swapped more than 150 pockets of land to settle the demarcation line dividing them.
In this July 31, 2015 file photo, a woman lights candles in celebration at Dashiarchhara, in Kurigram enclaves, Bangladesh. At the stroke of midnight Friday, tens of thousands of stateless people who were stranded for decades along the poorly defined border between India and Bangladesh will finally get to choose their citizenship, as the two countries swapped more than 150 pockets of land to settle the demarcation line dividing them.  

Thursday, 30 July 2015

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

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.
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.  

Monday, 27 July 2015

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Asia

In this July 25, 2015 file photo, Grammy award-winning singer Chris Brown performs at a club in Macau. Brown left the Philippines and arrived in Macau after a three-day delay due to a fraud complaint against him for a canceled concert last New Year's Eve.
In this July 25, 2015 file photo, Grammy award-winning singer Chris Brown performs at a club in Macau. Brown left the Philippines and arrived in Macau after a three-day delay due to a fraud complaint against him for a canceled concert last New Year's Eve.  

Thursday, 23 July 2015

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

A teenager checks his cell phone as storm clouds pass Friday, July 17, 2015, in Zionsville, Ind. Scattered storms were in the forecast for most of Friday evening.
A teenager checks his cell phone as storm clouds pass Friday, July 17, 2015, in Zionsville, Ind. Scattered storms were in the forecast for most of Friday evening. 

Monday, 20 July 2015

AP PHOTOS: In digital world, the allure of simple games

In this Saturday, June 20, 2015 photo, a boy runs while playing with a motorcycle wheel in Samugari, Ayacucho, Peru.
In a simpler time, all a child or an adult needed to enjoy the outdoors was a ball and a stick. Or maybe an old tire tied to a high branch to fashion a swing. And the only instruction given to children was to be home before dark.

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Asia

In this July 18, 2015 photo a Nepalese Muslim boy reacts to the camera as he waits to offer prayers on Eid al-Fitr at a mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal. Millions of Muslims across the world are celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan.
In this July 18, 2015 photo a Nepalese Muslim boy reacts to the camera as he waits to offer prayers on Eid al-Fitr at a mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal. Millions of Muslims across the world are celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan. 

Friday, 17 July 2015

AP PHOTOS: In rural Georgia, a junkyard of classic cars

Trees grow through the windshield of a 1937 Chrysler Imperial as it sits at Old Car City, the world's largest known classic car junkyard Thursday, July 16, 2015, in White, Ga. Many of the cars have never moved in over 30 years and in some cases, trees now grow through them, even lifting some off the ground.
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.