Friday, 14 August 2015

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Luis Enrique Tuanama, 17, rests while climbing the Cerro de Saraja , a mountain of sand, in Ica, Peru, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015.
Luis Enrique Tuanama, 17, rests while climbing the Cerro de Saraja , a mountain of sand, in Ica, Peru, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. 

Thursday, 13 August 2015

Famous left handers (Left Hander's Day is Aug. 13)

Scarlett Johannson

Scarlett Johannson

10 famous left handers (Left Hander's Day is Aug. 13)

Being left handed used to be a crux. Only 10 percent of humans are naturally left handed and it is more difficult to find items designed for left handers. Despite the challenges of being left handed, many of America's most popular people are lefties. Here is a list of 10 famous southpaws.
Being left handed used to be a crux. Only 10 percent of humans are naturally left handed and it is more difficult to find items designed for left handers. Despite the challenges of being left handed, many of America's most popular people are lefties. Here is a list of 10 famous southpaws. 

Monday, 10 August 2015

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Asia

In this Aug. 7, 2015 photo, a relative of a passenger aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that went missing on March 8, 2014, is carried away by policemen as she and other family members kneel down and cry in front of the media during a protest near the Malaysian embassy in Beijing. Malaysia was intensely criticized early in the Flight 370 mystery for failing to quickly to disclose that its military radar had picked up an unidentified aircraft the night the Boeing 777 disappeared. Now its reticence has given way to what looks like haste compared to other countries involved, at least, and that has left relatives of the missing as exasperated as ever.
In this Aug. 7, 2015 photo, a relative of a passenger aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that went missing on March 8, 2014, is carried away by policemen as she and other family members kneel down and cry in front of the media during a protest near the Malaysian embassy in Beijing. Malaysia was intensely criticized early in the Flight 370 mystery for failing to quickly to disclose that its military radar had picked up an unidentified aircraft the night the Boeing 777 disappeared. Now its reticence has given way to what looks like haste compared to other countries involved, at least, and that has left relatives of the missing as exasperated as ever. 

Thursday, 6 August 2015

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Michal Navratil of the Czech Republic competes during the men's 27 meter high dive final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015.
Michal Navratil of the Czech Republic competes during the men's 27 meter high dive final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015.

Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

In this undated publicity photo courtesy Running Press, Marilyn Monroe is shown in the first photo taken of her in the famous white dress from the "The Seven Year Itch." For a brief scene in "The Seven Year Itch," in September 1954, her character strolls on a Manhattan street on a stifling summer evening. When a subway rattles beneath her, Marilyn stands astride a sidewalk vent to catch a cool breeze that swirls her skirt up around her waist.
In this undated publicity photo courtesy Running Press, Marilyn Monroe is shown in the first photo taken of her in the famous white dress from the "The Seven Year Itch." For a brief scene in "The Seven Year Itch," in September 1954, her character strolls on a Manhattan street on a stifling summer evening. When a subway rattles beneath her, Marilyn stands astride a sidewalk vent to catch a cool breeze that swirls her skirt up around her waist.

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.