Thursday, 16 July 2015

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.
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.
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.
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.
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

Ringo Starr

The Beatles (L to R) Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison wave to fans July 2, 1964 as they return to London from a tour of Australia.
The Beatles (L to R) Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison wave to fans July 2, 1964 as they return to London from a tour of Australia. 

The Beatles

The Beatles on stage at the London Palladium during a performance in front of 2, 000 screaming fans.
The Beatles on stage at the London Palladium during a performance in front of 2, 000 screaming fans.  

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.