Monday, 9 January 2017
Monday, 26 December 2016
AP Photos: Chronicling Russia's change: 25 years of turmoil
In this file photo taken on Sunday, Nov. 4, 1990, The high priests of
Russian Orthodox Church holding up icons and crosses parade pass a giant
Lenin portrait in the Red Square, Moscow. When Alexander Zemlianichenko
started working as an AP photographer in Moscow, the Soviet Union was
nearing its demise.
Friday, 9 December 2016
Thursday, 8 December 2016
Thursday, 1 December 2016
Saturday, 26 November 2016
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
AP PHOTOS: Fire sweeps through Haiti market after elections
A mysterious fire swept
through sections of a Haitian market hours after polls closed in
national elections, leaving scrap-wood stalls and inventory in ashes.
Vendors picked through the ashes Monday looking for anything they could salvage. A lucky few found half-burnt sacks of vegetables and grain. But most could only recover blackened scraps of sheet metal roofing.
Vendors picked through the ashes Monday looking for anything they could salvage. A lucky few found half-burnt sacks of vegetables and grain. But most could only recover blackened scraps of sheet metal roofing.
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Sunday, 2 October 2016
India-Pakistan International Border
Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol near the India-Pakistan
international border area at Gakhrial boder post in Akhnoor sector,
about 48 kilometers from Jammu, India, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. India
said Thursday it carried out "surgical strikes" against militants across
the highly militarized frontier that divides the Kashmir region between
India and Pakistan, in an exchange that escalated tensions between the
nuclear-armed neighbors.
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Monday, 19 September 2016
Friday, 16 September 2016
AP PHOTOS: Islamic site near Mecca among few still preserved
Just outside the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia lies one of Islam's most
important historical sites — a cave where, according to tradition, the
Prophet Muhammad spent time in seclusion, contemplation and
self-reflection.
It was here, inside Hira Cave located near the top of a steep hill called Noor Mountain, where Muslims believe God revealed to the prophet the first verses of the Quran through the angel Jebril, or Gabriel as he is named in English.
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Saturday, 11 June 2016
Saturday, 4 June 2016
World heavyweight championship between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman
This is a Oct. 30, 1974 file photo of Muhammad Ali as he watches George
Foreman head for the canvas after being knocked out in the eighth round
of their match in Kinshasa, Zaire. It was nearly 42 years ago that two
men met just before dawn on Oct. 30, 1974, to earn $5 million in the
Rumble in the Jungle. In one of boxing's most memorable moments,
Muhammad Ali stopped the fearsome George Foreman to recapture the
heavyweight title in the impoverished African nation of Zaire.
Friday, 3 June 2016
Saturday, 28 May 2016
Saturday, 14 May 2016
Saturday, 30 April 2016
Saturday, 23 April 2016
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Flame for Rio Olympics is lit at birthplace of ancient Games
The Olympic flame has been
kindled at the birthplace of the ancient games in Greece, heralding the
start of a 15-week journey leading to the Aug. 5 opening ceremony in Rio
de Janeiro.
IOC and Rio organizing committee leaders attended Thursday's flame-lighting at Ancient Olympia, where antiquity's greatest sporting event was held for over 1,000 years.
IOC and Rio organizing committee leaders attended Thursday's flame-lighting at Ancient Olympia, where antiquity's greatest sporting event was held for over 1,000 years.
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