Pics of January
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By WSJ Staff GIVING COMFORT: A fireman comforted a child who was stabilized after a school bus accident Friday in Chambersburg, Pa. Ten elementary school students and the bus driver sustained minor injuries after their bus was hit by a small sport-utility vehicle and rolled onto its side. (Associated Press) NEITHER SNOW NOR RAIN: A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney shielded herself from a light drizzle with a campaign sign as she waited for him to make an appearance at Harmon Tree Farm in Gilbert, S.C., Friday.
Washington DC, January 30. Occupy DC
Washington, D.C., USA, 30. Januar 2012
Community of the Occupy-DC-Movement demonstrating in Washington in a tent made of plastic which is fixed above a tarp that is stretched over the equestrian statue of General James McPherson, Civil War. They are eagerly awaiting the imminent evacuation of the camp. by Feb 4
Aurora borealis in Tromso, January 25
Tromso, Norway, 25 January 2012
Near the northern Norwegian city of Tromso, a man considered an aurora borealis (northern lights).
Picture: REUTERS by Feb 4
massive solar flare, January 23
23 January 2012
NASA image provided by One of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), depicts a solar flare of class M9, with a coronal mass ejection on the north-eastern hemisphere of the sun. The resulting solar storm will continue for 3 days
Picture: AFP by Feb 4
Allahabad, India January, 30
Allahabad, Indien, 30. Januar 2012
A Sadhu takes a ritual Bath in Triveni Sangam, a holy place for Hindu people in Allahabad
Bild: AP by Feb 4
Sapporo, Japan, 29 January 2012
Sapporo, Japan, 29 January 2012
Looking for a place to land: The Pole Kamil Stoch flies in training of the FIS Ski Jumping competition in front of the almost surreal backdrop of snow-covered roofs of Sapporo on the large hill.
Picture: REUTERS by Feb 4
Cutback Burleigh Heads, Australia, 22 January
Burleigh Heads, Australia, 22 January 2012 The Australian Ellie-Jean Coffey cuts at the Billabong World Junior Championships on Australia's east coast a cutback in a wave crest. Picture: AP by Feb 4
Yearly Tough Guy Challenge, Perton, UK, 29 January 2012
Perton, UK, 29 January 2012
At the annual Tough Guy Challenge takes place in a village in the central English county of Staffordshire, it goes for all the guys (and female) uncomfortable to the point. The grueling cross-country race in which barriers of water, mud, fire and barbed wire must be overcome, but has a good reason: We collect donations for charitable purposes.
Picture: REUTERS by Feb 4
This is Art January 29
Luechow, 29 January 2012
These urinals provide powerful trouble: by the Dutch artist Meike van Schijndel designed toilets hang in the "Rolling Stones Fan Museum" in Lüchow in Wendland. The "Kisses" urinals are shaped like gaping mouths, the openings framed by bright red lips - the artist, she has been inspired by the logo of the British cult band. Now, it hails from critics claiming "blatant discrimination and inhuman woman derailment ". Elsewhere speech The gallery of the museum is, however, disagrees:" This is art. "
Picture: AP by Feb 4
Costa Concordia wreckage, Italy January 24
Giglio, Italy, 24 January 2012
The Costa Concordia is located in front of the Tuscan island of Giglio on the page in the background the lights of the harbor. The preparation for pumping the heavy oil contained in the wreck are in full swing.
Picture: AP by Feb 4
Car parking in Bordeaux, France, 25 January 2012
Bordeaux, France, 25 January 2012
An old Jaguar Mark II hangs out with the bonnet of a car park in Bordeaux - but not as a result of stormy parking process, but simply as an original advertising campaign.
Picture: AFP by Feb 4
Femen movement, Davos January 28
Davos, Switzerland, 28 January 2012
Despite the freezing cold three Ukrainians protested topless against the World Economic Forum in Davos. Prior to the conference center of the screened fence they held up placards reading "arm because of you" or "gangster party in Davos". When they tried to climb over the barrier, they were arrested by Swiss police. The activists belong to the group "Femen" , founded in 2008 to fight for women's rights in Ukraine.
Picture: AP by Feb 4
peace candles Cali, Columbia, Januar 26
Cali, Colombia, 26 January 2012
At a vigil for the victims of the kidnapping of Colombian guerrilla group FARC a man shaped the Spanish word for peace with candles
Picture: AP by Feb 4
Medellin, Colombia, 30 January
Medellin, Colombia, 30 January 2012 A giant poster that is part of a social art project of the Colombian city of Medellin has covered a roof of a commune, a village in the district with the highest rate of violence in Medellín. Consisting of 23 large photographs project titled "Heroes Without Borders" will discourage young people to illegal groups to join. by Feb 4
Poverty trap, Jerusalem January 20
Jerusalem, Israel, 23 January 2012
In Sacher Park in Jerusalem, a homeless mother with her child in a warm open fire. Since the protests over the rising cost of living in Israel last summer, the homeless camp out here. Although the District Court of Jerusalem ordered the camp to Be vacated in January, some say they have found no solution to their housing problems. by Feb 4
Protest against violations, Brussels, January 10
Brussels, Belgium, 11 January 2012
In the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert in the Belgian capital of Brussels, Amnesty International demonstrated on 10 Anniversary of his start against the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo, Cuba. With cardboard cut-out figures in the typical attitude of the prisoners detained there, the human rights organization, protested against the violations of human rights the prisoners experienced there
Picture: AP by Feb 4
Pictures of the day: 17 January 2012
