Summer 2011, in two hours a huge quantity of water invades the mountain surrounding the area of a little village on the coast of Lake Como, Brienno. An immense quantity of debris destro...
The U.S. government provided 12 boats, four sport utility vehicles, and 11,000 hand-crank radios to Haitian officials as part of its partnership with the Haitian government and its emer...
City of Van in eastern Turkey, struck by two deadly earthquakes in October and November, slowly returns to normality. Political arguments obstruct the recovery, keeping schools closed a...
Forty Chernobyl victims go on hunger outside the Cabinet of Ministers to protect their pensions and social benefits. They said the government paid less than half of the Chornobyl pensio...
Thailands devestating floods closed 'unaffected' schools in Bangkok for more than two months, causing Thai schoolchildren to miss large proportions of their learning in 2011. ...
Israelis united with Americans to mourn the victims of the 9/11 attacks on the day that marks a decade since the World Trade Center collapsed in the heart of New York. Israel. 11th Sept...
Olympia 2 was the venue for the UK's biggest J-culture event, featuring manga, gaming, shopping and cosplay. Above all, Hyper Japan was about fundraising for earthquake-struck Japa...
Demonstrators organised in the inner courtyard of the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen for one of several protests against the government proposed cutbacks to culture in the Netherlands. R...
This temporary kennel in Samukawa city, Kanagawa, holds more than 400 dogs rescued from the restricted area around the Fukushima nuclear power plant and other areas affected by the quak...
Artists from art activist group Liberate Tate staged a performance by pouring an oil like substance over a naked man at the Tate Britain museum on the anniversary of the Deepwater Horiz...
Rialto Bridge has been deteriorating for a few years, and restoration projects have so far been blocked by bureaucracy or lack of funds. As the days go on, the bridge continues to fall...
A rally, vigil, and fund-raiser to support Mercy Corps and Peace Winds Japan, two disaster-relief organizations assisting with the humanitarian catastrophe in northeast Japan, organized...
Wearing Kimonos, six Muhammadiyah 4 Elementary School students, on Tuesday held an event to raise money for tsunami disaster victims in Japan following the devastating earthquake which ...
Hundreds of thousands of individuals attempt to enter the European Union illegally each year, many choosing to make the treacherous five kilometre journey across the Aegean sea between ...
The Ilisu Dam project will submerge the cultural and natural richness of the ancient city of Hasankeyf and it will impact the Tigris Valley downstream. The city which has a population o...
On the morning of 8th August 1956, a fire in the mines of Marcinelle caused the death of 262 workers. Here is a photo collect of the remaining mining structure of Marcinelle, Belgium. 1...
President Asif Ali Zardari and U.S. Senator John Kerry, on a visit to flood affected areas, addressing a press conference at Chaklala Airbase. Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 19/08/2010
Floods in Pakistan began three weeks ago but the crisis could yet worsen, with authorities warning that the swollen Indus River may burst its banks again in coming days. Sindh Province,...
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