A press conference is held at the headquarters of the newspaper Il Manifesto as the Ministry of Economic Development has initiated a forced liquidation of the newspaper due to austerity...
The Western Wall, Wailing Wall or Kotel is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount. It is a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded ...
Italians hold a demonstration in solidarity with the greek people outside the Greek Embassy, organized by the 'Committee No Debt', against the EU leaders and bank heads. Italy...
Jean Anderson and his team won yet again at the Winter Carnival Ice Canoe race in Quebec City, in his 22nd victory as part of the Winter Carnival competition, and his overall 70th victo...
With only 56 days before opening, a15-tonne sign arrives at the Titanic Belfast, which is a living monument to Belfast’s moving maritime legacy on the site of the former Harland and Wol...
Public transport workers strike for 24 hours against government austerity measures. The strike is causing major delays to passengers. Portugal. 2nd February 2012
Local and foreign visitors come to watch the underwater dragon dance at the Manila Ocean Park Oceanarium. The dance is one of many attractions of the aquarium park during this year'...
In the small village of Laxe, located on the Northwest coast of Galicia (called Costa da Morte, Coast of Death), a small group of fishermen hunt Percebes (Goose Barnacles), Spain's...
Kodak has recently filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and is trying to re-invent itself as a digital company. Kodak is best known for colour film and processing. Cornwall, UK. 21st Januar...
The Second Global Bird Watchers' Conference begins at the Kensville Golf and Country Club. Approximately 400 delegates will spend two days in the field observing birds, before retu...
Local fishermen work at the seashore during Chakara, a phenomenon in which a large number of fish appear at the sea's surface during monsoon, at Alleppey beach. Alleppey, India. 15...
Fishermen celebrated the annual Santo Niño festival by sailing around Apo Island banging drums and performing dance routines aboard small fishing boats. The festival is a celebration of...
The three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation in the world, began on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi with the participation of devotees from home and abroad. D...
Every year, on New Year's Day in Coney Island, the Polar Bear Club of Coney Island runs to the ocean in a celebration of craziness and fun, for a fruitful and joyous New Year for a...
Every year cold weather swimming enthusiasts gather at the legendary Coney Island beach for a dip in the freezing ocean on New Year's Day. New York, USA. 1st January 2012
Members of the 15M Indignant movement organised an unauthorised Epiphany cavalcade in the centre of the capital to highlight the number of social and economic issues that are affecting ...
Cleaners are stage a sit in at the Corporation of London’s Guildhall against the inadequate response of their employer, the contractor Sodexo over the abusive treatment of female employ...
Casablanca's 'Morocco Mall' is now the largest mall in Africa and the 5th in the World according to its Moroccan founders. The mall sits just a few hundred meters from Ca...
Bangladeshi Students Fedaration and Biplabi Nari Sanghati observe Begum Rokeya Day at Dhaka University's Rokeya Hall, in honor of Roquia Sakhawat Hussain the Muslim writer, feminis...
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