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Last Portrait: Painting for Posterity Opens at Yad Vashem – Jerusalem

Exhibition, “Last Portrait: Painting for Posterity”, opens at Yad Vashem in the presence of the diplomatic corps and Holocaust survivors presenting...

by Nir Alon in Israel on 23/01/2012

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Last Portrait: Painting for Posterity at Yad Vashem – Jerusalem

On the eve of Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day “Last Portrait: Painting for Posterity” is unveiled at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum presenting some 200...

by Nir Alon in Israel on 22/01/2012

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Celebrating the Year of the Dragon - Madrid

The parade celebrating the Chinese New Year begins at the Puerta del Sol, through Arenal, Carlos III, Plaza de Oriente and ends at Plaza de España...

by nathalie paco in Spain on 21/01/2012

BREAKING NEWS

23/01/2012 - Last Portrait: Painting for Posterity Opens at Yad Vashem – Jerusalem - Israel - Exhibition, “Last Portrait: Painting...
22/01/2012 - Last Portrait: Painting for Posterity at Yad Vashem – Jerusalem - Israel - On the eve of Int’l Holocaust...
21/01/2012 - Celebrating the Year of the Dragon - Madrid - Spain - The parade celebrating the Chinese New...
21/01/2012 - Celebrating the Year of the Dragon - Madrid - Spain - The parade celebrating the Chinese New...
12/01/2012 - Premiere of the Spanish film 'La Chispa De La Vida' - Madrid - Spain - Spanish Minister of Education José...
12/01/2012 - Celebrities attend the premiere of “La Chispa De La Vida” – Madrid - Spain - A number of celebrities attended the...
12/01/2012 - Celebrities at the premiere of 'La Chispa De La Vida' – Madrid - Spain - A number of celebrities attend the...
11/01/2012 - Cast of the Spanish film 'La Chispa De La Vida' - Madrid - Spain - Cast photo call of the Spanish film,...
20/12/2011 - Ryszard Czarnecki meets Gazeta Polska Readers - Poland - Euro deputy Ryszard (Richard Henry)...
17/12/2011 - Bradley Manning birthday demonstration at US Embassy - United Kingdom - Supporters of Bradley Manning held a...

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The Survivors and Families of Bengal Hooch Tragedy - Calcutta
In one of India's worst liquor tragedies, aprroximately 170 people have died since December 2011. In every house of Sangrampur, there is at least one victim. This portrait-series t...
Homeless Children Under 2nd Hoogly Bridge
A portrait series on homeless children living under the famous 2nd Hoogly Bridge of Calcutta, India. Education is yet to reach them. Healthcare facilities are inaccessible. Calcutta, In...
The Duchess of Cambridge visits Lucien Freud exhibition - London
The Duchess of Cambridge attended a private viewing of the Lucien Freud exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. The visit was the first solo appearance of the Duchess of Cambridge....
Knesset Celebrates 63 Years in an Open House Event - Jerusalem
Thousands of Israelis visit the Knesset for an Open House event on the occasion of the parliament’s 63rd birthday. Knesset Speaker Reuven Rubi Rivlin: ”I promise the public an exception...
Palestinians hold a sit-in protest at the Red Cross - Ramallah
Families of Palestinian prisoners, held in Israeli jails, hold their relatives pictures during a protest in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross offices in the West Ban...
Yanukovych says Ukraine should 'step up its energy security in 2012'
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has named the key economic priorities for 2012 and called on MPs to help carry out these tasks. Ukraine. 7th February 2012
Palestinians protest in front of Red Cross headquarters - Gaza City
Palestinian women hold pictures and posters of their imprisoned relatives during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails outside the Red Cross offi...
Orthodox Christmas Mass lead by Archbishop Torkom Manoogian.
For the Armenian Christmas in the Holy Land, the Patriarch in Jerusalem, priests, and a marching band, will make a procession from the Old City of Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Israel. 18th ...
Armenian Christmas Mass preparations in the Cathedral of Nativity.
Services take place throughout the night including a midnight service at the Grotto of the Nativity. Jerusalem, Israel. 18th January 2011
Orthodox Armenian midnight Christmas mass in Grotto of the Nativity
Midnight Christmas mass in the Grotto of the Nativity lead by Archbishop Torkom Manoogian in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Israel. 18th January 2011.
Portraits at Waitangi Day celebrations in London
Hundreds of New Zealand nationals flocked to Parliament Square for a gathering to celebrate New Zealand day. Most dressed in various fun costumes were also participating in a pub crawl ...
Lady Gaga's poses for giant Polaroid picture at MIT - Boston
Lady Gaga came to Boston's Massachusetts Institute of Technology to have her portrait taken with an extremely rare Polaroid 20x24 camera. USA. 30th June 2010
Heroes of the Internet: Faces Behind the Memes
Portraits of the minds behind Internet jokes like LOLcats and Chuck Norris Facts, as well as the media figures that cover them, during their visits to Internet culture conference ROFLco...
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem leads Christmas Celebration
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III leads a Christmas procession and mass in the Church of the Nativity, believed by Christians to be the birth place of Jesus Christ. B...
A new Mona Lisa in the Prado Museum
A Mona Lisa painting hits the Museum of Prado. The most famous portrait in the history of art is born again in Madrid, a disciple of Leonardo Da Vinci painted the replica while executin...
Palestinian Bedouin refugees in El Zaituon -  Palestinian Territory
A reportage of Palestinian Bedouin refugees living inside their tents in the El Zaituon neighbourhood, one of the poorest regions in the Gaza strip, struggling with climate change and s...
PASBAN Protest Rally in Favor of Dr Afia Siddiqui - Pakistan
Activists of PASBAN hold banners and portraits of Dr Aafia Siddiqi during a protest against US and Pakistani officials at Hyderabad Press Club. Hyderabad, Pakistan. 29th January 2012
Marta del Castillo's murderer sentenced to 20 years
Three years after the murder of Marta del Castillo, they have yet to find the body, which means the sentencing of Miguel Carcaño to twenty years is bitter sweet for the family. Madrid, ...
Last Portrait: Painting for Posterity Opens at Yad Vashem – Jerusalem
Exhibition, “Last Portrait: Painting for Posterity”, opens at Yad Vashem in the presence of the diplomatic corps and Holocaust survivors presenting some 200 portraits drawn by 21 artist...
Families of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails protest
Palestinian men and women hold portraits of relatives held in Israeli jails as they demonstrate outside the Red Cross office in Gaza City, demanding the release of prisoners. 23rd Janua...