A long walk in the municipal rose garden between colors and scents.

Voting for the Rose of Madrid in the Rosaleda (Rose Garden), Parque de Oeste, 20th May 2009. The 9th Rose for Madrid vote coincided with the 53rd City of Madrid New Roses International Competition wh

Greenwich Park is the Equestrian venue of the London Olympics 2012.

A Flower Shop carries different colours of rose on the occasion of Rose Day, a very first day of Lovers week before the valentine day, in Amritsar on Thursday.

British band The Stone Roses reunion concert opener for Asia in 2013 is held in Jakarta after a concert in Singapore in 2012. The band from Manchester, England was founded in 1983 and split in 1996. They rejoined in 2011 until the present.

Axl Rose of Guns N Roses performs at the Newcastle Metro Arena as part of their UK tour. Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1985.

A rose from Denmark was today, 22 May 2009, confirmed to have been voted by the people of Madrid as the 2009 Rose of Madrid.

The design duo Aminaka Wilmont presented their catwalk show 'tattoo roses' at London Fashion Week in Somerset House with a new range of clothes for the Spring/Summer 2013 season.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle meets the head of the German Roma Community, Romani Rose in Berlin for talks about the situation of the Roma minority in the western Balkans. Rose is the chairman of the Central Council of Roma in Germany.

The panel of expert judges awarded the Gold Medal to a French rose for the 53 Concurso Internacional de Rosas Nuevas de la Villa de Madrid (53rd City of Madrid New Roses International Competition). 22

Evander Holyfield, former heavyweight boxing champion, who was in town for a private dinner, went clubbing at Rose Mayfair. Once in the club he was seen dancing with Miss Zambia UK 2009, Andella Chileshe Matthews.

UK House prices rose by 0.2 percent compared to the previous month according to the Nationawide building society. The average house costs GBP 168,638.

Thousands of staff and volunteers worked late into the night to prepare floats for the 99th Rose Bowl Parade. All the floats are required to be made of natural living flowers. The parade leads up to a nationally televised football game.

Up and coming country star Maggie Rose performed at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL as part of the 2012 Country Throwdown tour.

The 23th of April in Catalonia is Sant Jordi's day. It is expected that more than 6 million roses in Catalonia will be sold. It is a day when everybody give roses to their loved ones.

At the end of the Pentecost Mass, thousands of red rose petals are dropped by a team of firemen from the open oculus of the Pantheon in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Ghost. The ritual is approximately 2,000 years old.

The annual appointment with sail in the gulf of Roses ends. The last regattas were the Optimist and Laser class boats in the junior category G1, and G2.

Every woman who came to see the hockey match between Kometa Brno and Karlovy Vary, on International Women's Day, received a rose in honor of their special day.

Up and coming country performer Abigale Rose was the opening act for Sara Evans in New Lenox.

Over 150,000 people met up for a rose ceremony in Oslo to mourn and grieve for those who died in the recent bomb attack and shootings. Norway's Prime minister Jens Stoltenberg and other VIPs attended the event. Norway. 25th July 2011

Hannibal Laguna presented his 2011 bridal collection on the 6 May at Madrid Novias. The inspirational theme of this collection was petals and flowers especially rose petals and roses. Madrid, Spain. 06/05/2010

In Catalonia, tradition states that the day of Sant Jordi, 23 April, the boys should give away roses to the girlfriends, and girls should give books to boyfriends. It's lovers Day in Catalonia. Barcelona, Spain. 23/04/2010.

Rose Marie and Larry Mathews made a surprise appearance at the Barnes and Noble at the Grove book signing event for Dick Van Dyke.

Caitlin Rose, tUnE-yArDs, Sarabeth Tucek, Drum Eyes, HEALTH, The Walkmen, Beirut and Richard Hawley played live at the 2011 edition of the End of the Road Festival. Salisbury, United Kingdom. 2nd September 2011

Villagers scrape the bottom of Lake Rose to collect salt that has formed. The salt is then dried on the shores of the lake before being packaged prior to selling to wholesalers for export to Mali and Bourkina Faso. Senegal. 25th January 2011

It was a spectacular show when the American hard rock band, Guns N' Roses, visited Aalborg in their 2010 tour. Aalborg, Denmark. 14/06/2010.

Vendor sells rose petals at roadside stalls. The price of rose petals has increases due to supply and demand differences. Hyderabad is a big producer of rose petals in Sindh.

Music writer, John Robb launched his 2nd book about the legendary Manchester band, The Stone Roses, at the Manchester Photographic Gallery, exhibiting the work of photographer Ian Tilton - 'Set in Stone'.

Smoke Fairies plays at Scala, supported by Lucy Rose and Sea of Bees. London, United Kingdom. 03/02/2011.

More than 150,000 people attended the rose ceremony in Oslo city, including Norwegian Royalties. People place roses in a pile and then have a standstill vigil in memory of the attacks in Oslo. Norway. 25th July 2011

Sant Jordi (St George's Day), Catalonia's patron saint, was celebrated in Valentine´s Day fashion as it also coincided with what is popularly known as the Day of the Rose and the Day of the Book. This tradition of gestures dates back to 1923.

Record breaking heat and lack of rainfall has resulted in fires that have destroyed homes, and loss of farmer's crops. The devastating drought has dried up streams and rivers in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and New Mexico. 29th June 2011

Chairman of the Doctors' Union, Dr. Leonid Eidleman, now on the fifth day of hunger strike, leads sanctioning doctors and interns who are considering a mass resignation, to the PM's office. Jerusalem, Israel. 29/07/2011.

Even after the attacks, the Norwegian Royal family and the Prime minister are meeting the people with what are seen to be a minimum level of security precautions. Norway. 25th July 2011

Picture of rose with a background of a sunset in the town of Deir el Kamar in Lebanon

The contestants for the 53rd Rose of Tralee International Festival were presented to over 850 people at the much talked about Gala Ball, the social event of the year for many. Tralee, Ireland. 19th August 2011

Elizabeth Park is a beautiful, close-to-home, spot to get away from daily hustle and bustle in Hartford, Connecticut. 11th June 2010

April 23rd transformed every year into giving to your beloved a rose and book.

Digg's Kevin Rose waits in line for his iPad at the San Francisco Apple Store. A couple of guys attending Wondercon from Chico, CA jump up and down in delight when they recognize him. San Francisco, USA. 03/03/2010.

The Void Gallery in Derry, Northern Ireland premiered Andrie Molodkin's 'Catholic Blood'. A controversial work created with acrylic art pieces with the blood of Catholics pumping through, live streamed on to the galleries walls.

Rose City Antifascists (RCA) have pressured an independent venue in Portland into cancelling a performance of Allerseelen, an Austrian band active in the industrial and apocalyptic folk genre since the late 80's. Portland, Oregon, USA. 18/12/2010.

A view of the full moon as it rose shining above Gaza City in the Palestinian Territory.

The Tbilisi Beer Festival was held at the Rose Revolution Square. Several live concerts were organized and the event was attended by many. Tbilisi, Georgia. 25 June 2011

The economy reportedly by a better than expected 6.6 percent compared to the previous year as confidence rose in President Benigno Aquino's efforts to fight corruption and alleviate poverty in Philippines.

Students of Rose Mount School play in muddy water during a competition as they celebrate "Asar Pandhra", or the festival of planting rice, in Kathmandu.