A cutout of a woman in Iranian dress stands in front of the Karim Khani Palace, also a former prison, May 29, 2014. Shiraz, celebrated for more than 2,000 years as the heartland of...
A cutout of a woman in Iranian dress stands in front of the Karim Khani Palace, also a former prison, May 29, 2014. Shiraz, celebrated for more than 2,000 years as the heartland of...
Two persons, including a Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier, were killed and ten injured allegedly in a clash between the border guards and villagers near the international border with ...
The daughter of Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein mourns over his body during his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Dec. 11, 2014. Thousands of mourners turned out for a Palestinian state ...
HSBC to cut headcount by 35,000, shed $100 billion in assets ... a government shutdown while crippling the health care law that was the signature accomplishment of President Barack Obama's first ...
A Newari woman, with her lips and face painted to depict a deity, sits inside a house before she takes part in a parade to celebrate the Yamari Puni festival in Kathmandu, Dec. 17, 2013.
Bride Fatme Inus, her face painted white and decorated with sequins, emerges to present herself to villagers towards the end of her two-day wedding to Mustafa Sirakov in Ribnovo, Bulgaria, Jan. 12 ...
A Holocaust survivor walks inside the former concentration camp before a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and to remember the victims of the Holocaust in ...
A house cut off by monsoon floods is seen in Kendrapara district of eastern Orissa state, India, Aug.6, 2014. The annual monsoon season, which runs from June through September, is vital for the ...
Two women share a kiss below the Ribbon Tower in The Park at Worthy Farm in Pilton on the eve of the first day of the 2014 Glastonbury Festival in Glastonbury, England, June 24, 2014.
A participant runs across the salt flat as he takes part in the K42 race in Uyuni, some 280 miles south of La Paz, Oct. 4, 2014.
Police ID second body in case of 6-year-old found dead ... Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Adha at the Vasi Ullah mosque in Allahabad, India, Oct. 6, 2014. ... in the West Bank village ...
A Hindu devotee holds an oil lamp and offers prayers to the Sun god after taking a holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, on "Mauni Amavasya" or new moon day, the ...
Photos of the week. 6 / 27. ... and Republican members of the House of Representatives rally after passing a bill that would prevent a government shutdown while crippling the health care law that ...
Actors take part in street theatre organized by the Coordinator of NGOs of the Basque Country in Bilbao December 19, 2013. The organization, an umbrella group for 84 Basque NGOs, performed Quien ...
Students pour milk on a fellow student's eyes after Kosovo police officers used pepper spray to prevent them from storming the building of the main public Pristina University, Feb. 6, 2014.
Greyhound offers free bus tickets home to runaway kids ... Photos of the week. 11 / 21. Back image_gallery ... Royal Bengal tigers play in the water at a pool at the Nehru Zoological Park in ...
A Hindu devotee holds an oil lamp and offers prayers to the Sun god after taking a holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, on "Mauni Amavasya" or new moon day, the ...
Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan are evacuated by C-130 military planes at the airport, in Tacloban city, central Philippines, Nov. 14, 2013.
The severly damaged side of the stricken Costa Concordia is visible after the parbuckling operation succesfully uprighted the ship around 4 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2013, in Isola del Giglio, Italy.
Photos of the week. 26 / 28. Back image ... Border Security Force stand in formation during a rehearsal of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina hill which houses India's most important ...