高樓低廈,人潮起伏,
名爭利逐,千萬家悲歡離合。

閑雲偶過,新月初現,
燈耀海城,天地間留我孤獨。

舊史再提,故書重讀,
冷眼閑眺,關山未變寂寞!

念人老江湖,心碎家國,
百年瞬息,得失滄海一粟!

徐訏《新年偶感》

2012年1月10日星期二

Pictures Around the World 06







Dixville, New Hampshire, US: protesters gather outside a polling station for the Republican presidential primary

Mexico City, Mexico: a worker stands on a rubbish truck at a transfer station where waste is unloaded before being shipped to landfill

Bogotá, Colombia: youngsters take part in a street parade during festivities celebrating Epiphany
Washington, US: a coat is left on a bench in front of tents belonging to Occupy DC protesters

Dublin mountains, Ireland: gardaí in the Slieve na mBan Og area of the Dublin mountains after skeletal remains were found by a group of hillwalkers

Warton, UK: flowers and tributes outside a house where three children and their teenage brother were killed by a fire

Dortmund, Germany: penguins are reflected in the water at a zoo

Johannesburg, South Africa: thousands of young students and their parents push through gates at the University of Johannesburg

Chengdu, China: migrant workers have an annual meal at a construction site





Srinagar, India: Tibetan exiles carry their children on a cold day

Manila, Philippines: thousands of Catholic devotees join the procession during the 405th Feast of the Black Nazarene

Encinitas, California, US: an African crowned crane found wandering the streets




New Delhi, India: people take pictures of a laser light show on the India Gate Monument