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15日星期日

Pictures Around the World 2012 Jan15




Delhi, India: A child is administered polio drops by a mobile medical unit

Lanslebourg, France: Dogs barks before the start of the seventh stage of the La Grande Odyssee sled dog race
Belalp-Blatten, Switzerland: A group of skiers dressed as witches participate in "Hexenabfahrt" (downhill of the witches)

Tokyo, Japan: A participant pours icy water over himself out of a wooden bucket for a purification ceremony during the Daikoku festival, at the Kanda Myojin shrine
Copenhagen, Denmark: Queen Margrethe waves from a horse-drawn carriage

Delhi, India: Tibetans surf the web at an internet cafe
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Indigenous people attend the inauguration of Otto Perez Molina as the country's new president

Gangasagar, India: An Indian Sadhu (Hindu holy man) takes a dip in the sea at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal during Makar Sankranti
Mexico City, Mexico: Japanese artist and calligrapher Sachiyo Kaneko paints during a performance in a park

Bogota, Colombia: Matador Juan Viriato in a bullfight at the Santamaria bullring
Lyon, France: People hold a banner during a demonstration of the Youth Nationalist Movement

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Muslims climb up on to a train as they attend the Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) on the third day of the second largest congregation
Giglio, Italy: The Costa Concordia cruise ship keels after it was run aground

Bucharest, Romania: Protestors negotiate with police on University Square
Passau, Germany: Visitors stand inside a church made entirely of snow and ice
Islamabad, Pakistan: A dressed monkey sits at a roadside to earn money from passersby for its owner
Beijing, China: An instructor smashes a bottle over a female recruit's head during a training session for female bodyguards
Pa-an, Burma: A girl awaits the release of her relative, a political prisoner

Chengdu, China: A panda keeper feeds a four-month-old cub at a panda research base
Islamabad, Pakistan: Children sit around a fire to warm themselves during a cold evening