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2月15日星期三

Pictures Around the World 2012 Feb15

Kathmandu, Nepal: A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, sits near a fire to dry the ashes smeared on his body at his ashram in the Pashupatinath temple
New York, US: Andrew Mueller, aged 10, competes with his Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Stella at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show
New York, US: A model has her clothes adjusted before the opening of the Thom Browne collection at New York Fashion Week
New Delhi, India: Delhi Police lift plastic tape to allow a truck to get to an Israeli embassy vehicle targeted by an explosion
Dresden, Germany: People light candles commemorating the 67th anniversary of the bombing of Dresden during the second world war
Gauhati, India: Kelly Gneiting fights with Byambajav Ulambayar, the reigning world champion, in an exhibition Sumo wrestling match
Guatemala City, Guatamala: Relatives mourn the death of a man who was shot on the street
Cairo, Egypt: A butcher cuts meat in a market
Pyatigorsk, Russia: Women receive treatment at the Pyatigorsk Gryazelechebnitsa healing centre
Fenghua, China: A worker puts the eyes into an inflatable sex doll at the Ningbo Yamei plastic toy factory
Beijing, China: A Chinese couple take pictures at an interactive art installation named You and Me