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16日星期一

Pictures Around the World 2012 Jan16

Mexico City, Mexico: A police officer yawns during a parade organised by the ministry of public safety to promote good relations between the police and the public
Allahabad, India: A boy dressed as the Hindu god Shiva attends the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela at the Sangam – the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers – where devotees take a bath to wash away their sins

Jerusalem: Men attend a demonstration against the arrest of six ultra-Orthodox Jews suspected of tax evasion in the Meah Shearim neighbourhood
Bucharest, Romania: Youths stand by a fire lit by protesters during a demonstration against the government's austerity programme and the Romanian president, Traian Basescu

Switzerland: A skier makes his way through the snow on Stelli mountain, above Untervaz in eastern Switzerland
Mijas, Spain: A traditional Chinese dance group performs a show to celebrate Chinese New Year, which falls on 23 January this year

Tattapani, India: Hindu devotees bathe in a natural hot spring
Hanover, Germany: A jogger's breath forms small clouds backlit by the rising sun

South Africa: Gulls take off on the west coast
Blackpool, England: A maintenance engineer for the Blackpool Tower Ballroom polishes the dance floor during the annual cleanup of the ballroom

Pravy, Russia: A man carries a barrel of snow. Villagers who are not connected to a fixed water supply system melt snow on the furnace of their wooden houses to get potable water for themselves and their domestic animals in winter
London, England: Pedestrians are illuminated by light reflecting from a nearby building on a crisp winter day

Taruka, Nepal: An owner takes his bull to the annual bullfighting festival
Beirut, Lebanon: Red Cross and Lebanese civil defence members search for survivors in a collapsed residential building in the Ashrafieh neighbourhood. According to local repors, the five-storey building collapsed due to cracks in its walls caused by bad weather conditions