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24日星期二

Pictures Around the World 2012 Jan24


Giglio, Italy: a salvage worker points to a plan of the Costa Concordia as preparations are made for diesel recovery from the striken cruise ship
São Paulo, Brazil: a model poses for a photograph as she waits backstage before the Lino Villaventura Winter 2012 show
Beltsville, Maryland, US: a car makes its way under a blanket of fog
Kabul, Afghanistan: a customer stares into a cage at the bird market
Tokyo, Japan: a man walks in a park covered with snow
New Delhi, India: a jogger stretches in a park
Beijing, China: a woman swallows a live snake as she performs at the temple fair in Ditan Park
Seoul, South Korea: traditional dancers perform during the lunar new year holiday celebrations
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: men work out using weights made of cement at Diabo beach
Lady Lake, Florida, USA: the Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum gets hit with glitter by two unidentified members of the crowd at a town hall meeting
Cairo, Egypt: a seven-year-old holds a placard that reads in Arabic: 'Our army is over our head, and the parliament belongs to the ousted,' during a protest in Tahrir Square
Vancouver, Canada: a woman walks to work in the rain
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: a young man exercises at the entrance to his house