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27日星期五

Pictures Around the World 2012 Jan27

Al-Dirat, West Bank: an injured Palestinian construction worker screams in pain after an Israeli army driver drove a trailer hooked to a tractor over his legs. The Palestinian tried to block him when Israeli forces stopped workers from building a house
Stegen, Germany: a boathouse on a landing stage on the Ammersee
Bucharest, Romania: A stray dog sleeps on a snow-covered street
Canberra, Australia: Prime Minister Julia Gillard is escorted to safety by bodyguards and police through a crowd of rowdy protesters following a ceremony to mark Australia's national day
Bangalore, India: A Mallakhamb artist performs during Republic Day celebrations
Sydney, Australia: Kanye West performs on stage at Big Day Out 2012 at the Sydney Showground
Candelaria, Colombia: a man in his flooded home after the weather phenomenon known as La Niña caused overflowing of the river Cauca
Puerto Concordia, Colombia: anti-narcotics police officers blow up a cocaine processing laboratory after seizing it from the Farc
Sofia, Bulgaria: small birds are fed in a park
Cairo, Egypt: Egyptians pray as protesters form a protective circle around them at a rally in Tahrir Square to mark the one-year anniversary of the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak
Los Angeles, USA: Lilly Earp, eight, changes the nappy of her five-week-old sister, Emily, in their apartment at Hope Gardens Family Centre, a homeless shelter for women and children in California
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: rescue workers remove a car after a building collapsed