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23日星期四

Pictures Around the World 2012 Feb23

Srinagar, India: an employee of Public Health Engineering is detained by the police during a rally demanding permanent jobs
Rangoon, Burma: fairground workers wait for customers near the Shwedagon Pagoda during its 2,600th anniversary celebrations
El Refugio, Mexico: investigators and police officers at the scene of a police plane crash
Madrid, Spain: carnival revellers dressed as mourners with a mock sardine during the 'burial of the sardine' funeral procession, which marks the end of festivities
Mesa, Arizona, US: people gather on Main Street outside the Republican presidential debate to watch it on a large screen
Cairo, Egypt: supporters of the ousted president Hosni Mubarak protest outside his trial
Rawalpindi, Pakistan: a worker pulls a cart as a customer sits on top with his chickens
Athens, Greece: employees at the state-run Workers' Housing Organisation during a protest against job cuts
Moscow, Russia: a rally to support Vladimir Putin at the Luzhniki stadium
Saint-Denis, Réunion: riot police at a protest about the high cost of living
London, UK: Mexico's Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco in the women's synchronised 10-metre platform final during the 18th FINA Visa Diving World Cup at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park
Frankfurt, Germany: an employee displays a green water dragon at the airport's 'animal lounge'