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3月10日星期六

Pictures Around the World 2012 Mar10

Rangoon, Burma: a boy gets his head shaved before living the life of a Buddhist monk for seven days
Wukan, China: a resident casts his vote on the second day of village elections in Guangdong province
Nandgaon, India: villagers smeared with colours observe the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandji temple
Piner, Kentucky, US: horses stand in front of debris a day after a hurricane hit
Paris, France: a model presents a creation by Comme des Garçons at its autumn-winter 2012 ready-to-wear show
Szczechociny, Poland: emergency services work at the site of a train crash. At least 15 people were killed when two passenger trains collided head-on
Jaffna, Sri Lanka: a Roman Catholic priest prays during the annual pilgrimage at St Anthony's church
Anchorage, Alaska, US: dogs bark before the ceremonial start of the 40th Iditarod sled dog race
Ishinomaki, Japan: a woman prays at a shrine set up to commemorate the victims of the Okowa elementary school who were killed during last year's tsunami
Dhaka, Bangladesh: labourers carry bricks as they unload a cargo boat on the bank of the river Buriganga
Troodos, Cyprus: people go sledging after heavy snowfall in a mountainous region of the Mediterranean island
Navotas, Philippines: a fighting cock attacks his opponent
Kathmandu, Nepal: a police officer inhales oxygen while searching for bodies inside the Kalimati vegetable market after a fire
Krasnoyarsk, Russia: a participant is pulled by her Riesenschnauzer dog during the first Yenisei Meridian regional amateur dog sledding race on Tatyshev Island
Suqa Holaha, Somalia: a tank belonging to African Union peacekeeping forces patrols the frontline during an offensive against al-Shabaab fighters