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12日星期一

Pictures Around the World 2012 Mar12

Ishinomaki, Japan: Hikari Oyama plays with bubbles after she and her grandmother paid their respects at the memorial to victims of last year's tsunami at the Okawa Elementary School
Bhaktapur, Nepal: Nepalese men chat to each other
Birmingham, UK: bedlington terriers wait to be paraded on the final day of the Crufts dog show
Mixco, Guatemala: Aroldo Juarez takes a shower in his home before being evacuated with his family to a shelter
Kathmandu, Nepal: a Nepalese woman carries her child on her back as she works at a brick factory in Bungmati
Agartala, India: a bird collects nectar as flowers bloom
Allahabad, India: a bride is reflected in a mirror as she gets ready before a mass marriage ceremony for 25 couples
Gaza Strip, Gaza: wounded Palestinian children in a hospital after an Israeli air strike
Beijing, China: paramilitary policemen change guard in Tiananmen square
Maloja, Switzerland: the annual Engadin cross-country skiing marathon in Switzerland
Thun, Switzerland: contestants race through the mud during the Strongman Run competition
Istanbul, Turkey: Darya Kilishina of Russia competes in the women's long jump final at the world indoor athletics championships
Unalakleet, Alaska: Aaron Burmeister taking part in the Iditarod Trail sled dog race
Jabalya, Gaza: a Palestinian man surveys a destroyed house