Friday, April 17, 2009

Pictures of the Day

Paramilitary policemen take part in an anti-terrorism drill at a military base in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

April 16, 2009

A paramilitary policeman performs anti-terrorist drills in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. The country is to increase its development of warships, stealth submarines and long-range missiles, an admiral announced (Reuters)

Workers from Bulgaria's largest steelmaker Kremikovtzi attend a protest in central Sofia

Workers from Kremikovtzi, Bulgaria’s largest steelmaker, protest in Sofia, the capital, over unpaid salaries. The demonstration put extra pressure on the Government ahead of summer parliamentary elections (Oleg Popov/Reuters)

A blindfolded Kurdish security officer demonstrates his skills during his graduation ceremony in the city of Arbil

Sharp practice: a Kurdish security officer demonstrates his skills during his graduation ceremony in the city of Arbil, the Kurdish regional capital in northern Iraq (Azad Lashkari/Reuters)


Mi-26 helicopter places a mothballed Tu-134 airliner at the Emergency Situations Ministry training center outside St. Petersburg, Russia
Dropping in: an Mi26 helicopter lowers a mothballed Tu134 airliner at the Emergency Situations Ministry training centre near St. Petersburg, Russia. The plane was taken out of service and carried from Pulkovo airport in the city to the centre to train ministry forces for rescue and crash operations
(Dmitry Lovetsky/AP)
An archerfish latches onto the finger of a young tourist who lured it out of the water with bread on his finger tip during a visit to a fish farm at the Kilim Karts Geoforest Park on Langkawi island in Malaysia

Digital line: an archerfish is lured by a young tourist who tempted it out of the water with bread on his finger tip at a fish farm at the Kilim Karts Geoforest Park on Langkawi island in Malaysia. Langkawi is Malaysia’s first geopark (Mark Baker/AP)

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