Photo of the Day: Taking the Test
More than a thousand students took mid-term examinations on the playground of Sihuang Middle School Thursday in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. (Zuma Press)
Photo of the Day: Flood and Glamour
A woman sits on a fridge outside a closed restaurant while surrounded by floodwaters in Bangkok on November 9, 2011. Thailand plans to hire at least 2,000 extra rubbish collectors in the capital Bangkok to tackle a mountain of trash that has piled up in inundated areas, officials said on November 9. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: With a Screaming Man Inside
In this image released by Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, doctors have spotted what looks like the face of a screaming man in an ultrasound of a testicular tumor. The startling image jumped out at them while scrolling through scans of a 45-year-old patient suffering from severe testicular pain. The picture went viral after it was published in the journal “Urology” and it’s been compared to sightings of the Virgin Mary on toast or grilled cheese sandwiches. (Queen’s University/The Canadian Press)
Photo of the Day: Follow the Red Rabbit
A rabbit jumps over a hurdle at an obstacle course during the first European rabbit hopping championships, which Lada Sipova-Krecova of Czech Republic won, in Wollerau, Switzerland. Rabbit hopping is a growing sport among rabbit owners in Central Europe. (Harold Cunningham/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Dogs of War
Indonesian Kopassus commandos soldiers and dogs descend from a helicopter during a joint anti-terror drill in Jakarta on October 27, 2011. The joint anti-terror drill is part of the country’s effort to combat terrorism acts, and comes ahead of Indonesia hosting the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in November. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: Festival of Lights
A NASA Satellite photo over India, as the festival of lights begins. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, stretches beyond India, a five-day holiday encompassing multiple stories from around the world, involving Hindus, some Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains. For India, however, where roughly 80 percent of the population practices Hinduism, Diwali 2011 is and will be a massive and deeply Hindu affair, one involving dancing, shows, religious worship and lots of fireworks. (NASA)
Photo of the Day: Little Mama
Little Mama slowly wakes up from sedation after having dental work to remove a few bad teeth at Lion Country Safari. (Bill Ingram /The Palm Beach Post)
Photo of the Day: Sneak Thief
Hendrik Raven reacts as a baboon jumps towards him after raiding his car for food, near Cape Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011. A number of workers are employed as baboon monitors to prevent baboons raiding cars, houses, dust bin’s. The baboon monitors spend their days following baboon troops across the Cape Peninsula to insure they do not miss behave. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: And a Cup of Tea
Nepalese Guinness World Record holder Khagendra Thapa Magar, 19, the second world’s smallest man with 67 cm (26 inches), drinks some tea in a French cafe in Paris on October 19, 2011. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: Hair Whirl
Swimmer Michelle McKeehan of the United States whirls her hair in the bathing pool before the start of the evening session at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Scott Heavey/Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: A Punk Rock Goat
Alas, this is not a punk rock goat. The goat has been tagged for identification purposes at a livestock market in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Oct. 17. (Muhammed Muheisen / AP)
Photo of the Day: Survive
A dog stands on a car inundeated with floodwaters in the ancient Thai capital of Ayutthaya, 80 kms north of Bangkok, on October 12, 2011. At least 269 people have died in more than two months of floods that have damaged the homes and livelihoods of millions of people, according to the government. (PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: Finger-licking Trouble
Customers lined up at ‘Obama Fried Chicken,’ opened by university students, in Beijing Sunday. The owners changed the name to ‘UFO’ amid trademark-infringement accusations from KFC, but kept the likeness of President Barack Obama in suspenders, which resembles KFC’s Colonel Sanders. (ChinaFotoPress/Zuma Press)
Photo of the Day: Comedy Carpet in Blackpool
The final touches are put to Comedy Carpet by Gordon Young. The installation on Blackpool’s promenade immortalises the UK’s favourite comedians and comic writers from the heyday of music hall to the present day. The artwork took five years to compete and features catchphrases, jokes and sketches, made up from more than 160,000 letters cut from black and red granite and cobalt blue concrete. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Fuck Oil!
A penguin found on the beach coated in oil gets washed at the Oiled Wildlife Response unit set up in a makeshift camp in Tauranga, New Zealand. The belly of the penguin is normally colored white. The 47,000 ton Rena, a Liberan container vessel, struck a reef on Wednesday causing an oil leak that has spread over five kilometers. Authorities are preparing for the worst environmental disaster in New Zealand history should the vessel break up and spill 1,700 tons of fuel into the Bay of Plenty. (SUNLIVE New Zealand, Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: I Love Steve
Flowers and an iPad showing a picture of Steve Jobs are placed at a makeshift memorial for Jobs at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, and a tag is painted outside Apple’s flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York. Apple founder and visionary Steve Jobs, 56, died from cancer on Wednesday, a premature end for a man who revolutionized modern culture and changed forever the world’s relationship to technology through inventions such as the iPad and iPhone. (Getty Images, AFP) Click image to zoom.
Photo of the Day: Superman Dog
A dog performs during a comedy dog show at the pet fair in Barcelona. (Josep Lago / AFP/Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: England Basks in its Hottest October Day on Record
Crowds of sun seekers fill the beach on October 1 in Brighton, England. The U.K.’s national weather service the Met Office says Saturday’s temperature reached 85.8 F (29.9 C) at Gravesend in southeast England. That is the highest October temperature since records began a century ago, beating the previous high of 84.9 F (29.4 C) reached on Oct. 4, 1985. (Peter MacDiarmid / Getty Images / AP)
Photo of the Day: Across the MINI
London 2012 Olympics long jump hopeful British athlete J.J. Jegede successfully jumps over the roof of three MINI cars in central London, on September 28, 2011, during a photocall to promote a new MINI vehicle. (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: Diver Swims with Whale Shark in Yantai, China
An aquarium employee swims with a whale shark in an aquarium tank in the city of Yantai, northeastern Shandong province, China. Yantai is expecting a surge in tourist arrivals for the upcoming national day celebrations. (AFP / Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: Nevermind
Water Babies has recreated the classic Nirvana Nevermind album cover to celebrate its 20th anniversary and release of the Deluxe Edition later this month (26 September). Water Babies is the world’s largest baby swimming company, specialising in teaching parents how to teach their children to swim from birth. Water Babies offer an underwater baby photography service at the end of each course, allowing parents to capture their little ones floating under water, just like Finlay Davies Muir, photographed here. (Jez Dixon for Water Babies)
