World Pictures/Videos of the Day

Wonderful photos in this thread, thanks.

Lethe said:

Wonderful photos in this thread, thanks.

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You are welcome my friend! Enjoy and post.



I will now get back to posting and bottling my Malbec

Visitors take photos as they lie down on the new glass floor at the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Picture: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP



Here come the Cylons! Toshiba Corp.'s communication android Ms. Aiko Chihira uses sign language during CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) Japan 2014 in Chiba. According to Toshiba, the android can move its arms and hands smoothly and uses Japanese sign language
Picture: KIMIMASA MAYAMA/EPA



Thai Buddhists line the banks of the Bang Pakong river and throw freshly-picked lotus flowers on a large golden Buddha statue floating past as they celebrate the Rap Bua or Lotus Flower Receiving Festival, in Bang Phli, Samut Prakan province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. The centuries-old tradition celebrates the end of the Buddhist rain retreat called the Buddhist Lent
Picture: BARBARA WALTON/EPA



Wreck of a US Douglas A-20 bomber from World War II sits on the dock of the Polish Naval Base in Gdynia. Excavated from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, the plane still retains the rear gunner position, both wings, two engines and propellers. The bomber will be transported to the Aviation Museum in Cracow for eventual display
Picture: ADAM WARZAWA/EPA



A visitor takes photos of three of the artworks on show at the '12 Labours of Putin' art exhibition in Moscow
Picture: VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP



Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's installation entitled 'Infinity Mirrored Room - Filled With the Brilliance of Life' attracts the attention of a TV crew during her exhibition at the Rufino Tamayo museum in Mexico City
Picture: TOMAS BRAVO/REUTERS



Farm girl Magdalena poses beside her photo during the press presentation for the new "Bavarian and Austrian Farm Girls' Calendar 2015" at the Hofbraeuhaus beer hall in Munich, southern Germany. Six Bavarian and six Austrian young models posed for the new calendar which is published in its 10th edition
Picture: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP




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The total lunar eclipse pictured from Gosford, north of Sydney in Australia. The coppery, reddish colour the moon takes is made as it passes into Earth's shadow.
Picture: Jason Reed/Reuters



A protester holds a flag as police uses tear gas and water cannon in Ankara against demonstrators protesting against attacks launched by Islamic State insurgents targeting the Syrian city of Kobane and lack of action by the government.
Picture: ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images



Brady White, as Santa Claus, plays with the Slot Mods USA Ultimate Slot Car Raceway during the unveiling of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book in Dallas, USA. The cost of the 1:32 scale model race track is $300,000.
Picture: AP Photo/LM Otero



A North Korean national meeting at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang to mark the 17th anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong-il's election as general secretary of the Workers' Party. The question that no-one will dare to ask in North Korea: Is Kim Jong-un going to attend?
Picture: EPA/KCNA



Lead singer Shan Lin (L) and guitarist Wang Shaowu, of Beijing punk band The Demonstrators, making phone calls while having dinner before their performance at the annual Beijing Punk Festival in Beijing.
Picture: GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images



The 'Rockettes' rehearse for 'New York at Christmas', their 2014 production of Radio City Christmas Spectacular, during a press preview at St. Paul The Apostle Church in New YorkPicture: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty



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Miragedriver said:

The total lunar eclipse pictured from Gosford, north of Sydney in Australia. The coppery, reddish colour the moon takes is made as it passes into Earth's shadow.
Picture: Jason Reed/Reuters

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I missed that event. It was reported that the lunar eclipse can be seen in Cambodia between sometime 5pm to 7pm. However, I might have mistaken your malbec as plain water, when I suddenly remembered the event, it was already 8pm. I looked out my window, the sky was clear and the moon was bright. Couldn't see anything.

Seagulls swoop past Sean Henery's installation 'The Couple' as the sun rises off the coast of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
Picture: OWEN HUMPHREYS/PA


The 'blood' moon turns orange during the total lunar eclipse, seen here behind the CN Tower in Toronto
Picture: MARK BLINCH/REUTERS



A man takes a photo of umbrellas displayed by pro-democracy protesters outside the Central Government Offices in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong.
Picture: ED JONES/AFP



The main terminal of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport is hit by shelling as fighting continues between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in the eastern Ukrainian town
Picture: DMITRY LOVETSKY/AP



Giant ash clouds rise from the crater of Mount Sinabung as it erupts again. The volcano, located on Indonesia's Sumatra island, erupted in February 2014, killing at least 17 people
Picture: SUTANTA ADITYA/AFP



Sikh school children dressed as Punj Pyara participate in a procession from The Golden Temple in Amritsar on the eve of the anniversary of the biorth of the fourth Sikh Guru Ramdass
Picture: NARINDER NANU/AFP



Nasa astronaut Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (not shown) work outside the International Space Station's Quest airlock in the first of three spacewalks for the Expedition 41 crew. The spacewalkers workedfor 6 hours and 13 minutes, relocating a failed cooling pump to external stowage and installing gear that provides back up power to external robotics equipment
Picture: Nasa/REUTERS



Lightning strikes over Swansea Bay as stormy weather hits south Wales
Picture: Alamy



Indonesia's Mount Sinabung violently erupts again. The volcano last erupted in February, killing at least 17 people
Picture: YT HARYONO/REUTERS



Students in Barcelona demonstrate against Spain's constitutional court ruling stopping Catalonia from holding an independence referendum. Catalan leaders last week set up the region's own "control commission" after the Spanish government moved to block the contested vote on independence for Catalonia, which it sees as a constitutional threat
Picture: LLUIS GENE/AFP



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Pair of hummingbirds on the slopes of a volcano in Costa Rica.
Picture: Florian Kuster/Solent News



Unwise cricket (about to become lunch) sits next to a green papua tree frog in Malang, East Java
Picture: Monica Anantyowati/HotSpot



An inquisitive baboon is swarmed by thousands of stunning yellow butterflies near the Chobe River, BotswanaPicture: Corlette Wessels/Caters


hese fluorescent ribbons flowing through woodland are created by dozens of fireflies at twilight. Rare moments like this only come around a few times every year, as fireflies are only active for a couple of weeks. Fireflies only buzz around with each other for a maximum of 45 minutes after sunset. Paul van Hoof captured the trails, invisible to the naked eye, using a high-tech camera.
Picture: Paul van Hoof/Solent News



Pete McLeod of Canada flies in formation with Nigel Lamb of Great Britain, Martin Sonka of the Czech Republic and Kirby Chambliss of the United States during a Recon flight prior to the seventh stage of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship over the Hoover Dam on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada.
Picture: Joerg Mitter/Red Bull via Getty Images



Berlin Cathedral in Germany is illuminated on the eve of the official start of the 10th 'Festival of Lights'. Berlin's most famous landmarks and buildings will glow and sparkle with various colours and types of light, projections and fireworks during the festival, which runs from Friday, Oct. 10 until Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014.
Picture: Michael Sohn/AP



Rachael Shelty of Stanford, Connecticut, attends the 2014 New York Comic ConPicture: EPA



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Miragedriver said:

Unwise cricket (about to become lunch) sits next to a green papua tree frog in Malang, East Java
Picture: Monica Anantyowati/HotSpot



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Are you sure it will soon become lunch? Maybe they're closed friends. God knows!

SteelBird said:

Are you sure it will soon become lunch? Maybe they're closed friends. God knows!

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You are a kind budist my friend. I unfortuately am a pragmatic pesimist.

I am late to the party here. So much fun here.