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Japan remembers, rebuilds one year after tsunami

By The Big Picture - marzo 12 2012 - No Comments

Mourning the loss of almost 20,000 people gripped Japan yesterday on the anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. While the nation has made enormous strides recovering from the triple disaster, yesterday was was a ti...

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Japan tsunami pictures: before and after

By The Big Picture - marzo 7 2012 - No Comments

In this first of three Big Picture posts on the anniversary of the Japan earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster, we have a series of paired "then and now" pictures, with the first image taken recently paired with a picture from the same vantage point take...

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Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest: 50 Finalists

By The Big Picture - marzo 5 2012 - No Comments

The Smithsonian magazine's 9th annual photo contest finalists have been chosen. The contest attracted over 14 thousand photographers from all 50 states and over 100 countries. Fifty finalists from 67,059 images were selected by Smithsonian editors. ...

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Lathmar Holi festival

By The Big Picture - marzo 5 2012 - No Comments

Traditionally a rite that celebrates the coming of spring, Holi is marked by joyous participants throwing colored water and powder. In northern Uttar Pradesh, "Lathmar Holi" is celebrated before Holi itself, and while it is a rite of spring there as w...

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Tornadoes Rip Through the Midwest and South

By The Big Picture - marzo 1 2012 - No Comments

Weather predictions for possible tornadoes from a new storm system today threaten the Midwest and South, and have recent victims nervous about what the day might hold. The first powerful storm system tore through parts of the Midwest and South earlier...

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Lucio Dalla

By Dom Tric - marzo 1 2012 - No Comments

Oggi, 01 Marzo 2012 è morto Lucio Dalla a Montreaux, in Svizzera, dove si trovava per una serie di concerti, ...

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Reflections

By The Big Picture - febbraio 29 2012 - No Comments

They can appear in a mirror, water, or glass. Capturing a reflection in a photograph is a simple process but it takes skill to be compelling. Here are some that caught my attention based on both creativity and context, and others for simply their aes...

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Gerd Ludwig’s ‘Long Shadow of Chernobyl’ project

By The Big Picture - febbraio 27 2012 - No Comments

Internationally-renowned photojournalist Gerd Ludwig has spent years documenting the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. In 1986, errors at the plant in Ukraine led to an explosion that ultimately caused over a quarter of a million people to ...

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Carnival 2012

By The Big Picture - febbraio 22 2012 - No Comments

A last blast before the observance of Lent, Carnival has evolved in many parts of the world with Christian traditions to be the biggest party of the year. Traditions vary from country to country, and even from region to region, but most places celebra...

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Seeing red: Valentine’s Day 2012

By The Big Picture - febbraio 15 2012 - No Comments

People around the world once again expressed their affection for one another in many ways with balloons, cards, flowers, chocolates, gifts, and kisses to name just a few. The National Retail Federation said Americans alone will spend some $17.6 billio...

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Skating

By The Big Picture - febbraio 13 2012 - No Comments

It's time to celebrate the simple joys of ice skating. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, winter has provided frozen playgrounds for all to enjoy. Ice skating takes many forms, from speed skating to professional hockey to figure skating to sliding arou...

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2012 World Press Photo Contest Winners

By The Big Picture - febbraio 10 2012 - No Comments

By the numbers: 5, 247 Photographers, 124 Nationalities, 101, 254 pictures. Three hundred and fifty images by 57 photographers of 24 nationalities were awarded prizes in nine categories. To view the entire collection of winning images from the 55th ...

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Syria fighting continues

By The Big Picture - febbraio 8 2012 - No Comments

A European Union official said today harsher sanctions may be imposed on Syria as the 11-month-old uprising against the country’s regime led by President Bashar al-Assad continues even as Russia now tries to promote talks between the two sides. The ...

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Egypt: protests over Port Said soccer deaths

By The Big Picture - febbraio 6 2012 - No Comments

Violence at a soccer match triggered intensified political protests in Egypt raging now into their fifth day. A match on February 1, 2012 in Port Said, Egypt between rival clubs Al-Masry of Port Said and visiting Al-Ahly of Cairo ended with home suppo...

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Extreme cold weather hits Europe

By The Big Picture - febbraio 3 2012 - No Comments

Frigid temperatures have gripped Europe in the last week, with the mercury reaching as low as 35 degrees Celsius below zero. After what had been a relatively mild winter, the sudden cold caught many unprepared. Eastern Europe is hardest hit, with ove...