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guardian:

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A child dressed as Krishna takes part in Janmashtami celebrations Photograph: Pavel Rahman/AP

#krishna #festival #dhaka #pic of the day

#news #photography #vaquake #dcquake #dc earthquake

latimes:

From May to mid-June, Times reporter Patrick McDonnell stayed at the Rixos Hotel, home to the foreign press, reporting on the Libyan civil war. In the waning days of Moammar Kadafi’s rule, the hotel was the surreal stage for a daily drama pitting edgy journalists against regime information managers.
Photo: Journalists sit it out in a hallway as gun battles continue around the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli, Libya. Credit: Dario Lopez-Mills / Associated Press

#libya #column one #news #journalism

latimes:

Of course.
Photo: Stephen Estes, 23, planks on the 405 Freeway just before the Carmageddon closure came to an end Sunday. Credit: Donna Estes Antebi

#planking #carmagedon #la #405 #pch #california #news #photos

ature fuses one half of a male and one half of a female butterfly in this unusual specimen from the Natural History Museum in London. Known as a gynandromorph, this great mormon butterfly (Papilio memnon) sports the longer antennae and darker colouration characteristic of males on the left side with the lighter tortoiseshell pattern of females on the right. The insect hatched two weeks ago at the Sensational Butterflies exhibit, which runs through 11 September.

#science #butterfly #photos #news #half male half female

tballardbrown:

Marine: ‘We’re Starting To Fall To The Wayside’ : NPR
A sergeant in Afghanistan says he has to convince himself to go out each day and risk his life.

#afghanistan #news #photos #sarah jones #sarahjreports

soupsoup:

Space shuttle Atlantis is seen through the window of a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) during today’s launch of #STS135 via Bob Jacobs

#news #shuttle #space launch #nasa #sarahjreports #sarah jones

latimes:

Skateboarders take “pretty awesome” ride through downtown L.A.
Photo: Skateboarders take over a portion of 6th Street on International “Go Skateboarding Day” in downtown Los Angeles. Credit: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times

#news #skateboard #sports #photos

#news #skateboard #photo

The Emperor penguin photographed walking along Peka Peka Beach in New Zealand. Photograph: New Zealand Department of Conservation
Travel-sick penguin put on drip in NZ

#news #new zealand #emperor penguin #lost penguin