World News in Pictures

[Mr Lick]

Sue McGrew, of the US, works on a sculpture at the Sand Art Exhibition in Yokohama, Japan.



Strong winds knocked out power and caused thousands of people to flee as Typhoon Rammasun hit the central Philippines. Here a fisherman's hut in the middle of fish pens is pounded by waves.

[Mr Lick]

Ukraine's government forces have been pushing rebels back to Donetsk, and some family members are leaving the city. Russia, which annexed Crimea from Ukraine after a disputed referendum in March, denies arming and facilitating the pro-Russian rebels.



Police officers hold umbrellas to cover cameramen from the rain during a press conference at a police academy in Sibate, Colombia. The Colombian force is training 120 officers from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Haiti, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Paraguay.

[billy the kid]

great pics Mr. Lick , always enjoy.

[Mr Lick]

Thanks for the comments Billy, always appreciated




A sly fox attempting to catch a meal was left with its tail between legs - after being chased away by a pair of angry birds. The less-than-fantastic Mr Fox was left hungry after two feisty cranes spotted it preying on their young



...Both birds became agitated, forming a barrier in front of their chicks before aggressively darting towards the frightened fox. Mark Hughes, a photographer from Tewkesbury, captured the scene while visiting the WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre.

[Mr Lick]

A kingfisher stuns a freshly caught fish against a branch before eating it for it's supper. Full time GP Kevin Elsby took this photo of the kingfisher after patiently waiting for one to land on a nearby branch next to a stream in Droitwich, Worcestershire, West Midlands



Macro-photographer Irina Kozorog managed to capture the moment an ant performed a ballet pose. Taken inside her homemade studio in Moscow, Russia, the mother-of-three teases the bugs with an array of sweet treats including honey and sugar and waits patiently until they are in the perfect position



A vehicle shot off the end of a raised car park and smashed into some shops below after the driver mistakenly hit the accelerator rather than the brake in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China. The owner of one of the shops said that he heard a loud crashing sound outside and when he looked he was shocked to see an SUV had fallen off the end of the car park and landed in the alley where the shops were located. The driver compensated the shop owners around 3,000 Yuan (£280) before calling a crane to recover his vehicle

[Mr Lick]

Newlyweds Torsten and Sarah Ernst posed for photographer Chris Beck deep in the bowels of the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. The 41-year-old decided to snap them there as it was where they met and they are both members of a volunteer mountain rescue group who work on similar glaciers



Deep in the swamps of Louisiana T-Mike Kliebert teaches his young son Blaise how to wrangle some of the 2,500 gators they keep at the farm. The Kliebert Gator Farm is the biggest and oldest in the world and was started by T-Mike's grandfather Harvey in the 1930s. T-Mike hopes that his young son Blaise will grow up to take over the family business. But after the youngster was bitten by one of the reptiles his mother Sara Bordelon has different ideas and hopes he goes to college instead

[Mr Lick]

Yeoman Warder Crawford Butler lays the first of 888,246 ceramic poppies in the dry moat of the Tower of London, as part of an installation 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red'marking the centenary of the first World War



A polar bear chews on a frozen fish treat to beat the heat at South Korea's Everland Amusement and Animal Park in Yongin, south of Seoul. The state weather agency had issued last week the years first heat wave warning for Seoul

[Mr Lick]

Prime Minister David Cameron high 5s Jean-Claude Juncker on his arrival at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium



John Daly of the U.S. putts on the putting green during a practice round ahead of the British Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake



An aerial photo of the Mount McAllister wildfire in Canada's northeastern region of British Columbia. An evacuation order has been issued for the District of Hudson's Hope in northeastern British Columbia ahead of the wildfire which is threatening the community of about 1,150 residents



Honda's latest version of the Asimo humanoid robot walks up some stairs during a presentation in Zaventem near Brussels

[Mr Lick]

The preserved skeleton of a mammoth (Mammutus columbi) who lived in the Americas over a million years ago is exhibited at the museum of the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Acapulco 'Fuerte de San Diego' in Acapulco, Mexico

[Mr Lick]

A typhoon killed at least 10 people as it churned across the Philippines and hit the capital, prompting the evacuation of almost 150,000 people

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Four Palestinian boys were killed in what appeared to be Israeli naval shelling near Gaza City as they played football on a beach


















A Palestinian man cries as he holds the dead body of his young brother shortly after he was killed in the morgue of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza

[Mr Lick]

Photojournalist Jaafar Ishtayeh looks at his burning car after it was hit by tear gas canisters fired by Israeli soldiers during a protest by Palestinians near the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday. Ishtayeh, a Palestinian who works for Agence France Presse, was at the scene to provide coverage of the protest against Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip

[Mr Lick]

Smoke rises after Free Syrian Army fighters fired a weapon towards forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in northwestern Syria's Idlib Province on Wednesday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more than 170,000 people have been killed in Syria's conflict, which started as a peaceful protest movement in 2011 but descended into a multifaceted civil war after a government crackdown

[Mr Lick]

Hundreds of Palestinians crowded around ATM machines in Gaza City on Thursday as they tried to withdraw money during a cease-fire meant to allow civilians to stock up after ten days of fighting.

Streets were jammed as residents of Gaza rushed to shops during the five-hour truce

[Mr Lick]

People collect reusable materials from debris washed ashore by Typhoon Rammasun in Manila, Philippines.



HMS Queen Elizabeth has been floated for the first time at docks in Rosyth in Scotland. The ship is the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy and was formally named by the Queen in a ceremony earlier this month.



Cricket fans queue outside Lord's in London before the start of play on the first day of the second Test match between England and India.

[Mr Lick]

People work around a damaged house along the coastal area after strong winds brought by Typhoon Rammasun (locally name Typhoon Glenda) battered the Baseco compound, metro Manila, Philippines, July 17, 2014.



Customer Andreas Kroker looks at a 3D-printed figure of himself at the Twinkind 3D printing studio in Berlin, December 13, 2013

[Mr Lick]

A Palestinian girl, who medics said was wounded in an Israeli air strike, is treated at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 16, 2014.



A man identified as Nikos Maziotis, a prominent member of a guerrilla group, lies on the pavement after a shootout in Athens, Greece, July 16, 2014. Greek police shot and wounded Maziotis after a chase and gunfight in central Athens on Wednesday in which a policeman and two tourists were also injured

[Mr Lick]

A worker cleans rocks stained by an oil spill at Cabron beach, in Spain's Canary Island of Gran Canaria July 16, 2014. The origin of the oil spill is still unknown



A man assisted a motorcyclist after he fell along a main road after strong winds brought by Typhoon Rammasun, locally called Glenda, battered the capital, metro Manila, Philippines, July 16, 2014.



AT-3 jet trainer aircraft perform during an air force drill at Chingchuankang Air Force Base in Taichung, central Taiwan, July 17, 2014

[Mr Lick]

Typhoon batters Philippines

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France's Tony Gallopin manages to stay ahead of the sprinting pack, rear, as he crosses the finish line to win the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 187.5 kilometers
(116.5 miles) with start in Besancon and finish in Oyonnax, France, Wednesday, July 16, 2014



A young boy holds up a symbol of the Muslim Brotherhood as Palestinian supporters take part in a rally against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Thousands of anti-Israel protestors took to the streets marching on the South African parliament building to protest against Israeli occupation and strikes on Gaza

[Mr Lick]

Palestinians salvage what they can of their belongings from the rubble of their destroyed house following an early morning Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 16, 2014



Mannequins hang from a damaged shop in the aftermath of a Tuesday car bombing that killed many people and wounded tens of others in a crowded outdoor market, in the Shiite neighborhood known as Sadr City, Baghad, Iraq,Wednesday, July 16, 2014



The casino boat Escapade, with 123 people aboard, is grounded 1.8 miles off the north end of Tybee Island, Ga., Wednesday, July 16, 2014. No injuries or medical issues had been reported among the 96 passengers and 27 crew members aboard the boat, according to Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony L. Soto.

[Mr Lick]

A rocket fired by Palestinian militants from inside Gaza Strip makes its way towards Israel, seen from the Israel Gaza Border, Wednesday, July 16, 2014



Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland watches his tee shot on the 16th hole during a practice round ahead of the British Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, northern England July 16, 2014.



Rescuers work at a shattered five-storey building, which was damaged by a recent shelling, in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk July 16, 2014.

[billy the kid]

30187 post 6 pics down of 4 kids.
a heart breaker for me.

the horror the horror is just about everywhere these days.