World News in Pictures

[Aussie Tigger]

Thanks form the comments guys, takes a wee while but posting the photo's also keeps me aware of events

[Mr Lick]

Thanks for the comments guys, takes a wee while but posting the photo's also keeps me aware of events

[Mr Lick]

[Mr Lick]

Rebel Portraits

[Mr Lick]

Hot fashion on the ski slopes

[Mr Lick]

Nuclear fears at Fukushima










A woman covers her mouth as she watches a television reporting news of a fresh explosion at Japan's quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, which is about 60 km (37 miles) from her restaurant, in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan March 14, 2011.










To the people of Japan - ''There is absolutely nothing to worry about''

[Mr Lick]

Minamisanriku, Japan: Vehicles pass through the ruins of the town destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami



Cali, Colombia: A black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) born in captivity a month ago at the zoo



Ajdabiya, Libya: Men look at a government reconnaissance plane circling above the rebel-held town




Ahmedabad, India: Soldiers display their malkhamb skills



Ras Jdir, Tunisia: A man runs for a coach at a UN displacement camp



Santa Cruz, US: A diver atop a boat which capsized following the remnants of last week's tsunami as he prepares it for towing into harbour



Tijuana, Mexico: The scene of an accident where a police vehicle and a car carrying two suspected robbers crashed after a chase

[Mr Lick]

Back to Japan























Japanese relief workers rescue a man who survived being buried for four days in the tsunami devastated remains in Ishimaki town, Iwate prefecture, on Tuesday. Another woman was also pulled from the rubble and was being treated for hypothermia









Bodies found in the ruins of the devastated residential area of Otsuchi are collected in a sports hall, Tuesday. In the fishing town of Otsuchi, 12,000 out of a population of 15,000 have disappeared.











People watch Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on TV in a live broadcast at an evacuation center at Kawamata, northeastern Japan on Tuesday. In a nationally televised statement, Kan said radiation has spread from the three reactors of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in one of the hardest-hit provinces in Friday's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.









A group of South Korean rescue workers and local policemen pay respect after collecting the body of a Japanese earthquake victim in tsunami-swept Sendai, Miayagi Prefecture on Tuesday.









A food factory employee packs rice-balls into boxes to send to quake survivors in Akita city on Tuesday



Evacuated residents are checked for radiation exposure in Koriyama, Fukushima on Tuesday

[sunsetter]

Thanks form the comments guys, takes a wee while but posting the photo's also keeps me aware of events

you didnt post them

[Mr Lick]

Crackdown in Bahrain



A journalist is taken away by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) forces, which moved into Pearl Square to evacuate anti-government protesters, in Manama, March 16, 2011.




Tents are seen engulfed with fire as Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) forces move into Pearl Square to evacuate anti-government protesters, in Manama, March 16, 2011.


















Anti-government protesters form a human chain at the Salmaniya Hospital fearing an attack by riot police in Manama, March 15, 2011.

[Mr Lick]

Libyan revolt






Rebel fighters flee from Ajdabiyah, outside Ajdabiyah on the road to Benghazi, March 15, 2011.

[Aussie Tigger]

My Lick used my computer mate I take no credit for the work he puts in providing this pictorial news.

[Mr Lick]

Amid the ruins in Japan





The body of a female patient lies dead in the hallways of a hospital in Minamisanriku town on March 14, 2011i.














Bodies discovered by soldiers from Japan's Self Defence Force are flagged with red and yellow markers in Rikuzentakata, March 13, 2011.















Rescue workers look at a mannequin as they search for victims amid the rubble of shop in Rikuzentakata, March 14, 2011.

[Mr Lick]

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A man carries a miniature bus he made to sell in the slum Cidade de Deus (City of God)



Ramallah, West Bank: Palestinian demonstrators shout slogans and wave flags during a rally



Târgu Secuiesc, Romania: Ethnic Hungarians wearing traditional Huszar uniforms attend Magyar's Day celebrations



Ras Ajdir, Tunisia: Migrant workers awaiting repatriation to a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libya border line up to board buses



Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Children walk past posters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly



New Delhi, India: Commuters wait for a passenger train at a railway station



Otsuchi, Japan: An elderly couple take refuge around a wooden stove in a gymnasium



Caracas, Venezuela: Bolivarian police officers stand guard during a university students' protest



Sydney, Australia: Keo-co, a six-week-old Francois leaf-eating monkey, plays in its enclosure at Taronga zoo



Jinjiang, China: Labourers at a workshop of a clothing company



Sendai, Japan: Heavy snow falls on rubble and rescue workers at a devastated factory area hit by an earthquake and tsunami

[OhOh]

Leeds High School yearbook photos

Rebel Portraits

[Mr Lick]

Tsunami aftermath in Japan






An injured survivor searches for food at a destroyed supermarket in the devastated residential area of Otsuchi



The body of a boy victim is covered by a blanket at a village destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, northeast Japan March 15, 2011.

[Mr Lick]

A coffee shop employee assists a man as he donates blankets during relief efforts in in Niigata, northern Japan













Residents holding umbrellas line up to buy rice as it snows in downtown Sendai, northeastern Japan,

[Mr Lick]

More from Japan

[Mr Lick]

A military helicopter scoops up sea water. It is on its way to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant to dump water on the stricken reactor



An army officer cooks steamed rice to distribute to evacuees in Koriyama



A woman sifts through the rubble of her home in Kesennuma



A man cries next to his destroyed house in Onagawa, where his mother is still buried in the rubble

[Mr Lick]

Champions League - Chelsea v Copenhagen









Anelka beats Copenhagen goalkeeper Johan Wiland but can't find the net. At the other end, Chelsea escape when Dame N'Doye's 25-yard free-kick catches Petr Cech unaware but rebounds off the post



Ashley Cole's banned from shooting so he tries to head the ball





Anelka is presented with two chances in quick succession. On the first occasion he checks his run and drags the ball back from his marker but is tackled by a second defender on the edge of the box .



On the next occasion he dallies in possession and, once again, is tackled before unleashing a shot



On comes Fernando Torres, who has still yet to score in six appearances for Chelsea. Wonder if he can stop the rot?



Torres creates one decent opportunity when he bursts past William Kvist to the edge of the six-yard box before poking a shot goalwards ...



it's a surprisingly good effort from that angle, but the keeper plucks it from the air. Never mind. 0-0 it ends, meaning Chelsea go through to the quarter-finals 2-0 on aggregate

[Mr Lick]

Ladies' Day at Cheltenham






Darling, are you really a pheasant plucker?



Even the chav's get their own enclosure






I could quite easily lick her teeth



A decidedly distasteful hat



Zara Phillips displaying in public my father's stolen flat cap. Quite disgraceful.



Looks like she's had plenty of cock recently



Curtain drapes not quite what the committee had in mind today, luv

[Mr Lick]

Unrest in Libya



Libyan government soldiers celebrate at the west gate of Ajdabiyah, Libya on March 16. Libya's army pounded an opposition-held city in the country's west and battled fighters trying to block its advance on a rebel bastion in the east on Wednesday amid flagging diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed.



Libyan rebels load ammunition in the eastern Libyan coastal town of Tobruk near the border with Egypt, March 16, as the forces of Muammar Gaddafi pressed rebels in the west on and threatened their eastern bastion of Benghazi while UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate ceasefire.



Libyan government soldiers move tanks through the west gate of Ajdabiyah, Libya on March 16.





Saif al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, interviews with France-based TV channel Euronews in Tripoli on Mar. 16. al-Islan said "everything will be over in 48 hours."





A fleeing Libyan rebel falls from a truck while riding back to the coastal city of Benghazi, March 15. Libyan government forces, assaulting the key city of Ajdabiya, outflanked insurgents and cut the road to the rebel capital of Benghazi, rebel sources said amid scenes of chaos in the town.



Time for a quick exit



Down to basic handguns the rebels just aren't prepared to concede. Ooops! sorry, that's the government faithful celebrating by firing their weapons into the air



Rebel fighters stand around a vehicle in Ajdabiyah on March 15.

[Mr Lick]

Remi Pauriol, left, leads a breakaway during the 8th and final stage of the 69th Paris-Nice cycle race on Sunday, March 13. German Tony Martin won the race ahead of compatriot Adreas Kloden as Britain's Bradley Wiggins placed third.





Lenny Zappavigna of Australia, right, takes a hit from Miguel Vazquez of Mexico during their IBF lightweight title fight in Las Vegas on Saturday, March 12.




German driver Nico Hulkenberg trains on Tuesday, March 8 at the Catalunya racetrack near Barcelona, Spain.



Bethlehem Catholic's Randy Cruz, right, struggles with Shady Side Academy's Philip Elias during their Class AA 119-pound semifinal wrestling match on Friday, March 11 in Hershey, Pa.




Kelly Slater of the U.S. slides his tail out in the pocket on his way to defeating Taj Burrow of Australia during the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast surfing tournament in Queensland, Australia on Wednesday, March 9.





Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Bledsoe passes the ball around Boston Celtics center Nenad Krstic (rear) and forward Paul Pierce during their NBA basketball game in Boston on Wednesday, March 9.




Jaques de Koning of the Netherlands skates away while Yuya Oikawa of Japan crashes during the men's 500 meter race at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Inzell, Germany, on Sunday, March 13.




Duquesne's B.J. Monteiro, left, dives for control of a loose ball with teammate Bill Clark, center, and Saint Joseph's Idris Hilliard during the first half of their Atlantic 10 conference quarterfinal game in Atlantic City, N.J., on Friday, March 11.

[Mr Lick]

Last known photo of missing New York Times photographers




Journalists, including New York Times photographers Tyler Hicks (right in glasses) and Lynsey Addario (far left), run for cover during a bombing run by Libyan government planes at a checkpoint near the oil refinery of Ras Lanuf on Friday, Mar. 11. Hicks and Addario, along with NYT correspondents Stephen Farrell and Anthony Shadid, were reported missing near lines of Muammar Gaddafi's advancing forces two days ago, the NYT announced on Wednesday.

[Mr Lick]

Russian company develops inflatable tank and missile launcher



Employees of Rusbal, a private company, pump the air out of an inflatable decoy of a tank and an S-300 anti-aircraft missile launcher, right, outside the company workshop in the town of Khotkovo, some 60 km north-east of Moscow, on March 11. Rusbal has developed a range of full-size inflatable decoy armaments, including planes, tanks and missiles to be placed in battlefields to deceive the enemy.