World News in Pictures

[Amina]

And I thought they were advertising for the local Playboy Club. Lol.........

[Mr Lick]

Tubers pull a cooler along as they float the Comal River, Monday, Aug. 22, in New Braunfels, Texas. The New Braunfels City Council is to consider an ordinance banning beer cans and other disposable containers on the Comal River and the Guadalupe River, popular tubing waterways.

[Mr Lick]

Alexandre Meneghini's eerie image of an empty playground makes me wonder how the children of Benghazi will remember this day




An empty playground is seen at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Monday, Aug. 22. World leaders said Monday the end is near for Moammar Gadhafi's regime and began looking at Libya's future without the man who has held power there for 42 years.

[Mr Lick]

A man wades through a flooded street after hurricane Irene hit the area in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 22. Hurricane Irene headed out over warm ocean water on a path that could take it to northeastern Dominican Republic and part of Haiti early Tuesday and to the U.S. mainland by the end of the week.



Todd Kimberlain a hurricane forcaster studies computer models as he tracks Hurricane Irene at the National Hurricane Center on August 22 in Miami, Florida. Irene is the first Hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season with winds at 80mph currently and may hit the East coast later this week with higher winds projected.

[Mr Lick]

While the Tupperware plastic container was an innovation when introduced in 1946, the marketing of the product at private parties offered 1950s housewives the opportunity to earn money at home.



This 1950's photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Archives Center, National Museum of American History shows Brownie Wise as she tosses a bowl filled with water at a Tupperware party. Tupperware, it seems, is enjoying a renaissance 65 years after it first hit the market with Wonder Bowls, Bell Tumblers and Ice-Tup molds for homemade frozen treats.



This 1951 photo courtesy of Tupperware shows Earl S. Tupper, left, and Brownie Wise as they hold resin pellets at the Tupperware factory in Farnumsville, Mass.







Kevin Farrell stacks some of his Tupperware products on a table while preparing for a Tupperware party in Bellflower, Ca.



Kevin Farrell applies makeup in a dressing room while transforming into his alter personality Dee W. Leye before throwing a Tupperware party in Bellflower, Ca.

[Mr Lick]

Flames and thick black smoke billowing from a line of tanker trucks Monday on the outskirts of Mastung, in the province of restive Baluchistan, Pakistan, as local residents look on.

According to EPA, the vehicles reportedly were destined for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Afghanistan, and allegedly have been attacked by suspected Islamic militants. Reports state that over recent years, tankers carrying oil for NATO troops have been regularly targeted by the Islamic militants on both sides of the border. US and NATO forces in landlocked Afghanistan get around 75 percent of their food and military supplies through Pakistan.

[Mr Lick]

Debbie Hakkers looks for possessions in the second floor bedroom of her tornado-ravaged house in Goderich, Ontario on Aug. 22, 2011. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said the province will help the town recover from the storm.

Cassandra Phillips-Grande, 16, was in a coffee shop in the town square when the wind started to pick up.
"We saw tables and chairs outside of the cafe flying and then saw an SUV roll like a tumbleweed right in front," she said, adding that everyone in the shop moved to the back of the building.
"About two seconds later we heard this really big crash and the roof collapsed in the spot where we had all been," she said. "When we went outside we saw that some apartments had collapsed right in front of the cafe.”



The sun sets on Goderich, Ontario after a tornado ripped through downtown on Sunday. Downtown businesses, century old buildings and several churches lost their roofs and upper floors as a powerful storm went through town

[Mr Lick]

Vice President Joe Biden meets a Mongolian wrestler during Mini-Naadam, or Mongolian wrestling performance, in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Monday, Aug. 22.



Vice President Joe Biden tries his hand at archery as Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold, second from right, laughs during Mini-Naadam staged in Biden's honor in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Monday, Aug. 22. Biden hailed the United States' growing ties with Mongolia on a rare visit to the Asian nation, which is opening up its vast coal reserves to foreign investors.

[Mr Lick]

England v India, day five



An aerial view of play at the Oval



India's Sachin Tendulkar walks onto the field at the start of the day



Tendulkar attacked early on and was looking in fine form

[Mr Lick]

Ian Bell jumps to avoid a shot from Amit Mishra



Alastair Cook dropped Tendulkar, the Little Master had a number of close escapes

[Mr Lick]

Matt Prior was the next man to drop the batsman



Tendulkar fell lbw for 91 though. He will have to wait to make his 100th century in international cricket



Eoin Morgan takes a catch to dismiss Gambhir off the bowling of Swann



Gambhir's wicket was Swann's fifth of the innings

[Mr Lick]

Swann of England celebrates the wicket of Suresh Raina



Swann bowled Sreesanth and gave England victory and made it 4-0 in the series

[Mr Lick]

Swann leaves the field after taking his sixth wicket

[misskit]

Love that campy Tupperware party! Gave me a good laugh.

[Mr Lick]

England's captain Andrew Strauss and his team celebrate winning the series

[Mr Lick]

The fall of Tripoli



Libyan rebel fighters return fire during an attack by pro-Gaddafi forces after rebels seized a Gaddafi army women's officer training center in Tripoli, August 22, 2011.

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People watch a speech by Libyan defector Abdul Salam Galod, a dissident of Muammar Gaddafi, near the courthouse in Benghazi, August 21, 2011.

[Mr Lick]

Up in Arms
Shiite Muslims beat their chests to show devotion while observing the anniversary of Imam Ali's death in Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday. Imam Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, was killed during Ramadan in 661.



Tragedy at Michigan Air Show
Wing walker Todd Green falls to his death during a stunt at an air show in Harrison Township, Michigan, on Sunday. Green was trying to move from the plane to a helicopter above it before he fell

[Mr Lick]

Look Out, Below!
Indian Hindu devotees fall on top of each other in Mumbai on Monday after forming a human pyramid during celebrations of "Janmashtami," which marks the birth of Lord Krishna, the Hindu god.



No Butts About It: That's a Protest!
In La Roche Blanche, France, on Sunday, members of the French environmental group "Respire" (Breath) pose naked during a rally protesting the installation of an incinerator near Clermont-Ferrand.

[Mr Lick]

Shootout Erupts at Soccer Game in Mexico
Fans attending a soccer match between the Santos and Morelia clubs crouch down and duck during a shootout that erupted during the game, which took place in Torreon, Mexico, on Saturday.



Body Count
An Indian soldier stands guard in front the ammunition and bodies of suspected militants killed by the Army in Gurez, Kashmir, India, on Saturday.

[Mr Lick]

Stars Align for Galaxy Player
The Los Angeles Galaxy's Robbie Keane performs a cartwheel in celebration of his goal during his debut game against the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday in Carson, California. The Galaxy won 2-0.



MLK Statue Opens to the Public
On Monday in Washington, D.C., the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial sculpture was opened to the public for the first time. The statue will be dedicated on Aug. 28, which is the 48th anniversary of his "I Have A Dream" speech.