Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Events in pics... Part 4


 
A Pakistani vendor peddles hand made stools made up of straws on a commercial street of Islamabad. – AFP Photo/ Aamir Qureshi.

Karachi: Children give grains to the pigeons at the Sindh Secretariat Chowrangi. – S.A. Siddiqi

India's ruling Congress party supporters listen to party leader Rahul Gandhi, unseen, during an election rally in New Delhi - AP/Manish Swarup



Supporters of India's ruling Congress party wave towards a helicopter carrying Rahul Gandhi, Indian parliamentarian and son of chief of Congress party Sonia Gandhi, after he left the venue of an election campaign rally in New Delhi - Reuters



Veiled Muslim women display the indelible ink marks on their fingers after casting their votes in Rae Bareli, the constituency where Congress party President Sonia Gandhi is standing for re-election – AP Photo



A supporter of the Nationalist Congress Party shows his head shaved in the shape of the party symbol, a clock during a rally addressed by Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, unseen, in Mumbai – AP Photo




Joe Biden Picture
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) sit at a table as they are served their cheeseburger lunch orders at Ray's Hell Burger May 5, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Obama and Biden made an unannouced vist to the Arlington restaurant. (Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg-Pool/ Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Joe Biden;Barack Obama
(Photo by Pool/Getty Images North America)



The sun rises behind a drover as he heards cattle during the Great Australian Cattle Drive preview on May 7, 2009 in Oodnadatta, Australia. The Great Australian Cattle Drive will take place in 2010 and offers the general public the chance to experience an Australian adventure. The sun rises behind a drover as he heards cattle during the Great Australian Cattle Drive preview on May 7, 2009 in Oodnadatta, Australia. The Great Australian Cattle Drive will take place in 2010 and offers the general public the chance to experience an Australian adventure.






Pope Benedict XVI is welcomed on his arrival, May 8, 2009 in Amman, Jordan. Pope Benedict XVI is on his first trip to the middle east, which also includes the West Bank and Israel.  (Photo by Salah Malkawi/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI is welcomed on his arrival, May 8, 2009 in Amman, Jordan. Pope Benedict XVI is on his first trip to the middle east, which also includes the West Bank and Israel. (Photo by Salah Malkawi/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Benedict XVI
(Photo by Salah Malkawi/Getty Images Europe)







King Abdullah Picture
Pope Benedict XVI is welcomed by King Abdullah of Jordan and his wife Queen Rania, on his arrival, May 8, 2009 in Amman, Jordan. Pope Benedict XVI is on his first trip to the middle east, which also includes the West Bank and Israel. (Photo by Salah Malkawi/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** King Abdullah;Benedict XVI
(Photo by Salah Malkawi/Getty Images Europe)



Sri Lankan Buddhists light oil lamps

Sri Lankan Buddhists light oil lamps while offering prayers at The Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya during the Wesak Festival.

Wesak is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and is celebrated on the full moon in May. It celebrates the Buddha's birthday, and, for some Buddhists, also marks his birth and death.

Photo: Ishara S.. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images 




 

A woman with her face covered - as is the tradition among rural Hindu women - listens as a polling officer explains how to use an electronic voting machine at a polling booth in Haryana, India, on Thursday.
 


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