Monday, September 01, 2008

photographs

found these photographs which gave me the urge to post it here... no reason why, it just caught my attention...

A doll representing a fetus and crosses have been placed by anti-abortion activists in Mexico City's central Zocalo square during a protest against the legalization of abortion.
abortion protest
Satellite image of Hurricane Gustav as it moves toward vulnerable Haiti.
hurricane gustav
Boys bathe near a water barrel in Maros district of Indonesia's South Sulawesi province. The dry season has forced people to walk for miles to get water.
dry season
A Muslim boy holds a placard during a peace rally in front of a mosque in Taguig city, south of Manila, Philippines.
peace
A woman walks across a record breaking photo mosaic in Birmingham, central England.
mosaic up close
The Big Picture mosaic is 900 metre square in size and creates an image made of thousands of photographs submitted by the public. It is constructed from 288 panels, each holding 392 individually placed photographs to meet World Record rules.
entire mosaic
A worker stands in front of the Upside Down House in Trassenheide, northern Germany. The house belongs to an entrepreneur from Poland and is part of The World Upside Down, a project that allows visitors a different view of every day items.
upside down house
Protesters trying to overthrow Thailand's government launch an attack on Bangkok's police headquarters.
upside down house

All photos and captions are extracted and quoted from Telegraph.co.uk...

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