Earthquake wreaks havoc on Chile roads, Obama speaks on Ft. Hood, struggle for survival in the Amazon | April 3
An 8.2-magnitude earthquake has wreaked havoc on roads in Chile, Obama speaks on the recent Ft. Hood shooting, documenting the struggle for survival in the Amazon and more.
- A car stops by a crack on a road damaged by a powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake that hit off Chile’s Pacific coast, in Iquique, northern Chile, on April 2, 2014. An 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit Chile late Tuesday, killing at least six people and generating tsunami waves that might ripple as far as Indonesia. (Juan Leonel/AFP/Getty Images)
- South Sudanese children play around makeshift swing during in the Kule refugee camp near the Pagak Border Entry point in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia, on April 2, 2014, during a visit of the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Conflict in South Sudan, triggering a large refugee influx into Ethiopia began in mid-December when South Sudanese President Salva Kiir accused senior politicians loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar of staging a coup. Peace talks in Addis Ababa, set to resume again after many attempts, have made little progress as the war drags on in the worlds newest nation. It is the worst violence the country has seen since Juba gained independence from long time civil-war foe Sudan in 2011. (Zacharias Abubeker/AFP/Getty Images)
- Paris’ Brazilian defender Thiago Silva jumps for the ball during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg football match Paris Saint-Germain vs Chelsea, on April 2, 2014 at the Parc-des-Princes stadium in Paris. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Budddhist monk (R) feeds pigeons at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu on April 3, 2014. The Stupa, which is situated on the outskirts of Kathmandu, is at the heart of the Nepalese capital’s Tibetan community and is an important centre of Buddhist studies. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)
- Residents who have fled their homes await to return to their homes in Iquique, in Iquique, 1,950 km north of Santiago, on April 2, 2014. A powerful offshore earthquake measuring 7.6 rocked northern Chile late Wednesday, sparking a new tsunami warning and sending thousands of people fleeing for higher ground a day after a deadly tremor killed six people. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who was assessing damage from Tuesday’s 8.2 jolt, was among those forced to evacuate as the latest quake sowed terror among exhausted and nervous residents. (Juan Leonel/AFP/Getty Images)
- Spiritual leaders of the Huni Kui Indian tribe perform a ceremony for a sacred samauma (silk-cotton) tree outside the village of Novo Segredo along the Envira river in Brazil’s northwestern Acre state, March 9, 2014. Many indigenous groups, including the Huni Kui, Ashaninka, and Madija, live in villages in the Brazilian rainforest near the border with Peru. (REUTERS/Lunae Parracho)
- A Huni Kui Indian smokes herbs during a ritual in the village of Novo Segredo along the Envira river of Brazil’s northwestern Acre state, March 8, 2014. Many indigenous groups, including the Huni Kui, Ashaninka, and Madija, live in villages in the Brazilian rainforest near the border with Peru. (REUTERS/Lunae Parracho)
- Smog surrounds The Shard, western Europe’s tallest building, and St Paul’s Cathedral in London April 3, 2014. A dust cloud from the Sahara has covered south east England, raising pollution levels to the highest level in London, preventing people taking exercise outdoors, including the Prime Minister, David Cameron, who said he had skipped his morning jog. (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett)
- A vendor wears a mask of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, prime ministerial candidate for main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Gujarat’s chief minister, to attract customers at his stall selling masks of Indian political leaders ahead of general election in the southern Indian city of Chennai April 3, 2014. India, the world’s largest democracy, will hold its general election in nine stages staggered between April 7 and May 12. (REUTERS/Babu)
- Rain drops on a car window reflect a man walking past a stock index board in Tokyo April 3, 2014. Asian shares hovered near four-month highs on Thursday as upbeat U.S. data underpinned risk appetite, while news China is taking steps to stimulate its economy spurred Tokyo’s Nikkei to a three-week peak. The image was rotated 180 degrees. (REUTERS/Toru Hanai)
- U.S. President Barack Obama stands alone as he makes a statement about the shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, while in Chicago, April 2, 2014. Obama said on Wednesday he was “heartbroken” that another shooting had occurred at the Fort Hood Army base and described the situation there as fluid. At least one gunman opened fire on Wednesday, injuring an unknown number of people at the U.S. Army base in central Texas that was the scene of a shooting rampage in 2009, officials said. (REUTERS/Larry Downing)