Nov 2, 2012

70 pictures for the Day of the Dead

Nick Tann 3 Comments Travel, World celebration, Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, Latin America, Mexico

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UPDATE: 30 more images have been added from this year’s Day of the Dead celebrations from all over world.

In some households, November 1st is All Saints’ Day. In others, it’s the Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. Both focus on remembering those who have come before us but do so different ways. Where as All Saints’ Day is a Catholic tradition invoking a solemn and prayerful atmosphere, the Day of the Dead is a Mexican celebration filled with vibrant colors, decadent food and lively activities.

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Oct 30, 2012

Superstorm Sandy leaves destruction, darkness and death in its wake

Nick Tann 4 Comments Maryland, Nation Atlantic City, fatalities, flooding, Frankenstorm, hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ocean City, power outage, storm

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As of 2:10 p.m. EDT, the number of confirmed deaths has risen to 30 in the U.S. while millions continue to struggle with flooding, fire and power outages as a result of Superstorm Sandy.

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Oct 30, 2012

Feeling the effects of Hurricane Sandy

Nick Tann 8 Comments Maryland, World Delaware, flooding, Florida, hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, Maryland, New York, storm

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As of 11 p.m. EDT: Sandy made landfall in southern New Jersey around 8 p.m. and impacted communities all along the East Coast. Millions of people in the path of the 1,000-mile-wide storm are watching and waiting. More than 2.8 million are without electricity.

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Oct 26, 2012

Oct. 26 Photo Brief: Baltimore Halloween Brew-ha-ha, Islam’s Feast of the Sacrifice, zombies in Berlin, Halloween at the zoo, pregnant pigs in a cage

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief, Maryland Baltimore, Brazil, camel, crack, Eid al-Adha, Feast of the Sacrifice, freestyle skiing, Germany, Halloween, Islam, London, Malala Yousafzai, Mickey Mouse, mosque, Nord-Ost, Peru, pigs, riot, Russia, slaughter, Syria, zombies

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Baltimore Bike Party, Graphic animal slaughter images from the first day of Islam’s Eid al-Adha celebration, or “Feast of the Sacrifice,” a polar bear and white lion play with pumpkins in a Russian zoo, European pigs will soon have more room in their cages, zombies from the Middle Ages emerge from the Berlin Dungeon and more in today’s daily brief.

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Oct 23, 2012

Oct. 23 Photo Brief: Kungfu students, animal sacrifices, brothel-sponsored soccer and gay marriage

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, brothel, China, Dashain Festival, France, gay marriage, Greece, Hindu, horse racing, Indonesia, jaguar, kungfu, Muslim, Nepal, Shaolin Temple, soccer, Syria, tiger, Turkey, Usain Bolt

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Kungfu students perform during the Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival, Hindu devotees sacrifice animals and burn effigies during Dussehra, hard economic times brings unorthodox sponsors to Greek soccer, French activists demonstrate against the upcoming law authorizing gay marriage and adoption and more in today’s daily brief.

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Oct 23, 2012

Soyuz rocket successfully launches 1 American, 2 Russians towards the ISS

Nick Tann 0 Comment NASA, World astronaut, International Space Station, NASA, rocket, Russia, space

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Two days from now, the International Space Station (ISS) will gain three new tenants, Kevin Ford of the U.S. and Russia’s Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin. The trio took off early this morning aboard the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for their five month stay in low-earth orbit. After docking, the new crew will immediately be put to work conducting a spacewalk for repairs and preparing SpaceX’s Dragon capsule for its descent back to Earth.

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Oct 19, 2012

Oct. 19 Photo Brief: Explosive violence, baby pandas, wonderland fashion and pierced vegetarian faces

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Alice in Wonderland, Berlin Cathedral, car bomb, China, Croatia, earthquake, EU, fashion, festival, Fly Board, Germany, Grand Prix, India, Japan, Lebanon, Malala Yousufzai, Mexico, Moamer Kadhafi, painting, Pakistan, pandas, pierced, San Diego Zoo, Syria, Taliban, vegetarian, weapons

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A deadly car bomb kills at least two and wounds 15 in Lebanon, devotees pierce their cheeks during the annual vegetarian festival in China, imaginative fashion at the “Alice In Wonderland In Me” show in Japan and more in today’s daily brief.

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Oct 16, 2012

Oct. 16 Photo Brief: Saving Private Ryan Thomas, cheering for Malala, Navratri Hindu festival

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, Antarctica, art, Beethoven, burglary, burlesque, Cambodia, Cointreau, Congo, Dhaka, Dita Von Teese, festival, Hindu, ice shelf, India, Ivory Coast, Kraft Foods, Malala Yousufzai, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Rio de Janeiro, The Netherlands, US Army, Vienna

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In the field video and photos of an Afghan IED attack that injured Private Ryan Thomas, Indian sand artist sculpts in honor of Pakistani girl Malala Yousufzai, the Dashain and Navratri Hindu festivals get underway and more in today’s daily brief.

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Oct 14, 2012

Felix Baumgartner makes record-breaking 24-mile free fall jump above New Mexico

Nick Tann 15 Comments Sports Austria, Felix Baumgartner, Red bull, skydiving, sound barrier, world record

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Extreme sports enthusiast Felix Baumgartner made his record-breaking free fall jump Sunday from a capsule some 128,000 feet above Roswell, New Mexico. He began his ascent into the stratosphere about 11:30 a.m. EDT Sunday.

According to Reuters, Brian Utley, the certification official for the Federation Aeronautic International, said that “preliminary figures indicate Baumgartner broke a total of three established world records, including the highest altitude skydive, longest freefall without a parachute and fastest fall achieved during a skydive.”

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Oct 12, 2012

Oct. 12 Photo Brief: Paddle for Peace in Bali, salute Whitney in L.A., throw rocks in Egypt

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, Bali, China, Egypt, flood, Gangnam Style, gay, goat, Grand Prix, haunted house, Indonesia, Italy, Jennifer Hudson, King Juan Carlos, LGBT, meat, Muslim Brotherhood, Nepal, Nobel Peace Prize, Paddle for Peace, serial killer, Spain, surfing, Syria, The European Union, US Army, Usher, Vienna, Whitney Houston

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Surfers remember the victims of the 2002 Bali bombing in Indonesia, singers perform for an upcoming Grammy salute to Whitney Houston, anti-Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators clashes with supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and more in today’s daily brief.

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