Afghans Prepare For Eid ul-Fitr
[Eid ul-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr, Id-ul-Fitr, or Id al-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting (sawm). Eid is an Arabic word meaning [festivity], while Fiṭr means [breaking (the fast)]. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the twenty nine or thirty days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. The first day of Eid, therefore, falls on the first day of the month Shawwal]. – Wikipedia
Photo: Afghans prepare meat in a market in preparation for Iftar, the evening meal when Muslims...
Judge Rules That Contested Brooklyn Bike Lane Can Stay
A man rides his bike along a controversial bike lane on Prospect Park West on August 17, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. In what is being viewed as a victory for the Bloomberg administration, a judge on Tuesday dismissed an effort by Brooklyn residents to remove a bicycle lane installed by the city on Prospect Park West. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, along with his transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, has attempted to make New York more bicycle and pedestrian friendly with numerous bike and pedestrian lanes around New York City. The effort has angered some in the...
World Youth Day 2011 Celebrations Are Held In Madrid
A girl holds up a photo of Pope Benedict XVI which reads [tear his face] during a protest against the World Youth Day 2011 celebrations taking place on August 17, 2011 in Madrid, Spain. Initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985, World Youth Day youth-oriented events for the celebration of the Catholic faith are held every three years in a different country; this time in Madrid from August 16 – 21, with Pope Benedict XVI in attendance. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)...
Students Throughout The UK Receive Their A Level Results
Badminton School sixth form pupils (L-R) Lucy Warden, who got 3 A* and is off to study English at Durham, Sam Crumpton, who got 1 A* and 2 As and is off to study to be a vet at Cambridge and Madeline Sunter, who got 2 A* and 1 B, and is off to study fashion at St. Martins, celebrate their A-level results on August 18, 2011 in Bristol, England. With another record year for A-level results, sixth-form students face a scramble for university places in the final year before tuition fees rise. According to the examination bodies the pass rate rose for the 29th successive year to hit 97.8...
Selena Gomez In Concert
Singer Selena Gomez performs at the PNC Bank Arts Center on August 20, 2011 in Holmdel, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)...
Nine Baby Flamingoes Are Born At Bristol Zoo
One of the nine baby flamingos born at Bristol Zoo stands with the adults as they feed together on August 19, 2011 in Bristol, England. Nine flamingo chicks have hatched at Bristol Zoo Gardens in the last three months – the biggest number the Zoo has ever had. The chicks, which are Greater Flamingoes from Africa and southern Europe and range in age from four weeks to three months old, take the Zoos total flock to 38 birds. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)...
Filming Continues On World War Z Starring Brad Pitt In Cardonald
Actor Brad Pitt films a scene from [World War Z] in Glasgow City centre on August 18, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland. The film, which is set in Philadelphia, will be shot in various parts of the city transforming it into ruins to shoot a post apocalyptic zombie film. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)...
South Korea Marks The 66th Independence Day
A woman surrounded by South Korean national flags set up to celebrate the 66th Independence Day on August 15, 2011 in Seoul, South Korea. Korea was liberated from Japans 35-year colonial rule in 1945. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)...
Winter Games New Zealand
Shoko Ota of Japan celebrates winning the Womens Standing 10km Individual Cross Country during day one of the Winter Games NZ at Snow Farm on August 13, 2011 in Wanaka, New Zealand. (Photo by Camilla Stoddart/Getty Images)...
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