Rain Rain Go Away
Instead of snow this woman braves the wet weather to buy plantain fruits in bunches in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
World Press Photo Winner
This is one of the photos chosen out of 5,691 photographers and 108,059 photos submitted in the 2011 World Press Photo Contest. The photographer is Martin Roemers, from The Netherlands and he captured an urban scene in Calcutta, India.
Match Making
It still happens as you can see from this photo. Parents are looking at prospective partners for their children in Shanghai, China in the Peoples Square.
Children at Play
This might be play to them, but they look serious dressed in their military uniforms and pretty party dress. These children are waiting for their parents to cross a street in Islamabad.
Why Walk
When you can snowboard to work as this man did in Asheville N.Carolina in January.
Celebrate!
Egyptian anti-government protestors celebrate with the soliders in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. They brought down President Hosni Mubarak with momentous march on his palaces and on state tv. He finally resigned Friday and handed over the power to the military. The crowds danced, hugged, and raised hands in prayer.
Villagers Gather
Cambodian villagers gather in a camp after they fled the Preah Vhear temple in Preah Vihear province. They traveled 500 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh. Nationalist fervor and politics stoked a border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia.
Zoom Zoom Zoom
This is the new Porsche 918 RSY and it was revealed at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Michigan.
Future is Bright
This newborn has a better future now since he is being taken care of for his jaundice in a radiation therapy session. This cutie is from Magdeburg, Germany.
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"The inner or second of the three toes is fitted with a long, straight, murderous nail which can sever an arm or eviscerate an abdomen with ease. There are many records of natives being killed by this bird."[17]
However, Gilliard did not include any such records or any references for them, and although this assessment of the danger posed by cassowaries has been repeated in print by authors including Gregory S. Paul (1988)[18] and Jared Diamond (1997),[19] recent research on hundreds of cassowary attacks has only been able to find one human death. A 2003 study of attacks by the Southern Cassowary in Queensland found no wounds larger than punctures about 1.5 cm in diameter.[20] Of 221 attacks studied, 150 were against humans. 75% of these were from cassowaries that had been fed by people. 71% of the time the bird chased or charged the victim. 15% of the time they kicked. Of the attacks, 73% involved the birds expecting or snatching food, 5% involved defending natural food sources, 15% involved defending themselves from attack, 7% involved defending their chicks or eggs. Of all 150 attacks there was only one human death.[21]