A microcrack can be detected in a piece of steel under a microscope after it has been stress tested.
A boy sits amid the ruins of a London bookshop following an air raid on October 8, 1940, reading a book titled “The History of London.” There were times in London when people did something more than just breaking and looting.
That's what a shooting star looks like from space. This photo was taken on August 13 during the Perseids Meteor Shower.
If you want make your eyes sparkle - no problem. Only for $15,000 you can buy a pair of contact lenses fitted with real diamonds and gold. You will have a choice between four designs of diamonds on white gold, diamonds on yellow gold, or just gold or yellow gold. This 'eye jewellery' of 18 diamonds studded onto an 18-carat gold plate on a special lens was created by Shekhar Eye Research in Mumbai.
Sao Paulo, Brazil: rich neighbourhoods vs slums.
Yueyaquan or the Crescent Moon Lake is an oasis and is located near Dunhuang in China.
A gang of drug traffickers in Brazil is inserting pictures of late British singer Amy Winehouse in their bags of cocaine to improve sales.
Riots in London. This is a before and after image of the landmark Carpetright building in Tottenham that was damaged in London during the recent riots.
Wall Street Stock Market vs German Stock Market.
16-year-old Qian Hongyan, from the Yunzhinan Swimming Club for the handicapped, practises during a daily training session at a swimming centre in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan province. About 30 disabled athletes from the club aged 10 to 22 are training for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. [Telegraph]
Nile seen from the International Space Station.
A hungry seven-month-old baby named Mahiga Gedi Farah who weighs only 7 pounds (3.4 kg) is in the hands of the mother in the hospital of the International Rescue Committee in the town of Dadaab, Kenya on July 26.
Mihag is just one of 800,000 children who officials warn could die across the region in the worst drought for decades.
Eroded icebergs in Eric’s fjord.
Photograph by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
Ukrainian cargo aircraft Antonov transporting a subway train.
Early Sunday morning brave diners toasted the closing of the Los Angeles 405 freeway, Carmageddon, by literally raising their glasses at a table on the deserted freeway.
No, this is not a plane crash. It is a movie set on the Universal Studios lot in Los Angeles, California.
Reaction to the end of this year's NASA Space shuttle program.
West Java Province, Indonesia: residents lay on railway tracks as they believe the electrical energy from the tracks will cure them of various illnesses.
This is an imprint of an owl is left on a window pane after the bird crashed into the window. The silhouette was left by the bird's 'powder down' - a substance protecting growing feathers.
Meet Brutus, a 5.5m saltwater crocodile, which is missing its right front leg but who's always making a great show for tourists to reach its meal.
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