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« Reply #128 on: December 14, 2014, 08:25:39 am »
     

   Thousands of water tax protesters congregate close to government buildings in Dublin city center, Ireland. Peter Morrison/AP

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« Reply #129 on: December 14, 2014, 08:29:22 am »
     

   A man rows his boat in River Yamuna at dawn in New Delhi. Clogged with garbage, sewage, and industrial runoff, the Yamuna, which is one of India’s major rivers, is also one of the most polluted. Benat Armangue/AP

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« Reply #130 on: December 14, 2014, 08:31:57 am »
     

      Giant panda Juxiao hangs out with one of her triplets at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. This is the fourth set of giant panda triplets born with the help of artificial insemination procedures in China. The birth is seen as a miracle due to the low reproduction rate of giant pandas. Reuters

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« Reply #131 on: December 16, 2014, 05:22:55 pm »
The Ganges and Yamuna rivers are considered sacred in the Hindu religion, how did they let them get like that?  It used to be that all packaging in India was from banana leaves and coconut husk and twine, no plastic at all. Thats what they get for wanting to be western.

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« Reply #132 on: December 18, 2014, 07:07:40 am »
     

      North Koreans gather at the Kim Il Sung Square, some bowing towards portraits of their late leader Kim Jong Il, as an act of respect, to mark the third anniversary of his death, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Jon Chol Jin/AP

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« Reply #133 on: December 18, 2014, 07:13:38 am »
     

    A dog looks out a car window from the driver's seat in Milan, Italy. Luca Bruno/AP    :D :D

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« Reply #134 on: August 13, 2015, 07:59:16 am »

                       

     Kashmiri villagers watch the funeral procession of a civilian, Bilal Ahmad Bhat, at Padgampora village south of Srinagar, India, Wednesday. Bhat was killed on Tuesday after Indian security forces allegedly opened fire on protesters who were protesting against the killings of two suspected militants in an encounter with Indian security forces, local media reported. Danish Ismail/Reuters

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« Reply #135 on: August 13, 2015, 08:04:16 am »

                       
 
          Ships are moored near the Old Town as the water level of Elbe river drops due to hot temperatures in Dresden, Germany, Tuesday. Matthias Rietschel/Reuters