
Panevezys, Lithuania — The background is a blur in this image from a camera tracking the Polish team in the men's 3km team pursuit qualifying race at the European Track Cycling Championships in Panevezys, Lithuania.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mindaugas Kulbis / Associated Press
Link
Lima, Peru — Women known as sahumeadoras burn incense in a procession in Lima, Peru, during the annual festival honoring the Lord of Miracles, a venerated painting of Christ on the cross painted in a Lima church in the 17th century.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: GERALDO CASO / AFP
Link
Beirut, Lebanon — A man carries an injured boy from the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, in Beirut. A car bomb ripped through the neighborhood, shearing balconies off residential buildings and sending bloodied victims pouring out into the streets in the most serious blast this city has seen in years.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Hussein Malla / Associated Press
Link
Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan — Afghan national police line up for the official flag-lowering ceremony at the end of the day at their base in Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan's Helmand province. In eastern Afghanistan earlier this week, a suicide car bomb exploded near the gate of a U.S.-Afghan combat outpost, wounding at least 10 Afghan soldiers.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Anja Niedringhaus / Associated Press
Link
Zapotlanejo, Mexico — Firefighters approach the tower flames that erupted after a gas pipeline exploded in Zapotlanejo, Mexico, near Guadalajara. The explosion injured two people and forced the evacuation of 600 residents, according to local authorities.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: HECTOR GUERRERO / AFP
LinkMore galleries on Framework
return to galleryBefore and after: Japan tsunami cleanup
March 11 marks the first anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, claiming more than 20,000 lives. Photographers for AFP/Getty Images revisited... View Post»
Marines' cross honors fallen comrades
Friday morning, as the nation observed Veteran's Day, a small group trudged up a steep hill at Camp Pendleton. At precisely 11 a.m., the time when World War I officially ended,... View Post»
Building the Los Angeles Aqueduct
1910-13: Photos track the building of the Los Angeles Aqueduct -- the most important public works structure in L.A. history. In 1999, Times staff writer David Colker reported... View Post»
Pictures in the News | Dec. 2, 2010
Thursday's Pictures in the News begins in Europe, where winter conditions have blanketed many areas in a snowy winter wonderland. In Athens, things have turned violent as... View Post»








