This is part of a series that is posted randomly throughout the week. The series is a selection of photos and sometimes editorial cartoons that sum up visually what is going on around the world. Unless otherwise noted, I don’t necessarily endorse the actions or the sentiments portrayed in the photos, and I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the captions. Feel free to add any current events photos or editorial cartoons in the replies. WARNING: There may be VERY graphic photos depicting death and violence in each edition of this series.
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A Hmong hilltribe mother holds her child while taking shelter along the road to Ban Huan Nam Khao village in Petchabun province, northeastern Thailand, after being forced to leave home Tuesday, July 5, 2005. About 6,500 Hmong refugees who fled from Laos and settle at this village about a year ago, are now facing a threat from Thai authorities claiming that they are illegal immigrants and tend to push them back to Laos. The group pleaded for international help. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
July 3: Artist at work : A young Bulgarian artist pauses during the annual National Graffiti Festival, in central Sofia. (AFP/Valentina Petrova)
July 4: Full riot gear : Riot police stand by during protests by anti-globalisation protestors in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the build-up to the G8 summit at Gleneagles. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)
July 3: Checking the list : Two Albanian men check for their names at the lists of the legislative elections, in village of Bathore, near Tirana. (AFP/Gent Shkullaku)
There are tons of adorable photos from Prince William’s visit. He looked like he was having fun. Usually, I find Harry the better looking one (albeit the dumber swastika wearing one), but William looked damn good in these photos.
Britain’s Prince William touches the head of thirteen-year-old Jacob O’Grady during a visit to a children’s hospital in Auckland Tuesday, July 5, 2005. His 11-day visit to New Zealand is the first official solo tour for the 23-year-old prince, who is second in line to the British throne. On Tuesday he made a charity visit with British and Irish Lions rugby team members, to Auckland’s Starship Children’s’ Hospital. (AP Photo/David Gray, Pool)
Captain Ghassan al-Harithy during an interview with Syrian television after he was wounded in clashes between militants and Syrian security forces Monday, July 4, 2005. The Syrian government said its security forces clashed Monday with a band of militants _ including former bodyguards of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and others involved in the insurgency in Iraq _ on a resort mountain overlooking Damascus. The battle reportedly erupted at 1 a.m. on Qassioun Mountain, which overlooks Damascus. One policeman was killed and two were injured along with two soldiers, the official news agency SANA reported, quoting an unidentified Information Ministry official. (AP Photo/ Syrian TV)
Sunflowers cover a field near the Tuscan city of Siena July 1, 2005. Global climate change will bring hotter, drier summers to the Mediterranean and hit two of the region’s biggest earners, agriculture and tourism, according to a study released by environmental group World Wildlife Fund on Friday. The study forecast what would happen if the world’s average temperature increased by two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the period 2031-2060 — a situation many scientists believe probable due to the greenhouse effect. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Indian paramilitary forces transport villagers in flood-hit Gujarat. Health officials sounded an alert against possible epidemics in India’s rain-lashed Gujarat state, where floods have affected some 25 million people, as relief teams rushed clean water, food and medicine to hardest-hit areas.(AFP/Raveendran )
U.S. soldiers eat lunch and cake at the dining hall decorated to mark the U.S. 4th of July Independence Day at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq Monday, July 4, 2005. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Hundreds of crosses, honoring soldiers who were killed in Iraq are shown at the ‘Arlington West,’ display on Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday, July 4, 2005. (AP Photo/ Jae C. Hong)
Female participants hold a banner during a parade at the 7th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Kobe, Japan. To head off an expected explosion in HIV infections, Asia must focus on vulnerable groups such as sex workers, drug users and gay men by providing clean needles, condoms and education, experts said(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
July 3: Flag flops? : A woman walks past flip flop slippers in the colors of different national flags displayed at a stand of the ‘Ispo’ sports articles fair on the fair’s opening day in Munich, southern Germany. (AFP/DDP/Timm Schamberger)
Palestinian boys dance during a mass wedding ceremony for 28 couples organized by the Hamas Islamic movement in the West Bank town of Tulkarm, July 1, 2005. (Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters)
July 4: Summer fruit : An Indian labourer, Surinder, fills his basket with the summer fruit ‘Jamun’ which is in heavy demand during the summer, in Amritsar. (AFP/Narinder Nanu)
July 3: A medical worker vaccinates a child against polio. Angola has detected its first case of polio since 2001, when the disease was believed to have been eradicated in the west African country, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.(AFP/File/Desirey Minkoh)
Henny van Andel-Schipper is seen on her 115th birthday in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands, June 29, 2005. Van Andel-Schipper has been the oldest person alive in the world since May 29, 2004. REUTERS/Karel Zwaneveld
July 4: Contemplating traffic : A Bangladeshi auto-rickshaw driver contemplates the traffic as he drives his vehicle through a downpour in Dhaka, during monsoon rainfall. (AFP/Farjana K. Godhuly)
Beautiful fireworks.
Fireworks explode near the Brooklyn Bridge as part of a July Fourth celebration in New York, Monday, July 4, 2005. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)
July 4: Monsoon rainbow : A group of young Pakistani shoe-shiners make their way under a cloudy sky as a rainbow makes an appearance following a heavy downpour in the capital of Islamabad. (AFP/Jewel Samad)
Two men, one dressed as a priest, kiss during the Gay Pride parade in Madrid, 02 July 2005. A Spanish law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children officially took effect, amid rejoicing by gays and lesbians but resentment among conservative lawmakers and the Roman Catholic Church.(AFP/File/Bru Garcia)
Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori’s son Kenji Fujimori shows his father’s National Identity Document after collecting it on his behalf in Lima July 4, 2005. REUTERS/Stringer
A Hmong hilltribe refugee, a mother of five, sobs at her shelter after being forced to abandon her house at Ban Huan Nam Khao village in Petchabun province, northeastern Thailand, Tuesday, July 5, 2005. About 6,500 Hmong refugees who fled from Laos and settle at this village about a year ago, are now facing a threat from Thai authorities claiming that they are illegal immigrants and tend to push them back to Laos. The group pleaded for international help. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Filipino protesters shout slogans beside a mock mask of Philippine’s President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during a rally inside a state university in Quezon City, north of Manila July 3, 2005. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo
In case you ever wanted to know what the President of East Timor looks like.
President of East Timor, Xanana Gusmao (C) walks with his entourage past a wall bearing the names of Australian service personnel killed during service, at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra July 5, 2004. Gusmao is travelling in Australia on a six-day official visit. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne
Albanian supporters of Democratic Party celebrate at main Skanderbeg Square in Albania’s capital Tirana, July 4, 2005. Albania counted votes from its general election on Monday, hoping the West would give its seal of approval to what officials said was the most orderly ballot since democracy was established 15 years ago. Official results of Sunday’s vote were due in the afternoon, but the count started much later than planned, testing the patience of the two main parties, whose supporters were already out celebrating victory overnight. REUTERS/Hazir Reka