http://phaedrasingelis.newsvine.com/en-usCopyright 2012Wed, 16 May 2012 21:30:25 +0000Thu, 17 May 2012 01:03:57 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/16/11733346-fbi-director-robert-mueller-testifieshttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/16/11733346-fbi-director-robert-mueller-testifiesfbipoliticsrobert-muellerWed, 16 May 2012 17:03:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FBI Director Robert Muller (center) testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 16. Muller responded to questions on the renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the accuracy of FBI forensic analysis of hair and fiber evidence that has recently been called into question.</p>Shawn Thew / EPA http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/16/11732668-hello-neighbor-family-of-elks-moves-into-moscowhttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/16/11732668-hello-neighbor-family-of-elks-moves-into-moscowrussiawildlifemooseelkmoscowWed, 16 May 2012 15:54:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A woman looks at an elk standing on a lawn at a residential area in eastern Moscow, May 16. An elk family of bull, cow and calf wandered into a residential area in the eastern part of the Russian capital, close to Losiny Ostrov (Elk Island) National Park, Russian media reported.</p>Andrey Smirnov / AFP - Getty Images http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/16/11731347-behind-the-scenes-diplomacy-karzai-and-merkel-meet-in-berlinhttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/16/11731347-behind-the-scenes-diplomacy-karzai-and-merkel-meet-in-berlingermanyafghanistannatoangela-merkelworld-newshamid-karzaiWed, 16 May 2012 13:37:13 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on May 16, 2012. Merkel and Karzai are due to sign a bilateral cooperation agreement, as well as hold talks paving the way for a May 20-21 NATO summit in Chicago.</p>Guido Bergmann / German Press Office via AFP - Getty Images http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/15/11716887-union-clashes-with-opposition-party-during-march-in-south-africahttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/15/11716887-union-clashes-with-opposition-party-during-march-in-south-africasouth-africamarchclashesworld-newsjohannesburgTue, 15 May 2012 15:22:13 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>An injured opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) supporter is helped by fellow members after being hit by a stone during their protest march against the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) for opposing the youth wage subsidy in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday May 15. An opposition party march in Johannesburg turned violent Tuesday after union supporters hurled rocks at the leader of South Africa's main opposition party. </p>Themba Hadebe / AP<p>A policeman keeps watch as angry COSATU supporters chant slogans during a march by the Democratic Alliance (DA) South Africa's main opposition party in Johannesburg, May 15. The march by South Africa's main opposition party on the headquarters of leading union federation COSATU descended into chaos on Tuesday, with police firing tear gas to disperse crowds of rock-throwing protesters. </p>Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/15/11715632-six-survive-devastating-plane-crash-in-nepalhttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/15/11715632-six-survive-devastating-plane-crash-in-nepalnepalplane-crashworld-newsjomsomTue, 15 May 2012 14:43:04 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Onlookers and rescuers are seen near the wreckage of an Agni Air Dornier Do 228 aircraft at the crash site in Jomsom, west of Kathmandu, on May 14, 2012. A small plane crashed near a treacherous high-altitude airport in northern Nepal May 14, killing 15 people while six others miraculously survived, police said. The aircraft belonging to local carrier Agni Air ploughed into the ground just outside Jomsom airport, a gateway to the Annapurna mountain range, shortly after the pilot reported a fault. </p>Santosh Sherchanstrdel / AFP - Getty Images<p>Indian child Siparda, a survivor of yesterday's Agni Air crash in Jomsom, recuperates at the Manipal Hospital in Pokhara on May 15, 2012. </p>Prakash Mathema / AFP - Getty Images<p>Danish couple Emily Jorcensen and Andrees Rosch, survivors of yesterday's Agni Air crash in Jomsom, recuperate at the Manipal Hospital in Pokhara on May 15, 2012. </p>Prakash Mathema / AFP - Getty Images<p>The wreckage of an Agni Air Dornier Do 228 aircraft plane is seen at the crash site in Jomsom, May 14, 2012. </p>Santosh Sherchanstrdel / AFP - Getty Images http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/14/11618618-photographers-join-together-to-raise-money-for-a-fallen-colleaguehttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/14/11618618-photographers-join-together-to-raise-money-for-a-fallen-colleaguemediaphotographyworld-newsus-newsfeaturedchristiesanton-hammerlprint-auctionMon, 14 May 2012 14:09:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Iraq: Kurmashia Marsh: February 18, 2004: A Marsh Arab poles his canoe through Kirmashiya Marsh in southern Iraq.</p>Joao Silva <p>Malawi: Blantyre: June 29, 2005: At a prison in Malawi, inmates sleep on the floor, so tightly packed that they turn only when a designated prisoner wakes them to do so en masse.</p>Joao Silva <p>A displaced Muslim girl takes up shelter at a destroyed mosque after fleeing a government offensive against the Tamil Tigers in Nanathan, Sri Lanka, September 2007.</p>Ron Haviv / VII<p>Philadelphia, 1990</p>Larry Fink<p>Dec. 2001: Pakistani militants are held in a makeshift prison after being captured for illegally entering Afghanistan. The Afghan authorities later released them on a Ramadan amnesty. This photo is one of several prints donated for a Christie's auction to raise funds of the family of photographer Anton Hammerl.</p>Kate Brooks <p>A Bhutanese man walks through a forest in Rethung Gonpa village outside of Trashigang, in east Bhutan, August 8, 2007. </p>Lynsey Addario / VII<p>Freelance photographer Anton Hammerl working near Brega, Libya, April 1, 2011.</p>Unai Aranzadi <p>A young Kurdish boy enjoys some play time with found objects in his home in Kirkuk, Iraq on June 6, 2005. The boy's home is a camp for internally displaced Kurds at a former Kirkuk football stadium. After the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the liberation of Iraq in 2003, many Kurds who had been forcibly removed from Kirkuk during Saddam's program of Arabization returned. There were no homes for them, so they set up camps in abandoned buildings, the football stadium and tents on the outskirts of this embattled city.</p>Ed Kashi / VII http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/09/11618737-salvaging-belongings-from-a-demolished-slum-in-kathmanduhttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/09/11618737-salvaging-belongings-from-a-demolished-slum-in-kathmanduhuman-rightshousingnepalsouth-asiaworld-newsslumkathmanduWed, 9 May 2012 16:14:35 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>An elderly woman searches for her belongings in the rubble where her house used to stand May 9 at the slum settlement near the bank of Bagmati River, a day after 250 squatter homes, built illegally, were demolished, in Kathmandu. </p>Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters<p>A man, whose home was demolished, visits the area on May 9 where 250 squatter homes were demolished, in Kathmandu. </p>Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters<p>A boy looks up while searches for his belongings in the rubble of his former house at the slum settlement in Kathmandu, May 9, 2012. </p>Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters<p>A demolished wall of a school is all that is left of the slum settlement near the bank of Bagmati River, in Kathmandu, May 9. </p>Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters<p>A woman holds a picture of her grandson recovered from her demolished house in Kathmandu May 9.</p>Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11580917-the-purrrr-fect-cup-of-coffee-at-the-cat-cafehttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11580917-the-purrrr-fect-cup-of-coffee-at-the-cat-cafeviennacatsworld-newscat-cafeMon, 7 May 2012 17:22:37 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Cat 'Luca' sleeps in his basket as a waitress serves food to customers in Vienna's first cat cafe May 7. After three years of negotiations with city officials over hygiene issues, Austria opened its first cat cafe last Friday. 'Cafe Neko', "Neko" meaning cat in Japanese, was opened by Vienna resident Takako Ishimitsu, 47, from Japan. Customers can stroke and interact with their five feline hosts, named Sonja, Thomas, Moritz, Luca and Momo, who all came from an animal shelter and now freely roam about the cafe and take naps.</p>Leonhard Foeger / Reuters<p>A cat plays as people drink coffee at the Cafe Neko, in the city center of Vienna on May 7. </p>Alexander Klein / AFP - Getty Images<p>Customers watch cat 'Moritz' sitting on a chair in Vienna's first cat cafe May 7. </p>Leonhard Foeger / Reuters http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11580619-snickering-politicians-inside-the-romanian-parliamenthttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11580619-snickering-politicians-inside-the-romanian-parliamentromaniaworld-newsvictor-pontaMon, 7 May 2012 16:51:47 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Romanian Premier designate Victor Ponta, left, prepares to address a parliament session in Bucharest, Romania, May 7. Romanian lawmakers are voting on whether to approve the prime minister designate's left-leaning Cabinet, which is expected to continue a slate of economic reforms. </p>Vadim Ghirda / AP<p>Designated Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, left, reacts as he chats with Florin Geogescu, right, designated Finance Minister and Interior Affairs Minister Ioan Rus, center, during the validation vote session in front of both parliament chambers, in Bucharest, Romania, May 7. Ponta, one of the main opposition leaders, was nominated as prime minister by the Romanian president Traian Basescu April 27, after the last government, lead by Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, collapsed during a no-confidence vote. </p>Robert Ghement / EPA http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11580243-race-of-the-mascots-gives-new-meaning-to-the-term-sweat-suithttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11580243-race-of-the-mascots-gives-new-meaning-to-the-term-sweat-suitsportsenglandmascotworld-newscharity-raceMon, 7 May 2012 16:15:55 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Mascots representing a variety of sports club and associations participate in the Mascot Grand National 2012 for the Have a Heart Charity at Kempton Park race course in Sunbury on Thames, southern England, May 7.</p>Luke Macgregor / Reuters http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11579612-crowds-come-out-to-see-aung-san-suu-kyi-in-yangonhttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11579612-crowds-come-out-to-see-aung-san-suu-kyi-in-yangonmyanmarworld-newsaung-san-suu-kyiMon, 7 May 2012 15:17:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi releases a balloon as she leaves the National League for Democracy party Lanmadaw township branch office's opening ceremony in Yangon May 7, 2012. </p>Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11578475-smiles-everyone-worlds-biggest-smiley-formed-by-people-in-bangkokhttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11578475-smiles-everyone-worlds-biggest-smiley-formed-by-people-in-bangkokpoliobangkoksmiley-faceMon, 7 May 2012 14:21:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Members of the Rotary International Convention 2012 gather to form the world's biggest smiley in Bangkok May 7. The number of participants is a reflection of the convention year, and the year Rotary reached its $200 million fundraising challenge for polio eradication. Rotary International Convention's concept of "The Land of Thousand Smiles" in order to convey in friendliness of the Thais and being the land of smile as well as to express Thailand's hospitality in welcoming participants from the four corners of the world.</p>Chaiwat Subprasom / Reuters http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11578103-children-learn-to-play-the-oud-in-gazahttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11578103-children-learn-to-play-the-oud-in-gazagazaworld-newsmusic-schoolMon, 7 May 2012 13:31:36 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Palestinian student Mohammed Rohmi, 15, works on an oud during a string instrument repair and maintainance workshop offered by the Gaza Music School Project at the Qattan Center for the Child (QCC), in Gaza City, March 18. Located in the Palestinian Red Crescent building in Tel el Hawa district, the center welcomes about 120 children, boys and girls, between the age of six and eleven. The children attend classes three times a week after school. Although tuition is free, all the students must show proficiency in rhythm and musical ear in competitive entrance tests. The center is the first of its kind in the Gaza Strip. </p>Ali Ali / EPA<p>Palestinian girl Sham Abu Maddin, 10, plays an oud during music lessons offered by the Gaza Music School Project at the Qattan Center for the Child (QCC), in Gaza City, 09 March 2012. Located in the Palestinian Red Crescent building in Tel el Hawa district, the center welcomes about 120 children, boys and girls, between the age of six and eleven. The children attend classes three times a week after school. Although tuition is free, all the students must show proficiency in rhythm and musical ear in competitive entrance tests. </p>Ali Ali / EPA http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11576045-protests-cant-stop-putin-from-returning-to-powerhttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11576045-protests-cant-stop-putin-from-returning-to-powerrussiaprotestworld-newsvladimir-putininaugurationMon, 7 May 2012 10:46:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Russia's president-elect Vladimir Putin walks down Andreyevsky (St.Andrew's ) Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow May 7, as he arrives to take his oath of office and become Russia's president for a historic third mandate at a glittering ceremony inside the Kremlin. </p>Vladimir Rodionov / Pool via AFP - Getty Images<p>Russian people march along a street during an opposition's protest rally in Moscow on May 6. Russian riot police violently clashed with protesters at a rally on the eve of Vladimir Putin's return for a third Kremlin term, arresting over 400 people including opposition leaders. </p>Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP - Getty Images<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Dmitry Medvedev, right, during the inauguration ceremony at the Cathedral Square in the Kremlin in Moscow, May 7. Vladimir Putin took the oath, saying he considers "service to the fatherland and our nation to be the meaning of my life." </p>Alexander Zemlianichenko / Pool via AP<p>Russian Police officers detain opposition supporters during a rally in Moscow on May 6. </p>Andrey Smirnov / AFP -Getty Images http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/02/11504864-surprise-happy-birthday-from-president-obamahttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/02/11504864-surprise-happy-birthday-from-president-obamawhite-housepoliticsair-force-onebirthdaybarack-obamaWed, 2 May 2012 20:49:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>President Barack Obama presents a birthday cake to Bloomberg White House reporter Julianna Goldman as she blows out the candle aboard Air Force One during the flight to Washington from Afghanistan May 2, 2012. </p>Kevin Lamarque / ReutersOn the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden, President Obama made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan and said his goal "to defeat al-Qaida and deny it a chance to rebuild is now within our reach." NBC's Atia Abawi reports. http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11472530-relatives-wait-anxiously-outside-venezuelan-prison-after-gunfire-is-heardhttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11472530-relatives-wait-anxiously-outside-venezuelan-prison-after-gunfire-is-heardvenezuelaworld-newsprison-riotcaracaswoMon, 30 Apr 2012 17:19:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Relatives of inmates cry outside the La Planta prison in Caracas, April 30, after riots erupted inside the prison. Gunshots and explosions were heard inside the prison after a plan for a massive escape was discovered by guards.</p>Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters<p>Relatives of inmates pray outside the La Planta prison in Caracas, April 30, after riots erupted inside the prison. </p>Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11471294-pint-sized-bodybuilder-competes-in-kabulhttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11471294-pint-sized-bodybuilder-competes-in-kabulsportsafghanistankabulworld-newsbodybuildingMon, 30 Apr 2012 15:20:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A young boy flexes his muscles during a regional bodybuilding competition in Kabul on April 30, 2012. Bodybuilding is one of the country's most popular sports, even permited during the 1996-2001 Taliban regime.</p>Johannes Eisele / AFP - Getty Images<p>Afghan bodybuilders compete in the bantamweight classduring a regional bodybuilding competition in Kabul on April 30, 2012. </p>Johannes Eisele / AFP - Getty Images http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/11391135-hills-lit-up-as-a-massive-forest-fire-continues-to-burn-in-mexico-preservehttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/11391135-hills-lit-up-as-a-massive-forest-fire-continues-to-burn-in-mexico-preservemexicowildfireworld-newsforest-fireWed, 25 Apr 2012 15:46:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A massive fire is seen at 'La Primavera' forest in Guadalajara, Mexico, April 25. More than 700 firefighters were sent to the site where the fire has been burning uncontrolled for almost five days.</p>Hector Guerrero / AFP - Getty Images http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/11390491-remembering-world-war-i-and-the-battle-of-gallipolihttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/11390491-remembering-world-war-i-and-the-battle-of-gallipoliaustraliamilitarynew-zealandwwiworld-war-iworld-newsgallipolianzac-dayWed, 25 Apr 2012 14:55:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Parade participants take part in the Anzac Day Parade at Martin Place on April 25 in Sydney, Australia. Veterans, dignitaries and members of the public today marked ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day, when First World War troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey in 1915, commemorating the event with ceremonies of remembrance for those who fought and died in all wars.</p>Jennifer Polixenni Brankin / Getty Images<p>Australians and New Zealanders take part in a dawn service, part of Anzac Day commemorations, April 25, at Gallipoli, to mark the anniversary of the ill-fated landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during World War I. More than 10,000 New Zealand and Australian servicemen died in the failed eight-month campaign on the peninsula, and Gallipoli has become a defining symbol of courage and comradeship for the two nations. </p> AFP - Getty Images<p>An Australian wearing an WWI uniform, walks past graves at the Australian War Memorial in the northern French city of Villers-Bretonneux, on April 25, as part of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) Day ceremony. </p>Philippe Huguen / AFP - Getty Images<p>Australian visitors attend the wreath-laying ceremonies at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, northern France, during Anzac Day, April 25. The ceremony marks the 94th anniversary of the recapture of the village of Villers-Bretonneux on April 25,1918. </p>Michel Spingler / AP<p>Children watch veterans march through Sydney streets as tens of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders gathered on April 25, 2012 to honor their war dead, attending sombre dawn services and veterans parades in memory of those who fought in war. </p>William West / AFP - Getty Images http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/11389643-popocatepetl-volcano-eruption-lights-up-the-night-sky-over-mexicohttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/11389643-popocatepetl-volcano-eruption-lights-up-the-night-sky-over-mexicomexicovolcanopopocatepetlWed, 25 Apr 2012 13:52:04 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Incandescent materials, ash and smoke are spewed from the Popocatepetl volcano, seen from Santiago Xalitzintla, in the Mexican central state of Puebla, on April 24. Residents at the foot of Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano no longer sleep soundly since the towering mountain roared back into action over a week ago, spewing out a hail of rocks, steam and ashes. The volcano, Mexico's second highest peak at 5,452 metres, started rumbling and spurting high clouds of ash and steam on April 13, provoking the authorities to raise the alert to level five on a seven-point scale.</p>Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP - Getty Images http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/11388817-north-koreans-pay-tribute-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-armyhttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/11388817-north-koreans-pay-tribute-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-armynorth-koreaworld-newspyongyangnorth-korean-armyWed, 25 Apr 2012 13:04:44 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A North Korean father and his son look at the statues of late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il after they paid tribute during a holiday in honor of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 25.</p>Vincent Yu / AP<p>A North Korean boy pays tribute to the statues of late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il during a holiday in honor of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 25.</p>Vincent Yu / AP<p>North Korean pay tribute to the statues of late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il during a holiday marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 25.</p>Vincent Yu / AP<p>A North Korean pays tribute to the statue of late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, on the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 25.</p>Vincent Yu / AP<p>A North Korean family, four of them military personnel, pay tribute to the statues of late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, in honor of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 25.</p>Vincent Yu / AP http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/23/11351777-experiencing-a-bit-of-alice-in-wonderland-at-the-new-museum-in-belfasthttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/23/11351777-experiencing-a-bit-of-alice-in-wonderland-at-the-new-museum-in-belfastartnorthern-irelandworld-newsbelfastmetropolitan-arts-centreMon, 23 Apr 2012 14:54:11 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A visitor looks at a monumental sculpture by artist Robert Therrien in the newly opened Metropolitan Arts Centre in Belfast April 23.</p>Cathal McNaughton / Reuters<p>Visitors look at a monumental sculpture by artist Robert Therrien in the newly opened Metropolitan Arts Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland April 23,.</p>Cathal McNaughton / Reuters http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/23/11350364-more-names-added-to-the-national-armed-forces-memorial-in-englandhttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/23/11350364-more-names-added-to-the-national-armed-forces-memorial-in-englandmilitaryenglandworld-newsukwar-memorialnational-armed-forces-memorialalrewasMon, 23 Apr 2012 13:22:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Stonemason Nick Hindle begins to carve the names of the 59 British military personnel who were killed in action during 2011 at The National Armed Forces Memorial in Alrewas, central England on April 23. The Memorial was constructed in 2007 to provide recognition of the men and women of the Armed Services who have lost their lives in conflict or as a result of terrorist action or on training exercises since the end of the Second World War. </p>Paul Ellis / AFP - Getty Images<p>Stonemason Nick Hindle begins inscripting of the 59 names of the UK servicemen and women who were killed on duty or through terrorism in 2011 at the Armed Forces Memorial on April 23 in Alrewas, Staffordshire. The additional names will take 3 weeks to engrave and will be dedicated during a service for their families later this year. </p>Christopher Furlong / Getty Images http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/16/11228416-indias-charlie-chaplin-dances-in-the-streetshttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/16/11228416-indias-charlie-chaplin-dances-in-the-streetsindiaimpersonatorworld-newscharlie-chaplinashok-aswaniMon, 16 Apr 2012 17:04:23 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Ashok Aswani, a 63-year-old doctor gets dressed up as Charlie Chaplin in his house in Adipur in the western Indian state of Gujarat, April 15. Aswani formed the Charlie Circle fan club after watching Chaplin's Gold Rush in 1973. Every year Aswani celebrates Chaplin's birthday on April 16th by taking a walk along with a group of Chaplin impersonators through the city streets. Aswani who is an Ayurvedic doctor, sometimes gives away free Chaplin CDs to cheer his patients up. </p>Danish Siddiqui / Reuters<p>Ashok Aswani, in costume as Charlie Chaplin walks on a road in Adipur, April 15.</p>Danish Siddiqui / Reuters<p>Ashok Aswani, center, dances with members of the Charlie Circle fan club during celebrations to mark Charlie Chaplin's birthday in Adipur, April 16. </p>Danish Siddiqui / Reuters<p>Ashok Aswani, a 63-year-old doctor, has his make-up applied as he gets dressed up for Charlie Chaplin's birthday celebrations in Adipur, April 16. </p>Danish Siddiqui / Reuters http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/16/11227141-boston-marathon-runners-take-off-in-record-high-heathttp://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/16/11227141-boston-marathon-runners-take-off-in-record-high-heatsportsmarathonbostonus-newsboston-marathonMon, 16 Apr 2012 15:45:35 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Runners start the 116th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 16.</p>Stew Milne / AP<p>Volunteers fill cups at the athlete's village prior to the start of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., April 16.</p>Stew Milne / AP<p>Geoffrey Mutai, of Kenya, warms up prior to the start of the Boston Marathon, April 16.</p>Stew Milne / AP<p>Elite women runners, including, Genet Getaneh of Ethiopia, left, Georgina Rono, third from left, Sharon Cherop of Kenya, fourth from left, Firehiwot Dado of Ethiopia, second from right, and Caroline Kilel of Kenya, right, compete in the Boston Marathon in Wellesley, Mass., April 16.</p>Michael Dwyer / APFoot Soldier: Melissa Harris-Perry laces up her running shoes and honors Kathrine Switzer, who made history in 1967 as the first woman to muscle her way into participating in the Boston Marathon.