This Week In Pictures *Remembering WWI edition*

[taku]

One of my favorite Week In Pictures yet...


WWI pictures at the bottom..
Also a New Pyramid was discovered this week in Egypt... see pics below.





Spanish soldiers carry the coffins of two of their comrades, who were killed in Afghanistan. Elsewhere in Europe, ceremonies are being held to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I.



In many parts of Germany, 1111 on 11 November marks the beginning of Carnival, the "Fifth Season", which by tradition climaxes before Ash Wednesday. The number 11 is traditionally associated with fools.



Cambodians power their dragon boats along the Tonle Sap river and past the Royal Palace during the Water Festival in Phnom Penh.




A displaced woman carries her child, wood and some of her belongings along a road in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A rebel offensive has forced 250,000 people to flee their homes.


Darjeeling Limited anyone? lol

Indian Sikhs wave as they leave the station in Amritsar on board a special train to Pakistan, where they will undertake a pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib in Punjab to celebrate the birth of Guru Nanak Dev.




Supporters of the free-trade agreement between South Korea and the US cheer President Lee Myung-bak and US President-elect Barack Obama at a demonstration in the capital, Seoul.




Security personnel remove a Greenpeace activist from the anchor chain of an oil tanker at the Indonesian port of Dumai. Greenpeace is protesting against the destruction of forests by oil companies.


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The new pyramid:


Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered another pyramid - the country's 118th so far - from the sands at Saqqara, just south of the capital Cairo.



All that remains of the pyramid is a square-shaped structure. The site is already known as one of the most famous burial grounds for rulers of ancient Egypt.



A senior Egyptian official said the 16ft-high (five-metre) remains originally stood about three times that height. In the coming weeks, experts expect to enter the burial chamber.



The 4,300-year-old monument probably belonged to the queen mother of King Teti, the founder of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, several hundred years after the building of the famed Great Pyramids of Giza.




But they say the monument - which lies next to the previously-found pyramids of King Teti's two wives - is likely to have been looted by tomb raiders a long time ago.

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Cyclists Robert Bartko (R) and his teammate Iljo Keisse enjoy a victory beer in Munich after winning a six-day tournament.




An Indonesian man affected by a mud volcano, which erupted in May 2006 displacing tens of thousands of people, takes part in a protest in Jakarta demanding government compensation.




Supporters of the new president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, celebrate after his swearing-in ceremony in the capital, Male.




Buddhist monks in Nepal travel to see Ram Bahadur Bamjan (in white), believed to be the reincarnation of Buddha.




People in Japan continue to weather the economic storm, as share prices fall amid concerns over the weak global economy.




An Afghan labourer splits firewood in Kabul, where many face a daily struggle to ward off freezing temperatures as winter arrives.




A wooden sculpture by Arne Quinze is completed outside the Flemish Parliament in Brussels.




Priests stand by cases containing the remains of German soldiers from World War II during a burial ceremony in Cheb in the Czech Republic.




An exhibit of prisoner uniforms at the Laogai Museum in Washington DC. It is the first museum in the US to address human rights in China.




A herd of sheep pass beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris, during a protest by French farmers over falling incomes amid the global economic slowdown.




A visitor runs by a painting of US President-elect Barack Obama dressed as Uncle Sam by Russian artist Farid Bogdalov at a gallery in Moscow.




Sikhs celebrate the 540th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first of 10 Sikh gurus, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India.




A mother cares for her cholera-stricken child in Congo, where around 1,000 cases have been reported since October.




Cristi and Lydia star in a new Animal Planet TV series to raise awareness of orphaned baby bears that are exploited as tourist attractions and pets in Romania.




Kuwaiti investors cheer as trading on the stock market is suspended until Monday, following a court order to protect investors from mounting losses.




The funeral takes place of one of the 20 Russian sailors who died on the nuclear submarine Nerpa after the fire extinguishing system was set off.




Mahouts, or elephant keepers, bathe an elephant in river waters near Patna, eastern India.




A South Korean soldier in the demilitarised zone between North and South, after North Korea says it will close the land border.




Performers from a Santa school gather in London's Leicester Square.




A person burns a real Swiss banknote at an anarchists' anti-capitalism event in Zurich.







Snow-capped Mount Fuji and the moon are seen in Gotenba, Shizuoka, Japan.




Dead snakes float inside bottles of liquor at a restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hanoi's Le Mat Village area is famous for its snake cuisine.




Iranian women pass a police motorcycle unit conducting a drill in the Iranian capital Tehran.




Jockeys compete with their horses in the Wadi Rum International Endurance Ride in the Jordanian desert.




With the Swiss flag painted on her forehead, a Chinese girl waits for tennis star Roger Federer to arrive on court in Shanghai.




An Indian farmer walks through a field of sunflowers at an agriculture fair in Bangalore.




As the first snow falls in Indian Kashmir, soldiers patrol the streets amid heightened security ahead of elections next week.




A South Korean forest agency helicopter takes part in a major firefighting drill south of Seoul.




Thousands of Italian students march in Rome in protest at proposed cuts in education.

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Remembering WWI:


Many parts of the world are remembering the 90th anniversary of the 1918 armistice which ended World War I.



Millions of soldiers fought and died during the four-year conflict between Germany and the Allies, which became known as the Great War.



In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni attended ceremonies in Paris before moving on to the trenches at Verdun, where some of the bloodiest fighting took place.



Earlier, in Manila, in the Philippines, servicemen marked Veterans' Day at the American cemetery.



Just a handful of World War I veterans remain alive today.




One of them, Bill Stone, 108, laid a wreath at an Armistice Day commemoration ceremony at the Cenotaph in London.




British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) and Defence Minister John Hutton (Centre R) also attended the ceremony in London.




Former soldiers gathered in Edinburgh's Garden of Remembrance to honour those who gave their lives serving their country.



Black and white images of the conflict that happened nearly a century ago remain powerful reminders of the horrors of war.

Here - against a backdrop of some of the most vivid photographs from the time - historians and people who lived through World War I recall the lead-up to the 1918 Armistice.




























































Fin

[jerry]

wow

[triggamike]

awesome

[scott a]

I love looking at WWI photos. There's some really nice color photos out there, too.

This past week some dude in Germany found a series of architectural plans showing an expanded Auschwitz with clearly marked buildings. One was signed by Himmler. Link