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May 13

Pictures of the Week: Birds of Prey

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Jackal Buzzard, Buteo rufofuscus, in flight, Giant’s Castle Game Reserve, Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Nigel Dennis/Newscom. License it from Newscom.com: afrphotos006363

We love our partners, and this week we want to showcase Africa Media Online. Africa Media Online is an organization located in South Africa that is dedicated to telling Africa’s story through Africans. This story telling can come from photos like those below, or audio files or text.

Africa Media Online has collected this showcase of birds of prey. A bird of prey is a bird that primarily hunts vertebrates. What immediately comes to mind are those gross vultures, but it turns out the category is much larger than I had realized. Continue reading →

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May 13

Pictures of the Week: Exorcism at the Ghost Fair

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A devotee who is believed to be possessed by evil spirits shouts slogans as she runs in a state of trance around the courtyard of Guru Deoji Maharaj temple during a ghost fair at Malajpur village in Betul district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh January 27, 2013. DANISH SIDDIQUI/REUTERS/Newscom. License this from Newscom.com: rtrlfive720993

Each week for our Pictures of the Week series, we focus on a collection of images from one of our partners. We love having the series and being able to highlight specific content collections. This week we’re featuring a picture package and a guest blog from our partners at Reuters. You can see more images from Reuters back at Newscom. But check out this fun blog on an annual ghost fair held near the end of January in a small village in India.

See more pictures from this package back at Newscom. Continue reading →

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May 13

Pictures of the Week: Magic Tattoo Festival

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A man is tattooed by a Buddhist monk during the annual Magic Tattoo Festival at Wat Bang Phra in Nakhon Prathom province, 80 km (50 miles) West from Bangkok. Thousands of believers from across Thailand travel to the monastery to attend the annual tattoo festival to have their bodies adorned with tattoos and to pay their respects to the temple’s master tattooist. They believe the tattoos have mystical powers which ward off bad luck and protect them from harm. Dario Pignatelli/Polaris/Newscom. License it from Newscom.com: polphotos147024

The Sak Yant Tattoo Festival, or the Magic Tattoo Festival, is a festival practiced in many Southeast Asian countries. It consists of throngs of people gathering at a temple close to Bangkok in March. During this festival, wicha (or magic) practitioners and Buddhist monks tattoo the believers with magic tattoos that are believed to bring power and good luck. Continue reading →

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Apr 13

Pictures of the Week: Photo Illustrations

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ILLUSTRATION – A mannequin sticks his head in the sand, pictured in Berlin, Germany, 30 August 2011. Berliner Verlag/Archiv/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: dpaphotos87542

Newscom has some of the most interesting images. In our Pictures of the Week posts we have been fortunate enough to feature things like underwater art to african animals and all the way down to bacteriography. And we have our amazing partners to thank for these fun and beautiful pictures. Continue reading →

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Apr 13

Pictures of the Week: Ice Castles

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Ice Castles While some may be feeling fed up with icy conditions this year, Brent Christensen is embracing the cold. The 50-year-old artist from Alpine, Utah, creates extraordinary structures one might assume only existed in the imagination. For the past four years, Christensen has been perfecting the craft of making tall structures, using nothing but icicles as building blocks. He developed an interest in the unique craft way back in 2000 after he and his family moved from sunny California to chilly Utah. CB2/ZOB/Supplied by WENN.com/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: wennoddpix063278

Talk about a skill you never knew you had…and it only took 4 years to perfect! Brent Christensen, has worked to carefully piece together 5,000 icicles each day, using snow and water mixtures, to create some of the most beautiful and mesmerizing ice sculptures you’ve ever seen.

Luckily our partners at WENN have captured the majesty of these amazing sculptures, and we’re here to share them with you. Continue reading →

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Apr 13

Pictures of the Week: Previous Popes

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History of the ecumenical councils of Rome. St. Cyril (370-444), patriarch of Alexandria. Published in Paris, engraving, 1869. Album / Documenta/Newscom. License it from Newscom.com: apaphotos451295

With the election of Pope Francis one month ago tomorrow (April 13), the Roman Catholic church has been given a lot of press that highlights many of their deeply rooted traditions. Reflecting on these traditions has brought me to remember some of my history lessons and just how big of an impact many of the Catholic popes have had in shaping today’s world. Continue reading →

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Apr 13

Pictures of the Week: Unique Hotels

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One of hundreds of Lego figures is seen by a pool as construction continues in North America’s first ever Lego Hotel currently being built at Legoland in Carlsbad, California, January 17, 2013. The three-story, 250-room hotel will open on April 5. MIKE BLAKE/REUTERS/Newscom. License it from Newscom.com: rtrlfive687979

There’s architects, artists, and landscapers, then there’s Mark Larson who somehow is all three. As an official Lego Master, Larson spends hours and hours building Lego statues- and getting paid for it. Set to open today in Legoland, Larson has created America’s first ever Lego Hotel. Continue reading →

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Mar 13

Pictures of the Week: Jennifer Lawrence

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EXCLUSIVE: June 20, 2010, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom: Nineteen year old actress Jennifer Lawrence has the lead role in Debra Granik’s “Winter’s Bone”. Murdo Macleod/Polaris/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: polphotos137619

She is fast becoming America’s Sweetheart. The Oscar-winning actress is like a young Meryl Streep. She can do any role, has the awards to prove it, and is liked by everybody. Her quirky sense of humor and undeniable charm made Jennifer Lawrence this past year’s “it” actress. Continue reading →

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Mar 13

Pictures of the Week: Underwater Art

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Key West, Florida, U.S. – Austrian artist Andreas Franke, an avid diver and professional photographer, has put up a photo exhibition at a depth of 93 feet on the Vandenberg shipwreck off Key West. Franke explored the Vandenberg a 523-foot former military ship and took several photos of the wreck. National News/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: zumaamericasthree762146

Austrian artist Andreas Franke has found an interesting way of combining his craft with his love of scuba diving. The artist, who has made a living as a well known commercial photographer for big-name companies like Coca-Cola and Nike, has created some of the most fascinating collections of underwater art, that are both bizarre and beautiful. Continue reading →

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Mar 13

Pictures of the Week: Notre Dame Bells & The 850th Anniversary

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The bell ‘Benoit Joseph’, dedicated to Pope Benedict XVI, is displayed with the seven other replacement bells and the bourdon in the nave of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris February 12, 2013. The new eight bronze bells were cast with medieval methods at a French foundry in Normandy, and are ready now to ring for the 850th anniversary of the cathedral on March 23, 2013. The new bells have the same weight and diameter as the ones from the 18th-century which were melted down and turned into cannons during the French Revolution, and are designed to produce the same sound. CHARLES PLATIAU/Reuters/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rtrlfive734532

With the excitement of the newly elected Pope Francis I, what better way to end the week with pictures from one of the most famous cathedrals in the world?

In 1163, the first stone of Notre Dame de Paris was laid and blessed by Pope Alexander III. Almost 200 years afterward, the great cathedral was finally completed, and has since been a historical icon. So much so, that Notre Dame is now is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continue reading →

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