Schweinfurt, Germany
Debris covers a street after an explosion in a house (via Telegraph)
Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
A man holds a meteorite fragment found near the Chebarkul Lake (via Telegraph)
London, UK
Daleks cross Westminster Bridge to attack Parliament. Four of the Doctor Who villains surprised on-lookers during scenes filmed at first light on Sunday morning. (via Telegraph)
Russia: Wallsized USSR Map Made of Gemstones
This unique map is located in the geological museum of Saint-Petersburg. It is made from gemstones in the Florentine and Russian mosaic technique. 45 000 gemstones 4-6 mm (0.15-0.23 inches) thick were used to make the panel of the map.
“The map of The USSR industrialization” is the whole USSR in scale 1:1 500 000. The size of the map os twenty seven square meters, it is made from 50 000 fragments. The gemstones were chosen to match the colors and sizes. (via English Russia)
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Istanbul, Turkey
Thousands of Turks gather in front of the offices of Agos, an Armenian newspaper, during a commemoration ceremony for journalist Hrant Dink, who was killed in 2007 (via guardian.co.uk)
Snow in Russia
Moscow got a snowstorm that left a ten-inch-thick blanket of snow. They have 12,000 snow removal trucks, but they couldn’t keep up with the tons of snow in the big city. Meanwhile, Norilsk, the northernmost city in the world (of at least 100,000 people), is digging out from under ten feet of snow! (via Neatorama)
Skopje, Macedonia
A man fills a bottle with a wooden cross inside with water from the Vardar river during an Epiphany ceremony when the waters are blessed (via guardian.co.uk)
Rome, Italy
Ancient graffiti recently discovered during restoration work is seen inside a gallery of the Colosseum. A long-delayed restoration of the Colosseum’s only intact internal passageway has yielded ancient traces of red, black and blue frescoes as well as graffiti and drawings of phallic symbols. (via guardian.co.uk)
Berlin, Germany
Young visitors dressed in Bavarian regional dress from the Chiemsee region photograph suckling piglets at the Gruene Woche agricultural trade fair. The Gruene Woche is the world’s largest agricultural trade fair. (via guardian.co.uk)
Norway: Arctic doghouses on stilts
The homes of sled dogs in the desolate Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway are built a foot or two off the ground, presumably so they remain accessible even after snowstorms… (via 22 Words)
The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow by marantzer on Flickr.
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