Pictures from Around the World

A myriad of events transpired in the past week.  You have taken thousands, if not millions of breaths of winter air.  You've experienced thoughts about work, school, your family, and your responsibilities.  All of these events are significant, if for no other reason than they involve living life.  Please enjoy today's image post of current events that occurred recently.



Pedestrians walk towards St. Paul's Cathedral in London.



A boy runs down a Baghdad street.



The family of a murdered Korean coast guard officer grieves.  A Chinese fishing captain fatally stabbed the Korean coast guard after he was approached about illegally fishing in crab-rich South Korean waters.





An Occupy Boston protester sat inside the group’s encampment early Friday. A small group of protesters remained after police said they wouldn’t immediately enforce a midnight deadline set by Mayor Thomas M. Menino for the group to leave Boston’s Dewey Square.

A firefighter kicked at the door of a burning fuel truck in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday. Militants had fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the truck and others trucks loaded with fuel and supplies headed to NATO troops in Afghanistan. Twenty-five trucks burned.


Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine defended his actions and expressed sorrow as he testified on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mr. Corzine resigned after MF Global’s Oct. 31 bankruptcy filing. A trustee estimates $1.2 billion went missing at the firm.


 

Black smoke rose from an oil pipeline that was attacked in Homs, Syria, Thursday. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said an armed terrorist group committed the act of sabotage.

 

Students at Da Sun Ge Zhuang Central Primary School practiced jump roping as they prepared for a sports cultural exposition.



 

 A rescuer waded through a flooded street next to a residential complex in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday. Mayor Clara Lopez declared a state of emergency after heavy rains and an overflowing river wreaked havoc.


 
 National Park Service historian John McCaskill cried as he saluted during the national anthem at a memorial service in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. December 7 marked the 70th anniversary of the surprise attack on the harbor by Japanese forces.