Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/22
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The artificial lake, created by damming the Kabul River, is six miles from the city. The water is clean enough to swim in. Boating is popular, too.
Women gather to talk in the affluent neighborhood of Shar-e-Naw. The street is bustling in the daytime but deserted at night. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
A vendor at the bird market in Kabul cradles his prized fighting cock. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
A father-and-son team of metalworkers practice their craft in downtown Kabul. Trades are often handed down through a family. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Yama Ismail lines up a shot at Target Game Zone in Haki Yqoob Square. Snooker is popular among upper-class Afghans. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Children play at Bagh-e-Babur (Baghur Gardens) as mothers watch. The park, named for the first emperor of Afghanistan, is a popular picnic destination. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Kabul City Center, Afghanistan’s first modern shopping mall, is nine stories tall and heavily guarded. Shoppers are profiled and must be affluent even to enter. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Women at a technical school learn to sew – and to read. Female illiteracy is high in Afghanistan. Fathers or husbands who oppose female education need only be told the women are learning a trade.
Children play carom billiards (carombole) at a table in Cinema Park. Mavid, age 12 (l.), is playing Ravi, age 6. Monique Jaques/Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/22
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/21
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
In Pictures: What happened to the green revolution in Iran?
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/20
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
Video footage and eye witness accounts from the scene of a brutal murder in London on Wednesday seem to indicate that the attackers may have been politically motivated. Counterterrorism officers are leading the investigation. Two men have been arrested.
Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into custody.
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