In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
A worker releases two red parrot cichlid fish in a tank in a fish farm in Pingtung, Taiwan, on Thursday. Pichi Chuang/Reuters
A newspaper seller holds souvenir bags to mark the pope's visit to Britain which contain a bottle of water and a snack and are given free to those who purchase the national newspaper on a street close to Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland, on Thursday. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the United Kingdom for a four-day visit, a controversial yet historic state trip that has been overshadowed by the sex abuse scandals that have shaken confidence in the Roman Catholic Church. Scott Heppell/AP
Mexican artists perform a folk dance during Mexico's Pavilion Day on Thursday in Shanghai, China, at the Shanghai Expo site. Eugene Hoshiko/AP
An Indian male ring neck parrot tries to break the padlock of its cage in Calcutta, India, on Thursday. Bikas Das/AP
A large-scale video installation is projected onto Rome's ancient Colosseum by artists Thyra Hilden and Piuz Diaz on Thursday. "City on Fire" is a series of large-scale video projections simulating fire burning down symbolic monuments in the Western world. Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
A French soldier patrols at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Thursday as France faces an elevated threat of terrorism. France's Interior Minister, Brice Hortefeux, pointed to the kidnapping of five French nationals in Africa overnight and a bomb alert Tuesday that led to the evacuation of the Eiffel Tower as the causes of the heightened alert. Francois Mori/AP
Riot police stand guard along the streets of Paquisha, Ecuador, on Thursday. Miners gathered to protest against President Rafael Correa's policies on illegal mining in Ecuador. Guillermo Granja/Reuters
A man cheers while standing in Zocalo Square as Mexico marks the 200th anniversary of its independence in Mexico City. Eliana Aponte/Reuters
Winds play havoc with a woman's umbrella in downtown Erie, Penn., on Thursday. Rob Engelhardt/Erie Times-News/AP
Models display creations by Lebanese international designer Elie Saab during her Autumn-Winter 2010-2011 fashion show at the official opening of "Beirut Souks" a gigantic shopping mall in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday. Hussein Malla/AP
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
South Korea, long in the shadow of other Asian 'tiger economies,' is suddenly hip and enormously prosperous – so much so that it may have outgrown its thankless dream of reuniting with the North.
For months the young emperor to the north has been threatening to turn this thriving metropolis into a "sea of fire." But it's not easy to ruffle the jaunty vibe of 75-year-old Kim Chong-shik as he strolls among young couples and shoppers along the boutiques of the Gangnam District.
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