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 Belarusian soldier fills in his ballot during the parliamentary election at a polling station in Minsk. The election on Sunday is likely to reinforce hardline President Alexander Lukashenko's grip on the small former Soviet country despite a boycott call from the dispirited opposition. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
Bangladeshi Muslims pray after a protest rally during a nationwide strike in Dhaka, Sunday. Andrew Biraj/Reuters
A girl arranges her hair as her mother (unseen) sells corn along the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
German hairdresser Elmar Weisser, 48, poses with his beard, which is shaped as a stork, during the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships in Wittersdorf, Eastern France. Vincent Kessler/Reuters
Ultra-Orthodox Jews surround a plastic pool with water and fish as they participate in a Tashlich ceremony in the town of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, Sunday. Tashlich is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which begins on Tuesday. Oded Balilty/AP
Rithika, six years old, is tossed into the air by her father as they join devotees at the Arabian Sea on the fifth day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai. Vivek Prakash/Reuters
Former US President Bill Clinton listens during the first day of the Clinton Global Initiative 2012 (CGI) in New York, Sunday. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Marine Le Pen, France's National Front leader, gestures during her party's summer meeting in La Baule, western France. Stephane Mahe/Reuters
A police officer stands guard at the security gates at Downing Street in London, Sunday. Neil Hall/Reuters
Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is knocked out of bounds shy of the goal line during the second half of an NFL football game against Cincinnati Bengals in Landover, Md., Sunday. Nick Wass/AP
A competitor rides his home-made vehicle during the Red Bull Soapbox Race, a non-motorized event on Warsaw, Poland. The race is judged on speed, creativity and showmanship, with competitors having to navigate their home-made human powered vehicles on the track in the best time. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
People in traditional costumes take part in the Oktoberfest parade in Munich, Sunday. Millions of people from around the world will come to the Bavarian capital over the next two weeks for the 179th Oktoberfest. Michaela Rehle/Reuters
US President Barack Obama walks from Air Force One upon his arrival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Saturday. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
The Bay City Independents pitcher throws to a Wyandotte Stars batter in the Michigan State Championship vintage baseball tournament at Carroll Park in Bay City, Mich. Colleen Harrison/The Saginaw News/AP
A woman uses her mobile phone to shoot a video during the Bottega Veneta Spring/Summer 2013 collection at Milan Fashion Week, Saturday. Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters
Cyclists crash during the Women's Elite Road Race at the UCI Road World Championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands. Bas Czerwinski/Reuters
Elite women dive into Tongyeong Bay, in Tongyeong , Korea, during the 2012 ITU Triathlon World Cup. Arnold Lim/ITU/AP
A South African rodeo cowboy is thrown from a bull as he is riding in Malmesbury on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday. The second rodeo held in the Western Cape history based on the official rules from American Rodeo clubs. Schalk van Zuydam/AP
South Korean rapper-singer Psy performs during the 2012 iHeart Radio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Steve Marcus/Reuters
A girl is photographed as she attends an anti-US demonstration with religious students in the compound of the Red Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. Faisal Mahmood/Reuters
Members of an ethnic Nekrasov Cossack community attend a festival to celebrate the anniversary of their return to their homeland in the village of Novoumsky, Russia. The Nekrasov Cossacks migrated to the Ottoman Empire from present day Southern Russia in the 18th century, returning to their homeland only 50 years ago, in 1962. Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters
A participant dressed in a bird costume takes a flight during the Taiwan Birdman Competition in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Saturday. Sixty teams and 280 competitors were registered for the human-powered flight competition. Wally Santana/AP
A dog rests in his cage during a sled dog competition in Dunaharaszti near Budapest, Hungary. Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
An activist of an Islamic group tries to talk to a policeman from inside a prison van after he was detained during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday. A.M. Ahad/AP
City residents gather and load potatoes at a field in a state-owned farm near the village of Krynitsa, northwest of Minsk, Belarus. The residents help harvest the the crop and in turn receive one sack of potatoes at the end of the day. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
French gendarmes patrol near the Eiffel Tower in response to calls on the internet by Islamic groups to demonstrate in protest over an anti-Islam video, in Paris. In France, where the publication of cartoons denigrating the Prophet Mohammad stoked anger over an anti-Islam video, the authorities banned all protests over the issue. Christian Hartmann/Reuters
Bayern Munich's Toni Kroos (red) scores a goal against Schalke 04 during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match in Gelsenkirchen, Saturday. Ina Fassbender/Reuters
The Over Land Transporter (OLT) is mated to the space shuttle Endeavour not long after Endeavour was demated from the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) at Los Angeles International Airport. Bill Ingalls/NASA/Reuters
A contestant drives an alternative energy powered vehicle in a race during World Car Free Day in the centre of Budapest, Hungary, Saturday. World Car Free Day is an annual celebration of cities and public life, free from the noise, stress and pollution of cars. Bernadett Szabo/Reuters
Vice Presidential Nominee Paul Ryan (l.) hugs employee, Lourdes Alcerro after she served him a cup of coffee at a campaign stop at Cuban restaurant and coffee shop, Versailles in Miami, Florida. Andrew Innerarity/Reuters
Children recite English letters during class at a kindergarten for children of migrant workers, in Beijing. Jason Lee/Reuters
A flood affected villager rows a banana raft carrying his wife and their livestock as they leave their flooded house in Lachi Bishnupur village, about 65 kilometers west of Gauhati, India. Anupam Nath/AP
Libyans watch the protest against Islamic militias, in Benghazi, Libya. More than 10,000 people poured into a main boulevard of Benghazi, demanding that militias disband as the public tries to do what Libya's weak central government has been unable to. Mohammad Hannon/AP
South Africa's Hashim Amla plays a shot against Sri Lanka during their Twenty20 World Cup cricket match in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
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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