The 2011 Oscars

01. Oscar winners (L-R) Christian Bale-best supporting actor for The Fighter, Natalie Portman best actress for Black Swan, Melissa Leo for best supporting actress for The Fighter, and best actor Collin Firth for The King's Speech pose backstage at the 83rd Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 27, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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World’s 20 Most Powerful Athletes for 2011

01. Peyton Manning

The Indianapolis Colts quarterback is more than simply the one of the best players in America’s sport. He’s also a model of class, sportsmanship and overall likability that fans (and sponsors) can’t get enough of. 19 More after the break...

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Top 10 American Cities with Most Attractive People

01. Charleston

This South Carolina city bumped off perennial winner Miami this year; have the good-looking people really migrated north? Charlestonians also score high for friendliness, rank second for their classic sense of style, and even make the top 10 for intelligence. To see if it’s all true, just stroll the streets of this quaint city, which also ranks No. 1 for its noteworthy neighborhoods.

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The New Supercar Pagani Huayra

Pagani has released official images of its highly anticipated supercar Huayra. Car is powered by a Mercedes AMG built 6.0-litre V12 twin turbo engine, capable to putting out 700 horses and more than 1000Nm of torque. The top speed for the car is said to be in the region of 370km/h. Now if you have so much power and only 1350 kgs of weight, you could be quite sure to go from 0-100 km per hour in less than 3 seconds. While the Huayra looks like a rocketship from the outside, from the inside, it is done up in classy, rich interior bits. There is an old world charm about the leather draped interior of the Huayra.  There is exposed aluminium and then there is lots of carbon fibre to delight all those new age speed nuts.  To make this marriage of class and modernity work in perfect harmony you have some natty blue backlit gauges and multi-function displays for navigation and communication. 14 More images after the break...

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10 Spectacular Cliff-Side Villages in Europe

There are some places in the world where living on a rock doesn’t carry a negative connotation. We caught up with ten in particular which offer spectacular sanctuary and brilliant views.

01. Metéora, Greece

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Meaning “suspended in the air”, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Metéora, in the Pindus Mountains of central Greece, spans six Orthodox monastery museums. A total of two dozen were built in the 14th century but most of were destroyed during the Ottoman occupation and Second World War. A famous landscape from the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, Metéora provides a peaceful haven not only for monks, but also for tourists that choose to take a hike up the mountains to see these gems. All six monasteries are connected through asphalt roads and are accessible by steps hewn into the rock. You will need at least one full day to visit Metéora, but the experience is certainly worth the time and effort. 09 More after the break...

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The 10 Strangest Laws Around the World

01. Singapore

In a bid to keep the streets of this super-efficient city clean, the authorities in Singapore decided in 1992 to ban chewing gum completely. Stick to a mint. 09 More after the break...

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Too long in Power

Queen Elizabeth II
UK: 59 years

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Libya: Unrest and uncertainty

As militiamen and mercenaries loyal to Moammar Khadafy ferociously strike back at rebels in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, much of the rest of the nation is embracing a bracing reality: After 41 years of ruthless and total control by Khadafy, they are suddenly free to rule themselves. In Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city and the cradle of the revolt, chants of jubilation are interspersed with quiet meetings. Neighborhood leaders are working to figure out such tasks as how to direct traffic and ensure utilities are up and running as they craft a plan for the future of the city. For guest workers and other expatriates, the future is no longer Libya. By the tens of thousands, they have been attempting to flee the violence, massing at ports as they await ships, overrunning the main airport,, and crossing by any means possible into Tunisia. Here's a look at one day -- Thursday -- in the life of those parts of Libya under rebel control. -- Paula Nelson (33 photos total)

Exclamations of joy fill the air as residents of Benghazi find themselves in an unimaginable situation: Freed from Moammar Khadafy's rule for the first time in more than four decades. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

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3D Road Painting

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The Biggest Family in the World

At Zion Chan from India 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren.
If we add to them wives and husbands of his adult children, lives in the house of Chan 181 people.
 The house itself - is enormous. It has more than one hundred bedrooms.

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Bali Sea Temple — Pura Tanah

One of Bali's most important sea temples, Pura Tanah Lot ("Temple of Land in the Middle of the Sea") is a spectacular sight, especially at sunset. 20 More images after the break...

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Old And Rare Dollar Bills

Old And Rare Dollar Bills, 21 More images after the break...

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Amazing Home Design - Modern Living In Home Cave

Modern living meets subterranean splendor in this gorgeous home nestled inside of a 15,000-square foot sandstone cave in Festus, Missouri. Built by Curt and Deborah Sleeper, the underground abode features modern interior spaces that blend with the beautiful unfinished sandstone walls to create an incredible example of energy-efficient architecture. Geothermal heating and smart passive design keeps the interior comfortable while completely eliminating the need for a furnace or air conditioning.

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10 Neighborhoods Go From Blight to Bling

By John Roach of SwitchYard Media

Run-down, dilapidated, crime-infested and drug-ridden are descriptors that homeowners typically avoid attaching to their neighborhoods — unless those terms describe what the area was like before its revitalization.

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The Biggest Family in the World

At Zion Chan from India 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren.
If we add to them wives and husbands of his adult children, lives in the house of Chan 181 people.
 The house itself - is enormous. It has more than one hundred bedrooms.

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Amazing Home Design - Modern Living In Home Cave

Modern living meets subterranean splendor in this gorgeous home nestled inside of a 15,000-square foot sandstone cave in Festus, Missouri. Built by Curt and Deborah Sleeper, the underground abode features modern interior spaces that blend with the beautiful unfinished sandstone walls to create an incredible example of energy-efficient architecture. Geothermal heating and smart passive design keeps the interior comfortable while completely eliminating the need for a furnace or air conditioning.

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Old And Rare Dollar Bills

Old And Rare Dollar Bills, 21 More images after the break...

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Bali Sea Temple — Pura Tanah

One of Bali's most important sea temples, Pura Tanah Lot ("Temple of Land in the Middle of the Sea") is a spectacular sight, especially at sunset. 20 More images after the break...

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Too long in Power

Queen Elizabeth II
UK: 59 years

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The 10 Strangest Laws Around the World

01. Singapore

In a bid to keep the streets of this super-efficient city clean, the authorities in Singapore decided in 1992 to ban chewing gum completely. Stick to a mint. 09 More after the break...

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Libya: Unrest and uncertainty

As militiamen and mercenaries loyal to Moammar Khadafy ferociously strike back at rebels in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli, much of the rest of the nation is embracing a bracing reality: After 41 years of ruthless and total control by Khadafy, they are suddenly free to rule themselves. In Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city and the cradle of the revolt, chants of jubilation are interspersed with quiet meetings. Neighborhood leaders are working to figure out such tasks as how to direct traffic and ensure utilities are up and running as they craft a plan for the future of the city. For guest workers and other expatriates, the future is no longer Libya. By the tens of thousands, they have been attempting to flee the violence, massing at ports as they await ships, overrunning the main airport,, and crossing by any means possible into Tunisia. Here's a look at one day -- Thursday -- in the life of those parts of Libya under rebel control. -- Paula Nelson (33 photos total)

Exclamations of joy fill the air as residents of Benghazi find themselves in an unimaginable situation: Freed from Moammar Khadafy's rule for the first time in more than four decades. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

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Amazing creativity with Fruits

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3D Road Painting

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87 Historic World War II Photographs

World War II is remembered as one of the deadliest and monumental wars in human history, that has largely shaped the world as we know it today.  With a tremendous loss of life and destruction of many cities, World War II devastated much of Europe and Asia, and the geopolitical implications of the war are acting even today. In this post, we’ve gathered up 87 historic World War II photographs from some of the historical websites and the Wikimedia commons, that serve as a reminder and chronicle the war effort, both in the battles and in the down-time.
Some images do contain depictions of violence, so exercise your own good judgment before proceeding.
Those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it, so let us remember.

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Backstage At The New York Fashion Week

01. A model poses for a portrait before the Jenni Kayne Fall/Winter 2011 collection during New York Fashion Week February 10, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

New York Fashion Week means glitz, glamour, haute couture, ready to wear, catwalks, celebrities, models being bored and loads of stress backstage.

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The Libyan Protests

01. Protesters chant anti-government slogans as they demonstrate in a square in Benghazi city, Libya, February 23, 2011. Thousands of Libyans celebrated the liberation of the eastern city of Benghazi from the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, who was reported to have sent a plane to bomb them on Wednesday as he clung to power. The crew bailed out of the aircraft after it took off from the capital Tripoli. It then came down south-west of Benghazi, Libya's Quryna newspaper cited a military source as saying, averting a fresh bloodshed in almost a week of violence. REUTERS/ASMAA WAGUIH

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Christchurch earthquake Some More Pics...

With hundreds still missing, and 75 already confirmed dead, rescuers struggled to find survivors on the second night after a devastating earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand's second largest city Tuesday. Buildings crumbled into the streets after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake, which geologists consider an aftershock to a 7.1 earthquake that caused no casualties in September. Tuesday’s temblor was more devastating and deadly because it was centered only six miles from the city's center and hit during the middle of a workday. The Government has declared a national state of emergency. Officials estimated there could be 100 people trapped in the CTV building alone. -- Lane Turner (36 photos total)

The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck in the early afternoon Tuesday in Christchurch, prompting New Zealanders to flee into the streets as others rushed to the collapsed buildings in attempts to rescue those trapped in the rubble. (Iain McGregor/Christchurch Press/Reuters)

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400+ Creative Business Card Designs

So you want some business card design inspiration? Well here you have 400 creative and beautiful business card designs all on one page. Enjoy this 20mb load!

 

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Lance Armstrong: A Cycling Phenomenon

01. Overall leader and five-time Tour de France winner US Postal rider Lance Armstrong cycles down a mountain during the 204.5 km long 17th stage of the Tour de France from Bourg-d'Oisans to Le Grand Bornand, in this July 22, 2004 file photo. Armstrong, who recovered from cancer to win the Tour de France a record seven times, formally announced his retirement from cycling on Wednesday, a month after his last race. The 39-year-old American, who made a comeback to the sport two years ago, said he was quitting for good to spend more time with his family and his charities. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/Files

Lance The Boss Armstrong retired from professional cycling last week. This time for good. Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France – cycling’s most important race – 7 consecutive times. More than any other rider in history.

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In The Picture: Yohan Wadia

01. Web Of Blues Photo by Yohan Wadia

This In The Picture features Yohan Wadia. He’s a photographer by hobby and a Video FX trainer as a profession. He even worked on the latest TRON: Legacy film. His work is difficult to describe, but Yohan likes to use more than one image in a composition. His website is broken at the moment, but you can find more of his work on his Flickr page.

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Passports All Over the World

A passport is a document, issued by a national government, which certifies, for the purpose of international travel, the identity and nationality of its holder. The elements of identity are name, date of birth, sex, and place of birth. Most often, nationality and citizenship are congruent.

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Earthquake hits New Zealand city of Christchurch

01. A woman is pulled from the rubble after an earthquake in Christchurch February 22, 2011. The strong earthquake killed and trapped people beneath rubble and sparked fires and toppled buildings in New Zealand's second-biggest city of Christchurch on Tuesday. REUTERS/Iain Mcgregor

Just before 1pm on Tuesday 22nd February, Christchurch in New Zealand suffered a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said the death toll from the earthquake that struck the city of Christchurch had risen to at least 65. The death toll is expected to rise with an unknown number of people still reported trapped in buildings.

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Seven Deadly Sins Wine

 The Spanish design agency Sidecar Publicidad has released a series of wine label designs for each of the seven deadly sins.  Envy, Lust, Gluttony and the rest are all here, represented in visually striking forms.  That bright, shiny gold bottle inspires envy, and the red, lingerie-laced bottle is as lusty as it gets.  We know a thing or two about wine label designs, having featured some pretty popular articles on the design of wine in the past.  These label designs by Sidecar are some of the best we’ve seen, a collection where each label tells a story and the bottles come together to communicate a message.  They’re inspiring envy, lust and gluttony from us, at least…  Sinful work, Sidecar!

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Artful Landscapes: 10 Modern Landscape Architecture Designs

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Landscape Architecture Designs – Long before green was good and sustainable was sexy, the world’s landscape architects understood and practiced the discipline of environmental custodianship.  Still today, they work to restore life to a polluted world, doing so in our homes, our parks, our offices and even our cities.  To celebrate the good work of today’s landscape architects, here are 10 truly amazing landscape architecture designs that work to make this a better world.

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BMW Vision Connected Drive Concept

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BMW has released a new Vision concept car, taking the torch from the BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics concept with clear inspiration from the world of Tron.  The new BMW Vision Connected Drive Concept is yet another bold step forward for BMW concept styling, a design with a clear departure from BMW bread and butter.  The classic BMW grille and logo are present, but the rest of the design is more curvy, aggressive and downright dangerous when compared to the familiar standard.

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Salvador Dali Museum | St. Petersburg Florida

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The Salvador Dali Museum of St. Petersburg Florida has officially opened the doors of this stunning new building on the waters of the Tampa Bay.  The new museum has replaced another that housed a massive collection of Dali’s works for nearly 30 years, but was not itself indicative of the artist’s wild imagination.  We at TheCoolist have been patrons of The Dali for a decade, and our excitement about this new home has been long-standing.

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China: The World’s Factory

In 2010 China passed Japan as the world second largest economy based on GDP figure. It now only has the United States above it, but it can only be a matter of years (10 to 15) before it reaches the top spot. A combination of cheap labor and a can do attitude has transformed China from a mainly agricultural society to one that has become the world’s factory. Everything from cars to toys to highly delicate electronic goods such as your iPhone or Motorola Xoom tablet are made in China.

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Best of the best: 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

 The premier annual event for dog breeders, dog lovers, and fans of photographs of puffed-out pooches has just come to an end. The Westminster Dog Show attracts some 2,500 dogs from around the nation to two days of pomp and preening before sold-out audiences at Madison Square Garden in New York City and a television audience around the world. Each dog's complete name includes the prefix "Ch" -- for champion, since each purebred entrant has already been a winner somewhere. The dogs are judged by groups, including Hound, Toy, Non-Sporting, Herding Sporting, Working, and Terrier. The top dog is selected in the final contest: "Best in Show.'' Six new breeds were included this year among the 179 eligible: Boykin spaniel, bluetick coonhound, redbone coonhound, cane corso, Leonberger, and Icelandic sheepdog. The show, which started in 1877, is second only to the Kentucky Derby as the longest continuously held sporting event in America. -- Lloyd Young (34 photos total)

Andy, a Papillon breed, is carried by his owner outside the Hotel Pennsylvania for the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City Feb. 11. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

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New York Fashion Week: Behind the scenes

The first New York Fashion Week in 1943 (then called Press Week) was the world's first organized fashion week. It was designed to attract attention away from French fashion during World War II, when industry insiders were unable to travel to Paris to see the fashion shows. As fashion has evolved, so has the New York event, now branded Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and held in February and September each year. It's one of four major fashion weeks held around the world, along with London, Paris, and Milan. Each year, the 232,000 attendees at the two New York Fashion Weeks account for more than $466 million in direct visitor spending and contribute to $1.6 billion in annual tax revenue to the city's fashion industry. More than $40 million annually is spent on meals at local restaurants; nearly $30 million on taxis, Town Cars, and public transportation; and an additional $56 million at area hotels. This is a look behind the scenes, behind the fashion. -- Paula Nelson (Editor's Note: Monday, February 21, is President's Day. We'll return with Wednesday's post.) (36 photos total)

A model prepares backstage at the Rebecca Minkoff Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion week at The Theatre at Lincoln Center, in New York City. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for IMG)

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The Bahrain Protests

01. A protester crosses her fingers painted in the colours of Bahrain's national flag during a protest, in support of the anti-government demonstrations in Bahrain, in front of the U.N. headquarters in Beirut, February 18, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

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Inside A Cricket Equipment Factory

01. A worker stitches two leather halves together with a spherical core inside to form a cricket ball at a factory in Meerut, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Delhi, January 28, 2011, as cricket equipment makers race to meet a demand surge ahead of the Cricket World Cup. The factory produces around 600 balls a day, and each costs retailers 60-600 rupees ($1.30-$13). BDM, a family cricket equipment business for almost 90 years, has made bats, balls and other equipment for most of India's top cricketers, and international stars such as Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and the West Indies legend Brian Lara. India's top cricketers are revered in a country where the sport is almost a religion. Devoid of heavy machinery, the workshop is filled with the thuds of hammers on leather, banging of cork into cores, and the tinkle of needle on steel as dozens of men furiously stitch together 600 balls every day. The workers are paid 5,000 rupees ($110) a month, plus performance-related bonuses. Picture taken January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma

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New Protests in Arab States

01. An anti-government protesters display their hands painted with the phrase Go out! during a demonstration to the presidential palace in Sanaa February 13, 2011. Anti-government protesters clashed with police trying to prevent them from marching towards Yemen's presidential palace in the capital on Sunday, witnesses said. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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Champions League: Arsenal – Barcelona

01. Arsenal players celebrate a goal against Barcelona during their Champions League soccer match in London, February 16, 2011. REUTERS/Albert Gea

Last night two of Europe’s best footballing teams played each other in the first leg of their Champions League second round tie. Arsenal and Barcelona gave the neutral fan a true footballing show. Barcelona played amazingly quick one touch football, while Arsenal never gave up and kept playing their own game, when they could. Barcelona forgot to finish off the game and this gave Arsenal a chance to equalise and even score a winning goal. A great night for football and let’s hope the return game on March 8th in Barcelona’s Nou Camp will give us the same thrils.

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In The Picture: Daniel Gramage

01. The grey part of a commercial city. Photos by Daniel Gramage

Daniel Gramage is the next in line for some of our In The Picture treatment. Daniel contacted us with some images of his trip from Hong Kong to Tibet. We liked them so we posted them. TIf you want to see more of

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Pakistan: daily life

The wire services regularly send images to their member papers that feature the phrase "daily life." They send them from such places as India, Thailand, Japan, China, the Philippines, Syria, Nepal, Britain, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. With the exception of just a couple, the images in this post feature daily life in Pakistan by Associated Press photographer Muhammed Muheisen. The images document what we might call in newspaper terminology, "slice of life" photography - ordinary daily scenes that give us a glimpse of something that we might not ordinarily be able to experience. The images, again with a few exceptions, focus on children. They are generally from Islamabad, Pakistan, or from a slum on the outskirts of the city. There wasn't much information or details supplied for captions. In this case, the adage "A picture is worth a thousand words" might just be the most apropos phrase. -- Paula Nelson (30 photos total)

Pakistani Mamouna Qamar, 4, holds her brothers' hands, Shazaib, 6, and Zaman, 7, as they wait for their parents to cross a street in a neighborhood in Islamabad. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

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Egypt: the wait

For 17 days, tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in Tahrir Square calling for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, 30 years in power. They had been acting out of passion for their country and dedication for change. They had protested and waited for a response. The response came in an address from Mubarak to the country and his people. Mubarak would not step down. Then almost miraculously, on the eighteenth day of protests, Vice President Omar Suleiman made a very brief statement on state television. Mubarak had stepped down. The crowds erupted "Egypt is free!" "Egypt is free!" -- Paula Nelson (40 photos total)

Anti-government demonstrators wait for the announced address by President Hosni Mubarak at a coffee shop near Cairo's Tahrir Square on the 17th day of protests calling for the ousting of the embattled leader. (Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images)

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Chinese New Year, 2011

The Lunar New Year, or more accurately the lunisolar new year, began February 3 and in most countries that celebrate it ushered in the Year of the Rabbit according to the Chinese zodiac. In China Lunar New Year is the most important date on the calendar and triggers over a month of holiday travel which is often described as the largest annual human migration in the world. Hundreds of millions tax the transport system. The new year also marks the beginning of the Spring Festival in China which continues until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day. Lunar New Year is celebrated in many countries, with many different traditions as well. Gathered here are pictures of China's travel wave and celebrations, as well as pictures from other countries' Lunar New Year observations. -- Lane Turner (40 photos total)

An artist performs at Xuanwu Lake Park to greet the Chinese New Year February 2, 2011 in Nanjing, China. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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World Press Photo: winners

On the morning of February 11, 2011, the international jury of the 54th World Press Photo Contest named a photo by South African photographer Jodi Bieber, World Press Photo of the Year 2010. The image is a portrait of Bibi Aisha, disfigured as punishment for fleeing her husband's house, taken in Kabul, Afghanistan. Over 5,691 photographers entered 108,059 images in the 2011 World Press Photo Contest and after the two-week judging period, 56 were named winners in nine categories. It is a prestigious contest and an honor to be named a winner. The following post shares 23 of those winning images. For more on the contest, including a time-lapse video of the jury room being set up, to hear the jury chairs discuss the images that were named winners, and to learn more about the competition, World Press Photo -- Paula Nelson (23 photos total)

Bibi Aisha, an 18-year-old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, fled back to her family home from her husband's house, complaining of violent treatment. The Taliban arrived one night,

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All You Need Is Love

01. © Yannis Behrakis / Reuters

Today is Valentine’s Day. We hope you’ve not forgotten to pay some special attention to your loved. And if you have we’ve got the perfect reminder in this collection of All You Need Is Love.

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Wolf Hunt In Chernobyl

01. A man drags a wolf killed during a wolf hunt near the village of Antonov, about 370 km (230 miles) southeast of Minsk, near the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, January 9, 2011. Despite radiation, wildlife in and around the exclusion zone has been teeming since people left the area around Chernobyl after the 1986 nuclear disaster. Wolves, foxes and racoon dogs in the area may be hunted throughout the year as they are not wanted in Belarus, according to the keepers of the ecological reserve. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

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