in the picture sergio bejar

My name is Sergio Béjar and I’m from Barcelona. My interest in photography began many years ago. My first camera was a Samsung compact analog with which I became interested especially in landscapes and people. Today I don’t leave home without my Reflex, you never know what can happen. I used to photograph street people, landscapes and details of everyday life, always trying to give a personal touch. By 2010 I won an annual award of a magazine with a picture of a homeless man in NY. For me it is more than a hobby, it is a passion and someday I would like to exhibit my photographs in a gallery.
We’d like to thank Sergio for sharing his photos. For more of his work please visit his website or Flickr page.

Photo By Sergio Bejar

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sumo wrestlers training in fukushima

Sumo wrestlers, eager to give back to the community that has hosted their summer training for 20 years, have returned to the Japanese port district that was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, just 50 km (31 miles) away from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant which continues to leak radiation. Having the wrestlers return as if it was any other summer is seen by many as a vital step to lift morale as survivors make fragile attempts to rebuild their shattered lives

Sumo wrestlers train during a summer camp at their freshly rebuilt stable in Soma in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, August 6, 2011. Sumo wrestlers, eager to give back to the community that has hosted their summer training for 20 years, have returned to the Japanese port district that was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, just 50 km (31 miles) away from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant which continues to leak radiation. Having the wrestlers return as if it was any other summer is seen by many as a vital step to lift morale as survivors make fragile attempts to rebuild their shattered lives. Picture taken August 6, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

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Nexus Images World Funny picture --- 48 Pics

Nexus Images World Funny picture --- 48 Pics

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Before, During and After Hurricane Irene

Irene came, saw and went away. By the time hurricane Irene reached New York it had been relegated to a tropical storm. This didn’t make it any less impressive though.

An employee in boards up the windows of a store in Amagansett, August 27, 2011. New York City ordered unprecedented evacuations and transit shutdowns as states from the Carolinas to Maine declared emergencies due to hurricane Irene, whose 520 mile width guaranteed a stormy weekend for tens of millions of people. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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formula one 2011 belgian grand prix

The Belgian Grand Prix is held on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, one of the few in the world which EVERY driver loves to race at. Fast corners, long straights, nice elevation and the weather always plays it’s part. Qualifying was held in wet condition which started to dry out towards the end, basically the man who managed to get round at exactly the right moment would be on pole position. This man was once again Sebastian Vettel. On race day the weather played no part, but the blistering tires did. After some early dicing with Rosberg in his Mercedes Vettel pulled out a lead over Alonso and Hamilton. Hamilton crashed, Alonso started to slow in the final third of the race and Vettel stayed in P1 untill the chequered flag fell. Webber and Button took the remaining two podium places.

Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel (3rd L) of Germany walks on the track with team members ahead of the weekend's Belgian F1 Grand Prix in Spa Francorchamps August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jan Van De Vel

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in the picture ezra acayan

I’ve been finding a lot of talented photogrpahers in our Flickr group and one of them is Ezra Acayan. He’s based in Manila and calls himself a photojournalist/fine art photographer. The selection he sent us certainly shows off his broad field of interest when it comes to photography. For more of Ezra’s work please visit his Flickr page.
We’d like to thank Ezra for sharing his photos. If you like the photographer’s work please give a comment or a like to show your appreciation and if you want your work featured please contact us.

Photo By Ezra Acayan

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35 shades of red

A Benfica soccer fan holds a flag as he cheers before the Portuguese Premier League soccer match against Belenenses at the Luz stadium in Lisbon November 27, 2005. The match drew 0-0. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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World coolest -pix of week 34

Week 34 was mostly about the impending victory for the rebels in Libya, but also about an earthquake in Washingon D.C., victims returning to the island of Utoeya and several sporting events.

School children perform Poorna Bhujangasana, a form of yoga meant to make the spine flexible, at a yoga camp inside a college in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh August 19, 2011. More than 100 students participated. REUTERS/Ajay Verma

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Libya: The fight continues

Of the six days since the revolt reached the capital of Tripoli, August 25th may have been the bloodiest yet. Evidence of fresh massacres by both sides around the city were reported, while the battle to establish full control of Colonel Khadafy's breached compound, Bab al-Aziziya, raged on. In their drive to take command of Tripoli, the rebels concentrated their forces on a block-by-block battle for the streets of the Abu Salim neighborhood, a center of Colonel Khadafy's support. By late afternoon, the fighting had once again swamped Tripoli Central Hospital with wounded civilians and combatants. Khadafy has not been found and the battle continues. --Paula Nelson (26 photos total)

Rebel fighters return from the battle against fighters loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy in the neighborhood of Abu Salim in the south of the capital Tripoli. Hardened fighters streamed into Tripoli as Libya's rebels sought to deliver a knockout punch to Kadhafi's diehards and to flush out the elusive strongman, dead or alive. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)

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Krishna Janmashtami

Indian Hindu devotees throughout the world celebrate Janmashtami, which marks the birth of Hindu God Lord Krishna with enormous zeal and enthusiasm. Children and adults dress as the Hindu God Krishna and his consort Radha in bright, elaborate costumes and jewelry. Human pyramids form to break the 'dahi-handi' or curd pot. The large earthenware pot is filled with milk, curds, butter, honey and fruits and is suspended from a of 20 - 40 feet. Participants come forward to claim this prize by constructing a human pyramid, enabling the uppermost person to reach the pot and claim its contents. -- Paula Nelson (27 photos total)

An Indian schoolboy is dressed as the Hindu God Krishna. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)

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Medvedev and Putin spend day fishing in Volga river

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World Funny Images Nexus Fun Time— 35 Pics

World Funny Images Nexus Fun Time after the break...

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Natto oil tanker attacks in pakistan

Ever since the war in Afghanistan Pakistani sympathizers of the Taliban have been blowing up oil tankers carrying fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan.

1Firefighters extinguish burning oil tankers which were attacked and set ablaze by unidentified gunmen early morning on the outskirts of Peshawar February 25, 2011. Gunmen in northwestern Pakistan attacked and killed four guards and set fire to over a dozen tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

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World coolest pix of the month

No major world event stood out this week, so there’s something of everything in this Coolest Pix selection.

Muslims offer their prayers in a roadside market outside a mosque on the second Friday of Ramadan in Kolkata August 12, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

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Remembering the Berlin Wall

In 1961, East Germany erected a wall -- initially barbed wire, eventually concrete -- in the middle of Berlin to prevent its citizens from fleeing the communist country to West Germany during the of the Cold War. It has been reported that 136 people died while trying to escape, but the total number is unknown. The wall finally came down at the beginning of November in 1989, part of the reunification of East and West Germany. Here are images from this past weekend’s recognition of the construction of the wall 50 years ago, as well as historic images. -- Lloyd Young (30 photos total)

A nun walks in front of a line of wreaths during the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall at the Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin Aug. 13. Germany marks the 50th anniversary of the day communist East Germany sealed itself off behind the Wall. Germany had been divided into capitalist western and communist eastern sectors after the end of World War II. At the of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, the East German regime started building the wall through the capital on Aug. 13, 1961. (Markus Schreiber/Associated Press)

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Sleeping People around the world in picture

Most of us don't get enough sleep. "As the world is getting faster and crazier, I've noticed sleepers around the streets, just everywhere," writes photographer Romain Philippon. "Of course, I also see some poetry and dreamings in all of that, but the contrast is so interesting to me, people trying to escape to their condition…" Philippon is self-publishing a book on the topic called "Inconscience". The first eight photographs in this entry are from that book. Collected here as well are more photographs of people everywhere lucky enough to find a few winks. -- Lane Turner (32 photos total)

Delivery man, in front of a shop, Kolkata, India © Romain Philippon

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Training for the 2012 games

With just a year until the 2012 Summer Olympics, athletes are immersed in intensive training around the world. Reuters photographer Jason Lee documented members of China's Yunzhinan Swimming Club as they prepared for the Paralympics, which will be held in London in August, after the Olympics. Olympic-style games for disabled athletes were organized for the first time during the 1960 Summer Games in Rome. -- Lloyd Young (21 photos total)

Qian Hongyan, 16, from the Yunzhinan Swimming Club for the handicapped, climbs onto a platform during a daily training session at a swimming centre in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan province, July 30, 2011. About 30 disabled athletes from the club aged 10 to 22 are training for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The club was founded in August 2007. (Reuters/Jason Lee)

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Golden Students Of Kazakhstan

Do you want to know how modern students of Kazakhstan live? It’s enough to look at their cars to get an idea.

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100 pix of the fina world championships

During the past 3 weeks the FINA World Championships have been taking place in Shanghai, China. We already showed you the funny faces, but there has been some serious diving, swimming and dancing competition going on in the pools.

Germany's Katja Dieckow and Uschi Freitag compete in the preliminary round of the women's 3m synchronised springboard diving event at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai July 16, 2011. REUTERS/Issei Kato

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43 shades of yellow wallpaper

After the Shades Of Blue it’s time for some lovely Shades Of Yellow to bring some sunshine into your day.

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London riots

Two nights of rioting in London's Tottenham neighborhood erupted following protests over the shooting death by police of a local man, Mark Duggan. Police were arresting him when the shooting occurred. Over 170 people were arrested over the two nights of rioting, and fires gutted several stores, buildings, and cars. The disorder spread to other neighborhoods as well, with shops being looted in the chaos. Collected here are images from the rioting and the aftermath. -- Lane Turner (26 photos total)

Fire fighters and riot police survey the area as fire rages through a building in Tottenham, north London on Aug. 7, 2011. A demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze. (Lewis Whyld/PA/AP)

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Coolest Picture around the world captured by World Best Photographer

A day too late, but I’m sure you’ll forgive me. Sometimes spending some time with your family is more important than spending time with your computer. The past week was all supossed to be about the final ever landing of a Space Shuttle until a crazed gunman (or as reports are now saying two crazed gunmen) killed at least 91 people in Norway. Our thoughts go out to our Norwegian friends. Warning: some of the images below are shocking.

A man reads a newspaper as he swims in the salt waters of Tus lake in Russia's Khakassia region, about 370 km (230 miles) southwest of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, July 15, 2011. Russians from different regions annually arrive at Tus lake rich with curative black and blue mud to live in a camp, bathe in the bitter-salty water and smear themselves with mud, which is a healing remedy, in their opinion. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

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in the picture leonardo arango baena

Leonardo is from Medellin, Colombia and sent in his work to show off the diversity of his country. Thanks Leonardo.

Photo by Leonardo Arango Baena

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Ramadan begins in picture

Muslims around the globe have begun their holiest month of the year by giving up food, drink, smoking and other physical needs from dawn till dusk each day. In many communities, large dinner gatherings are held each evening to break the fast. The month also marks a time for Muslims to reexamine their lives through the prism of Islamic teachings. -- Lloyd Young (38 photos total)

A student reads the Koran before morning prayer on the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school in Solo, Indonesia Central Java province, August 2. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

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South Korean deluge

After a month of heavy rain saturated mountainsides, a fresh deluge sent landslides sweeping into Seoul last week, killing 59 people. Ten were still reported missing. In a strange compounding of the misery, the landslides and flash flooding washed away landmines buried near an air defense unit in Seoul. Soldiers were searching for those landmines as well as North Korean landmines washed away near the border. A total of 76 landslides of different severity struck after the most intense rainstorm in Korea in the last century. Ten university students lost their lives while volunteering at a summer camp for kids when a landslide struck in Chuncheon. "If it keeps raining like this, no country in the world can endure this," South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said. -- Lane Turner (25 photos total)

Soldiers remove mud from a landslide-damaged apartment building in Seoul July 28, 2011. (Truth Leem/Reuters)

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