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China unearths over 100 new terracotta warriors

Chinese archaeologists announced the discovery of 110 life-sized terracotta warriors, guarding the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor.

Photo: Archaeologists work on a terracotta warrior in the third excavation of pit one at the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum in Xi'an in northwest China's Shaanxi province Saturday, June 9, 2012. (Photo by AP)
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18 Jun 2012 11:50:00
Post-apocalyptic Krymsk: Russia’s Southern City Destroyed by Flood

“Russia's emergencies minister accused local officials on Monday of not doing enough to prevent 171 deaths in weekend floods that raised new doubts about the country's readiness for natural disasters under President Vladimir Putin”. – Andrey Kuzmin via Reuters
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09 Jul 2012 11:08:00
Welly O’Brien poses for pictures as the Southbank Centre launches Unlimited: The Revelation Festival featuring deaf and disabled artists in London

Flying actor Welly O’Brien poses for pictures as the Southbank Centre launches Unlimited: The Revelation Festival featuring deaf and disabled artists on July 10, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Neil Mockford)
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12 Jul 2012 11:43:00
Ukraine FEMEN-activist Cuts Down Cross in Russian Female Punk Rock Band Protest

“A topless women's rights activist hacked down a Christian cross in the Ukrainian capital Kiev with a chain saw on Friday in protest at the prosecution of the Russian feminist punk band, p*ssy Riot”. – Reuters. (Photo by FEMEN)
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17 Aug 2012 12:07:00
Miss Venezuela Ivian Sarcos Miss World 2011

Miss Venezuela Ivian Sarcos receives her Miss World 2012 sash from Miss World 2011 by Miss World 2010, Alexandria Mills (R) in the Miss world 2011 World Final on November 6, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Jeremy O'Donnell/Getty Images)
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07 Nov 2011 10:54:00
How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular

A performer poses with “The Gronkle” and “Deadly Nadder” at the How to Train Your Dragon Media Call at Fox Studios on November 29, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. The “How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular” world premiere will take place in Australia in March 2012. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
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30 Nov 2011 12:42:00
A statue by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan of  Adolf Hitler praying on his knees in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday Dec. 28, 2012. The work, “HIM” has been drawing visitors since it was installed last month  and even some anger. One Jewish group, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, this week condemned the work's placement in the former ghetto as “a senseless provocation which insults the memory of the Nazis' Jewish victims.”

A statue by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan of Adolf Hitler praying on his knees in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday Dec. 28, 2012. The work, «HIM» has been drawing visitors since it was installed last month and even some anger. One Jewish group, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, this week condemned the work's placement in the former ghetto as “a senseless provocation which insults the memory of the Nazis' Jewish victims”. (Photo by Czarek Sokolowski/AP via La Presse)
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29 Dec 2012 09:23:00
Brazilian graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra (C) puts the final touches to his piece of art in tribute to Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, next to his assistants, at the financial center on Sao Paulo's Avenida Paulista January 22, 2013. Kobra created the 56-metre (61-yard) tall graffiti artwork as a tribute to Niemeyer, one of the 20th century's most influential modernist architects. Niemeyer died in December 2012, aged 104. REUTERS/Nacho Doce (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Brazilian graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra (C) puts the final touches to his piece of art in tribute to Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, next to his assistants, at the financial center on Sao Paulo's Avenida Paulista January 22, 2013. Kobra created the 56-metre (61-yard) tall graffiti artwork as a tribute to Niemeyer, one of the 20th century's most influential modernist architects. Niemeyer died in December 2012, aged 104. (Photo by Andre Penner/AP Photo)
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24 Jan 2013 09:22:00