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Adam Ortiz, a
fourth-grader at
Fairview
Elementary, stops
traffic while
Daily Life: May 2012 classmates and
Thousands of images are supplied by multiple wire parents cross
services to newspapers across the country each day. Washington at
Many of those images depict ordinary scenes of life in North 11th Street in
different countries around the world. There are three Klamath Falls, Ore.
picture editors that contribute to the Big Picture blog, as part of Walk to
each of them seeing the world in a little bit of a School Days,
different way. Their backgrounds, their experiences, something the
their interests - all very disparate. Each of them given school has
the same resources (the visual wire) to edit from, each participated in
choosing very different ways to tell a story. The every Friday in May
following photographs are my choices of those images for three years, May
for the month of May (and a few from late April) 11. 2012. (Andrew
illustrating daily life around the world. -- Paula Mariman/The
Nelson (53 photos total) Herald and News)

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Former Navy Seal, Coleman Ruiz, takes part in a 1,700-mile relay walk, May 14, 2012, near Dandridge, Tenn. Ruiz is the executive
director of the Carry the Load program that benefits nonprofit organizations that help veterans, active duty service members and
military families. (J. Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel) #

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Elderly Chinese
men enjoy the
early morning
sunshine at a
Shenyang park
with birds, brought
from their homes
in the northeast of
China's Liaoning
province, May 15,
2012. (Associated
Press) #

5. A Pakistani child, whose family was
displaced by 2010 floods from a village
near Multan, sleeps in a hammock 5
attached to his family's makeshift tent,
in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad,
Pakistan, May 14, 2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associated Press) #

6. 6
A Pakistani boy jumps from a hill into a stream, where
he and other boys swim to beat the heat, on the
outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, May 15, 2012.
(Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press) #

7. 7
A gardener waters
the lawn near a
couple getting their
wedding photos
taken at a park in
Beijing, May 14, 2012.
(Ng Han
Guan/Associated
Press) #

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A man asks an Afghan refugee not to bathe at a
water point, while others collect water, in a slum
area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, May 15,
2012. People in Pakistan are facing water shortages
due to low water levels in the country's dams,
according to the Pakistani Meteorological
Department.(Muhammed Muheisen/Associated
Press) #

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Second grader Ashley
Jackson, from Germanshire
Elementary, gets ready to
perform at Sherwood
Elementary in Memphis,
Tenn. during an Art For Life's
Sake music and literacy
program, May 14, 2012.
(Jim Weber/The
Commercial Appeal) #

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Young Indian Sufi
Muslim children carry
flower offerings during
a visit to the
Nizamuddin Shrine in
New Delhi, India, May
14, 2012. The shrine is
dedicated to the
much revered saint
Hazrat Nizamuddin
who died in the 14th
century. (Kevin
Frayer/Associated
Press) #

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A Pakistani takes a nap under
the trees during a hot summer
day in Islamabad, Pakistan,
May 13, 2012. (Anjum
Naveed/Associated Press) #

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An Afghan boy
rides his horse on
a hill overlooking
Kabul,
Afghanistan, May,
14, 2012. (Ahmad
Jamshid/Associte
d Press) #

13. 13
A Pakistani
vendor slices
watermelon for
customers at a
bus temrinal in
Rawalpindi,
Pakistan, May 14,
2012. (B.K.
Bangash/Associa
ted Press) #

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Vendors sell
vegetables and
flowers at a
street market in
El Alto, Bolivia,
May 12, 2012.
(Juan
Karita/Associat
ed Press) #

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An Indian girl runs from a
sudden thundershower
at the India Gate
monument in New Delhi,
India, May 12, 2012.
(Kevin Frayer/Associated
Press) #

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Young Indian
hawkers stand with
toy balls they are
trying to sell as they
take cover from a
sudden
thundershower at
the India Gate
monument in New
Delhi, May 12, 2012.
(Kevin
Frayer/Associated
Press) #

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A family of geese
crosses a road in
the evening
sunlight in East
Rutherford, N.J.,
May 11, 2012. (Mel
Evans/Associated
Press) #

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Pakistani children, who fled their villages with their
families due to fighting between security forces and
militants in Pakistan's tribal area of Bajur, enjoy a ride
on a merry-go-round at a makeshift entertainment
park set up in a slum area on the outskirts of
Islamabad, May 11, 2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associated Press) #

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Pakistani fishermen pull their nets out of the
sea onto the beach in Karachi, Pakistan,
May 9, 2012. (Shakil Adil/Associated Press) #

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Pakistani Jaafar
Sakhawat, 8, who
works in a brick
factory, takes a
break on a pile of
damaged bricks, on
the outskirts of
Islamabad, May 9,
2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associate
d Press) #

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Pakistani women
wash their laundry
at a water point
on the outskirts of
Islamabad, May
9, 2012.
(Muhammed
Muheisen/Associa
ted Press) #

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Young North Korean
school children
gather with their
teacher during a
spring day picnic and
a class about
appreciating nature
at a park in
Pyongyang, North
Korea, May 9, 2012.
(Kim Kwang
Hyon/Associated
Press) #

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Connecticut College art student Ariann
Holden poses against the alley wall of The
Commoner on Bank St. in downtown New
London, Conn., May 8, 2012. Kelley Kobak
paints the shoes to complete the
camouflage during work on a final project
for their color theory class. (Sean D. Elliot/The
Day) #

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Maggie Ward, 7, plays in a monument
to volunteers at a Joplin, Mo., park,
May 8, 2012. The park was destroyed
along with St. Johns Regional Medical,
shown in the distance, after an EF-5
tornado destroyed a large swath of the
city and killed 161 people nearly a year
ago. Maggie's family was among those
that lost their homes in the disaster.
(Charlie Riedel/Associated Press) #

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A young man takes
photos by the
Tagus river at low
tide, in Lisbon, May
8, 2012. (Francisco
Seco/Associated
Press) #

26. 26
Sharon Ericson of Riverside,
Calif., shoots through a
cloud of black powder
smoke as she competes
against the clock in Cowboy
Action Shooting in Norco,
Calif. The Cowboys chapter
of the Single Action Shooting
Society gather monthly to
compete dressed in period
costumes and using Western
era firearms. (Jebb Harris/
The Orange County
Register) #

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A group of young Sri Lankan
Buddhist monks spend their
evening at the sea front in
Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 8,
2012. (Eranga
Jayawardena/Associated
Press)#

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A Kashmiri girl holds
a cooking gas
cylinder as her
father rows a boat
through the Dal
Lake in Srinagar,
India, May 8, 2012.
(Mukhtar
Khan/Associated
Press) #

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Pakistani
women make
their way amid
garbage to
fetch potable
water to their
homes in the
outskirts of
Islamabad,
May 8, 2012.
(AP Photo/B.K.
Bangash/Associ
ated Press) #

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A man dives into a
pond from atop a
building to cool himself
on a hot afternoon in
New Delhi, May 8, 2012.
(Kevin
Frayer/Associated
Press) #

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Pedestrians and
incoming traffic are
reflected on mirrors
displayed for sale
by a Pakistani man
outside his shop in
Rawalpindi, May 8,
2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associate
d Press) #

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A tall steel cross is refracted
in rain drops on a window
in Joplin, Mo., May 7, 2012.
The cross is all that is left
standing of St. Mary's
Catholic Church, which
was destroyed by an EF-5
tornado that tore through
the city and killed 161
people nearly a year ago.
(Charlie Riedel/Associated
Press) #

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A barber talks to a
friend as he
applies after shave
to a customer,
May 7, 2012 in New
Delhi. (Daniel
Berehulak/Getty
Images) #

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An Afghan refugee girl
returns home carrying
a basket in a slum area
on the outskirts of
Islamabad, May 7,
2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associated
Press) #

35. 35
Palestinian children
leave school for the
day in Gaza City, May
5, 2012. (Bernat
Armangue/Associated
Press) #

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An Afghan refugee
girl stands in the
doorway of her
home in a slum
area on the
outskirts of
Islamabad, May 7,
2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associat
ed Press)

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Rickshaw drivers
wait for customers,
May 7, 2012 in
New Delhi, India.
(Daniel
Berehulak/Getty
Images) #

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A man stops to
give money to a
man begging for
alms, May 7, 2012
in New Delhi.
(Daniel
Berehulak/Getty
Images) #

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A Kashmiri Muslim village girl walks
through a field in Ganderbal town,
20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of
Srinagar India, May 15, 2012. (Dar
Yasin/Associated Press) #

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An Indian female
farmer collects
beans from a
vegetable field on
the outskirts of
Jammu, India, May
4, 2012. (Channi
Anand/Associated
Press) #

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A Palestinian boy plays
at the beach in Gaza
City, May 4, 2012.
(Bernat
Armangue/Associated
Press) #

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Pakistani Abla Zahir, 6, holds
her brother Yaseen, 1, while
waiting to receive a ration of
rice during a donated food
distribution at the Beri Iman, a
shrine of famous Sufi Saint Beri
Imam, in Islamabad, May 4,
2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associated Press) #

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An Iranian couple
enjoy their time at the
Tochal mountainous
area, at the northern
part of the capital of
Tehran, Iran, May 2,
2012.(Vahid
Salemi/Associated
Press) #

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A girl plays in front
of the statue of Karl
Marx and Frederick
Engels, the founders
of communism, at a
park in Shanghai,
China, May 4, 2012.
(Eugene
Hoshiko/Associated
Press) #

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Flora Banga jumps for joy while
playing, following a mass
naturalization ceremony at the
Cannon Center in downtown
Memphis, Tenn., April 30, 2012.
Banga's father, Samuel Banga,
who is originally from Sudan, took
the Oath of Allegiance along with
over 200 other immigrants from
over 60 countries. (Jim Weber/The
Commercial Appeal) #

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Chinese
paramilitary
policemen stand
guard while tourists
watch the
customary
ceremony of
lowering the flag at
Tiananmen Square,
May 3, 2012 in
Beijing, China.
(Feng Li/Getty
Images) #

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Chinese tourists
watch the
customary
ceremony of
lowering the flag at
Tiananmen Square,
May 3, 2012 in
Beijing. (Feng
Li/Getty Images) #

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A Palestinian taxi
driver waits
patiently to fill up
his cab at a gas
station in Gaza
City, May 3, 2012.
(Bernat
Armangue/Associ
ated Press) #

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A man dressed as comic
super hero Spiderman
performs with a tourist
while they pose for
pictures in the Plaza
Mayor, in Madrid, April
30, 2012.(Daniel Ochoa
de Olza/Associated
Press) #

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An elderly couple
dance while a
mariachi group
plays their music at
the Puera del Sol
square, in Madrid,
April 30, 2012.
(Daniel Ochoa de
Olza/Associated
Press) #

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A North Korean
student poses for a
picture at a zoo in
Pyongyang, North
Korea, April 26, 2012.
(Vincent
Yu/Associated
Press) #

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A Pakistani girl uses an
umbrella for shelter from the
rain while she and her father
herd their sheep, near the site
of the demolished compound
of Osama bin Laden in
Abbottabad, Pakistan, April 29,
2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associated Press) #

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Classic dancers prepare to perform on the street during
the Dance Day, in Pamplona northern Spain, April 29,
2012. (Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press) #

54. 54
Indian tourists walk
near the India gate
war memorial in New
Delhi, India, April 26,
2012. (Tsering
Topgyal/Associated
Press) #

55. In the post that follows for the month of June, I've
collected images from many places. Single images 55
from Guatemala, Lisbon, California, Israel, Australia,
Nepal and Pakistan. Small "picture groupings" from
Greece (a country in the news for the challenges it
faces economically), from Pakistan (attending classes
at a madrasah and outside a brick factory), from China
(fun in the sand and eclectic street scenes), from Spain
(the Corpus Christi procession and an intimate moment
on the street), from Thailand (life in a refugee camp on
the Thai-Burma border and lessons in an Islamic school).
Visual slices of life around the world. -- Paula Nelson (54
photos total)
A Chinese couple
bury their children in
the sand on a
manmade beach in
a Beijing park, June
16, 2012. (Andy
Wong/Associated
Press)

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An Israeli man digs
a hole in the sand
at Tel Aviv's beach,
Israel, June 4, 2012.
(Oded
Balilty/Associated
Press) #

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A security guard stands near a
painted wall on a hazy day in Beijing,
June 18, 2012. (Alexander F.
Yuan/Associated Press) #

58. 58
Chefs move a food cart outside a
new car dealership for its opening
celebrations in Beijing, June 18, 2012.
(Alexander F. Yuan/Associated
Press) #

59. 59
A pedestrian runs across Bay Street in Toronto's
financial district, June 14, 2012. (Nathan Denette/The
Canadian Press) #

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A young woman, a member of Lisbon's
Alfama neighborhood association, practices
before taking part in Lisbon's popular parade
during the Popular Saints festivities, June 12,
2012. During these celebrations, old Lisbon's
neighborhood associations parade during
Saint Anthony's Day to compete for the best
overall parade, music, costume and
choreography. (Francisco Seco/Associated
Press) #

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A Pakistani girl sits on a merry-go-round,
hoping to have a free ride, at an
entertainment park in Rawalpindi, Pakistan,
June 13, 2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associated Press) #

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A couple dance in
a public park in
Guatemala City,
June 13, 2012.
(Rodrigo
Abd/Associated
Press) #

63. 63
Ceramic statues
of Mao Zedong,
founder of the
People's Republic
of China, are
displayed for sale
at a street antique
shop, June 13,
2012 in Shanghai,
China. (Eugene
Hoshiko/Associate
d Press) #

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A child plays between two cartoon
military statues on display outside a
shopping mall in Beijing, June 14, 2012.
(Andy Wong/Associated Press) #

65. 65
Pakistani girl Saima Hashim, 5, whose family
was displaced by 2010 floods from a village
in Pakistan's Sindh province, lives in a slum on
the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, June 18,
2012. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated
Press) #

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A family begs on the street, June 13, 2012 in
Athens, Greece. The Greek electorate went to
the polls in a re-run of the general election, June
17, 2012 after no combination of political parties
were able to form a coalition government. The
general election could determine whether
Greece retains the Euro as its currency. (Oli
Scarff/Getty Images) #

67. 67
A woman begs for
money outside a
church in Omonoia,
June 12, 2012 in
Athens, Greece.
(Oli Scarff/Getty
Images) #

68. 68
A woman and child
rest in their shelter in
the converted back
of a pickup truck in
Psyrri, June 12, 2012
in Athens, Greece.
(Oli Scarff/Getty
Images) #

69. 69
Members of the
public buy fruit and
vegetables from a
street market in
Omonoia, June 12,
2012 in Athens,
Greece. (Oli
Scarff/Getty
Images) #

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Members of the
public peruse items
for sale in a
discount '1 Euro'
shop, June 13, 2012
in Athens, Greece.
(Oli Scarff/Getty
Images) #

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The Dafni district of
Athens at sunset,
June 11, 2012 in
Athens, Greece.
(Oli Scarff/Getty
Images) #

72. 72
A man begs on the
street in Syntagma
Square near
Parliament, June
11, 2012 in Athens,
Greece. (Oli
Scarff/Getty
Images) #

73. 73
A man cycles along an
empty street, June 11,
2012 in Athens,
Greece. (Oli
Scarff/Getty Images) #

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A man runs onto a bridge over a canal in
Santos, Brazil, June 5, 2012. (Yasuyoshi
Chibayasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/GettyImages) #

75. A woman is soaked by a wave at Bronte Beach, June 6, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. Wind speeds of up to
127km/h were recorded as Sydney was lashed by wild weather caused by the arrival of a low pressure
system. A high tide and a large swell heightened the risk of sand erosion at local beaches on the NSW coast.
(Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) #
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A couple kisses in
downtown Madrid,
June 9, 2012.
(Daniel Ochoa de
Olza/Associated
Press) #

77. 77
Women take part in
a Corpus Christi
procession in Calle
Mayor, Madrid,
Spain, June 10,
2012. (Daniel
Ochoa de
Olza/Associated
Press) #

78. 78
A young girl prays
during a Corpus
Christi procession in
Sol square, Madrid,
June 10, 2012.
(Daniel Ochoa de
Olza/Associated
Press) #

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Jewelry repair specialist, Ramses
Said, examines a heart pendant
after he reaffixed the top loop in
his booth in New York's Diamond
District. Said, 51, from Cairo,
Egypt, has been working in his
family's business since he was 14
years old. (Richard
Drew/Associated Press) #

80. 80
Anthony Smith, 7,
gets a close-up view
of a Monarch
butterfly inside a
butterfly tent at the
annual "Bugs &
Butterflies at Riley" at
Riley Wilderness Park
in Coto De Caza,
Calif., June 3, 2012.
(Ana Venegas/The
Orange County
Register) #

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Nepalese children
play in front of a
closed store near
Durbar Square in
Katmandu, Nepal,
June 12, 2012.
(Niranjan
Shrestha/Associate
d Press) #

82. 82
A child talks on his
mobile phone as he
looks after a street
jewelry vender, June 11,
2012 in Shanghai, China.
(Eugene
Hoshiko/Associated
Press) #

83. 83
A kindergartner
buys a drink from a
vending machine
in Tokyo, June 25,
2012. (Shizuo
Kambayashi/Assoc
iated Press) #

84. 84
Several Polish children play
outside of an old wagon in the
small Baltic sea coastal town of
Hel, north of Gdansk, Poland,
June 24, 2012. The discarded train
wagons have become home for
several families there. (Alvaro
Barrientos/Associated Press) #

85. 85
Israeli Arabs enjoy
the beach in Jaffa,
a mixed Jewish
and Arab part of
Tel Aviv, Israel,
June 24, 2012.
(Oded
Balilty/Associated
Press) #

86. North Korean military band members leave
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after a performance for peasants working
in a field in Hwanggumpyong, near the
border town of Sinuiju in North Korea seen
from across the border with China in
Dandong, northeastern China's Liaoning
province. (Associated Press) #

87. 87
Burmese medical staff
examine a child at the
SMRU hospital inside the
Mae La refugee camp,
June 6, 2012 in Tak
province, Thailand. The
camp is situated along the
Burma-Thailand border
and is home to around
50,000 refugees. Mae La is
the largest of nine camps
along the Thai border
where the Burmese live in a
stateless limbo for many
years. (Photo by Paula
Bronstein/Getty Images) #

88. 88
Pah Taw sits on a chair
smoking a cigarette at
the Karen Handicapped
Welfare Association
dormitory inside the
Mae La refugee camp,
June 5, 2012 in Tak
province, Thailand. Pah
Taw lost his sight and his
hands in a land mine
explosion while he was
a soldier with the KNU.
Mae La is the largest of
nine camps along the
Thai border. (Paula
Bronstein/Getty
Images) #

89. 89
Burmese girls take a
break from their
studies at the
Haydayatul Uloom
Islamic school inside
the Mae La refugee
camp, June 4,
2012. (Paula
Bronstein/Getty
Images) #

90. 90
Burmese students sit
in class at the
Haydayatul Uloom
Islamic school inside
the Mae La refugee
camp, June 4, 2012
. (Paula
Bronstein/Getty
Images) #

91. 91
A Burmese student studies at the
Haydayatul Uloom Islamic school
inside the Mae La refugee camp,
June 4, 2012 in Tak province,
Thailand. (Paula Bronstein/Getty
Images) #

92. 92
Burmese boys hold
religious studies
books at the
Haydayatul Uloom
Islamic school inside
the Mae La refugee
camp, June 4, 2012
in Tak province,
Thailand. (Paula
Bronstein/Getty
Images) #

93. 93
Ethnic Karen Burmese
students study at a
middle school inside
the Mae La refugee
camp, June 7, 2012 in
Tak province, Thailand.
The camp is situated
along the Burma-
Thailand border and is
home to around
50,000 refugees.
(Paula Bronstein/Getty
Images) #

94. 94
A Pakistani girl stands in the line with other
women and children to receive a ration of rice
during a donated food distribution at the Beri
Imam shrine, dedicated to the Sufi saint, in
Islamabad, Pakistan, June 8, 2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associated Press) #

95. 95
Pakistani Layla Hazrat, 5, whose
family fled their village due to
fighting between security forces
and militants in Pakistan's tribal
area of Bajur, attends a class to
learn how to read verses of the
Quran, during her daily madrassa
(Islamic school) set up in a local
mosque on the outskirts of
Islamabad, Pakistan, June 7, 2012.
(Muhammed
Muheisen/Associated Press) #

96. 96
A Pakistani boy
who lives near by a
brick factory,
covers his face with
a scarf to avoid a
sand storm, on the
outskirts of
Islamabad,
Pakistan, June 6,
2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associat
ed Press) #

97. 97
Pakistani children covered
with a mosquito net, sleep in
the back of a vehicle parked
close to their home, on a
roadside on the outskirts of
Islamabad, Pakistan, June 25,
2012. Many Pakistanis sleep
outdoors to escape the heat
trapped in their homes during
the summer months.
(Muhammed
Muheisen/Associated Press) #

98. 98
Pakistanis work in a
brick factory as rain
falls in Islamabad,
Pakistan, June 6,
2012. (B.K.
Bangash/Associate
d Press) #

99. 99
Pakistani children play
during a light rain that
brings relief from hot
weather in Islamabad,
Pakistan, June 6, 2012.
(B.K.
Bangash/Associated
Press) #

100. 100
Pakistani Zareeba Afzal, 27, collects
water with other women, on the outskirts
of Islamabad, Pakistan, June 6, 2012.
Pakistanis are facing shortages of water
due to the low level of water in the
country's dams, according to Pakistani
Meteorological Department.
(Muhammed Muheisen/Associated
Press) #

101. 101
Jordanian farmers,
Khalefa al Abbadi,
69, and Falah al
Abbadi, 50,
harvest wheat on
the outskirts of
Amman, Jordan,
June 16, 2012.
(Mohammad
Hannon/Associate
d Press) #

102. A man sits in front of mannequins
on display at a shop in Shanghai,
China, June 8, 2012. (Eugene
Hoshiko/Associated Press) #
102

103. 103
Tourists take photos near a
panoramic photo of the
Houses of Parliament in
London, exhibited inside
China's National Aquatic
Center, also known as the
"Water Cube", in Beijing,
China, June 7, 2012. The
"Water Cube" was the 2008
Beijing Olympic venue for
swimming, diving,
synchronized swimming,
and water-polo. (Alexander
F. Yuan/Associated Press) #

104. 104
Tourists are
silhouetted as they
look out of the
observation deck of
the Willis Tower in
Chicago. (Sitthixay
Ditthavong/Associa
ted Press) #

105. An honor guard soldier stands
in a doorway as a Quechua
Indians attend a ceremony at 105
the government palace in La
Paz, Bolivia, June 1, 2012.
(Juan Karita/Associated
Press) #

106. 106
A Nepalese man prays as
he is reflected in a window
at Boudhanath Stupa, a
World Heritage site, in
Katmandu, Nepal, June 6,
2012. (Niranjan
Shrestha/Associated
Press) #

107. 107
Nomad women milk
buffaloes on the outskirts
of Amritsar, India, June 4,
2012. (Altaf
Qadri/Associated Press) #

108. 108
The International
Space Station
appears as a streak
of light as it passes
over the area at 8:51
p.m. providing a 6
minute long viewing
opportunity, June 7,
2012 in Birmingham,
Ala. (Hal Yeager/The
Birmingham News) #

109. 109
A Chinese man rides
a bicycle across
Tiananmen Square
before the customary
ceremony of lowering
the flag, June 9, 2012,
in Beijing, China.
(Feng Li/Getty
Images) #

110. Daily Life: July 2012
Each month we feature a post on the Big Picture that gives us a glimpse of
daily life in the United States and in many, many countries across the world.
For July, we represent a little bit of living from Malaysia, Haiti, Guatemala,
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UAE, Nepal, Sudan, Serbia, Cuba, China, Japan, Pakistan and India (and a
few more I've probably missed.) Enjoy our look at the world. - Paula
Nelson (51 photos total)
Chinese girls take
pictures with their
mobile phones outside
a cinema near a bird
cage decoration at a
shopping mall in
Beijing, China, July 29,
2012. (Andy
Wong/Associated
Press)

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A mirror reflects a roadside
barber attending to a
customer in New Delhi,
India, July 29, 2012. (Rajesh
Kumar Singh/Associated
Press) #

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A man rides his
motorcycle toward
the Cathedral in
downtown
Guatemala City as
dawn breaks, July
28, 2012. (Rodrigo
Abd/Associated
Press) #

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Women cull through
piles of charcoal
pieces, filling plastic
bags to sell, at La
Terminal in
Guatemala City,
July 27, 2012.
(Rodrigo
Abd/Associated
Press) #

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A butcher cleans cow's
feet at his stall in a
market in Jakarta,
Indonesia, July 26, 2012.
(Dita
Alangkara/Associated
Press) #

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Girls practice during their
ballet class at a dancing
school in Haikou, in southern
China's Hainan province.
(Associated Press) #

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A visitor dives into a pool from a
water slide at Toshimaen amusement
park in Tokyo, July 28, 2012. (Itsuo
Inouye/Associated Press) #

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A woman leans into the
mouth of a plastic shark to
kiss her child at the COEX
Aquarium in Seoul, South
Korea, July 24, 2012. (Hye
Soo Nah/Associated
Press) #

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The flukes of a gray
whale appear during
an outing by Whale
Research
EcoExcursions in Depoe
Bay, Ore., July 26, 2012.
Summer Whale Watch
Weekend at Boiler Bay
State Park offers an
opportunity to see
whales and wildlife.
(Kevin Clark/The
Register-Guard) #

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Visitors snap photos
of jellyfish at Sumida
Aquarium in Tokyo,
July 17, 2012. (Itsuo
Inouye/Associated
Press) #

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Clouds are
reflected in a glass
dome Thursday,
July 26, 2012 in
Shanghai, China.
(Eugene
Hoshiko/Associate
d Press) #

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A man talks on
a mobile phone
in front of a
tailor shop in
Tokyo Thursday,
July 26, 2012.
(Koji
Sasahara/Associ
ated Press) #

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Cubans pose for a picture on a
sidewalk in Guantanamo,
Cuba, on the eve of the
country's Revolution Day, July
25, 2012. Revolution Day marks
the July 26, 1953 rebel attack
led by Fidel and Raul Castro on
the Moncada military barracks.
The attack is considered the
beginning of the revolution that
culminated with dictator
Fulgencio Batista's ouster.
(Ramon Espinosa/Associated
Press) #

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A livestock seller pedals his
bike, towing his newly
acquired pig that he plans to
fatten before putting on the
market, in Guantanamo,
Cuba, July 25, 2012. (Ramon
Espinosa/Associated Press) #

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A couple dance in
the streets of
Guantanamo,
Cuba, on the eve of
the country's
Revolution Day, July
25, 2012. (Ramon
Espinosa/Associated
Press) #

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Brides prepare for a race in
central Belgrade, Serbia,
July 22, 2012. The winner
and two runners-up of the
Bridal Race, organized by a
local magazine, win
awards, including the
wedding gown they raced
in. (Darko
Vojinovic/Associated
Press) #

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A photographer takes
pictures of a newly wed
couple in the rain at a
garden outside an
apartment in Beijing, July
21, 2012. (Andy
Wong/Associated Press) #

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A Sudanese man sits outside his home as children
carry food to cook, July 20, 2012 in Juba, South
Sudan. After breaking away from Sudan last year,
South Sudan recently celebrated it's first
independence anniversary. Over the past year
repeated conflict with North Sudan, corruption
scandals and economic difficulties have plagued
the new country. Further problems caused by the
shutdown of its oil production have led to a sharp
decline in its currency and a rise in the price of
food and fuel. South Sudan is one of the most
underdeveloped countries in the world. (Paula
Bronstein/Getty Images) #

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Syrians go about their daily life
after hard clashes at Atareb near
Aleppo, July 19, 2012. Rebels
seized control of all of Syria's
border crossings with Iraq on July
19, dealing a new blow to
President Bashar al-Assad, as
China and Russia dismayed the
West by blocking UN action
against his regime. (Bulent
Kilicbulent
Kilic/AFP/GettyImages) #

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A red trailer provides the
backdrop for riders
warming up their horses,
July 19, 2012 in the
schooling ring for the
second day of the
Oregon High Desert
Classics, a hunter-jumper
competition at the J Bar J
Ranch east of Bend, Ore.
(Rob Kerr/The Bulletin) #

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Evan Weber, 9, makes
some minor
adjustments to his
"home-made sailer"
while waiting for a gust
of wind in his Dubuque,
Iowa, driveway, July 18,
2012. (Jeremy
Portje/Telegraph
Herald) #

131. An Afghan refugee girl takes a
break from searching for useful
items in a pile of garbage next to a 131
slum area on the outskirts of
Islamabad, Pakistan, July 19, 2012.
(Muhammed Muheisen/Associated
Press) #

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Jessica Dunteman, 9, of
Big Rock, Illinois, rests
with one of her hogs
before their turn to
show during the first
day of the Kane
County Fair in St.
Charles, July 18, 2012.
(Rick West/Daily
Herald) #

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Corky Corey sets up lawn
ornaments he makes and
sells in front of his home
during the hot summer
weather in Darien, N.Y., July
18, 2012. (David
Duprey/Associated Press) #

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A visitor squats with an umbrella at
the Bund, one of the most famous
landmarks of Shanghai, on a hot
afternoon, July 19, 2012, in China.
(Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press) #

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Newly graduated doctors have
their picture taken holding their
diplomas after a graduation
ceremony at the 'Karl Marx'
theater in Havana, Cuba, July
18, 2012. (Ramon
Espinosa/Associated Press) #

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People dance at a
square near a rebuilt
Ming Dynasty city wall
in Beijing, China, July
18, 2012. (Alexander F.
Yuan/Associated
Press) #

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A boy plays in a water
feature at the Marina
Barrage, a reservoir in the
heart of the city-state's
business district, July 18, 2012
in Singapore.(Wong Maye-
E/Associated Press) #

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A woman walks
during the midday
heat, July 17, 2012, in
Philadelphia.
Temperatures were
expected to reach
into the high 90s.
(Matt
Rourke/Associated
Press)#

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A Nepalese woman
walks carrying a child at
Bhaktapur, on the
outskirts of Katmandu,
Nepal, July 17, 2012.
(Niranjan
Shrestha/Associated
Press) #

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Children play cricket
in the back of a
parked truck in
Mumbai, India, July
17, 2012.(Rafiq
Maqbool/Associate
d Press) #

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Brendan Darling, 13,
Jacob Polley, 13,
Austin Darling, 14,
Isaiah Andreis, 12, and
Gabe Andreis, 12, two
sets of brothers and a
friend, all from
Greene, Maine, play in
No Name Pond in
Lewiston, Maine, July
16, 2012. (Daryn
Slover/The Lewiston
Sun-Journal) #

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Leanne Bazinet of
Lewiston, Maine,
plays with her 2-
year-old daughter,
Jazmin Bernier, at
No Name Pond in
Lewiston, Maine, July
16, 2012. (Daryn
Slover/The Lewiston
Sun-Journal) #

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Veronica Caines, 6,
Kianna Roman, 4, Juliann
Esola, 5, Aliyah Nguyen, 5,
and Jayden Jones, 2,
cool off in a wade pool
under the watch of
Brittany Gonzalez, July 16,
2012, in Philadelphia.
Temperatures in
Philadelphia reached the
low 90s. (Matt
Slocum/Associated
Press) #

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Sunflowers grow
in a field in
Schodack, N.Y.,
July 16, 2012.
(Mike
Groll/Associated
Press) #

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A woman takes a
photo of the
Atlantis hotel giant
aquarium in
Dubai, United
Arab Emirates,
July 15, 2012.
(Kamran
Jebreili/Associate
d Press) #

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T.J. Gall untangles a red salmon
from his dipnet, July 13, 2012, at
the Kenai River’s mouth in
Kenai, Alaska. The dipnet fishery
is open to Alaskan residents
only. Gall said he was happy
after catching four fish in about
a half hour. (M. Scott
Moon/Peninsula Clarion) #

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A visitor puts a hand
on the glass surface of
a tank where a
starfish is stuck at
Sunshine Aquarium in
Tokyo, July 14,
2012.(Itsuo
Inouye/Associated
Press) #

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Secondary students
kiss at the end of a
school day in
Guatemala City, July
13, 2012. (Rodrigo
Abd/Associated
Press) #

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Children play
during the 2012
Silver State
Stampede mutton
busting event at
the Elko County
Fairgrounds in Elko,
Nev., July 12, 2012.
This is the 100th
anniversary of the
Silver State
Stampede. (Ross
Andreson/Elko Daily
Free Press) #

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Rufus and 10-year-old Kaden
Ongers, charge to join
Kaden's brothers Darin and
Joseph, both 12, for a cooling
splash in Mill Creek near Walla
Walla, Wash. (Jeff
Horner/Walla Walla Union-
Bulletin) #

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Pakistani Dawlat
Gul, 7, enjoys
playing on a
swing along with
other children on
the outskirts of
Islamabad,
Pakistan, July 13,
2012.
(Muhammed
Muheisen/Associa
ted Press) #

152. A window washer repels a downtown
building while cleaning the windows, July
11, 2012, in Atlanta. (David
Goldman/Associated Press) #
152

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A man walks through
a landfill searching for
salvagable items in
Petion-Ville, a suburb
of Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
July 10, 2012. (Dieu
Nalio
Chery/Associated
Press) #

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A girl looks at goldfish
for sale at a night
market in Ipoh,
Malaysia, July 10, 2012.
Night Markets, which
are called 'Pasar
Malam', were set up
about three decades
ago as an alternative
for small-time traders to
sell their goods in the
evenings. (Vincent
Thian/Associated
Press) #

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Cassie Bell, 13, of
Blakely, Pa. cools
off in a friend's
swimming pool,
July, 9, 2012 in
Blakely, Pa. (Butch
Comegys/The
Scranton Times-
Tribune) #

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An Indian man
gestures as he
looks in a mirror
while doing his
morning grooming
in front of his house
in New Delhi, India,
July 10, 2012. (Kevin
Frayer/Associated
Press) #

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Two cats rest on a
windowsill in a
hutong alley in
central Beijing, July 8,
2012. (Alexander F.
Yuan/Associated
Press) #

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Pakistani boys, whose families were
displaced by 2010 floods from a village
in Pakistan's Sindh province, play pool in
a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad,
Pakistan, July 10, 2012. (Muhammed
Muheisen/Associated Press) #

159. Levon Hucks and J.P. Cribb prime
tobacco at the L.W. Paul Living
History Farm, July 7, 2012, in 159
Conway, S.C. (Janet Blackmon
Morgan/The Sun News) #

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Duck statues, used
as props by local
commercial
photographers, are
backdropped by the
volcano Atitlan,
along the shore of
the volcanic lake, in
Panajachel,
Guatemala, July 7,
2012. (Rodrigo
Abd/Associated
Press) #
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