June 29, 2011. These "supertrees," under construction in Singapore, are vertical gardens, ranging from 75 to 150 feet in height and embedded with tropical flowering climbers, ferns and epiphytes. Although they loom somewhat menacingly over the humans who are building them, they’re part of an effort to make the center of the city more livable.Wong Maye-E—AP
This week: “supertrees” in Singapore, the Glastonbury Festival heats up, the Mounties perform a ceremony, protests in Athens, military exercises in Iran, a car bomb explodes in Thailand, Chinese communism celebrates 90 years, and extreme weather across the world.
June 29, 2011. These "supertrees," under construction in Singapore, are vertical gardens, ranging from 75 to 150 feet in height and embedded with tropical flowering climbers, ferns and epiphytes. Although they loom somewhat menacingly over the humans who are building them, they’re part of an effort to make the center of the city more livable.
Wong Maye-E—APJune 25, 2011. An acrobat dances the limbo beneath a flaming bar at the Glastonbury Festival near Somerset, U.K. Now in its 50th year, the festival has grown from a small gathering on a farm to a huge and influential five-day music celebration.Adrian Dennis—AFP/Getty ImagesJune 28, 2011. Libyan women in the town of Bani, about 125 miles (200 km) southeast of Tripoli offer up pro–Muammar Gaddafi chants as they attend a weapons-training session.Ivan Sekretarev—APJune 28, 2011. Students from the University of the Philippines in Manila march to protest an increase in hate crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.Dondi Tawatao—Getty ImagesJune 27, 2011. A Libyan rebel fighter is photographed 11 miles (18 km) west of Ajdabiyah.Esam Al-Fetori—ReutersJune 26, 2011. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police perform a musical ride and sunset flag ceremony in Ottawa. The Mounties, as they’re known, were originally formed to deal with traders from the U.S. who were causing unrest by bartering whiskey for buffalo hides with the local native tribes.
CSM/LandovJune 28, 2011. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth strain for a view as thousands gather around the body of Rabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, a Lithuanian Orthodox leader, during his funeral on June 28 in Bnei Brak, Israel.
Ariel Schalit—APJune 28, 2011. A gas-masked protester walks by a burning van during demonstrations against austerity measures in Athens. As Greece teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, its Parliament voted in favor of a package of spending cuts, tax hikes and privatization that was a prerequisite for a critical bailout.Yannis Behrakis—ReutersJune 28, 2011. An Iranian woman prays during the burial in Tehran of a recently found Iranian soldier killed in the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq war. The identity of the remains in the flag-draped and lily-strewn coffin is unknown.
Maryam Rahmanian— UPI/LandovJune 30, 2011. An Indian girl covers herself with her mother's sari during heavy rains on a street in the northern hill station town of Dharmsala, India. Kevin Frayer—APJune 28, 2011. The meadow by Munich’s Olympic pool has several vacancies for sunseekers, as parts of Europe are hit by a heat wave. Temperatures topped 86°F (30°C) in most parts of Germany.Peter Kneffel—AFP/Getty ImagesJune 24, 2010. A horse rider takes part in the traditional San Juan festival in the town of Ciutadella on the Balearic Island of Menorca.Jamie Reina—AFP/Getty ImagesJune 28, 2011. A cold front caused unusual frost and snowfall in Campo Magro, Brazil.Jonathan Campos—Agencia Estado/ZUMAPRESSJune 27, 2011. A child runs past an empty tent on the grounds of the Maysa Park Arena, a winter sports facility in Minot, N.D. Chuck Emery, manager of the facility, said many area campgrounds and RV parks are underwater, so displaced residents are allowed to stay at the city-owned facility, either inside or in campers or tents.Charles Rex Arbogast—APJune 28, 2011. A trail of smoke is left behind Zelzal ballistic missiles after being launched during the second day of military exercises, codenamed Great Prophet-6, for Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards at an undisclosed location.Mohammad Hasanzadeh—AFP/Getty ImagesJune 30, 2011. Kashmiri Muslims pray as a head priest, unseen, displays a holy relic believed to be hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed, at the Hazratbal Shrine on the outskirts of Srinagar, India.Dar Yasin—APJune 29, 2011. Alex Lopez, center, plays baseball with his sister Sugey while smoke generated by the Las Conchas fire covers the sky in Espanola, N.M.Jae C. Hong—APJune 27, 2011. Locals cool off in the fountains of Royal Festival Hall on the hottest day of the year so far in London. Britain's Met Office issued its first hot weather health alert of the summer as temperatures soared.Olivia Harris—ReutersJuly 1, 2011. A car bomb explodes as a member of a Thai bomb squad inspects it in Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok. Police believe Islamist militants are responsible.Stringer—ReutersJune 25, 2011. A child receives an oral polio vaccine in the Abobo suburb of Abidjan during the opening of the second national day of polio vaccinations organized by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and Rotary International, among others. Issouf Sanogo—AFP/Getty ImagesJune 28, 2011. Shiite pilgrims carry a symbolic coffin at the holy shrine of the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine in Baghdad, Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims are flocking to the shrine to commemorate the death of the revered eighth century saint, snarling traffic and sending security forces to the streets to protect the worshipers. Hadi Mizban—APJune 28, 2011. Dancers perform during a gala show to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Feng Li—Getty ImagesJune 28, 2011. The feet of Living Goddess Kumari are seen on a silver plate as she observes the Bhotojatra festival in Lalitpur. Red Machindranath, regarded as the god of rain, is worshiped during the festival by farmers who pray for rain and an abundant harvest before the monsoon season in Nepal. The Kumari's feet are believed to be sacred and should never touch the ground. Navesh Chitrakar—ReutersJune 25, 2011. A man holds a cardboard cut-out of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit near the entrance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, during a rally calling for Shalit's release. The International Red Cross called on Hamas on Thursday to provide proof that Shalit is still alive nearly five years after his capture by Palestinian militants.Nir Elias—ReutersJune 26, 2011. An Afghan policeman stands guard during a meeting for losing candidates of the September 2010 Afghanistan election, who have now been declared winners following a special investigative tribunal looking in to alleged voting irregularities in Kabul, Afghanistan.Gemunu Amarasinghe—AP
