Last 7 Days

1 - THAILAND: Bangkok –  A view of Thailand’s honour guards and officials lining up at King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 84th birthday celebration ceremony in Bangkok, on Monday.  Thailand’s king, the world’s longest reigning monarch, left the hospital where he has been staying for more than two years and addressed his subjects to mark his 84th birthday.
PHOTO: Royal Household

2 - IRAN: Tehran – Iranian Shiite Muslims beat themselves during a ritual at Tehran’s Karbalaiya Mosque on Tuesday as they take part in Ashura commemorations marking the 7th century killing of Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed, in the battle of Karbala.
PHOTO: Atta Kenare

3 - COLOMBIA: Medelli  – Actors perform during “Myths and Legends” Festival on Wednesday, in Medellin, Antioquia Department.
PHOTO: Raul Arboleda

4 - PANAMA: Panama  City – A Kuna Yala indigenous woman offers her wares at the “San Felipe” neighbourhood, next to “El Chorrillo”, partially destroyed in 1989 during the US invasion, in Panama City, on Thursday.
PHOTO: Rodrigo Arangua

5 - INDIA: New Delhi – An Indian dancer performs during the 2011 Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) gala night in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi, on Friday. 
PHOTO: Parivartan Sharma

6 - CAMBODIA: Phnom Penh – A Cambodian kite maker prepares his kite to fly during an annual Khmer kite flying festival in Phnom Penh, on Saturday. Cambodian kite makers from many provinces fly their handmade kites in Phnom Penh to mark the annual Khmer kite flying festival, as they continue to keep traditional Khmer kites and their kite flying culture.
PHOTO: Mak Remissa

7 - CHINA: Zhengzhou – People walk beside a castle of lights built in front of a department store in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, on Sunday. As Christmas and the New Year’s Day approach, various decorations have been built by shopping malls, hotels and so on to warm up for festival sales promotions.
PHOTO: Wang Song