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World in Pictures

 
Denouncement on Madrid's bombings
各国民众谴责西班牙爆炸事件

People demonstrate in Barcelona in solidarity with the victims of Thursday's Madrid train bombings which left 200 dead and over 1,400 injured March 12.



 


First mass wedding in Bolivia
玻利维亚首次举行集体婚礼


170 couples pose after being married in the same ceremony, March 13 in La Paz. Most of the people married in what is known as the first mass wedding to happen in Bolivia, are poor Aymaras. 

 
Putin wins reelection
普京赢得大选
Russian President Vladimir Putin stormed to a crushing reelection victory in a vote that lacked drama but confirmed Russians' desire for post-Soviet stability that they see embodied in the former KGB spy. Putin immediately vowed to defend democratic principles and a free media in his second term while leading a foreign policy based on compromise rather that "imperialist ambitions". 

"India's time has come"?
"21世纪将是印度的世纪"?

An elderly Indian man sits in front of a poster showing Indian actress Aishwariya Rai as he listens to a speech by India's Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani (Unseen) in the south Indian city of Kaliyakkhavilai, March 10. "For the next 8,000 kilometres I have only one message for the people of my country: India's time has come, Our journey towards prosperity for all and India becoming a great power has begun. The 21st century will be India's century." 		 
 
Russia pig parade
莫斯科宠物猪游行秀
Pig owners parade with their pets, March 10 in central Moscow ahead of a pig race that will take place in the Russian capital on March 20th during an animal show.


  Flood hits Brazil
暴雨天气肆虐巴西

Clarivaldo Neto, plays with the oar of a small boat in a flooded street of north of Brazil, March 11. According to local authorities, the Araguaia and Tocantins rivers have reached one of their highest levels, exceeding 13 meters above normal height, while heavy rains expected to last until the end of March, persist in the Amazon basin.
  Humanoid robots unveiled
本田公布助人机器人



Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho poses with two humanoid robots which his company unveiled at a press conference in Tokyo on March 11. One of the two is a "walking" type, 120 centimeters in height and 35 kilograms in weight. The other is a "rolling" type 1 meter in height and 35 kg in weight.
Auckland's annual celebration
奥克兰庆祝南海文化节


A Tahitian dancer checks for messages on her mobile phone during Auckland's annual celebration of South Seas culture, March 13. The "Pasifika" Festival celebrates Auckland's claim to be the world's largest Polynesian city.		  


World in Words

"It's hard to go up against Christ."
Director Philip Kaufman, whose movie "Twisted" opened at the same time as Mel Gibson’s "The Passion of the Christ", quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle.
"欲与基督争雌雄，只能望洋兴叹。"
--导演菲利普·考夫曼的力作《熄灯追缉令》与梅尔·吉布森的《耶稣受难记》同时上映，前者票房不敌后者，导演菲利普在《旧金山纪事报》上如是说。

"In Iraq, a man believed to be a lieutenant of Osama bin Laden has released an audiocassette in which he reportedly mocks President Bush. So apparently he's running for president too, I guess."
Jay Leno, during his "Tonight Show" monologue on NBC.
"在伊拉克，一名疑是乌萨马·本·拉登的原陆军上尉的男子出示了一盒录音带，据报道他在带中嘲笑了美国总统布什。我猜想，他也是想来参加总统竞选。"
--捷伊·雷诺，在美国全国广播公司的"今晚秀"这一独白栏目中发表个人看法。

"No war comes without cost, but the cost should be born out of conflict with the enemy and not because of egregious violations by some of our own troops."
Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, on allegations of sexual misconduct within the American military.
"任何战争都需要付出代价，但这代价的产生应该源于奋勇的杀敌，而不是因为我们军队中某些人的过分暴力行为。"
--缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯宣称美国军队中存在不正当的性暴力。

"I only care about whether we can eat. It doesn't matter who's in power. We've never gotten anything from anyone in power."
Jeanne Bazard of Haiti.
"我只在乎我们是否会有吃的。谁当权都没有关系，因为我们从来没有从执政者手中获得过什么。"
--海地一妇女珍妮·巴扎如是说。

"To the extent that companies can squeeze another drop of blood out of their existing work force, they're doing it. Eventually you reach the point where there's no more blood to be given, but we haven't reached it yet."　
Joshua Shapiro, an economic researcher in New York.
"只要公司能够从员工身上榨取更多的血汗，他们就会这么做，直到最后一滴血被榨取完，但我们现在还没达到那种程度。"
--约书亚·萨皮罗，一位纽约的经济学研究员如是说