The world in photos: Dec 13-19
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The world in photos: Dec 13-19
Here are some of the most striking images from around the world over the past week.
Paragliders fly over the city during a military parade to mark Qatar's National Day celebrations in Doha, Qatar, Dec 18, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
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Local people reconstruct a bridge damaged during the war in Zhari district of southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Dec 13, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
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Chen Sitan, known to his followers as the Prince of tai chi, leads practitioners－in traditional and nontraditional attire－through their paces in Times Square, New York, on Dec 17, 2021. The performance was staged as part of activities to mark the anniversary of UNESCO's recognition of tai chi as an intangible cultural heritage. [Photo/CHINA NEWS SERVICE]
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Upendo Minja poses in her studio in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Dec 13, 2021. The designer is breaking the fashion ceiling with a style of her own. [Photo/Xinhua]
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Men salvage furniture in the aftermath of a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, US, Dec 13, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
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A large Christmas tree is lit up at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, capital of Albania, on Dec 17, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
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Seihan Mori, master of the ancient Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the Chinese character, known in Japan as kanji, for "gold", which was selected as the single best kanji to symbolize the year 2021 in Japan, Dec 13, 2021. [Photo/IC]
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EU leaders attend the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec 16, 2021. The European Council kicked off its winter summit on Thursday to discuss developments related to COVID-19, crisis management and resilience, energy prices, security and defense, external aspects of migration and the situation in Belarus. [Photo/Xinhua]
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A Moment of Silence for 800,000 American Lives Lost to COVID-19 is held at the Capitol in Washington DC, the United States, on Dec 14, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
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An overlay image of 128 photographs shows circumpolar star trails over San Telmo tower in Ubiarco, Cantabria, Spain, during the Gemenids meteor shower, Dec 14, 2021. [Photo/IC]
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Harnaaz Sandhu of India is crowned Miss Universe at the 70th Miss Universe competition in the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Dec 13, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
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Photos from around the world. I originally intended to post winter photos from Jilin, China, but I decided to post them on the Discovery Group instead, where I have more control over the comments.
A group of excellent photos.
I enjoyed the photo of the Christmas Tree in Tirana Albania, a 99% Muslim country which I had the pleasure of visiting years ago.
Beautiful, exceptional!
I will post a link to this article at the top of this week's Three Day Weekend feature. It deserves recognition.
I didn't feel that the photos were exceptionally creative, but they were photos of interest and as I said I intend to post an article each week once you close the weekend article.
That depends on how one thinks of "creativity". Almost anyone can take a photograph; but the effectiveness of any photograph ultimately depends on a number of factors, IMO, the most crucial of which being composition. A photographer makes a decision every time he clicks the shutter release. The photographer who, whether instinctively after years of experience, and/or deliberately, incorporates the understanding of what is to be isolated and recorded of all that is in front of the lens, eliminating every distracting element before the click, CREATES the best possible image under the circumstances.
My 2 cents.
Your 2 cents just purchased an agreement.
Some interesting photos here. I particularly like the parachuters with trailing smoke.
Great photo essay, Buzz. Very interesting.