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Enjoy freedom without wearing pants!
People exit from a tram without wearing pants through the streets of Zurich on the day of the 10th Annual New York City No Pants Subway Ride January 9, 2011. The New York event, organised by Improv Everywhere, involves participants who strip down to their underwear as they go about their normal routine. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) [...]
Big pans welcome guests
Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2011 shows braised pork in a big pan in a restaurant named “Xiaozaowang” in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province. The restaurant, welcomes its guests with big pans in which meals are cooked. (Xinhua/Gao Xueyu) Customers look at the braised pork in a big pan in a restaurant named [...]
3D painting on street
Children stand on a 3D painting on a street in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, Jan. 8, 2011. According to the designer, it took 26 days to finish the 3D painting which covers an area of nearly 90 square meters. (Xinhua/Zhong Guilin) Citizens stand on a 3D painting for photo on a street in southwest China’s [...]
GM’s electric networked vehicle
A General Motors Electric Networked Vehicle (EN-V) concept is driven around a course setup outside the Las Vegas Convention Center, in conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, January 7, 2011. The EN-V concept represents a vision of the future of urban personal mobility, including a feature that would allow the vehicle [...]
Giant daikons harvested in E. China
A farmer measures a big daikon she has harvested in east China’s Zhejiang Province, Jan. 6, 2010. The two daikons weigh 6.2 and 5.75 kilograms respectively. (Xinhua/Guo Bin) A farmer holds two big daikons she has harvested in east China’s Zhejiang Province, Jan. 6, 2010. The two daikons weigh 6.2 and 5.75 kilograms respectively. (Xinhua/Guo Bin)
Super Grandparents in Tbilisi
Tsiuri Kakabadze, 80, (L) and Yuri Merabov, 77, wave to spectators after winning the “Super Grandmother and Super Grandfather” contest in Tbilisi January 5, 2011. Twenty-four participants aged over 70 from all over Georgia attended the contest. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Japanese firefighters perform acrobatics to greet New Year
A member of the Edo Civilian Firefighters’ Association performs on the top of a bamboo ladder following the New Year’s holiday at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo on January 4, 2011. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) A member of the Edo Civilian Firefighters’ Association performs on the top of a bamboo ladder following the New Year’s holiday at [...]
Thousand Japanese take part in calligraphy contest to greet New Year
Participants write at a calligraphy contest to the celebrate the New Year in Tokyo January 5, 2011. About 3,000 calligraphers took part in the contest writing different characters depending on their school grade. The contest is part of a bigger competition, in which about 11,000 entrants hope to win the “Prime Minister’s Prize” by being [...]
Japanese firefighters perform acrobatics to greet New Year
A member of the Edo Civilian Firefighters’ Association performs on the top of a bamboo ladder following the New Year’s holiday at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo on January 4, 2011. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) A member of the Edo Civilian Firefighters’ Association performs on the top of a bamboo ladder following the New Year’s holiday at [...]
Funny Polar Bear Swim held in NY
A man takes part in the Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Swim in New York’s Coney Island January 1, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Participants cheer before entering the cold waters of English Bay while taking part in the 91st Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia January 1, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters [...]