Princess Caroline of Monaco’s and son Andrea Casiraghi

Princess Caroline (at center of photo) awarded Order of Cultural Merit medals in Monaco on November 18. (Handout photo by Charly Gallo/CDP/ABACAPRESS.COM. Photo via Newscom.

Princess Caroline of Monaco’s son Andrea Casiraghi attended the 149th Hospices of Beaune charity wine auction on November 15 in Beaune, France

stairs

Amazing details at the recently renovated Julliard School at the Lincoln Center in New York, designed by Diller Scofidio. The stairs are awesome!

Taxis in China

Taxis lined up to get their gas tanks filled on a viaduct in Chongqing Tuesday 17 nov. Central and eastern Chinese provinces faced the worst natural gas shortage in years as supplies were diverted to snowstorm-hit northern China. (Stringer/Reuters)

Sigd colored umbrellas

Members of the Ethiopian-Jewish community celebrated the “Sigd” holiday in Jerusalem Monday16,nov. According to the Ethiopian tradition, the holiday marks the biblical union between the Jewish people and God. (Darren Whiteside/Reuters)

nice photos

Amazing Photos From National Geographic’s International Photography Contest 2009

birds

Nazroo, a mahout (elephant driver), poses for a portrait while taking his elephant, Rajan, out for a swim in front of Radha Nagar Beach in Havelock, Andaman Islands.

The Darvaza natural gas crater is located in the center of the Karakum Desert in the central Asian country of Turkmenistan. The crater resulted after a Soviet natural gas exploration accident in the 1950s and has been burning ever since.

The Simpsons: Then and Now

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Brazil,Miss Earth 2009

2nd to right

Miss Earth 2009 winners posing on the island of Boracay in Aklan province, central Philippines November 23, 2009. The winners are (L-R): Miss Earth Fire Alejandra Echevarria of Spain,20, Miss Earth Air Sandra Seifert of the Philippines, 25,Miss Earth Larissa Ramos of Brazil, 20(a biology student) and Miss Earth Water Jessica Barboza of Venezuela, 22 . Ramos beat about eighty contestants from around the world to win the Miss Earth 2009 title on Sunday.

Overweighted woman has surgery

out of her home

doing morning exercise

with her son

nurse taking her measures before surgery

Su Huiqing, a 32-year-old woman who weighs 150kg, walks out of her shabby house in Quanzhou city of east China's Fujian province, November 18, 2009. Doctors aim to reduce her weight from 150kg to 75kg during a year of free treatment and a surgery in Fuzhou. An overdose of hormone medicine was to be blame for her weight after the wrong diagnosis of an illness 15 years ago.

Markel building

Markel Building; Richmond, Virginia, USA
Here is the new sign outside Haigh Jamgochian's Markel Building."The Markel Corporation commissioned architect Haig Jamgochian, a Richmond native, to design their headquarters in 1962. The aluminum clad conical structure was inspired by a baked potato wrapped in foil served to Jamgochian while attending an American Institute of Architect's dinner. Each floor consists of a single piece of 555-foot aluminum. They are the longest unbroken pieces of aluminum ever used as siding material. Jamgochian personally sledge-hammered crinkles into the 3rd floor siding before contractors finished the job on the other two floors in 1965. The building is a unique architectural example of its era."