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A ladybug walks over drops of rain (Boris Roessler / European Pressphoto Agency / July 28, 2010) Click on comments number below to read them & write yours

Tour de France cyclists ride past actors dressed up as prehistoric people near the Mas d’Azil cave, the site of primitive rock drawings Click on comments number below to read them & write yours

Worshipers perform afternoon prayers on the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage 2009, in Arafat, just outside the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The Hajj pilgrimage is one of the five pillars of Islam, required of all able-bodied Muslims who can afford it, once in their lifetime. An average of more than 2 [...]

Young performers wait backstage at a Tiananmen Square reception for the Olympic torch relay Click on comments number below to read them & write yours

A young couple relaxes in a field of moss phlox at Hitsujiyama Park in Chichibu, west of Tokyo, Japan Click on comments number below to read them & write yours

Ann T. Harmer, co-director of the plastination lab at Orange Coast College, uncovers “Bernadette,” a 23-year-old female body preserved with polymer similar to the bodies on exhibit at “Body Worlds 3″ at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Each of the 48 horizontal slabs reveal her internal anatomy from head to lower torso. Click [...]