Colourful Events In Pictures

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An oil slick lies across the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana after last week's rig blast.

 South Korean soldiers salute in front of portraits of dead sailors from the sunken South Korean naval ship Cheonan 

A worker cleans the glass of an office building in Beijing

 Climbers nearing the peak of Annapurna in the Himalayas, Nepal

Two snowploughs tackle a heavy spring fall on the Grossglockner road near Salzburg, Austria.

The 21-mile long Saemangeum seawall in Gunsan, south of Seoul, South Korea.

 Lolo, a black jaguar, is seen with her spotted cub inside their cage at Jordan's zoo in Yaduda.

 Performers rehearse for the opening of the Shanghai World Expo in Beijing.

Deputies of Ukraine's parliament come to blows as a smoke bomb goes off during a stormy sitting in Kiev.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II tours an arena in Llandudno, Wales.

People walk past a memorial for Chernobyl victims in Slavutich, Ukraine, which marked the 24th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster. On April 26, 1986 a reactor exploded, contaminating the then Soviet states of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus with fallout which also spread to other parts of Europe.

 A makeup artist applies historical Egyptian beauty items and toiletries at The Science Museum in London. 

The US space shuttle Discovery touches down at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida completing fifteen days in space. Nasa has just three more missions before it retires the shuttle fleet.

The Buick EN-V concept car is unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show in China. Major global automakers plan to unveil dozens of new models. 

This Hubble Space Telescope image captures the chaotic activity atop a three-light- year-tall pillar of gas and dust. It lies within the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years from Earth. The picture was related for Hubble's 20th anniversary.

A man tests out the new Samsung 40-inch 3D television in John Lewis, the first store to offer the new technology.

 The new high-tech design of the $100 bill is unveiled in Washington. It was changed as part of an effort to stay ahead of counterfeiters.

 Rescue workers come to the aid of a beached whale, at Hollywood Beach, in Hollywood.

 Sand sculpture depicting Indian freedom fighters Mahatma Gandhi, left, and Subhash Chandra Bose is seen on a beach, in Puri, India.

A dirt road leads to the local cemetary outside the town of Tasiilaq in eastern Greenland. 

Most expensive pets

We are talking about exotic animals, which can not be exported from their native country, but it still happens. Why? Yes, because a couple of flights for "exotic" can make a fortune. Unless, of course, law enforcement authorities can not detain smuggler. Let's see how many different animals are imported for the sake of profit.

Monkey DeBrazza

 

This monkey has a name thanks to the scientist who first discovered and identified this species. Monkey distributed mostly in Central Africa, and lives in swamps, in very humid. These monkeys are known to emit a very loud noises, being somewhat alarmed. In general, they look very unusual, plus very emotional.
All this allows to evaluate each member of the species in 7000 dollars.

Parrot Macau

 

These parrots are the world's largest flying parrots. The length of the bird is about one meter, the color - a sky-blue. Its size and appearance, plus the intellect, make the parrot is very attractive for lovers of exotic animals. Usual Macau in forests of South America, and now the population is rapidly declining. By the way, it is not safe birds - their beaks can crush a coconut.
Cost of Macau is 12 thousand dollars.

Python

Python - the largest snake in India, its length may reach 4 meters, what is, very much. Adult python is quite capable of killing a man, his muscles are so powerful. The animal got into the "arms" python, turns into a bag full of broken bones. Power pythons incredible.
But despite all this, pythons are often kept as pets. Because of this, pythons have become an endangered species protected by law. By the way, pythons are also found in southern Asia.
The cost of a python is 15 thousand dollars.

Chimpanzee

Surprised? Yes, these animals we often see in various broadcasts on TV. If you remember, their genome by only 2% different from the human. And those two per cent still do a monkey man.
So, chimps live in West and Central Africa, trying to stay closer to chelvoeku. With its FSUs ozhesti per person, ability to exercise a wide range of emotions (including laughter), chimpanzees are very popular among fans of exotic animals.
Room chimps closer to 65 thousand dollars.
White Tiger

Actually, the white tigers are not a separate kind of tigers. It's just albinos, which under normal conditions do not survive. But in zoos, both in public and in private, white tigers live well.
Tigers Albino often found in home nurseries, representing a sort of pet (it is clear that home is a pet name still can not). So, the cost of the white tiger is 138 thousand dollars. Not bad, eh?

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