This is just one of the tens of thousands of Chinese couples who married on the
9th of September 2009. Because the number 9 is pronounced the same as the word
"long-lasting" in Chinese, many think the date of 9/9/09 is an auspicious day
to seal the deal.
A picture of Afghan incumbent President Hamid Karzai hangs from a post in
Kabul, as doubt grows around the world if he really won.
Cars and boats sit buried in mud after heavy rains flooded Silivri, a town
outside Istanbul, Turkey.
Indian farmers stage a protest rally against the aquisition of their farming
land for construction of the Ganga Express highway in Allahabad on September 8,
2009. Some 300 farmers gathered to protest the constrution of the 747 km
highway connecting the eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh state with the pivotal
economic region around national capital New Delhi.
Indian villagers wade through flood waters in Udaynarayanpur village some 50
kms northwest of Kolkata on September 9, 2009. Four persons, including two
children, were killed in West Bengal state by widespread rains and the release
from a Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) reservoir led to a flood-like situation
in five districts, local media reports.
Labourers rest on their pushcarts at a market in Karachi.
Paragliders in Indonesia succeed in setting a new national record for staying
in the air, flying for nine hours and nine minutes at Nusa Dua hill, Bali.
Young women dance and sing songs in praise of the North Korean leader, Kim
Jong-il, at the the Arch of Triumph, Pyongyang, as the country marks 61 years
of communist rule.
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