CNN Site Map for Section World (Galleries) for August - 2014
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- 2014-08-29Israeli couple Noga and Moshiko Siho leave an army staging area after having their wedding photos taken near the Yad Mordechai kibbutz in Israel on Wednesday, August 27.
- 2014-08-29For many beach-goers, jellyfish are a nuisance that blights the seashore. But some scientists believe they could hold the key to immortality.
- 2014-08-29For most people, paper is used in printers, for random notes or occasional doodles. However, artists across the globe are taking the ancient material to a whole new level, fashioning everything from 3D sculptures to intricate cut-outs.
- 2014-08-29At a press conference on Thursday, August 28, Dutch Brig. Gen. Nico Tak, a senior NATO commander, revealed satellite images of what NATO says are Russian combat forces engaged in military operations in or near Ukrainian territory. NATO said this image sho
- 2014-08-29AUGUST 29 - SANGAM, INDIA: A snake charmer waits for alms from devotees during the Teej festival. Married women in Nepal and some parts of India fast and pray for long lives for their husbands during the three-day long festival, while unmarried women wish
- 2014-08-27Palestinians in Gaza celebrate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Tuesday, August 26. After more than seven weeks of heavy fighting, Israel and Hamas agreed to an open-ended ceasefire that puts off dealing with core long-term issues.
- 2014-08-27Recording artists Demi Lovato, left, and Taylor Swift take a selfie at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, August 24. Lovato posted the selfie to her Instagram account on Sunday.
- 2014-08-23Children are taken into the cellar of an orphanage for shelter during intense shelling in Marynivka, Ukraine, on August 19. Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie spent the day with locals, going in and out of bomb shelters as missiles were launched on the cit
- 2014-08-22A law enforcement officer fires tear gas in the direction where bottles were thrown from crowds Monday, August 18, in Ferguson, Missouri. The St. Louis suburb has been in turmoil since Darren Wilson, a white police officer, fatally shot Michael Brown, an
- 2014-08-21Según Moody's, Grecia y Finlandia serán "superviejos" —más del 20% de su población con más de 65 años— el próximo año. Entre más oscuro el tono, la población es de mayor edad.
- 2014-08-20Micro-condos are on the rise in urban centers across North America, including New York City. After winning the adAPT NYC apartment design competition in 2013, nArchitects was awarded a city contract to build a micro-condo pilot that could address the city
- 2014-08-20Actress and singer Demi Lovato posted this silly selfie to Instagram on Friday, August 15, with the message: "6 am glamour-puss." She included the hashtag "#votedemilovato" as her "Really Don't Care" video is up for an M
- 2014-08-16El fotógrafo que nada con tiburones sin la protección de jaula, Michael Muller, se estará apoderando del Instagram de Discovery Channel para la semana del tiburón 2014. Tiene la esperanza de aprovechar la oportunidad para crear conciencia sobre las poblac
- 2014-08-15Police wearing riot gear confront a man during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday, August 11. Some protests in the city turned into clashes between angry citizens and police after a Ferguson police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-
- 2014-08-14Rescuers work at the site of a plane crash in Santos, Brazil, on Wednesday, August 13. Among those on the small Cessna 560XL aircraft was Eduardo Campos, a Brazilian presidential candidate. All seven people aboard the plane were killed, state-run Agencia
- 2014-08-14Cage-free shark photographer Michael Muller is taking over Discovery Channel's Instagram for Shark Week 2014. He hopes to use the opportunity to raise awareness about the declining populations of sharks.
- 2014-08-13A derailed passenger train is pictured near Tiefencastel, Switzerland, on Wednesday, August 13. A landslide caused the train to partially derail in the Swiss Alps, injuring at least six people, regional police spokesman Peter Faerber said.
- 2014-08-13Singer Olivia Newton-John snaps a selfie with her new wax figure Saturday, August 9, in Las Vegas. The figure shows Newton-John from her role in the 1978 movie "Grease."
- 2014-08-11An Iraqi gunner opens fire at possible ISIS targets during a rescue operation by the Iraqi Air Force and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters on Monday, August 11. The dramatic operation at Iraq's Mount Sinjar involved taking supplies to desperate Yazidis and
- 2014-08-11A "supermoon" rises above Glastonbury Tor on Sunday, August 10, in Somerset, England. The phenomenon occurs when the moon becomes full on the same day as its perigee -- the point in the moon's orbit when it is closest to Earth. It is the se
- 2014-08-09Rescuers work to pull victims from an overturned tour bus after it fell off a cliff in Nyemo County, Tibet, on Saturday, August 9.
- 2014-08-08A Palestinian boy waits for treatment at a hospital in Beit Lahia after being wounded during an early morning airstrike at a school-turned-shelter in northern Gaza on Wednesday, July 30. The United Nations blamed Israel for the attack after Israel launche
- 2014-08-08Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys climb down a wall near the scene of what police described as a terror attack Monday, August 4, in Jerusalem. Police said they shot and killed the Palestinian driver of a construction vehicle after it overturned a passenger bus,
- 2014-08-06Malia Obama, one of the daughters of U.S. President Barack Obama, is seen at left in this selfie tweeted Monday, August 4, at the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago. According to the Washington Post, the photo was taken at a Chance the Rapper concert
- 2014-08-05The Beatles exploded on the American scene, kicking off the British Invasion. Ringo Starr, George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney arrive at JFK airport to an overwhelming, screaming reception to start their U.S. tour in 1964.
- 2014-08-05Un creciente número de socavones han aparecido en y alrededor del vecindario donde se está llevando a cabo la construcción de Lotte World Tower en Seúl, Corea del Sur. El primero fue descubierto en junio y varios más han aparecido desde entonces, según in
- 2014-08-05Most flowers start as seeds planted in soil, but Wim Noorduin, currently a post-doc researcher at Harvard, prefers to craft bouquets using Barium carbonate and sodium metasilicate.
- 2014-08-01A downtown district of the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung was ripped apart by gas explosions just before midnight on Thursday, July 31.
- 2014-08-01Llamas tras una explosión del sistema de suministro de gas de la ciudad sureña de Kaohsiung, en Taiwán el viernes 1 de agosto.