CNN Site Map (Galleries) for August - 2012
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- 2012-08-31The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino's Vanity Nightclub features eye-catching vanity stations as part of its 2,000 square-foot luxury ladies' room. Gold-plated faucets and a $40,000 chandelier add some shine to the porcelain palace.
- 2012-08-31Leslie Elder participates in the 2010 Race for the Cure. She was diagnosed with cancer four separate times.
- 2012-08-31Click through seven scenarios that could yield a tie in the Electoral College that would make the disputed 2000 election look tame by comparison. 1) Obama takes one vote in Nebraska: Obama wins Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, and a single electoral vote from the
- 2012-08-31Due to the Paralympics' classification rules, South Africa's double amputee "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius can line up against runners with only one prosthetic leg.
- 2012-08-31A Berber girl dressed in traditional attire at a Berber cultural festival in Tripoli. Public displays of Amazigh culture were forbidden under the Gadhafi regime.
- 2012-08-31Minka Kelly goes shopping in West Hollywood.
- 2012-08-31Sherman Hemsley reacts during a scene in an episode of "House of Payne" in April 2011. Hemsley, who played the brash George Jefferson on "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," died Tuesday at 74, his booking agent said.
- 2012-08-31Confetti remains on the floor of the Republican National Convention after presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivered his acceptance speech on Thusday, August 30. Photographer Zoran Milich wandered around Tampa this week during the convention. Look back at
- 2012-08-31Thai masseurs and masseuses perform massages as they attempt to establish a new Guinness World Record at an indoor sports arena on the outskirts of Bangkok on Thursday, August 30, 2012.
- 2012-08-31It has been a long road to the London 2012 Paralympics for the Rwandan men's sitting volleyball team, which is the best in Africa.
- 2012-08-31Go-go dancers entertain the crowd during Homocon, a party for gay conservatives during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.
- 2012-08-30The AC360 staff at an afternoon rundown meeting.
- 2012-08-30Anderson Cooper in between liveshots on Monday, August 27, 2012.
- 2012-08-30There's plenty of room for fish to thrive in Lake Superior, which has shores in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ontario, Canada.
- 2012-08-30View of the sun rising from the French Quarter, as Soledad O'Brien prepares to report on the latest Isaac preps on "Starting Point."
- 2012-08-30Los desarrolladores de los aviones supersónicos auguran el regreso de estas naves a los cielos, sin los inconvenientes ambientales y económicos del Concorde.
- 2012-08-30"Ritt Momney," a giant puppet of Mitt Romney, engages in a mock political debate with Vermin Supreme, a performance artist and activist, at New World Brewery in the historic Tampa neighborhood of Ybor City following the first day of the Republic
- 2012-08-30Angola has embarked on a major reconstruction program following the end of a 27-year vicious civil war in 2002. The oil-rich country holds general elections Friday.
- 2012-08-30The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is a fascinating city, with a long and proud maritime history.
- 2012-08-30Inside the dressing room trailer created for Elizabeth Taylor to use during the filming of "Cleopatra" in 1963. The trailer's owner says it was damaged while on loan for the filming of "Liz & Dick" in July.
- 2012-08-29Paralympian Margaret Maughan lights the Paralympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics on Wednesday, August 29.
- 2012-08-29Men wait for help by a stranded car on a seaside road, surrounded by waves whipped up by typhoon Bolaven in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Wednesday, August 28. Gales and downpours brought by typhoon Bolaven swept through parts of northeast China from Tue
- 2012-08-29Elliot Mujaji was a member of Zimbabwe's national athletics team and qualified to compete at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, when he suffered severe burns in an electrical accident. His right arm was amputated, and he remained in a coma for two months.
- 2012-08-29Delegates will surely have fun at the Time Warner Cable Arena during the Democratic National Convention, but there are lots of other things to explore in Charlotte, North Carolina. The convention runs Tuesday, September 4, through Thursday, September 6.
- 2012-08-29A video of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plays on the screen after Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus closed the day's session at the Republican National Convention after 10 minutes Monday in Tampa, Florida.
- 2012-08-29The inside of the Alabama Chanin warehouse comes alive iwth creativity: it's a small city of thimbles, a chair reupholstered in scrap fabric and antique quilts embroidered with the oral histories of quiltmakers and stitchers in the region. 462 Lane D
- 2012-08-29Sakhee Pearl, ridden by Ian Mongan, claims victory in a handicap race at England's Kempton Park racecourse in 2011.
- 2012-08-29Sierra Leonean ballerina Michaela DePrince, 17, one of the ballet world's rising stars. The teenage dancer made her professional debut last month in South Africa.
- 2012-08-28This summer grandmother Sheila Evans took one-on-one trips with her three oldest grandkids. Savannah, 11, decided on a trip to Savannah, Georgia, and coastal South Carolina.
- 2012-08-28Justin Howard, alias "Nordic Thunder," raises a handmade electric guitar, his prize in the 2012 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland, on Friday, August 24. The American was crowned the world champion air guitar player, narrowly ahead
- 2012-08-28Gary Player, who describes himself as the "World's Most Traveled Athlete" says he has racked up more than 15 million air miles in his career. Now aged 76, he was honorary starter at the Masters, in Augusta, April 2012.
- 2012-08-28Farmer Rajinder Kumar at work in his guar field. Guar is a desert crop that thrives in hot weather and needs little water.
- 2012-08-28In hard-hit areas like Pathein in the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, villages and rice fields were still under water on Sunday.
- 2012-08-28Facebook-CNN Election Insights displays in real-time how many people are talking about the presidential and vice presidential candidates on Facebook.
- 2012-08-27From spectacular rushing white waters of the Seljalandsfoss Falls to beautiful Icelandic horses galloping down an idyllic countryside road, iReporter Halldor Sigurdsson's greatest summer highlight was exploring all that southern Iceland had to offer.
- 2012-08-27Los SEAL, Wes Chesser (izq) y John Wolfram, toman un descanso después de asegurar la cápsula del "Apollo 11" el 24 de julio de 1969.
- 2012-08-27More than 800 kids participated in the first Atlanta Kids Triathlon in Norcross, Georgia, on Sunday, August 26.
- 2012-08-27Speaker John Boehner
- 2012-08-27Some researchers believe we can arrive at better decisions by allowing our unconscious to work on them. "You start with taking in all the information, then, you distract yourself," says Maarten Bos from Harvard Business School. "Then, whate
- 2012-08-26A family huddles on a platform to escape floodwaters after evacuating its home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, August 25. Tropical Storm Isaac dumped torrential rains on Haiti, where thousands of people remain homeless more than two years after a d
- 2012-08-26President Barack Obama boards Air Force Once at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Tuesday, August 21. Obama made a two-day campaign trip to Ohio, Nevada and New York.
- 2012-08-26Kim Jong Il's former chef Kenji Fujimoto hugs North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a reunion in July in North Korea.
- 2012-08-26Miner Mfaseni Yekwayo, at a hospital near Rustenburg on August 18, relates to South African President Jacob Zuma, left, the events leading to the miners' clash with police.
- 2012-08-26 Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Mission, with his family on August 26, 1963.
- 2012-08-26Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is engaged to his longtime Argentinian girlfriend, Maria Belen Chapur.
- 2012-08-25 A document that says that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to be arrested in any circumstances if he comes out of the Embassy of Ecuador is seen on a police officer's clipboard. (Editor's note: Part of the document has been pixelated by Pres
- 2012-08-25New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly brief reporters on the Empire State Building shooting Friday, August 24. Two people were killed, including the suspected shooter, and nine others wounded, police said. Authorities
- 2012-08-25Islamic Sunni Salafist fighters wield guns in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday, August 24, during clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian factions. A sniper killed Sunni Sheikh Khaled al-Baradei in the city, sparking new fighting which brought the death toll to 1
- 2012-08-24Rep. Todd Akin's statement that a woman's body is capable of preventing pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape" was so outrageous that even Mitt Romney quickly denounced him, says Dean Obeidallah. But the Akin gaffe may end up infectin
- 2012-08-24At 19, Michelle was happy with her weight, but the years to follow would be filled with crash diets.
- 2012-08-24The "Indiana Jones" films are heading to Blu-ray next month, and Lucasfilm has granted CNN rare access to its archive of props and costumes. So put on your fedora and get ready to experience the treasures of Skywalker Ranch!
- 2012-08-24Gold medalist Gabby Douglas throws the first pitch at Citi Field.
- 2012-08-23Pakistani Muslims ride swings in front of the Minar-i-Pakistan monument to celebrate the last day of the religious festival of Eid al-Fitr in Lahore on Wednesday.
- 2012-08-23While delegates will surely have fun at the Tampa Convention Center during the Republican National Convention August 27-30, there's lots to do beyond the convention.
- 2012-08-23The $30.7 million Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool project was launched in November 2010 to address a leaking foundation and replace the circulation system.
- 2012-08-23Department store Harrods' new "Toy Kingdom," which opened in July, organizes toys and games by themes like the Big Top, where magicians and jugglers are surrounded by fancy costumes, doll houses, rocking horses and soft toys.
- 2012-08-23Don King, 81, sits at his desk at his South Florida office, which is more like a museum than an office. Known as a boxing promoter, King says he aspires to use the sport "as a catalyst to bring people together."
- 2012-08-23A rendering of the Aerion SBJ, a proposed eight to 12-passenger business jet whose backers predict it will enter service by 2020.
- 2012-08-23The puppet cast of "Top Goon: Diaries of a Little Dictator," produced by anonymous Syrian artists' collective Masasit Mati. At the far right is the character representing Assad, known by the diminutive "Beeshu."
- 2012-08-23The Robot Hall of Fame at Carnegie Mellon University is letting the public vote on nominees for the first time. Among the contenders is Robonaut. Developed by NASA, the latest version of Robonaut went to the International Space Station. The following are
- 2012-08-23Go-Go, 23, is considered the best pole dancer at 2001 Odyssey in Tampa, Florida.
- 2012-08-23Lunchboxes offer a time capsule of American pop culture, featuring cartoon characters, bands, movies and TV shows. Aladdin Industries came out with this "Incredible Hulk" lunchbox in 1978 when the TV series with Lou Ferrigno was popular.
- 2012-08-23Paralympian Paul left his Wall Street job to take over Sail to Prevail - an organization which teaches disabled children to sail. From eight children a year, the charity, based in Newport, Rhode Island, now helps around 1,000 youngsters annually.
- 2012-08-23Aimee Copeland and family meet with interior designer Donna DeLuca to personalize a 1,956-square-feet home addition to their home, courtesy of Pulte Homes on July 16. Copeland, 24, went home on Wednesday, August 22, after spending two months in the hospit
- 2012-08-22A woman takes off her rain jacket after a heavy downpour Tuesday at the pier in Blackpool, England.
- 2012-08-22In the 1940s, Hunter College launched a "genius school" for children with high IQs. Here, 6-year-olds study time. Here, Lucy, standing to the left, shared what she found in the library about old-fashioned candle clocks. Her remarks were copied o
- 2012-08-22Behind barbed wire are the entrances to the Gaza-Egypt smuggling tunnels - a key trade route for Hamas-controled Gaza.
- 2012-08-22"Snow White and the Huntsman's" Sam Claflin has officially landed the role of handsome District 4 tribute Finnick Odair in 2013's "Catching Fire." Here are some other actors expected to appear alongside Jennifer Lawrence&apos
- 2012-08-22El camarón mantis pavo real tiene uno de los sistemas visuales más complejos del mundo marino y apéndices como palos para romper las conchas de los moluscos.
- 2012-08-22Smoke rises from the Tungurahua volcano in Huambalo, Ecuador, on Tuesday, August 21. Increased volcanic activity has led authorities to raise a security alert from moderate to high. The volcano is 87 miles (140 kilometers) south of Quito, Ecuador's c
- 2012-08-22Una nueva moda se impuso en la playa de Qingdao en China. Los 'facekinis' se volvieron populares entre las mujeres este verano.
- 2012-08-22Bob Besal on the USS America in 1974 in the North Atlantic when he was a Lieutenant. Besal was piloting a Vought A-7C on a training mission when his aircraft collided with another plane at 15,000 feet, sending his jet into the Atlantic. He survived, but t
- 2012-08-22Scores of residents in Makoko have been left homeless after Lagos authorities demolished many of their homes.
- 2012-08-22Prince Harry is in trouble over what appears to be naked photos of him in Las Vegas. Mostly the prince has been in the spotlight for performing his royal duties. Here, in the buildup before the London Olympics, Prince Harry prepares to run a mock race aga
- 2012-08-21Miss China, Yu Wenxia, waves to the audience after being crowned Miss World 2012 during the pageant's final ceremony in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, on Saturday, August 18. Wenxia topped more than 100 other hopeful beauty queens.
- 2012-08-21Israeli Arabs play with a pet snake at an amusement park Monday in the old city of Acre, Israel. Muslims worldwide have been celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
- 2012-08-21The brightly colored peacock mantis shrimp has one of the most complex visual systems in the marine world, and powerful club-like appendages that can smash through the shells of molluscs. Photo by Gary Granitch.
- 2012-08-21Director Tony Scott on location for "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3" on the streets of Manhattan on May 11, 2008, in New York. Scott died Sunday, August 19, at age 68 in an apparent suicide.
- 2012-08-21Phyllis Diller, who died this week, made an artform out of wisecracking. She was prolific, self-deprecating and slyly radical: Her jokes tended to focus on her failings as a housewife, her lack of sex appeal, and the shortcomings of an imaginary husband a
- 2012-08-21 Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad's latest attempt to swim across the Straits of Florida ended Tuesday morning after severe jellyfish stings and a lightning storm put her off course, her team said.
- 2012-08-21A team of engineers led by the UK's University of Nottingham have created a new stove which not only cooks food but also generates electricity. The device uses thermo-acoustic technology originally developed by the U.S.'s Los Alamos National Lab
- 2012-08-21A young Muslim boy holds a toy gun Monday near the closed house of a Christian girl with Down syndrome who has been arrested on blasphemy charges in a slum of Islamabad, Pakistan.
- 2012-08-21Indian Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at the historic Taj Mahal in Agra on Monday, August 20. The three-day festival begins after the sighting of a new crescent moon. During Ramadan, devout Muslims abstain from food, drink, smoking and sex from
- 2012-08-20Phyllis Diller poses for a portrait in 1981 for her book "The Joys of Aging & How to Avoid Them." The pioneering comedian died at her home in Los Angeles on Monday, August 20. She was 95.
- 2012-08-20Catalina Escobar began the "Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar Foundation" to improve children's health in Cartagena, Colombia The foundation also provides teen mothers with education and job training.
- 2012-08-20"The South of France has an enchantment of its own, unlike any other place I've ever been to," says Neslyn Talavera Monroig, who spent a portion of her honeymoon there. "It's the kind of place you look forward to visiting again.&q
- 2012-08-20A favorite dish of Colombia's capital is ajiaco -- a special kind of potato soup that involves three special types of potatoes and a special herb called guascas.
- 2012-08-20La pastelería "Sprinkles", en Los Ángeles instaló un cajero automático afuera de su sucursal en Beverly Hills.
- 2012-08-20Thousands of Chinese protesters take part in a demonstration in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, on 19 August, 2012, against Japan's claim of the Diaoyu islands, as they are known in Chinese, or Senkaku islands in Japanese.
- 2012-08-19The USS Constitution sets sail Sunday across the Boston Harbor, commemorating the anniversary of her victory over a British frigate during the War of 1812.
- 2012-08-19Mike Rotunno was a newspaper photographer who started a business at Midway Airport in 1930s Chicago shooting pictures for travelers who wanted a memento as they passed through. Many celebrities were among them. Here, Rotunno poses with Marilyn Monroe in
- 2012-08-18Un derviche entra en éxtasis religioso en la ciudad turca de Konya, donde está enterrado Rumi el místico sufí.
- 2012-08-18Emergency staff carry out victims of a fire that swept through the Tiger Bar club in Patong, Phuket, Thailand on Friday, August 17, 2012
- 2012-08-17Winslow Homer's shingle-style home and studio in Maine was his private retreat, but it is opening to the public in September.
- 2012-08-17Evan Jensen, 18, rests atop his shower truck, which he helped build along with his family after noticing there was no place to get a decent shower in the oil boomtown of Williston, North Dakota.
- 2012-08-17One of Paul Ryan's favorite bands, Rage Against the Machine, protests the Iraq War in Denver in 2008 shortly before heading to Minneapolis to protest the Republican National Convention.
- 2012-08-17Robert Redford in his agent's New York office in 1969. Click through the gallery to see more photographs from the renowned star's early career.
- 2012-08-17After six weeks of marriage, and this past weekend's alleged altercation, Evelyn Lozada has filed for divorce from football player Chad Johnson (formerly Ochocinco). From Britney Spears and Jason Alexander to Cher and Gregg Allman, here are some othe
- 2012-08-17Advertising agency founder Mercedes Erra was the French Advertising Agencies Association's first female president. She is renowned as a strategist responsible for the world's most-viewed brand video, "Roller Babies."
- 2012-08-17Pussy Riot band members Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass-walled cage during a court hearing in Moscow on Friday August 17.
- 2012-08-17BMX rider Todd Lyons took a knee in April at a national BMX race in Chula Vista, California, and popped the question to Mare Galletti, his girlfriend of three years. "People constantly tell us what an awesome proposal it was and how awesome it is to
- 2012-08-17Jordin Sparks signs autographs in Beverly Hills.
- 2012-08-17Colour Me Good Ryan Gosling
- 2012-08-17This March, Virgin Atlantic premiered its new Clubhouse with an Austin Powers-meets-uptown cocktail lounge at JFK in New York.
- 2012-08-17Sports photographers from all over the world headed to London for the 2012 Olympics. They captured some of the world's best athletes in the heat of competition, like these marathon runners above.
- 2012-08-17A new survey projects that Singapore will - by a wide margin - be home to the wealthiest citizens in 2050 with per capita income estimated at $137,710.
- 2012-08-16Ato Essandoh, Kyle Schmid and Tom Weston-Jones' charactersof Dr. Matthew Freeman, Robert Morehouse and detective Kevin Corcoran (from left to right) lead three distinctly different lives in 1864 New York.
- 2012-08-16African immigrants disembark from a patrol boat after arriving in Valletta, Malta on Thursday. Maltese armed forces rescued 158 migrants Thursday, but six died before they could be saved, the authorities said.
- 2012-08-16Once abandoned, this ancient Italian town carved out of a limestone gorge has been made a UNESCO World Heritage Site thanks to repopulation by artists and hippies. Take a dip in its natural rock springs before touring cave dwellings and other relics of th
- 2012-08-16RideHouse is made up of 12 separate slides -- the most of any water-play structure in the world.
- 2012-08-16Chef José Andrés' casual outpost unites Chinese and Mexican food under one high-design roof in the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
- 2012-08-16Filipino students walk on a footbridge on a road that remains flooded a week after heavy monsoon rains in Taguig City, south of Manila, Philippines, August 16, 2012. A tropical storm hit the Northern Luzon, bringing days of wet weather to a region still r
- 2012-08-16"Pensé que era algo como el 'set' de una película sobre un planeta distante", dijo Harvey Harrison sobre el Parque Nacional Death Valley en California.
- 2012-08-16The Iowa State Fair has been a must for both presidential campaigns in the past week because of Iowa's pivotal role in this year's election. President Barack Obama stopped by during his three-day bus tour across the state. And Mitt Romney's
- 2012-08-16Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360 was launched in November 2010. The motion-sensor device has prompted a surge in creativity as software developers use the technology for novel uses.
- 2012-08-15The original "Sparkle," a film about three sisters who go from singing in the church choir to crooning for a club audience in late-'50s Harlem, has become a cult classic since its 1976 release. This weekend, "Sparkle" will sweep i
- 2012-08-15Gchan Choudhary, 17, plays a drum as his younger brother Drumpal Choudhary, 11, performs tricks on a Kathmandu, Nepal, street on Wednesday. The Indian immigrants say they earn about $10 a day.
- 2012-08-15Los Angeles-based Sprinkles has installed a cupcake ATM outside its Beverly Hills location.
- 2012-08-15A ground crew at Edwards Air Force Base makes the final checks June 13, 2011, to the X-51A Waverider scramjet prior to its second test flight. Affixed to a B-52H Stratofortress, the Waverider was flown over the Pacific Ocean and launched.
- 2012-08-15Jan Asante in her boutique "Gisella's," in south London, which she runs with her mother Gisella Asante.
- 2012-08-15Jennifer Aniston hasn't always been lucky in love, but she may have finally found her prince in fiancé Justin Theroux. Here's a look back at some of Jen's men:
- 2012-08-14With a time of 9.63 seconds, Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins the gold in the men's 100-meter final on Sunday, August 5. Check out Day 8 of competition from Saturday, August 4. The Games ran through August 12.
- 2012-08-14Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica celebrates winning the gold in the women's 100-meter final on Saturday, August 4. Check out Day 7 of competition from Friday, August 3. The Games ran through August 12.
- 2012-08-14Yana Dementieva, foreground, Anastasiia Kozhenkova, Nataliya Dovgodko, and Kateryna Tarasenko of Ukraine celebrate their win after the women's rowing quadruple sculls final in Windsor, England, on Wednesday, August 1. Check out Day 4 of competition f
- 2012-08-14South Africa's Cameron Van der Burgh celebrates after breaking the world record in the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the London Olympics on Sunday, July 29. Check out Day 1 of competition from Saturday, July 28. The 2012 Summer Olympics ran th
- 2012-08-14U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps competes in the men's 400-meter individual medley final swimming event during the first day of Olympics competition in London on Saturday, July 28. Phelps failed to medal in the event, finishing fourth. Photos: The opening
- 2012-08-14Yonas Kifle of Eritrea is cheered by spectators as he competes in the men's marathon on day 16 of the London 2012 Olympics, Sunday, August 12, the last day of the Games. See all the action as it unfolded here, and check out the best images from day 1
- 2012-08-14Oleksandr Usyk of the Ukraine, in red, defends against Clemente Russo of Italy, in blue, during the heavyweight boxing final. Usyk won gold on a 14-11 points decision on Day 15 of the London 2012 Olympic Games on Saturday, August 11. Check out the best im
- 2012-08-14LeBron James, No. 6 of the United States, goes up for a shot against Luis Scola, No. 4 of Argentina, during the men's basketball semifinal match on August 10. The games ran through August 12 -- check out the best moments from Day 13 of competition on
- 2012-08-14Germany's right blocker Jonas Reckermann, right, jumps in front of Brazil's left blocker Alison Cerutti, left, during the men's beach volleyball final match on Thursday, August 9, in London. Check out Day 12 of competition from Wednesday,
- 2012-08-14Kobe Bryant, No.10 of United States, shoots over Patrick Mills, No.5 of Australia, in the third quarter during the men's basketball quarterfinal game on Wednesday, August 8. Check out Day 11 of competition from Tuesday, August 7. The Games ran throug
- 2012-08-14Germany's Jonas Reckermann serves during the men's beach volleyball semifinal against Reinder Nummerdor and Rich Schuil from Netherlands on Tuesday, August 7. Check out Day 10 of competition from Monday, August 6. The Games ran through August 1
- 2012-08-14Left to right: Denmark's Lasse Norman Hansen, Michael Morkov, Rasmus Christian Quaade and Casper von Flosach prepare to compete in the men's team pursuit track cycling event on Friday, August 3. Check out Day 6 of competition from Thursday, Augu
- 2012-08-14LeBron James, left, and Kobe Bryant watch the men's basketball preliminary round match on Thursday, August 2 in London. Check out Day 5 of competition from Wednesday, August 1. The Games ran through August 12.
- 2012-08-14U.S. swimmer Allison Schmitt competes in the women's 200-meter freestyle final on Day 4 of the London Olympics on Tuesday, July 31. Check out Day 3 of competition from Monday, July 30. The Games ran through August 12.
- 2012-08-14U.S. forward Alex Morgan, center in blue, runs with the ball past Canada's defender Lauren Sesselmann, number 10, forward Christine Sinclair, number 12, and defender Carmelina Moscato, number four, during the women's soccer semifinal match on D
- 2012-08-14Police stand guard as gambling machines are destroyed Tuesday in Nanchong, China. About 1,000 such machines were confiscated and destroyed throughout the district, police say.
- 2012-08-14Chatchai Butdee of Thailand sits in his corner during his men's fly boxing bout with Selcuk Eker of Turkey on Monday, July 30, on Day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Check out Day 2 of competition from Sunday, July 29. The Games run through Augus
- 2012-08-14Extreme temperatures and a lack of water make backpacking in the Grand Canyon especially challenging. "Know and respect your limitations," the National Park Service's website cautions.
- 2012-08-14Fireworks light up the Olympic stadium during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics on Sunday, August 12. Check out photos from the opening ceremony.
- 2012-08-14The countdown to the start of the opening ceremony is projected across the stands while the Royal Air Force aerobatic team, the Red Arrows, flies over the Olympic Stadium. The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games was held on Friday, July 27.
- 2012-08-14"Welcome Back, Kotter" fans are mourning the loss of Ron Palillo, who died of a heart attack Tuesday at 63. As Arnold Horshack, one of the "Sweathogs," on the ABC series, Palillo was beloved by viewers for his unique laugh and "Oo
- 2012-08-14The Jura Mountains in the northwest of Switzerland remain a rugged, undeveloped region that is an anomaly in the resort-speckled country.
- 2012-08-14Sporting a turtleneck, Paul Ryan, center, back row, is shown here in 1990 with his Miami University fraternity Delta Tau Delta, from the school's yearbook.
- 2012-08-14Gavin y Carrie Jones son los nuevos padres de quintillizos, nacidos el 9 de agosto de 2012 en un hospital de Texas.
- 2012-08-14The Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham, from left, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Melanie Brown perform during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Sunday, August 12.
- 2012-08-14A man walks past the debris of a destroyed building in Ahar in northwest Iran on Monday, August 13. Two earthquakes that hit northwestern Iran killed more than 300 people and injured more than 3,000.
- 2012-08-14A dervish whirls in religious ecstasy in the Turkish city of Konya, where the Sufi mystic Rumi is buried. "Muslim for a Month" tours visit the tomb and observe the dervishes.
- 2012-08-14South Korean singer Kim Jang-Hoon (R) swims in the sea off Uljin, 225 kms southeast of Seoul, on August 13, 2012. He's among more than 40 swimmers who are part of a politically-charged relay team swimming from South Korea to the contested islands of
- 2012-08-14Patience is a virtue, but the few extra minutes are worth it, say pour-over aficionados, like the ones who frequent this Blue Bottle Coffee outpost in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood.
- 2012-08-13For the first time, visitors can get a closer look at launchpads at Kennedy Space Center thanks to special tours marking the center's 50th anniversary. The launchpad tours started in July and are likely to be offered only through the end of the year.
- 2012-08-13A infant sleeps in a sheet made into a hammock in a community that was overcome with flooding Sunday in Manila, Philippines.
- 2012-08-13Helen Gurley Brown in her New York apartment in 1979. The former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and author of "Sex and the Single Girl" died on Monday, August 13. She was 90.
- 2012-08-13"I remember thinking at the time that this was like something from a movie set of a fictional distant planet," says Harvey Harrison, who shot this photo in California's Death Valley National Park.
- 2012-08-13Gavin and Carrie Jones are new parents to quintuplets, born August 9, 2012.
- 2012-08-13Cinco adolescentes posaron para una fotografía en el lago Copco en 1982. Desde entonces se convirtió en una tradición que planean seguir hasta que mueran.
- 2012-08-13The New Normal de NBC presenta a una pareja homosexual que consigue a una madre soltera en su búsqueda por concebir un bebé.
- 2012-08-13An Australia-bound Iraqi family arrives at an Indonesian marine police station in Surabaya in East Java province on July 29, 2012. They were among a group of 66 Iraqi and Iranian asylum seekers who were rescued from a stricken boat by the Indonesian navy.
- 2012-08-13Photos: Olympian outtakes
- 2012-08-13Fuegos artificiales iluminan el estadio olímpico durante la majestuosa ceremonia de clausura de los Juegos de Londres 2012.
- 2012-08-12Everyone came to see Usain Bolt, and he did not disappoint. The 25-year-old Jamaican won three gold medals at the London Olympics; two individually (100m and 200m) and one in a team event (pictured above -- the men's 4 x 100m relay).
- 2012-08-12The U.S. men's basketball team celebrates winning the gold medal after defeating Spain on the final day of the London 2012 Olympics on Sunday, August 12.
- 2012-08-11El portero Gabriel de Brasil no puede evitar el segundo gol de México logrado por Oribe Peralta en la final de fútbol olímpico en el estadio de Wembley, donde los aztecas ganaron la medalla de oro.
- 2012-08-11Dos policías en el Parque Olímpico de Londres celebran la victoria de Usain Bolt en los 100 metros planos con un saludo de "Armas de Bolt".
- 2012-08-11Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, jokes with Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan Saturday, August 11, after announcing him as his running mate at a campaign event on the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virginia.
- 2012-08-11Los jugadores de la selección de fútbol de México celebran emocionados el final del partido ante Brasil, al que derrotaron 2-1 y conquistaron la medalla de oro olímpica.
- 2012-08-11La vestimenta contiene bandas elásticas que almacenan energía y la liberan cuando es necesario.
- 2012-08-11Former sprinter Jude Monye is still waiting to receive the gold medal he won in 2000, as part of the Nigerian 4x400m relay team.
- 2012-08-11Dick Cheney has been called the most powerful and influential vice president in American history. As the head of George W. Bush's vice-presidential search team in the 2000 campaign, Cheney brought decades of Washington experience to the White House a
- 2012-08-11The U.S. Justice Department seeks "meaningful negotiations" in 60 days to end what it calls constitutional violations at the Lauderdale County Juvenile Detention Facility in Meridian, Mississippi, or else a federal lawsuit will be filed. The Jus
- 2012-08-10Emil Zatopek pushed himself to the limit in search of Olympic gold and world records.
- 2012-08-10España compite por equipos en la prueba de rutina libre de natación sincronizada el día 14 de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012.
- 2012-08-10Las rusas Natalia Ishchenko y Svetlana Romashina muerden sus medallas después de ganar el oro en la final de la rutina libre de duetos de natación sincronizada en los Juegos Olímpicos.
- 2012-08-10Hungary's Eva Risztov lead the way throughout the 10 km swimming held at the Serpentine in London's Hyde Park before going on to get the gold medal.
- 2012-08-10Mourners embrace at a memorial service Friday, August 10, for the six people killed in last weekend's shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Family and friends gathered at Oak Creek High School in suburban Milwaukee.
- 2012-08-10Lebanon gained independence from France in 1943. Located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea between Israel and Syria, the country is one of the smallest in the Middle East by area.
- 2012-08-10South Korea's Shin A-Lam gets emotional while awaiting the outcome of an appeal over a technical fault during her Women's Epee semifinal bout against Germany's Britta Heidemann.
- 2012-08-10Chioma Ajunwa won the women's long jump event at the 1996 Olympic Games, becoming Nigeria's first individual Olympic gold medalist.
- 2012-08-10"Has England ever been so foul with patriotism?" former Smiths front man Morrissey said of the Games.
- 2012-08-10Kerry Washington and Bradley Cooper stop for a photo at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 2012 luncheon on August 9.
- 2012-08-10Las atletas han portado manicuras patrióticas o con el tema de los Olímpicos... las fanáticas quisieron sumarse a la diversión.
- 2012-08-10World leaders and mourners gathered Friday in Accra for the funeral service of late Ghanaian president John Evans Atta Mills, who died at a military hospital on June 24 after a period of illness.
- 2012-08-10The eyes of the world were on the men's 200m final, with Jamaica's Usain Bolt looking to set an Olympic record by retaining his title at the distance as he had done in the 100m.
- 2012-08-10Egyptian artist Nermine Hammam's first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom, "Cairo, Year One," is currently on display in London. Pictured is detail of a work from her series called "Unfolding."
- 2012-08-10Designed by Frank O Gehry, the DZ Bank in Berlin has an inner courtyard which houses a conference room that looks more like a sculpture.
- 2012-08-10There might be more to Usain Bolt's trademark pose than meets the eye. Researchers say certain poses can generate a burst of testosterone.
- 2012-08-09Russia's Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina bite their medals after winning gold in the duets free routine final during the synchronized swimming competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- 2012-08-09iReporter Jonah Alvarez of Calgary, Alberta, took this shot on a trip to celebrate his high school graduation. He held his tiny iPhone-compatible wide-angle lens and focused on it "so that the image within the lens is in focus but all else is not.&qu
- 2012-08-09A young Indian devotee dressed as the Hindu god Lord Krishna stands amid family members before a fancy dress competition held at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple in Bangalore on Thursday, the eve of Krishna Janmashtami.
- 2012-08-09Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after winning gold in the men's 200-meter final on Day 13 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Hot on his heels, fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake came second.
- 2012-08-09 People try to recover belongings being washed away by the flood in Boca Del Rio on the outskirts of Veracruz on Thursday, August 9. Tropical Storm Ernesto skirted the coast of the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, sending wind gusts and showers across the stat
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- 2012-08-09The women's beach volleyball final was contested by two teams both representing Team USA, with Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings winning a third consecutive Olympic gold medal against compatriots April Ross and Jennifer Kessy.
- 2012-08-09Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Human Rights Organization hold placards and candles during a vigil in Amritsar, India, on Tuesday, August 7, as they pay tribute to Sikh devotees killed in the U.S. The tragedy of the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting has rever
- 2012-08-09Charlotte Dujardin gave Great Britain three golds out of six on offer in equestrian events at London 2012 when she won the individual dressage on Valegro on August 9.
- 2012-08-09Delphine Ledoux de Francia hace sus ejercicios con la pelota durante las pruebas individuales de gimnasia rítmica el día 13 de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012.
- 2012-08-09Florence Griffith-Joyner was one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics she won three gold medals in the 100, 200 and 4x100 meters. But her legacy has been tainted by accusations of drug use ever since.
- 2012-08-09Members of the star-studded USA men's basketball team are documenting their Olympics experiences on Instagram, the photo-sharing app. Here, LeBron James and Chris Paul -- game faces on -- ride the team bus on their way to their first game vs. France.
- 2012-08-09Beirut is the party capital of the Middle East, but even when clubbing at renowned nightspot B018 reminders of a tumultuous recent past are not far away.
- 2012-08-09Adrien Niyonshuti survived the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, which took many of his family members.
- 2012-08-09Documenting Philadelphia's gun violence
- 2012-08-09Sex Games: Inside the Olympic Village
- 2012-08-09Sport's regulators face a "delicate task ... as sports technology becomes ever more powerful," according to a recent report by the UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers. "The legal wrangling over Oscar Pistorius' move from
- 2012-08-08The Lady Boys of Bangkok prepare backstage for their cabaret show during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on Tuesday in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 2012-08-08Frankel is unbeaten in 12 races and, under the stewardship of jockey Tom Queally, the four year-old has brought home winnings of just over $2.8 million for his owners.
- 2012-08-08Mi Gyong Choe de Korea del Norte (de rojo) compite con Monika Ewa Michalik de Polonia durante lucha de mujeres categoría libre de 63 kg .
- 2012-08-08Whether sending out Bible verses or giving God props for a medal, many U.S. Olympians are taking to Twitter to show their faith.
- 2012-08-08At his heaviest, Mark Rucker estimates he weighed 385 pounds.
- 2012-08-08China's 2004 Olympic champion Liu Xiang lies injured at the start of his 110m hurdles heat. He eventually got to his feet and boldly limped to the finish line, but it was a second successive disappointment after his Beijing withdrawal in 2008.
- 2012-08-08Olympic athletes have been spotted sporting patriotic or Olympic-themed manicures throughout the games, and fans wanted to get in on the fun. Click through the gallery to see the most creative, elaborate and patriotic Olympic nail art.
- 2012-08-08Reguladores del deporte se enfrentan a una "tarea delicada a medida que la tecnología deportiva se hace cada vez más poderosa", según un reciente informe de la Institución de Ingenieros Mecánicos del Reino Unido. "La disputa legal sobre el
- 2012-08-08A photo of Dustin Hoffman shows him in 1969. Today marks the actor's 75th birthday. Click through the gallery to see more photographs from the renowned star's early career. See many never-published images of Hoffman at Life.com.
- 2012-08-08Nuru Energy is a company offering affordable and efficient electricity to low-income households in rural Rwanda.
- 2012-08-07El húngaro Tamas Lorincz (de espalda) forcejea con Manucher Tskhadaia de Georgia durante la semifinal de lucha grecorromana en la categoría de 96 kg.
- 2012-08-07Who says an Olympic athlete has to be young to be spry? Seventy-one-year-old Hiroshi Hoketsu, competing for Japan in dressage -- a choreographed equestrian exercise that shows off a horse rider's command of their horse -- is the oldest competitor at
- 2012-08-07Sikh men pray in the sanctuary of the Shri Guru Ravidass Temple of New York on Tuesday after a press conference by area politicians and members of the New York Sikh community denouncing the weekend shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
- 2012-08-07Composer Marvin Hamlisch, with two Oscar awards, one for best orginal score for "The Way We Were" and for the best song. Marvin is standing with actor Donald O'Connor on the left, Debbie Reynolds and Cher Bono after Academy Awards ceremony
- 2012-08-07NBA's star Pau Gasol jumps highest during Spain's 88-82 defeat to Brazil in the men's basketball tournament.
- 2012-08-07In May 2012 the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) decided that windsurfing would not be included in the Rio 2016 Olympics, to be replaced by kiteboarding. The windsurfing body International RS:X Class Association decided to increase the pressure on
- 2012-08-07The 1980 Moscow Olympics will be remembered as much for the athletes that were not there as the ones that were. The U.S. team boycotted the Games, at the urging of President Jimmy Carter's administration, in protest at the Soviet Union's invasio
- 2012-08-07Sunbathers gather en masse during the summer on the beach along Nice's Promenade des Anglais, a wide boulevard and pedestrian walkway along the Mediterranean Sea.
- 2012-08-07 Azumah Nelson (left) is a Ghanaian boxing legend, often described as the best fighter to come out of the African continent.
- 2012-08-07Drake recently appeared on a new track by Aaliyah, just weeks before the August 25 anniversary of the singer's death in 2001. "Enough Said" is one of many posthumous duets to which we love to listen. Share your favorite in the comments belo
- 2012-08-07Tom Slingsby celebrates on the podium after winning gold in the Laser sailing class on August 6.
- 2012-08-06A volunteer sets paper lanterns afloat on the River Motoyasu past the Atomic Bomb Dome, at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on Monday, the 67th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing.
- 2012-08-06This Caribbean resort on the island of Anguilla is home to the world's first resort-based hydroponic farm.
- 2012-08-06Mi Hyang y Hui Jong de Corea del Norte participan en la competencia de dúos de natación sincronizada para mujeres en la rutina libre preliminar.
- 2012-08-06In the first of the two blue riband sprint finals, the world's fastest women lined up for the Olympic 100 meter final on Saturday.
- 2012-08-06"Will & Grace" brought straight women's relationships with gay men to broadcast television.
- 2012-08-06Lupe Fiasco says there will be no delay with his upcoming album, "Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1," which is slated for a September 25 release. Part two will drop in early 2013, he said. Judging from the album's fir
- 2012-08-06Runner Lopez Lomong was the flag bearer of the U.S. Olympic team at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
- 2012-08-06El director Alfred Hitchcock es una de las exportaciones más famosas del este de Londres: la leyenda de Hollywood nació y se crió en Leytonstone. Lamentablemente existe poca evidencia de su vida allí.
- 2012-08-06Olga Korbut is one of the greatest gymnasts the Olympics has ever seen -- not just for her medal haul, but for her enduring legacy within the sport.
- 2012-08-06This Twitter account spoofs the swaths of empty VIP seats that have been seen at Olympics venues in London. @OlympicSeat threatened to quit tweeting Friday, hours after a spectator finally relieved them from their empty existence. "SOMEONE SAT DOWN!
- 2012-08-06Marilyn Monroe, then 24, is photograhed in Los Angeles' Griffith Park in 1950. Sunday, August 5, marked the 50th anniversary of Monroe's death at age 36. See more from this series on LIFE.com.
- 2012-08-06Weymouth, which is hosting the sailing events at the London 2012 Olympics, is located on the "Jurassic Coast" -- a rocky and dramatic 153 kilometer coastline in the south of England.
- 2012-08-06Race walker Erick Barrondo celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win a silver medal for Guatemala on August 4.
- 2012-08-06Usain Bolt de Jamaica celebra tras ganar el oro en la final masculina de 100 metros planos.
- 2012-08-04Oscar Pistorius de Sudáfrica compite en la ronda clasificatoria de los 400 metros planos de atletismo el día 8 de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 en el Estadio Olímpico.
- 2012-08-04Provincetown residents and tourists often gather on the beaches to watch the sunset.
- 2012-08-03Over two hundred nations have taken part in the modern Olympic Games since 1896, and of them 79 are yet to win a single medal. Guam, a small island in the Pacific Ocean that barely covers 200 square miles, is one such country. From their population of 18
- 2012-08-03Betty Robinson made history in 1928 by becoming the first woman to clinch Olympic track and field gold. Her achievement has paved the way for her fellow U.S. female athletes to etch their names into Games folklore.
- 2012-08-03Jessica Ennis de Gran Bretaña compite en la prueba de salto alto de heptatlón para mujeres.
- 2012-08-03Nigeria Racing Eagle will compete at major motor racing events over the next few months.
- 2012-08-03Read Ilidio Serra's original story on iReport.
- 2012-08-03Zach Galifianakis arrives at the Hollywood premiere of "The Campaign."
- 2012-08-03Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will begin his quest to make history by becoming the first man since Carl Lewis to defend the men's 100 meter title.
- 2012-08-03U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas wins gold in the women's all-around individual competition. The 16-year-old, nicknamed "the flying squirrel" defeated Russia's Viktoria Komova by 0.259 marks.
- 2012-08-03Andrew and Patrick were born to Nelly and Michael Divricean in May 2009.
- 2012-08-03Many Americans may think that Mitt Romney's speaking style is how a commander in chief should talk, says John McWhorter, a linguist and political commentator, but that perception -- informed by memories of FDR, JFK and Martin Sheen's President B
- 2012-08-02Bernice Radle used Instagram for this picture of bike racks in Montreal. Radle, a green consultant, frequently posts photos from her travels on social media to share cool aspects of the cities she visits with friends.
- 2012-08-02Jessica Floeh started the Hanky Pancreas fashion line as her Parson's thesis project. The necklace holds her insulin pump.
- 2012-08-02Taiwan residents wade in floodwaters in Wuche, in eastern Ilan County, as typhoon Saola approches the island's east coast on Thursday, August 2. The typhoon dropped as much as 1.5 feet of rain in parts of the Philippines before making landfall in Tai
- 2012-08-02People dive into Dal Lake in Kashmir for some relief from the heat on Thursday. Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, witnessed a sudden rise in temperature over the past few days.
- 2012-08-02The balloons at the International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in Quebec come in many shapes.
- 2012-08-02@peopleshorse: "Really enjoying my little holiday - getting a serious tan! NOL."
- 2012-08-02Marta Menegatt de Italia se lanza para contestar la pelota durante el partido de voleibol de playa contra Canadá.
- 2012-08-02Bradley Wiggins became Great Britain's most decorated Olympian after winning gold in the men's time trial -- the seventh medal of his illustrious career.
- 2012-08-02Street art in Seattle, Washington.
- 2012-08-02A photo exhibition celebrating women athletes in the Arab world has opened in London.
- 2012-08-02Nuestro iReportero Michael Gerringer estudia un posgrado en Biología. Durante su visita a Terre Haute, Indiana, al sur de Chicago tomó estas fotos del río Wabash.
- 2012-08-02Olympic hurdler Edwin Moses says he applied information from other disciplines -- including physics and ballet -- to perfect his technique.
- 2012-08-02Most have been attracted by the interactive displays in the theme pavilions, but the event also offers opportunities to forge government and business relationships.
- 2012-08-01Workers erect scaffolding Wednesday around the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington ahead of a two-year renovation of the marble facade.
- 2012-08-01The London 2012 Olympics will see the greatest scientific presence of any sporting event ever. In Harlow, Essex, Glaxosmithkline has a purpose-built lab tasked with testing for doping at the Games. There are over 1,000 anti-doping staff and 150 scientists
- 2012-08-01"Tiger", un Jack Russell de pelo largo acompaña a su dueño al trabajo en un despacho de arquitectura al este de Londres.
- 2012-08-01Felix Ekpo de Nigeria compite en la prueba masculina de 77 kilogramos de levantamiento de pesas el miércoles.
- 2012-08-01The importance of social media was stressed before the Games had even begun through the inventive use of the London Eye. Lighting placed around the giant wheel was connected to Twitter, with the lights changing color to reflect the mood of tweets relating
- 2012-08-01A sign like this, on display at the entrance the London 2012 tennis complex of Wimbledon, has greeted many would-be spectators at the Olympic Games. The notion of a "sell-out" became controversial, however, due to the number of empty seats at ev
- 2012-08-01The $35.7m Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art begins with a sketch.
- 2012-08-01Gore Vidal, the eclectic writer who faithfully chronicled the major shifts and upheavals in the United States, appears at a Rome literary festival in 2006. Vidal died Tuesday, July 31, of complications from pneumonia, a nephew said. He was 86.