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Friday, September 19, 2014

World Around Us : Part 3

No campaign won the Scottish independence referendum to keep Scotland within UK, polling results showed on Friday.


An installation by Brazilian artist Eduardo Srur is displayed on one of the bridges that cross the Pinheiros River in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September 18. Pinheiros River is a major waterway that flows through Sao Paulo and also one of the most polluted rivers. The exhibition aims to raise awareness in the society about the pollution of the river.


Splendid lighting works including rainbow, aurora and Mount Fuji were seen in a park in Japan. More than 7 million LED lights together turned the park into fairyland.


Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, central China's Henan Province is suing the local tourism office for nearly 50 million yuan ($3 million) in delayed ticket dividends and over 2 million yuan ($323,000) of default fine.

The temple in 2009 struck a deal with the local scenic area management committee over management to gets 30 yuan ($5) of each 100 yuan ticket. The temple says that from November 2011 to October 2013, it did not receive full payments.


A model demonstrates the gear of Play Station 4 during the Tokyo Game Show 2014 in Makuhari of Chiba, Japan, September 18.  A total of 421 companies and organizations from 32 countries and regions participate in the show.

Visitors pose for photos at the "sky sailor" area in the Wuhu Fangte amusement park in Wuhu, east China's Anhui Province. A season-long tourism promotion event has been launched in Wuhu in September, featuring magic performance.


Chinese President Xi Jinping said when meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi that new road from India to Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in west China's Tibet Autonomous Region via Nathu La in Sino-Indian border will be constructed. The new path is set to ease Indian pilgrims’ entry.



A South African military officer tests an ultra short missile launch system during the first day of Africa Aerospace and Defense 2014 Exhibition in Waterkoof Air Force Basement on the southern outskirts of the administrative capital of Pretoria, on September 17. The exhibition is the largest one of its kind in Africa. A total of 347 exhibitors from 26 countries and regions took part in the biennial exhibition which will last till Sept. 21.


Photo taken on September 17 shows the scene of a building collapse in Lagos, Nigeria. The death toll of a building collapse at a church in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos has reached 70 on Wednesday, a spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in the latest development on the incident which occurred last week.


Photo taken on September 17 shows a house destroyed by Typhoon Kalmaegi in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. It is believed that a total of seven people died in the Typhoon Kalmaegi, said the country's National Committee for Search and Rescue.


Photo taken on September 16 shows the golden carriage of the Dutch royal family during the annual parade on the Prince Day or the Budget Day, in the Hague, the Netherlands.



Accompanied by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Sabarmati Ashram, Gandhi's former residence and tried to operate a charkha, the spinning wheel Gandhi had used.


Muslim pilgrims wait for their flight to Saudi Arabia for an annual pilgrimage, at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, September 17. About 14,500 Chinese pilgrims are scheduled to go to Mecca for an annual pilgrimage this year. The Mecca pilgrimage, also known as the Hajj, is a Muslim religious tradition that specifies that all able-bodied Muslims who can afford to travel to Saudi Arabia must visit Mecca at least once in their lives.





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