A View of the World

A look at Valentine’s Day celebrations and Mother Nature’s fury in the form of earthquakes and volcano eruptions across the globe

Feb 21, 2012, 06:57 IST2 min
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A vehicle transporting a body of an earthquake victim tries to pass through a destroyed road in La Libertad, Negros Oriental, in central Philippines
Image by Erik de Castro / Reuters
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Residents gather as a whale shark is pulled from the water by cranes after it was found dead at Karachi's fish harbour
Image by Akhtar Soomro / Reuters
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Visitors walk through an illuminated ‘ice palace’ in Schwarzsee near Bern
Image by Michael Buholzer / Reuters
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Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba (Right) watches as Brazil's soccer legend Pele kisses his statue during its inauguration inside the Stade De L'Amitie Stadium in Gabon's capital Libreville
Image by Thomas Mukoya / Reuters
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Syracuse University photographer Michael Okoniewski takes a picture through the roof of the Carrier Dome before the start of a NCAA men's basketball game in New York
Image by Adam Fenster / Reuters
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A client whose face is covered with gold leaves is seen at the Viet My beauty salon in Hanoi. Despite tough economic conditions, people in Vietnam seem to be spending heavily as usual on special occasions like Valentine's Day
Image by Nguyen Huy Kham / Reuters
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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (Left) talks to a girl as he visits the Federal Scientific Clinical Center of Pediatric Hematology, Immunology and Oncology in Moscow
Image by RIA Novosti / Reuters
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A general view of the state opera as guests dance during the traditional Opernball in Vienna
Image by Lisi Niesner / Reuters
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Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Roulettes aerobatic display team performs with their Pilatus PC-9 aircraft during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow
Image by Forbes

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