These children are Farsi siblings outside a fire temple, celebrating their New Year. I say “minority religion” because the Farsis, once the religion of most of what is now Iran, are now a very small group living in Mumbai, India and thereabouts.
Posts Tagged day in pictures
It must be someone else’s turn to post bird pictures today…
… ‘cos I have another cute animal for you.
It’s a newborn Giant Panda, one of four cubs born this weekend to a research center in China. I’m not even a panda fan, but *that*? is irresistible.
Okay, even I think this is weird and kind of wrong
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Bite whose tongue? “A bird bites the tongue of a street vendor at a popular pet market in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.” |
… Lumpfish?
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Balloon Lumpfish From the BBC’s Day in Pictures, 9 July 2008: “Balloon lumpfish attach themselves to a balloon at an aquarium in Tokyo, Japan.” |
