78 pictures of the iaaf athletics world championships

Runners, jumpers, throwers and all-rounders lived by the credo sweat, blood and tears to try and get a medal around their neck at the 2011 IAAF Athletic World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Some great performances were captured in these images with the highlight being the amazing 4x100m race run by the Jamaicans.

Ryan Harlan of the U.S. competes in the shot put event of the men's decathlon at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu August 27, 2011. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

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Food Fight: Tomatina festival 2011

Tons of overripe tomatoes were hurled for an hour in a massive red food fight in town of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31. The La Tomatina festival -- held each year on the last Wednesday of August -- evolved from a street fight in the 1940s when a group of young men who wanted to participate in the "gigantes y cabezudos" parade used tomatoes from a vegetable stand as weapons. An estimated 40,000 people showed up this year for the food fight. -- Lloyd Young (19 photos total)

A reveler gives the thumbs-up as he is covered with tomato pulp after the annual Tomatina (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, Aug. 31. (Heino Kalis/Reuters)

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Libya: Khadafy family life revealed in the aftermath

Algeria said this week that it had allowed a two-vehicle caravan of Col. Muammar Khadafi's relatives, including his second wife and three of his children, into the country. The flight of his relatives provides new evidence of surrender by the Khadafi clan as rebels tighten their hold on Tripoli, the capital. Khadafi's wife, Safiya, daughter Aisha and two of his sons, Mohammed and Hannibal, all crossed into Algeria. The spouses of Khadafi's children and their children arrived as well. This post gives us a glimpse of how those family members lived while in power in Libya. The value of these images isn't in their artistry or aesthetic, but in their storytelling information as we seek to uncover more behind the scenes of the Khadafi regime that spanned forty-two years. --Paula Nelson (NOTE: Monday is a holiday. See you again on Wednesday.)(31 photos total)

As rebels, looters, and simply the curious rifled through what's left of the estates of Moammar Khadafy and his sons, most were struck by the rather mundane furnishings and peculiar habits they accumulated. In Hannibal Khadafy's home, a torn image of the son was discovered. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)

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coolest pix of week 35

A bit later then usual but not less impressive. The IAAF World Championships, more drama in Libya, the enmd of Ramadan and some greats sports pix.

A man sleeps outside Pasar Senen train station while waiting for a train that will take him back to his hometown, in Jakarta August 26, 2011. Millions of Indonesian Muslims are leaving the capital to return to their hometowns for the Eid al-Fitr celebrations with their families and to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni

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in the picture peter luxem

In the late eighties my passion for photography started with the manual camera from my dad, I tried different subjects but landscapes was the thing I loved most, but this passion disappeared early 2000 for some reason. As a old love the passion for photography came back with a vengeance in 2008 when I saw the first real quality HDR’s and I was fascinated again and bought some new gear and software. This was what I missed in the analog days: control of the post-processing.

Since then I never looked back and mastered myself into natural looking HDR landscapes pictures, the newly discovered passion of photography has a nice side effect: I want to travel the world to capture the beauty of the countries I visit. Here you can find a collection of landscapes from New Zealand, Scotland and Belgium (my home country).BLOG TEKST
We’d like to thank Peter for sharing his photos. For more of his work please visit his website.

Sunset at the jetty, Mol, Belgium. Photo By Peter Luxem

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the worlds gone fishing

From some it’s a way to pass the time, for some it’s a sport and for some it’s a way to survive. The world’s gone fishing, but for how much longer?

People ice-fish at sunset in the Golden Horn bay in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok February 11, 2008. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

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in the picture guillermo rossi

Guillermo Rossi, 26, is from Montevideo, Uruguay. He studied filmmaking in Chile and Argentina, and is now living in Sydney, Australia, where he completed his studies in photography. His aspiration is to work in photojournalism and documentary making, to show world events to people who do not have access to them and so to create a conscience.

We’d like to thank Guillermo for sharing his photos. For more of his work please visit his website. If you like the photographer’s work please give a comment or a like to show your appreciation and if you want your

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