http://www.bigfrog.net/vnews/html/2 Pictures of Today's Mayhem Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:28:34 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Visual News 2.0 steve@bigfrog.net steve@bigfrog.net en-us 60 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120202/481/urn_publicid_ap_org9b32ad09c30f4ccf9a49603c95327672 (AP) - In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo, two Iranian men pose for a photographer in front of a mural of the Statue of Liberty painted on the wall of the former US Embassy, in Tehran, Iran, where Iranian militants students seized in November 1979. Militant Iranian students seized the embassy on Nov. 4, 1979, believing the embassy to be a center of plots against Iran, and then held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. The US severed diplomatic ties in response, and the two countries have not had formal relations since. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:07:22 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.9b32ad09c30f4ccf9a49603c95327672-9b32ad09c30f4ccf9a49603c95327672-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Ae18LGbUxngm5_0NPy6x3g-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120202/481/urn_publicid_ap_org3e79d20343914a09bc4cb43c76725597 (AP) - In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo, Iranian women walk past a mural depicting Amir Hossein Saheb Honar, a member of the Basij paramilitary force, killed during the war with Iraq between 1980-88, with a picture of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini on his rifle, in Tehran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. The writing at the bottom of the mural reads, 'Basij is the school of loyalty and discourse of unknown martyrs and devotees.'(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:07:49 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.3e79d20343914a09bc4cb43c76725597-3e79d20343914a09bc4cb43c76725597-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=EpJ8hY3iSkWixxOItMI.WQ-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120202/481/urn_publicid_ap_org42d1183537eb4afe8ab2a6cce7d50945 (AP) - In this Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 photo, Iranians walks past a mural depicting members of the Basij paramilitary force, who were killed during the war with Iraq between 1980-88, in Tehran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:08:22 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.42d1183537eb4afe8ab2a6cce7d50945-42d1183537eb4afe8ab2a6cce7d50945-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=p4r5j9ktws8_VodHFL7r.w-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120202/481/urn_publicid_ap_org9da394ffcbd04267be2946bc25058b67 (AP) - In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 photo, two Iranian women sit at a bus stop in front of a mural depicting members of Basij paramilitary force during the war with Iraq in 1980-88, in Tehran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:08:39 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.9da394ffcbd04267be2946bc25058b67-9da394ffcbd04267be2946bc25058b67-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZWBM109iO2b_F77dG_4umA-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/120205/ids_photos_wl/r2092952337.jpg (Reuters) - A member of an evangelical church dressed as an angel holds a sign which reads,"Matapolicias, enough! Sincerely, Jesus Christ" during a demonstration against violence in the city, outside a hotel in Ciudad Juarez February 4, 2012. "Matapolicias" refers to a group dedicated to the killing of police officers. About two thousand police officers in Ciudad Juarez have fled their homes to be quartered in hotels to protect them from being targets of attacks by drug cartels, according to local media. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS DRUGS SOCIETY RELIGION)]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:27:48 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120205/i/r2092952337.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=eUZbXG23UvrdgvE7Pumvvw-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120202/481/urn_publicid_ap_org8f4f9bd3e3bf4658a8062f145889bab3 (AP) - In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo, a head-to-toe veiled Iranian woman walks past a mural depicting members of Basij paramilitary force, portraying Iranians' solidarity against their enemies, painted on the wall of a government building at the Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in Tehran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:07:33 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.8f4f9bd3e3bf4658a8062f145889bab3-8f4f9bd3e3bf4658a8062f145889bab3-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=UnR9xOq8JyfyuYt6ErbUdw-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120202/481/urn_publicid_ap_org_ec9e8582d36f4cbaa86cada842ac269b (AP) - In this Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 photo, anti-US graffiti is seen on the interior walls of the former US Embassy in Tehran, seized by militant students on Nov. 4, 1979, believing the embassy to be a center of plots against Iran, and then held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. The US severed diplomatic ties in response, and the two countries have not had formal relations since. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:07:01 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.ec9e8582d36f4cbaa86cada842ac269b-ec9e8582d36f4cbaa86cada842ac269b-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Kv.99TWHRU_raqK6MIrNXA-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120202/481/urn_publicid_ap_org9072f403239a40539d29121d31e372cb (AP) - In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo, a veiled Iranian woman walks past a mural depicting Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, painted on the wall of the former US Embassy, in Tehran, Iran, where Iranian militant students seized in November 1979. Militant Iranian students seized the embassy on Nov. 4, 1979, believing the embassy to be a center of plots against Iran, and then held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. The US severed diplomatic ties in response, and the two countries have not had formal relations since. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:09:06 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.9072f403239a40539d29121d31e372cb-9072f403239a40539d29121d31e372cb-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BeIJ7X.CX86f82Q5pTRC8A-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120202/481/urn_publicid_ap_org17cdbf3065df4acbafe87d2b766c3bdb (AP) - In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo, an Iranian man flashes a victory sign a he poses for photographer in front of a graffiti with anti-US slogan on the wall of the former US Embassy, in Tehran, Iran, where Iranian militant students seized in November 1979. Militant Iranian students seized the embassy on Nov. 4, 1979, believing the embassy to be a center of plots against Iran, and then held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. The US severed diplomatic ties in response, and the two countries have not had formal relations since.Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:09:55 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.17cdbf3065df4acbafe87d2b766c3bdb-17cdbf3065df4acbafe87d2b766c3bdb-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=u6sEiZzT9VbI21.PJA0KCg-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120130/481/urn_publicid_ap_org_cef4fd8b02414845b61a837aaa4fd5f7 (AP) - Recovered artifacts are displayed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. The German government has returned some 52 artifacts that were looted from Iraq amid the chaos of the 2003 U.S. led invasion that toppled former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:35:42 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120130/capt.cef4fd8b02414845b61a837aaa4fd5f7-cef4fd8b02414845b61a837aaa4fd5f7-0.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=bwdS8I6yL5FOo1tPQKox8A-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120201/481/urn_publicid_ap_org27628bfbd67e423bb34f724b6ad4b2bc (AP) - Iraqi federal police graduates chant anti-terrorism slogans during their graduation ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The federal police training school graduated some 300 cadets on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:25:09 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120201/capt.27628bfbd67e423bb34f724b6ad4b2bc-27628bfbd67e423bb34f724b6ad4b2bc-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=0E2qZALERDW5s8ioCzwrlg-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120201/481/urn_publicid_ap_org89c90183b48a40359058600be81315ca (AP) - Iraq riot police march during their graduation ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The federal police training school graduated some 300 cadets on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:24:04 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120201/capt.89c90183b48a40359058600be81315ca-89c90183b48a40359058600be81315ca-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=J.L7MwzWhUS8IJx2gaKekQ-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120201/481/urn_publicid_ap_org7410aba0a3cd4761aab7c4ce2bb53f4b (AP) - Iraqi federal police graduates chant anti-terrorism slogans during their graduation ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The federal police training school graduated some 300 cadets on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:21:06 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120201/capt.7410aba0a3cd4761aab7c4ce2bb53f4b-7410aba0a3cd4761aab7c4ce2bb53f4b-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=0JjlGlaWpJmPz901TzfajQ-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120202/481/urn_publicid_ap_org610ac4e8829b4069b5b43c2206827410 (AP) - In this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 photo, a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini is seen behind Saint Sarkis church, in Tehran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:08:11 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.610ac4e8829b4069b5b43c2206827410-610ac4e8829b4069b5b43c2206827410-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=vqxE.xiqxsc61cN58ld7Lw-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120203/480/urn_publicid_ap_org0d970a6a840d49779ecfa251461cf6fc (AP) - President Barack Obama shakes hands with Arlington County firefighter and US Marine Corps veteran Lt. Jacob Johnson, who served in Iraq, after he was introduced to speak about the economy during an event at Fire Station #5 in Arlington, Va., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Fire Station No. 5 was one of the first stations to respond to the 9/11 attack at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:34:22 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.0d970a6a840d49779ecfa251461cf6fc-0d970a6a840d49779ecfa251461cf6fc-0.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=jD7S4fBufhGqzVEGzMi2.Q-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/1479/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-Photos/ss/1479/im:/120202/481/urn_publicid_ap_org3766703d59f44ae1b2077bf103c87096 (AP) - In this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 photo, a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini is seen behind Saint Sarkis church, in Tehran, Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open air gallery to vilify the state's enemies and venerate the defenders of the theocracy. Government-sponsored murals became a centerpiece of the Islamic establishment's image-building machine: Depicting foes such as the U.S. with images including a skeleton for the Statue of Liberty, and celebrating the battle field dead from the 1980s war with Iraq as heroic martyrs guaranteed a place in heaven. The writing reads, 'dear Khomeini, we will never put down the flag that you have raised.' (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:10:05 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.3766703d59f44ae1b2077bf103c87096-3766703d59f44ae1b2077bf103c87096-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7Xl2RLtnrokNE3DJJazP.A-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/120205/ids_photos_wl/r1019346037.jpg (Reuters) - A member of an evangelical church dressed as angel holds a sign which reads, "Chapo Guzman, Jesus Christ loves you" during a demonstration against violence in the city, outside a hotel in Ciudad Juarez February 4, 2012. Guzman, also known as Joachin Guzman, is the Sinaloa cartel leader. About two thousand police officers in Ciudad Juarez have fled their homes to be quartered in hotels to protect them from being targets of attacks by drug cartels, according to local media. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS DRUGS SOCIETY RELIGION)]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:09:56 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120205/i/r1019346037.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=xSwQ9HF71CvNE1BcAPHkYQ-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/120205/ids_photos_wl/r1345385677.jpg (Reuters) - A member of an evangelical church dressed as an angel holds a sign which reads, "Police, Jesus Christ protects you. Come closer to Him!" during a demonstration against violence in the city, outside a hotel in Ciudad Juarez February 4, 2012. About two thousand police officers in Ciudad Juarez have fled their homes to be quartered in hotels to protect them from being targets of attacks by drug cartels, according to local media. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS DRUGS SOCIETY RELIGION)]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:11:38 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120205/i/r1345385677.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=JpmN59OpRrldpVenK7._SA-- http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/categories/708/index/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/World-Photos/ss/708/im:/120205/ids_photos_wl/r3312240504.jpg (Reuters) - Members of an evangelical church dressed as angels hold signs which read, "Zeta seek forgiveness from God" (R) and "Teto claim to Christ, He responds" during a demonstration against violence in the city, outside a hotel in Ciudad Juarez February 4, 2012. "Zeta" is the name of a drug cartel and "Teto" refers to Hector Murguia, the mayor of Ciudad Juarez. About two thousand police officers in the city have fled their homes to be quartered in hotels to protect them from being targets of attacks by drug cartels, according to local media. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS DRUGS SOCIETY RELIGION)]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:26:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120205/i/r3312240504.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BEU0o8w45xbsOk4yQmEKog--