THE JEBEL AL-ZAWIYA HILLS, Syria (AP) - Like countless other Syrians fleeing their country's civil war, Sami was eager to escape the bombs and artillery shells falling on his village. But instead of taking his family to another country, he simpl... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Students attend a class at a makeshift tent school near Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, March 4, 2012. About 1,200 boys and girls study at 15 tent schools erected outside Kerbala as a step to make up for the lack of buildings... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Injured members of the Free Syrian Army take refuge at a makeshift hospital in Idlib province March 1, 2012. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Labourers sit on a makeshift cable carriage as they wait for others to arrive before they are transported with supplies to a ship at Gaddani ship breaking yard early in the morning, about 60 km (37 miles) from Karachi November 25, 2011. P... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - People gather at a makeshift memorial on the corner of Santa Monica and Wilshire Boulevard to mourn the death of singer Whitney Houston in Beverly Hills, California February 12, 2012. Houston, whose soaring voice lifted her to the top of ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A Romany child stand in front of their makeshift home, which is an old, discarded factory, in Skopje February 2, 2012. At least 139 people have died across Eastern Europe and Germany since the cold snap began, interrupting what had been a... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Women queue to buy subsidized food packages at a makeshift store organized by members of the Muslim Brotherhood in a popular area of Alexandria, January 20, 2012. The Muslim Brotherhood, which won around 45 percent of seats in the new par... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A family stands in front of their makeshift shack in the Algerian town of Laghouat January 11, 2012, where they have been living in for a week since their home was bulldozed as part of a government re-housing scheme. Most of their neighbo... [Full Article]
(AP) - An Indian man rows his makeshift raft in the River Sabarmati amidst morning fog in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. Though India is famous for its brutally hot summers, temperatures fall sharply for a few weeks in December and January. ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Residents rest in a makeshift shelter during New Year's day, after their house was swept by tropical storm Washi's rampaging floodwaters two weeks ago in the southern Philippines city of Iligan on Mindanao island January 1, 2012. ... [Full Article]