(AP) - Heat rises off of the pavement behind cyclists as they cross the Champlain bridge during rush hour in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Temperatures during rush hour reached 44 degrees with humidity (111 Fahrenheit) during a heat wave that wa... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - A child living in a makeshift home on a pavement fills her plastic bottle with rain water in Manila on June 22, 2010. Asia is in the grip of a water crisis that could set back the region's robust economic growth if left unresolved, a... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A worker fixes the pavement in front of newly completed apartment blocks in central Beijing May 11, 2010. Property prices rose 1.4 percent from the previous month, higher than the 1.1 percent pace in March and logging the quickest pace si... [Full Article]
(AP) - An anti-government demonstrator sleeps on the pavement outside one of Bangkok’s many upscale shopping malls Sunday, April 4, 2010. Thousand of ’Red Shirts’ are ignoring a government deadline and continue to occupy the commerc... [Full Article]
(AFP) - A pedestrian walks on snow covered pavement in Stockport, Manchester. Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday, with New York crude holding above 81 dollars on increased heating fuel demand spurred by freezing weather in the northern hemisphere, an... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - A lone shopper walks on the near-empty pavements near Oxford Street in London in April. Britain's recession-hit economy shrank by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2009, compared with the previous three months, revised official data has s... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - People cross the road in the walk on the pavement in the Ginza shopping district in downtown Tokyo, home to some of the most expensive commercial real estate in Japan, in July 2009. Japan's economy grew at the fastest pace in two and... [Full Article]
(AP) - A child of a homeless family sleeps on a pavement as others eat a snack after a protest organized by Indo-Global Social Service Society against government apathy towards their plight, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. The protestors,... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - People walk on the pavement in the Ginza shopping district in downtown Tokyo. Analysts believe the world's second largest economy returned to positive growth in the April-June quarter as exports and factory output rebounded.(AFP/File... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A hawker sells computer and electronic spare parts on a pavement at a commercial area in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata June 29, 2009. The government had slashed factory duties and stepped up public spending to pump prime the economy ... [Full Article]