Safety In Numbers

Boys are greeted in a reception similar to that for grooms at weddings, during a mass circumcision in Kampung Nahkoda, north of Kuala Lumpur. About 25 boys, aged between 7 and 11 years, were given a grand welcome to the mass circumcision surgery, which some consider a celebration of reaching manhood.

According to recent studies, circumcision can protect men from the deadly HIV virus and prevent them carrying the strain of human papilloma virus that causes cervical cancer in women.

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Young And Reckless?

Youths living on Ciliwung riverbanks in South and East Jakarta take part in the “Pasar Rakyat” community bazaar over the weekend. Young people from the area are increasingly joining organizations to take part in community programs, including documenting the riverbank community’s achievements, from healthcare to environmental programs.

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Contamination

A policeman stands outside the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in this Nov. 30, 2002, file photo. More than 8,000 people were killed and tens of thousands injured when a tank at the Union Carbide of India Ltd. pesticide plant in Bhopal leaked five tons of poisonous methyl isocyanate gas.

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Mother’s Milk

Young women take part in a breast-feeding competition at a public health center in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta. The event, sponsored by Mercy Corps Indonesia, was held to raise awareness of the importance of exclusive breast-feeding for infants up to six months old.

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Princes Attend James Bond Launch

Britain’s Prince William (left) meets British actor Daniel Craig at the world premiere of the latest James Bond movie in London.

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Digging Up The Past

A worker at a sand quarry shows a stone carving believed to be of historical importance, found in a site on the slope of Mt. Sindoro, Purbosari village, NGadirejo, Temanggung, Central Java. Locals have discovered at least 14 objects believed to be relics of the Hindu Mataram Kingdom, buried hundreds of years ago by the eruption of a volcano.

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Enjoy It While You Can

US President Barack Obama (left) chooses his clubs while chatting with aide Eugene Kang, before playing golf near the house where he is staying while on vacation in Kailua, Hawaii.

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Home For The Holidays

People began inundating the inter-island harbor in Manado, North Sulawesi, on their way home to celebrate Chrismas. The mass exodus is expected to reach its peak on Chrismas Eve.

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Meet The Neighbors

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (left) poses with Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd at a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Bali Democracy Forum in Nusa Dua, Bali (On December 10). The forum was initiated to promote democracy in the region.

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Ciliwung Rafting

Indonesian TV Presenter Olga Lydia (second from right) takes a picture of one of the founders of community group Sanggar Ciliwung, Catholic priest Sandyawan Sumardi (right), on raft crossing the Ciliwung river in Kampung Pulo in East Jakarta. They rode the raft to Bukit Duri in South Jakarta during a community bazaar.

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