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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Dashing Through The Snow

Norm Buckley straps on crosscountry skis to commute from his Yakima, Washington, home to church. Several inches of snow fell in the Yakima Valleys overnight, with cold temperatures expected to persist for the next couple of days, though slightly warmer weather is expected by Chrismas Day.

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Front Row Seats

Residents of the Ciliwung river-bank (Jakarta) watch a performance during the three-day “Pasar Rakyat” community bazaar.

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Under Siege

Police storm the Shangri-La Hotel in Surabaya, East Java, as part of a counterterrorism exercise held across several major cities ahead of Chismas and New Year’s Eve.

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Wishing Well

Residents living under an elevated toll road in Jembatan Tiga, Pluit, North Jakarta, use a communal groundwater well for bathing and washing (file photo). Many Jakarta residents do not have access to tap water, forcing them to use groundwater instead, which is sometimes of low quality.

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Santa Town

About 4,000 Romanians dressed as Santa Claus gather outside the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest in a bid to win the Guinness World Record for the greatest number of Santa Clauses in the one town. Bucharest won the world record.

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As Streets Should Be

Visitors stroll past old buildings on Jl. Braga that was recently declared a pedestrian only area on weekends. Vendors at the weekend market that now operates on Jl. Braga hope customesrs will return to the once busy shopping area which has been idle since the 1980s.

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The Day The Earth Moved

A woman carries a child rescued after the huge earthquake in Beichuan, Sichuan province, China, on May 13. China poured more troops into the earthquake-ravaged area to quicken a search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people still buried under rubble and mud.

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Crowning Moment

Local leaders from Negeri Kaitetu in Leihitu district, in Central Maluku, Maluku, pray during the coronation ceremony of Muhammad Armin Lumalea (seated). There had been no king of the traditional community for 13 years, following the death of King Abdullah Lumalea in 1995.

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Perfect Storm

Police patrol the streets as Hurricane Dolly bears down os South Padre Island, Texas.

Home By The Sea

Boys plant pegs to mark the borders of their homes destroyed in a fire that left about 400 people homeless in the seaside slum area of Muara Angke, North Jakarta. There were no reports of casualities from the fire the second to hit the area so far this month.

Victory Dance

Supported of India’s rulling Congress party celebrate their win in vote of confidence in parliament, in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri.

Who’s Wrong?

An official from the Bogor municipally questions one of the street children arrested during an operation. The authority has stepped up measures to curb the increase in street children and beggards in the city.

Hungary for Beef

Hungarian wranglers escort a wagon pulled by traditional gray cattle a cross the historical Chain Bridge over the River Danube in Budapest, Hungary. Gray cattle, a symbol of Hungarian agriculture, were led across Budapest to promote their low cholesterol, and to draw support for the preservation of the rare animal.

History In Motion

Dancers, in the roles of Prince Sawerigading and his wife I We Cudai, star in a musical and dance performance during the cultural night held in Makassar. The show was based on the La Galigo epic, retelling tales of royal life in the Luwu Kingdom, believed to be the oldest kingdom in South Sulawesi.

Learning by Sitting

First Year students at SMPN 37 junior high school in Makassar, South Sulawesi, sit on the floor to take their lessons because they don’t have any desks or chairs. Their classroom has been without furniture for nearly a year, but the local education office has not yet taken any steps to silve the problem.