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A view of the Singapore skyline from a bar on the top floor of the Marina Bay Sand in Singapore, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013.
Spectacular view of Singapore skyline by night
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Asian Couture reflects latest fashions
A model presents a creation by the Chinese designer Guo Pei during Women's Fashion Week - Asian Couture in Singapore, Nov. 27. Women's Fashion Week runs from Nov. 23 - Dec. 2.
No eternal rest for the dead in crowded Singapore
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A 50-year-old grave digger who asked to be identified as Mr Sim exhumes a grave at Bukit Brown cemetery in Singapore on November 27, 2012.
Reuters reports — Eternal peace does not last long in Singapore.
Starting early next year, workers with heavy machinery will begin constructing an eight-lane highway across the small country's oldest surviving major cemetery, overriding the objections of nature lovers and heritage buffs.
Singapore, with its 5.3 million people crammed onto an island less than half the size of London, is already more densely populated than rival Asian business center Hong Kong, making permanent burial space unfeasible.
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Mr Sim, left, breaks a tombstone with his sledgehammer as he exhumes a grave at Bukit Brown cemetery with his boss, Mr Leung.
The whole of Bukit Brown - the resting place of more than 100,000 people, including some of Singapore's pioneering business and clan leaders and their large, intricately carved tombs - will eventually be used for residential development. At least 30 people buried there have streets named after them.
Some families have begun removing the remains of their ancestors, and authorities plan to dig up the remaining graves in January. Read the full story.
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Mr Sim holds two coffin nails found when exhuming a grave at Bukit Brown cemetery.
An orchid takes center stage
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Photographers take pictures of an orchid named in honor of Diana, Princess of Wales at Singapore Botanical Gardens ahead of a visit by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on September 11, 2012 in Singapore. The royal couple are on a Diamond Jubilee tour taking in Singapore, Malaysia, the Solomon Islands and the tiny Pacific Island of Tuvalu.
Read about the Kimilsungia, an orchid named to honor another dynasty, in a previous post on PhotoBlog and see how the royal couple reacted to the plant in the video below.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge -- aka Will and Kate -- arrive in Singapore, the first stop on their Southeast Asia tour, to view a special orchid named in honor of Princess Diana. NBC's Sara James reports.
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Panda delivery!
Kai Kai, one of two giant pandas arriving at Singapore's Changi Airport on Thursday after a flight from Chengdu, China.
Kai Kai and Jia Jia are on a 10-year loan from China and will undergo a month long quarantine before going on display at the Singapore River Safari.
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Supertrees light up the night sky in Singapore
The Supertree Grove is illuminated during the Gardens by the Bay, Light and Sound show on July 2 in Singapore.The free nightly light and sound display illuminates 18 150-foot-tall "supertrees" adorned with 163,000 plants of more than 200 species of bromeliads, orchids, ferns, and tropical climbing flowers. The vertical forest is part of a multimillion-dollar project called Gardens by the Bay and opened to the public on June 29.
The trees are constructed of concrete and steel, but are fitted with planting panels to generate solar power, collect rainwater and cool surrounding buildings. Aerial walkways between some of the artificial trees provide tourists with spectacular views of Singapore's downtown district.
-- Business Insider contributed to the post.
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A model walks the runway at the Audi Fashion Festival Show of American fashion designer Zac Posen's Pre-Fall & F/W 2012 collection on May 19, in Singapore. The annual fashion festival showcases works of top and emerging designers as part of efforts to promote the city-state as a fashion hub.
Painting without hands at Singapore convention for artists with disabilities
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Ng Ah Kwai, 50, of Penang, Malaysia, who was born with deformed arms, paints with his foot during the Mouth and Foot Painting Convention in Singapore May 1, 2012. Over 70 handicapped artists are showcasing 200 artworks at the exhibition which takes place from May 1 to May 6.
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People watch Aw Kwai Ng (L) from Malaysia give a demonstration on foot painting techniques.
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A delegate views artwork on dispay at an exhibition during the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (MFPA) Convention.
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Tan Kok Leong from Singapore gives a demonstration of mouth painting techniques.
See more images of art in PhotoBlog.
Year of the dragon celebrations in Singapore and China
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Performers from Shaanxi make their way down waterway with a "Flying Dragon" at the annual Chinese New Year Chingay parade to marks the year of the dragon in Singapore on Feb. 3. Seven countries from Egypt, China, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore took part in the parade which celebrates its 40th anniversary.
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Chinese performers take part in a traditional dance outside a shopping mall during a ceremony to welcome the Lantern Festival in Beijing, China, on Feb. 3. The Lantern Festival starts on Feb. 6, which is the 15th and last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, also known as Spring Festival in China.
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Millions around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, which began on Jan. 23 and welcomes the year of the dragon.
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People are dwarfed by a clump of "Supertrees" seen against the financial skyline of Singapore on June 29.
Rise of the 'Supertrees'
According to AP, Singapore's "Supertrees" are environmentally sustainable vertical gardens displaying tropical flowering climbers, ferns and epiphytes. Ranging from 25 to 50 meters in height, the construction of the trees is part of a government effort to make the city center greener.
The Shangri-La Dialogue
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Gurkha soldiers keep watch in front of the hotel where the Shangri-La Dialogue is being held in Singapore, June 3. The US is not trying to hold China down or block it as a global power, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said as he flew to an Asian security conference, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue, which will include a delegation led by China's Defence Minister, Liang Guanglie.
The Shangri-La Dialogue! I have never heard a more intriguing title for a conference. If you'd like to find out whether or not the reality is living up to its tantalizing name, read our report.
Terrified passengers aboard blazing jetliner
SINGAPORE — Terrified passengers aboard a blazing jetliner prayed together before the plane made an emergency landing on Monday. An engine on a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 caught fire in midair.
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Passengers on Cathay Pacific flight CX715 prepare to disembark from the aeroplane after it landed safely at Changi Airport in Singapore on May 16. The A330 flight, which was enroute to Jakarta, experienced engine trouble shortly after takeoff and had to return to Singapore. Its right engine was burnt, according to pilot Bradley Chic.
Cathay Pacific said the jet, bound for Jakarta with 136 passengers on board, landed back in Singapore "without incident" just before 2 a.m. It said the crew shut down the engine after receiving a "stall warning." Continue reading.
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Passengers on Cathay Pacific flight CX715 disembark from the aeroplane after it landed safely at Changi Airport in Singapore on May 16.
Reuters photographer Beawiharta was aboard the aircraft with his wife, two sons and daughter. As any good photographer knows, and as these dramatic images prove, you should always have your camera on you.
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Firefighters try to put out a fire on the starboard engine of Cathay Pacific CX715, an Airbus A330 passenger jet, after it made an emergency landing at Singapore Changi Airport on May 16.