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  • Michaela Rehle/Reuters

    A combination of two pictures shows a general view of the snow-covered houses of the Bavarian village of Zwiesel, Germany (top) February 11, 2006, and the same location on January 12, 2007. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate released its long-awaited report assessing the human link to pollution, global warming and climate change.

    Its hard to be skeptical about climate change when you see photos like these. For more images, please take a look at a slide show we have on our site with images from around the world that show signs of global warming. URL to the slide show: http://www.msnbc.com/modules/interactive.asp?launch=16913964,&type=ss

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  • Mario Laporta/AFP - Getty Images

    The Stromboli volcano north of Sicily spewes lava into the sea on Feb. 28. The volcano, which attracts up to 6,000 tourists every year, was placed under heightened surveillance after scientists noticed higher seismic activity.

    We see a lot of volcano pictures. The orange lava is always an easy visual subject. However, I like Mario Laporta's take on it here. It's an unexpected way to photograph an eruption.

  • Alaa Al-marjani/AP

    An Iraqi policeman runs his metal detector over a coffin of a victim of sectarian violence prior to a funeral in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. Nearly all Shiite Muslims in Iraq request to be buried in Wadi al-Salaam, or The Valley of Peace, one of the largest cemeteries in the world, located in Najaf.

    Anxiety and suspicion must be high for the police to wand a coffin.

  • Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

    Young Iranians go about their daily lives on the streets of the Iranian capital Tehran, apparently undaunted by media reports of potential airstrikes by the US if relations between the two countries deteriorates further February 22, 2007 in Tehran, Iran. Media reported earlier in the week that the United States has developed plans for bombing Iran in the event of one of two possible conditions: either confirmation that the country is conducting a nuclear weapons program, or a major strike against US forces in Iraq that could be traced back to Iranian sources.

    So many of the images we see from Iran are driven by events or politics that it's a relief to look at a moment of regular life there.

  • Oded Balilty/AP

    A Palestinian, who offers donkey rides to tourists, shares a laugh with an Ultra-orthodox Jewish man at the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem's Old City. Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007.

    We almost only see photos of fighting and bloodshed in that region of the world. It's very refreshing to see a Palestinian and Jewish man just shooting the breeze.

  • Effi Sharir/AP

    Israel's Defense Minister Amir Peretz, right, looks through binoculars without realizing the plastic lens-caps were left on, as he sits next to the army's new Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, left, during a military drill in the Golan Heights, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007.

    I thought that maybe the photographer snapped this photo quickly during the Israeli Defense Minister's initial look through the lens but according to the photographer, Mr Peretz looked through the capped binoculars three times, nodding as Gen Ashkenazi explained what was in view. Uh Oh!

  • Fernando Vergara/AP

    A reveler breaths out fire during the traditional carnival of Barranquilla, Colombia, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007. The carnival was declared in 2003 by the UNESCO as 'Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity'.

    I've shown this image to several of the picture editors here and we're all amazed at the detail seen in the flame.

  • Chris Hondros/Getty Images

    An Iraqi translator smokes in the back of a Humvee next to the muddy boot of a gunner standing in the gun turrett February 16, 2007 in the Gazaliyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Almost all translators cover their faces while working for the US Army; if their identities are discovered, they or their families will almost certainly be targeted by insurgents.

    This photo ran on the front page of the New York Times on Saturday and when I opened the paper that morning I was mesmerized by this photo. The photo gives me a feel for what some of the conditions must be like for troops in Iraq. The lighting in the photo also adds to the gritty feel of this image, the way it highlights the caked mud on the soldiers boot. Some might have a problem with this image because it doesnt show the faces to identify with but I feel very connected to these people.

  • /X17online.com

    Britney Spears heads to the Body and Soul tattoo parlor in the suburb of Sherman Oaks, California after shaving all her hair off.

    OK everyone, here is your chance to chime in on Britney's latest stunt. But to make it a little different we are going to have a caption contest. I will start you off: "OOPS I DID IT AGAIN." Now you try.

  • Chris Graythen/Getty Images

    A group of revelers with cameras wait to capture a moment on Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras Day, February 20, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This is the second Mardi Gras celebration since Hurricane Katrina devasted the Gulf Coast region.

    I love this picture. I love it because the woman in the picture has so much power...power over all the men that are surrounding her waiting to "capture a moment" as the caption writer so eloquently phrased it.

  • Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

    Local revellers celebrate "Clean Monday" with a colourful "flour-war", a traditional activity marking the end of the carnival season in the port town of Galaxidi, some 200 km (125 miles) north west from Athens February 19, 2007. Clean Monday sees the climax to carnival season and the start of Lent.

    This picture reminds me of some of the images that came out of 9-11.

  • Baptist Health South/Getty Images

    An adult hand holds the tiny feet of Amillia Taylor in this handout photo October 24, 2006 just after she was born at Baptist Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida. Amillia was born after less than 22 weeks in the womb and is the youngest known surviving premature infant. She has been in an incubator since she was born and is expected to be released from the hospital in a few days.

    Wow, look how little those feet are. You can tell by the color and translucency of the skin that this baby was not ready to be born. She weighed less than 10 ounces at birth. Today, at almost 4 months old, she was supposed to go home, but it turns out she's still vulnerable to infection, so she'll be in the hospital a bit longer.

  • Abukar Albadri/EPA

    A women and her child sit in the third floor window of their home which has been by repeatedly hit by heavy shelling in the past and was once again a target on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007. Mortar rounds and rockets hit Somalia's capital early Tuesday in a series of attacks that killed 12 people and wounded more than 40 others in the worst fighting this year.

    This image of a woman and child's precarious perch show why some residents of Mogadishu are fleeing to rural areas for safey. According to wire services, a spate of near-daily attacks have challenged the governments effort to impose security on the city recaptured in December by government forces and their Ethiopian allies from Islamists who controlled it for six months. The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize an African Union force to help stabilize Somalia over the next six months and set the stage for U.N. peacekeepers to take over the long-term job of bringing peace to the Horn of Africa nation.

  • Ali Jasim/Reuters

    A masked member of the Special Police Commando holds a machine gun while standing guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad February 18, 2007.

    I heard that Iraq is now one of the most dangerous places on Earth. Seeing this photo of an Iraqi Special Police Commando confirmed it.

  • Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters

    A model is reflected in a cracked mirror while she has her hair done backstage before the Tracy Reese fall collections 2007 during New York Fashion Week February 4, 2007. (Finbarr O'Reilly / Reuters)

    There have been hundreds of fashion photos moving lately, and this one stood out from the crowd of the almost artificially perfect faces of the models. The crack in the mirror that's causing the distortion is barely visiable in the lower-right-hand corner.

  • Joe Tabacca/Sipa Press

    14 February 2007- Chicago, Il-The Hancock buiiding casts a shadow (center) over a frozen snow covered Lake Michigan as the sun finally shines over Chicago, IL. USA. (Joe Tabacca / Sipa Press)

    I've never seen this before. It's interesting to me to think that once the Lake Michigan ice thaws, the shadows won't show again until the next freeze.

  • Felix Ordonez Ausin/Reuters

    A child dressed as Spanish Civil Guards take part in the "Fat Thursday" carnival celebrations in Burgos, northern Spain February 15, 2007 (Felix Ordonez / Reuters)

    This image stopped me because it's a cute little kid pointing a gun in my face. The contrast is striking. I also appreciate how well executed this image is technically...it's got great composition, color, and perfect exposure.

  • Greg Baker/AP

    Pole dancing instructor Luo Lan, center, demonstrates a move during a pole dancing exercise class in a converted apartment in Beijing Wednesday Feb. 7, 2007. Luo has taught more than 240 students since opening the pole dancing exercise classes in 2006. Luo teaches a maximum of seven students per class, who pay 100 Yuan (US$13.00) each for the hour long lesson.

    I can't help but wonder if the boots are a requirement of the class and do they add any extra benefits. Do knee high boots actually make you burn calories faster?

  • Jo Yong-hak/Reuters

    Members of the South Korean Marine Corps scrub their bodies with snow during an annual winter season drill in Pyongchang, about 113 miles east of Seoul, February 14, 2007. Marine Corps carry out the training course every year to improve their members' combat abilities in cold weather and heavy snowfall.

    I don't think I have ever seen grown men so happy to get the chance to play in the snow.

  • Ker Robertson/Getty Images

    Wintersports fan watches the Womens Super Combined Downhill in the extreme cold conditions during day seven of the FIS World Ski Championships on February 9, 2007 in Are, Sweden.

    It doesn't tell me much about a ski competition, but this image is fun to look at.

  • Desmond Kwande/AFP - Getty Images

    Thirteen-year-old Editor Muza writes mathematics on the wall of her family's makeshift home in Hatcliffe on the outskirts of the Zimbabwean capital Harare Jan. 16, 2007. The girl is among thousands of children no longer attending school following a steep hike in school fees. A steep rise in school fees and the exorbitant price of uniforms and stationery have driven the cost of education beyond the reach of many.

    Zimbabwean kids are feeling the impact of what Reuters reports is "the throes of an economic crisis widely blamed on (President Robert) Mugabe's policies." How many students in more privileged locations around the world take their education for granted?

  • Ron Edmonds/AP

    Park Service employees and guests are blasted by snow as Marine One blows up some fresh snow on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, as President Bush departed for a trip to Shenandoah National Park.

    How often have we seen the same old photos of the president walking across the White House lawn to board Marine One? Well, mix in some frigid weather, a little snow, and the photographer's lens wisely pointed at the crowd, and we get this amazing scene. I shiver just looking at it.

  • Shiho Fukada/AP

    Jenny Smith of Louisville, Ky., makes her way down the runway on a wheelchair designed by Zang Toi during the "Rolling with Style" gala, a fashion fundraising event benefiting womens health and spinal cord research in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007.

    Empowering. Bold. Unusual. Inspirational. Christopher Reeve would be proud.

  • Tim Wimborne/Reuters

    A lone fisherman stands atop a rock outcrop below North head in Sydney, Australia, at dawn February 6, 2007. A U.N. climate report last week said global warming could see sea levels rise by 28 and 43 centimetres (11 and 17 inches) this century.

    Here's a great example of a photographer recognizing a nice visual scene, and through thoughtful composition and controlled exposure making a beautiful and telling photograph. Kudos Mr. Wimborne.

  • Matt King/Getty Images

    Mecca Laa Laa wears a 'Burqini' on her first surf lifesaving patrol at North Cronulla Beach February 4, 2007 in Sydney, Australia. The red and yellow 'Burqini' was specially designed for Muslim lifesavers to allow females to fulfil both their patrolling and religious obligations.

    This picture's optimistic color scheme, pose, and conciliatory message feel like a lighthearted movie. Even her name is cinematic.

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