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  • Celebrities raise consciousness and funding on World AIDS Day

    Reuters

    U2 front man, Bono, middle, poses with fellow band member, The Edge, left, Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard, right, and New South Wales state Premier Kristina Keneally at an event to launch World Aids Day in Sydney.


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    Elton John attends the morning conference at The Independent newspaper editorial office in London, Nov. 30, 2010. John is the guest editor of the special World Aids Day edition of the British daily paper, due out on Dec. 1.

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    Panha, 8, suffering from diarrhea uses a bucket at the special ward at the National Pediatric Hospital for HIV/AIDS, Feb. 12, 2010 in Phnom Penh. About 170,000 Cambodians live with HIV/AIDS and more than 60,000 children are orphaned by the disease.

    By Robert Hood

    When I was younger, much younger, AIDS/HIV was horrifying. It was so scary that people didn’t really talk about it, and that was a big part of the problem. It’s been interesting to see AIDS/HIV become mainstreamed to the point where it’s a popular celebrity cause.

    Today, when we talk about AIDS, we often reference rock concerts and famous people sporting red ribbons. Meanwhile, the disease is raging in third world countries. Do you think celebrity endorsement is the best way to raise money for AIDS research and medication for the poor? I sometimes wonder if celebrities are too pretty and too far removed from the terrible reality.

    Click to see a World AIDS Day slideshow.

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  • Landslide evacuees flee the danger zone in Caracas, Venezuela

    Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

    A man carries a refrigerator while evacuating from a high-risk zone for landslides in the low-income sector of Tamanaquito in Caracas Nov. 30, 2010. A woman died during a landslide in the slum in the Venezuelan capital on Tuesday after heavy rains over the past few days, local media and rescue officials reported.

    Miguel Gutierrez / AFP - Getty Images

    A woman carries a lamp, rescued from the rubble of her house, in the Tamanaquito neighborhood of Caracas.

    Fernando Llano / AP

    A man pushes his belongings as he evacuates from his home in Caracas, Nov. 30, 2010. Flooding and landslides unleashed by torrential rains have killed at least 30 people in Venezuela, forced thousands from their homes and idled an oil refinery.

    By Robert Hood

    I’m often fascinated by what people take when them when they have to quickly evacuate their homes. I’ve noticed similar scenes every summer when wild fires plague the western United States. What would you take if you had to leave your home in 15 minutes?

    Msnbc.com story: Torrential rains leave 21 dead in Venezuela

  • Sixty-nine year old deejay DJ Mamy Rock mixes it up in New York

     

    Timothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images

    Sixty-nine-year-old English deejay Ruth Flowers aka DJ Mamy Rock from Bristol, England performs in her first New York appearance at the Carter Burden Center for the Aging's 31st Annual Dinner Dance and Awards Ceremony in New York November 29. Flowers, a grandmother, is taking the European dance club circuit by storm.

    Timothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images

    From Flowers' website: "Everything began the night, when my grandson, whom I'm very close to, celebrated his birthday at a disco in London. He invited me to join him and his friends. When I arrived the doormen wouldn't allow me inside. Its true, I didn't look like their usual customer (laughs)... I did get in eventually... only to be dumbfounded...there was such an electric atmosphere! It was so different from the dances & the bands I used to go to when I was younger. There was a real osmosis between the music and the lights, it energized me!...made me feel so much younger!" 

    Timothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images

    Flowers continues, "That night shattered my view of things, especially the way I saw my life...I had a lot of free time...I discussed my idea with my grandson, he thought I'd gone mad. Sometime after our talk, an acquaintance put me in touch with a young French producer, Aurelien Simon. I told him my idea and he took on the challenge. I wasn't sure about it working but was prepared to give it a go, Aurelien was convinced and he took me with him. Since then I have made many trips around Europe, met quite a number of D.J.s. Aurelien introduced me to electro and house music. I went to clubs and been practicing a lot with the new machines. It was really fun!! Now I know I can make everybody move their ass on the dance floor (laughs)..."

  • Hungarian fishermen collect fish at Hortobagy

    Laszlo Balogh / Reuters

    Fish are placed in a bucket at Central Europe's biggest fish pond complex in the Great Hungarian Plain at Hortobagy.

    Laszlo Balogh / Reuters

    A Hungarian fisherman collects fish at Central Europe's biggest fish pond complex in the Great Hungarian Plain at Hortobagy, 200 km (124 miles) east from Budapest, November 30, 2010.

    Laszlo Balogh / Reuters

    Laszlo Balogh / Reuters

    A Hungarian fisherman takes a smoking break during fish collecting.

    Laszlo Balogh / Reuters

  • Chicago teacher wins prestigious education prize

    By Robert Hood

    Dexter Chaney, a 29-year-old Chicago area teacher, had no idea what was about to happen when he and his students attended an assembly at Ryerson Elementary on Monday.

    Rich Hein / Chicago Sun-Times via AP

    Third-grade teacher Dexter Chaney from Martin A. Ryerson Elementary School in Chicago reacts after being named recipient of the Milken National Educator Award, a prestigious national teaching award. Chaney was one of 55 nationwide to receive the honor, and the only one from Illinois.

    Rich Hein / Chicago Sun-Times via AP

    Dexter Chaney is congratulated by his students.

    The Chicago Tribune reports that Chaney learned he'd won the Milken Educator Award during the school gathering. The school’s principal describes Chaney as a role model to every child in the school. The award carries a $25,000 prize.

     

    Watch NBCChicago.com's coverage of the assembly.

    View more news videos at: http://www.nbcchicago.com/video.

  • NYT publishes account of the wounding of photojournalist Joao Silva

    By Stokes Young, nbcnews.com

    The caption for these pictures as they appear on Carlotta Gall's article in The New York Times:

    Wounded by a land mine, Joao Silva, a New York Times photographer, shot three frames before becoming too weak to hold the camera. He lost both of his legs in the explosion. 
     

    Joao Silva / The New York Times via Redux

    Soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division react to photographer Joao Silva stepping on a mine in the Arghandab district of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 23, 2010, in a three-photo combination. For American troops in heavily-mined Afghan villages, steering clear of improvised explosive devices is the most difficult task.

    Read the story here: A Footstep, Then an Explosion and an Urgent Call: ‘Medic!’

    See more pictures from Mr. Silva's memory card from the day of the mine blast at The New York Times' Lens blog. The blog post ends with this editor's note:

    Support Joao Silva Photojournalist has been set up by Greg and Leonie Marinovich, friends of Mr. Silva, to help him and his family as he goes through rehabilitation. Money is being raised through outright donations and the sale of prints by Mr. Silva. 

    Jerome Delay / AP

    In this Feb. 2009 photo New York Times photographer Joao Silva is seen while on assignment in Madagascar.

  • Snowfall across Europe

    Henrik Montgomery / EPA

    A parhelion, or sundog, combined with a halo, forms over Lake Malaren in central Stockholm, Sweden on Nov. 30. The weather phenomena is created by ice crystals in the atmosphere during cold weather. Stockholm is presently experience temperatures around -10 Celsius.

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    A swimmer climbs out of the freezing waters of the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park on Nov. 30 in London.

    Lindsey Parnaby / EPA

    Heavy snow caused trees to fall, blocking the A171 Guisborough Road in North Yorkshire, Britain on Nov. 30.

    Rolf Haid / AFP - Getty Images

    People walk through the snow-covered landscape near the southern German city of Freiburg on Nov. 30.

    Matt Dunham / AP

    Youngsters sledge during snowfall on Hampstead Heath in London on Nov. 30. An early winter storm has caused travel chaos across Britain with air and rail passengers as well as motorists all struggling to complete their journeys.

    Christopher Furlong / Getty Images

    Snow blankets the Derbyshire Dales in Buxton, United Kingdom, on Nov. 30.

    By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

    "Bad weather makes for good photos."
    -Chad Stevens, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    If you enjoyed these, don't miss this cool series of a bird snatching up spiders in the snow.

  • U.S. troops rest, cook and play on Afghan base

    Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

    U.S. Army Pvt. Tyler Cannon of Maine, 19, left, and his comrades from First Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, rest after a patrol in Panjwai district, Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Tuesday.

    Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

    US Army Spc. Brandon Wellington of North Carolina from First Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division cooks dinner at their base in Panjwai district, Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Tuesday.

    Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

    U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jonathan Rezendes of Mass., from First Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, plays with a ball.

    Click the "Afghanistan" tag link below for more blog posts from the country.

  • Michael Buholzer / Reuters

    A time exposure photograph shows a tree in front of the snow covered Bernese alps and the city of Thun, left, in Oberbuetschel, near Bern, Nov. 30, 2010. A large part of Switzerland was hit by a cold wave in the last days with snow falls and below-zero temperatures.

    Snow blankets the Bernese alps

    By Elena Grothe

    I love the sense of wonder long exposure images such as this one can provide.

  • Marshall Gorby / The Springfield News-Sun / AP

    The early morning sunlight casts the shadow of an evergreen tree on the side of a barn near New Carlisle, Ohio on Nov. 29, 2010.

    Morning light is holiday eye candy

    By Robert Hood

    Here is some eye candy for Monday from Photographer Marshall Gorby. It's hard to resist the vivid color and the repeating shapes.

  • Joint U.S. and S. Korea military exercises proceed in the East China Sea

    David A. Cox / EPA

    A Super Hornet assigned to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron 115 lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, Nov. 29, 2010, which is stationed in the waters west of the Korean peninsula preparing for a training exercise with the Republic of Korea Navy.

    From msnbc.com news services:

    Jets roared as they took off from an aircraft carrier as part of drills to practice air defense, combat warfare and search-and seizure drills, said Rear Adm. Dan Cloyd, commander of the USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group.
    The militaries carried out the maneuvers off Taean province, 60 miles south of Yeongpyeong and out of range of North Korean artillery.

    The third in a series of joint large scale drills since the sinking of the South's Cheonan warship in March, the U.S. military said the exercise was defensive in nature and demonstrated U.S. commitment to regional security.

    U.S. military officials say the situation will remain tense on the Korean peninsula as joint military exercises are conducted near the North Korean border in the wake of last week's attack.

  • Jewel Samad / AFP - Getty Images

    US Sec. of State Hillary Clinton arrives to give a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, Nov. 29, 2010. Clinton said that the United States "deeply regrets" the release by WikiLeaks of confidential US documents, as she sought to reassure American allies. Internet whistleblower Wikileaks has begun releasing a quarter of a million confidential US diplomatic cables, detailing embarrassing and inflammatory episodes in what the White House called a "reckless and dangerous action".

    Sec. of State Clinton does Wikileak damage control

    By Robert Hood

    While I understand the need for secrecy when it comes to foreign affairs, I wish we lived in a world where it wasn’t necessary. I wonder if the last few high-profile leaks are just the beginning. Is the genie out of the bottle? Maybe the ease of Internet distribution has changed affairs of state forever.

    “Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state,” Cardinal Richelieu (1585 – 1642)

  • Matt Cardy/Getty Images

    The interior of Salisbury Cathedral is illuminated by trails of candles carried by choristers during the annual 'darkness to light' advent procession on Nov. 28, in Salisbury, England. This year's service - which begins with the cathedral in total darkness and silence before the Advent Candle is lit at the West End - features Bruce Munro's fibre optic 'Light Shower' installation high in the Spire Crossing made with 2,000 points of light. The annual advent service is a mix of music and readings during which two great processions move around the different spaces in the building which is, by the end, illuminated by almost 1300 candles.

    Candles illuminate Salisbury cathedral service

    By John Makely, NBC News

    A long camera exposure allowed the trails of the choir's candles to create a beautiful scene.

  • Natacha Pisarenko / AP

    A gaucho, or cowboy, rides a horse as he competes during a rodeo in Escobar, Argentina, Nov. 28.

    A gaucho takes on a horse in Argentina

    By Katie Cannon, Senior Multimedia Editor

    Argentine cowboys must stay on a horse for approximately 15 seconds compared to saddle bronc riders in the United States who only have to last for eight seconds. Either count would be a tough task.

  • Fully Handoko / EPA

    A farmer collects grass as Mount Bromo spews black smoke and ash in Ngadisari Village, Probolinggo, Indonesia, Nov. 29. Volcanic activity at Mount Bromo in East Java showed a significant rise as a small eruption reportedly took place on Nov. 26. The volcano spit ashes and billowed smoke up to 1,000 meters into the air, an official said.

    Mount Bromo spits smoke and ash in Indonesia

    By Katie Cannon, Senior Multimedia Editor

    How incredible that this farmer seems to be going about his regular business with an angry volcano close at hand.

  • Small business in Kyrgyz village with little infrastructure offers baths to locals for a dollar

    By Katie Cannon, Senior Multimedia Editor

    What a shame there isn't something other than tires to burn in this area, but it's great that the people in the community have warm baths available to them.

    Igor Kovalenko / EPA

    A little Kyrgyz girl combs her hair while standing in a plastic basin after bathing in the village of Dordoi, some 20 km from the capital of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Nov. 28. Local resident Arstan-Baike keeps this bath as a small family business, offering local residents a bath for one dollar per person. The village located near the biggest retail market in Central Asia lacks infrastructure and social facilities like schools, hospitals and baths. Arstan-Baike stokes his stove with used tires because of the wood shortage in the area.

    Igor Kovalenko / EPA

    Arstan-Baike cuts used tires with his daughters to fuel his bath stove in the village of Dordoi, Kyrgyzstan.

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