Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
A farmer sows watermelon seeds in a field on the banks of the river Ganges, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad on Feb. 29, 2012.
How do you know when a watermelon is ripe? You have to listen out for the tell-tale dull thump.
Given the famine in Africa, destroying fresh food like this seems . . . tone deaf. There must be something else they could do with it.
Philippe Laurenson / Reuters
Members of the French regional farmers union (FDSEA) destroy crates of Spanish-grown fruit which are transported for sale in France at the Lancon de Provence toll plaza August 11. Some one hundred angry French farmers emptied the contents of four lorries carrying fruit grown in Spain for a lower cost and which competes unfavorably with French grown fruit.
Philippe Laurenson / Reuters
A Spanish lorry driver reacts as he stands near crates of fruit destroyed by members of the French regional farmers union (FDSEA) at the Lancon de Provence toll plaza in southern France August 11. Some one hundred angry French farmers emptied the contents of four lorries carrying fruit grown in Spain at a lower cost and which competes unfavorably with French grown fruit.
Eric Gaillard / Reuters
A worker puts final touches to a giant mammoth made from lemons and oranges during the lemon festival in Menton, southern France, Feb. 18. Some 145 metric tons of lemons and oranges are used to make displays during the festival, which is themed
Eric Gaillard / Reuters
Visitors look at a giant Sphinx made from lemons and oranges during the lemon festival in Menton, southern France, Feb. 18.
From Reuters, some 145 metric tons of lemons and oranges are used to make displays during the festival, which is themed "The Greatest Civilizations", and runs from Feb. 18 through March 9 in Menton, southern France.
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