Prachtige fotoreeks van The Big Picture over het vieren van nieuwjaar 2011 in alle delen van de wereld. Sommige foto’s springen er echt uit. Ocharme dat konijntje.
Goodbye 'Year of the Tiger', hello 'Year of the Rabbit'.
Zoo owner Manny Tangco holds up a rabbit and a tiger cub while surrounded by local children at the Malabon Zoo in Malabon, in northern Metro Manila, Philippines on December 28, 2010 to illustrate the shift from the “Year of the Tiger” to the “Year of the Rabbit”. (NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Sinds 2003 analyseert Stijn Vogels wereldgebeurtenissen. Met een geschiedenisdiploma van de Universiteit van Gent worden zijn inzichten gepubliceerd op zijn blog, Aardling. Stijn heeft ook een wereldwijde schrijversgemeenschap opgezet gericht op internationale betrekkingen. Gekend voor “connecting the dots” tussen technologie en politiek, streeft hij ernaar door middel van zijn doordachte analyses een waardevol perspectief te bieden op onze snel veranderende wereld.
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The one where the dutch run into the freezing water is, um, really wrong…
Other than that I have to admit that these east asian supercities look really impressive compared to our european ones. The 21st-century-power shift is already visible.
Sometimes. There are certain rules to abide to, like not putting your head under the water. But mainly it’s all in good fun and usually for a good cause too.
Peruvians are cool
The one from the Philippines looks cruel though.
Which one? The zoo one?
That tiger cub that’s looking at the rabbit like it’s a walking dinner.
The rabit is supposed to eat the tiger (i think) to give the image of change :y aha
The one where the dutch run into the freezing water is, um, really wrong…
Other than that I have to admit that these east asian supercities look really impressive compared to our european ones. The 21st-century-power shift is already visible.
It’s a common theme along the North Sea. There are swimming clubs called ‘ice bears’ who do this on a regular basis.
My god, you’re right…
Don’t these people get really nasty colds after these ice-bear-swims?!
Sometimes. There are certain rules to abide to, like not putting your head under the water. But mainly it’s all in good fun and usually for a good cause too.