Today in Photos, January 29
29 Jan 2013
Cultural relief - A wall relief that is part of "The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia" exhibition at the Museum of History in Tsim Sha Tsui. The relief "attack on an enemy town" shows an Assyrian assault on a town probably in Turkey in 738 to 737BC. The exhibition which opens on Wednesday will be in Hong Kong until May 13. Photo: Sam Wong
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![]( "Close call - A truck sits on the expressway bridge which partially collapsed due to an explosion in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, central China's Henan province on Fiday. Fireworks for Lunar New Year celebrations exploded on a truck in central China, destroying part of an elevated highway on Friday and sending vehicles plummeting 30 meters to the ground. Photo: AP")
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![]( "The Guotai Chambers building seen the Jingshan Park in Beijing as smog continues to shroud the Chinese capital on Thursday. Doctors in Beijing said that hospital admissions for respiratory complaints rose in recent days during the latest bout of air pollution to cover northern China. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "An Iranian Zoroastrian plays a flute as he leads the priests walking to set the firewoods ablaze during the annual Zoroastrian Sadeh festival in a suburb of Tehran, on Wednesday. Sadeh, is an ancient Persian festival that is celebrated by setting a huge bonfire to honour fire and to defeat the forces of darkness, frost, and cold. Sadeh means \"hundred\" and refers to one hundred days and nights past the end of summer. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "Cultural relief - A wall relief that is part of \"The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia\" exhibition at the Museum of History in Tsim Sha Tsui. The relief \"attack on an enemy town\" shows an Assyrian assault on a town probably in Turkey in 738 to 737BC. The exhibition which opens on Wednesday will be in Hong Kong until May 13. Photo: Sam Wong")
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![]( "Beach beast - People stand by the remains of a beached 18 metres long whale on Friday found early in the morning at the Predidents beach in the Sables d'Olonne, western France. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "An expert examines a watch made by A. Lange & Söhne. Photo: SCMP")
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![]( "China's Li Na celebrates after victory in her women's singles semi-final match against Russia's Maria Sharapova on the eleventh day of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Thursday. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "Down and out - Serena Williams of the US reacts after winning a point against Sloane Stephens of the US during their women's singles match on day ten of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Wednesday. The teenager Stephens eventually won and ended Williams’ bid for a historic calendar-year grand slam. Photo: AFP")
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