PICTURES

24 hours: Bomb blast in Pakistan marketplace kills 11, injures more than 40

Published on Jan 11, 2013
1:45 PM

A paramilitary soldier stands guard at the scene of a bomb explosion in Quetta on Jan 10, 2013. A bomb blast in a crowded marketplace killed 11 people and injured more than 40 in Pakistan's eastern provincial capital of Quetta on Thursday and a local militant group claimed responsibility, police said. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
A pensioner sits on a bench at central Syntagma (Constitution) square in Athens on Jan 10, 2013. Greece's unemployment rate climbed to a new record of 26.8 per cent in October as the debt-laden country's protracted economic slump dragged on, data showed on Thursday. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
A wounded child sits on a stretcher as he is treated in a temporary medical centre after he was injured during a shelling by forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad, in Aleppo on Jan 10, 2013. The graffiti behind reads: "Liberate Meng (area)". -- PHOTO : REUTERS
A man prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during a snowstorm on Jan 10, 2013. The worst snowstorm in 20 years shut public transport, roads and schools in Jerusalem on Thursday and along the northern Israeli region bordering on Lebanon. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
A student is hit by a jet of water during a protest against the government to demand changes in the public state education system in Santiago on Jan 10, 2013. Chilean students have been protesting against what they say is profiteering in the state education system. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
A driver uses his mobile phone as the traffic is stuck along the flood-hit Jakarta-Merak toll road near Serang, in Indonesia's Banten province on Jan 10, 2013. Floodwaters inundated at least 1,850 houses across 33 districts in Banten province since Tuesday, killing three residents, local media reported. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith dunks the basketball during the first quarter of their NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, Indiana on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
Women embrace in grief after an attack in Kibusu village at Tana Delta region of the Kenyan Coast on Jan 10, 2013. At least 10 people were killed on Thursday when armed raiders torched more than a dozen houses in Kenya's restive Tana River area, the Red Cross said, the latest tit-for-tat attack police say is linked to upcoming elections. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
A forensic technician takes pictures of a crime scene in a neighborhood in Monterrey on Jan 9, 2013. Three men were shot dead inside a house after being chased by gunmen, and a fourth man was killed outside the house, according to local media. Picture taken on Jan 9, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds up a wooden handicraft carving of Chavez's face during a gathering outside Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Jan 10, 2013. Chavez remained on his sickbed in Cuba on Thursday while supporters rally in his honour on the day he should have been sworn in for a new six-year term in the South American OPEC nation. The postponement of the inauguration, a first in Venezuelan history, has laid bare the gravity of Chavez's condition after complications from a fourth cancer operation in his pelvic area. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
An Afghan man carries his son along a street covered with snow on the outskirts of Kabul on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO :REUTERS
Mr Humberto Lopez, known as "El Che", smokes a cigar at his house in Caracas on Jan 8, 2013. A flamboyant look-a-like of Latin American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara has for years been a familiar sight on the streets of Venezuela whipping up support for his other socialist hero, President Hugo Chavez. Yet 54-year-old Lopez cuts a more subdued figure these days as he waits and prays for better news from Cuba where Chavez is battling to recover from cancer surgery. Picture taken on Jan 8, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
Riot police officers secure the access to the entrance of the Information Centre of Kurdistan in Paris, where three Kurdish women were found shot dead on Jan 10, 2013. Three female Kurdish activists including a founding member of the PKK rebel group were shot dead in Paris overnight in execution-style killings condemned by Turkish politicians trying to broker a peace deal. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
Two ladies with fans watch France's Paul-Henri Mathieu serve during his match against Italy's Simone Bolelli at the Kooyong Classic tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
Artisan Ojo Obaniyi, 40, drives a converted car, which is covered with woven raffia palm cane, on a road in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
Students walk through a rice field, which is their shortcut back to their homes, as the flood hits Jakarta-Merak toll road near Serang, in Indonesia's Banten province on Jan 10, 2013. Floodwaters inundated at least 1,850 houses across 33 districts in Banten province since Tuesday, killing three residents, local media reported. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
Actress Jennifer Lawrence reacts after accepting the award for the cast of Silver Lining Playbook, winning for Best Acting Ensemble at the 2013 Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
A peasant rests along a street next to his flags during a march, upon arrival in Mexico City on Jan 9, 2013. The peasants who started this march 30 days ago in Villa Hermosa, in the state of Tabasco, are heading to the capital to seek government support to make their land more productive, according to local media. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26637745e.jpg

A paramilitary soldier stands guard at the scene of a bomb explosion in Quetta on Jan 10, 2013. A bomb blast in a crowded marketplace killed 11 people and injured more than 40 in Pakistan's eastern provincial capital of Quetta on Thursday and a local militant group claimed responsibility, police said. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26635694e.jpg

A pensioner sits on a bench at central Syntagma (Constitution) square in Athens on Jan 10, 2013. Greece's unemployment rate climbed to a new record of 26.8 per cent in October as the debt-laden country's protracted economic slump dragged on, data showed on Thursday. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26640504e.jpg

A wounded child sits on a stretcher as he is treated in a temporary medical centre after he was injured during a shelling by forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad, in Aleppo on Jan 10, 2013. The graffiti behind reads: "Liberate Meng (area)". -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26637384e.jpg

A man prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during a snowstorm on Jan 10, 2013. The worst snowstorm in 20 years shut public transport, roads and schools in Jerusalem on Thursday and along the northern Israeli region bordering on Lebanon. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26639205e.jpg

A student is hit by a jet of water during a protest against the government to demand changes in the public state education system in Santiago on Jan 10, 2013. Chilean students have been protesting against what they say is profiteering in the state education system. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26637669e.jpg

A driver uses his mobile phone as the traffic is stuck along the flood-hit Jakarta-Merak toll road near Serang, in Indonesia's Banten province on Jan 10, 2013. Floodwaters inundated at least 1,850 houses across 33 districts in Banten province since Tuesday, killing three residents, local media reported. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26642869e.jpg

New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith dunks the basketball during the first quarter of their NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, Indiana on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26637233e.jpg

Women embrace in grief after an attack in Kibusu village at Tana Delta region of the Kenyan Coast on Jan 10, 2013. At least 10 people were killed on Thursday when armed raiders torched more than a dozen houses in Kenya's restive Tana River area, the Red Cross said, the latest tit-for-tat attack police say is linked to upcoming elections. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26639426e.jpg

A forensic technician takes pictures of a crime scene in a neighborhood in Monterrey on Jan 9, 2013. Three men were shot dead inside a house after being chased by gunmen, and a fourth man was killed outside the house, according to local media. Picture taken on Jan 9, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26638870e.jpg

A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds up a wooden handicraft carving of Chavez's face during a gathering outside Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Jan 10, 2013. Chavez remained on his sickbed in Cuba on Thursday while supporters rally in his honour on the day he should have been sworn in for a new six-year term in the South American OPEC nation. The postponement of the inauguration, a first in Venezuelan history, has laid bare the gravity of Chavez's condition after complications from a fourth cancer operation in his pelvic area. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26635798e.jpg

An Afghan man carries his son along a street covered with snow on the outskirts of Kabul on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO :REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26636500e.jpg

Mr Humberto Lopez, known as "El Che", smokes a cigar at his house in Caracas on Jan 8, 2013. A flamboyant look-a-like of Latin American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara has for years been a familiar sight on the streets of Venezuela whipping up support for his other socialist hero, President Hugo Chavez. Yet 54-year-old Lopez cuts a more subdued figure these days as he waits and prays for better news from Cuba where Chavez is battling to recover from cancer surgery. Picture taken on Jan 8, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26636297e.jpg

Riot police officers secure the access to the entrance of the Information Centre of Kurdistan in Paris, where three Kurdish women were found shot dead on Jan 10, 2013. Three female Kurdish activists including a founding member of the PKK rebel group were shot dead in Paris overnight in execution-style killings condemned by Turkish politicians trying to broker a peace deal. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26633040e.jpg

Two ladies with fans watch France's Paul-Henri Mathieu serve during his match against Italy's Simone Bolelli at the Kooyong Classic tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26639116e.jpg

Artisan Ojo Obaniyi, 40, drives a converted car, which is covered with woven raffia palm cane, on a road in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26637558e.jpg

Students walk through a rice field, which is their shortcut back to their homes, as the flood hits Jakarta-Merak toll road near Serang, in Indonesia's Banten province on Jan 10, 2013. Floodwaters inundated at least 1,850 houses across 33 districts in Banten province since Tuesday, killing three residents, local media reported. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26642506e.jpg

Actress Jennifer Lawrence reacts after accepting the award for the cast of Silver Lining Playbook, winning for Best Acting Ensemble at the 2013 Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/26630652e.jpg

A peasant rests along a street next to his flags during a march, upon arrival in Mexico City on Jan 9, 2013. The peasants who started this march 30 days ago in Villa Hermosa, in the state of Tabasco, are heading to the capital to seek government support to make their land more productive, according to local media. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

From a paramilitary soldier standing guard at a bombsite in Pakistan to a forensic technician taking pictures of a crime scene in a neighborhood in Monterrey, here's a selection of the best photos from Reuters news agency over the last 24 hours.

comments powered by Disqus

Most Popular

1.	Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36: WHO
2.	Some Chinese tourists are 'uncivilised', says vice premier
3.	N. Korea test-fires another short-range missile: Official
4.	Japan's elderly not acting their age
5.	Pakistan adopts Chinese GPS, becomes 5th Asian country to do so
6.	Three new suicides at Foxconn China factory, say reports
7.	Chinese sex workers face horrifying abuse: Report
8.	Strong 6.1 earthquake strikes off Japan coast, no tsunami warning
9.	China police billions spell profit opportunity
10.	North Korea fires short-range missiles into Sea of Japan

24 hours: Bomb blast in Pakistan marketplace kills 11, injures more than 40

Most Popular

Search The Straits Times

Archive

Follow ST

ST Sections

News Products

Customer Care

SPH Websites