[Residents transport bags of rice to those in need Sunday night in the devastating aftermath of Typhoon Haiyahn near Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. Without power in the central province, the only illumination in the dark streets comes from flashlights and headlights. Photo by Jeoffrey Maitem via Getty]
[Afghan refugee men gather on a hill on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. There are more than 1.6 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan, and thousands live without electricity or running water. Image via AP]
[Geostationary satellites of the Japan Meteorological Agency and EUMETSAT captured this image of Typhoon Haiyan before it slammed into the Philippines early Friday morning. Meteorologists have warned that it is likely to cause widespread damage and “significant loss of life.” Satellite Image by EUMETSTAT via Flickr]
[Prince William, observes breast reconstruction surgery on a female patient during a visit at the Royal Marsden hospital in Chelsea. Image by Lefteris Pitarakis via AP]
[A Soyuz rocket and capsule carrying new crew—and the Olympic flame—to the International Space Station blasts off in Kazakhstan earlier today. Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky via AP]
[A three-month-old Sumatran tiger cub named “Bandar” is understandably pissed after being dunked in the tiger exhibit moat for a “swim reliability test” at the National Zoo in Washington on Wednesday. Poor poor Bandar. Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta via AP]
[Illuminated portraits of North Korea's late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il glow amid the dark buildings of central Pyongyang before dawn yesterday. Photo by David Guttenfelder via AP]
As we've spent the last several months covering crack-smoking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, and the videotape in which he smokes crack, we've come to deeply appreciate one thing about him: He gives good face.
This image was published yesterday on the website for Egypt's el-Watan newspaper, which has close ties to the military that ousted former president Mohamed Morsi. The photo is actually a still from an undated video and is believed to be the first image of Morsi since his imprisonment began. His trial began today but was quickly postponed until January.
[A model with a hairstyle created by Chinese hairstylist Wu Jia plays a tablet computer as she prepares for a show at China Fashion Week in Beijing Friday. Photo by Andy Wong via AP]
[A sunset from inside a Gawker writer's cold, terrifying soul Bucharest, Romania. Image by Vadim Ghirda via AP]
