Images Dated 28th February 2010

People release sky lanterns to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Shifen

People release sky lanterns to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Shifen, Taipei County, February 28, 2010. Believers gathered to release sky lanterns as a form of prayer for good luck and blessings. The tradition of releasing lanterns began during the Ching Dynasty when bands of outlaws frequently raided villages, forcing local residents to seek refuge in the mountains. The lanterns were signals used by the village watchmen to inform the refugees that their houses were safe again. The Lantern Festival or Yuan Xiao Jie is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar year in the Chinese calendar. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E62S1NHR01

RAF C-17 Globemaster at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan

An Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.
The C-17 gives the RAF a longrange strategic heavy-lift transport aircraft that offers the ability to project and sustain an effective force close to a potential area of operations for combat, peacekeeping or humanitarian missions worldwide

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1000 pounds of rolled Balata for crafts Balata or Bullet Wood Tree is bled for

1000 pounds of rolled Balata for crafts. Balata or Bullet Wood Tree is bled for natural latex. Nappi Rupununi, Guyana

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