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POPS24 hours in pictures - April 09 3. Helsinki, Finland: Conductor Sakari Oramo rehearses with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 4. Tenerife, Spain: An illegal immigrant recovers from his journey to the Canaries, on a boat from Africa 6. Washington, US: General David Petraeus, commander of American forces in Iraq, prepares to testify before the Senate armed services committee 14. Houston, US: The coffin of a US soldier killed in Iraq is transferred to Houston national cemetery 15. Seville, Spain: A cup floats in a puddle during the first day of the annual April feria, or fair. Strong rain and winds caused the cancellation of some events 1. Nairobi, Kenya: A policeman prepares to fire teargas during clashes between police and opposition party supporters in the slum area of Kibera
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POPS24 hours in pictures - April 05 6 Los Angeles, US: Hillary Clinton looks out towards the audience as Rob Reiner walks off the stage at a fundraising event at the Wilshire Theatre 7 Jerusalem: Sister Clemence, a Bulgarian nun and a patient at the hospice at the St Louis Hospital 14 Mausendorf, Germany: Tunnelling construction workers and speleologists examine a dripstone cave accidentally discovered during construction works for the future ICE high-speed train tunnel 2 Paranaque City, Philippines: Victims try to salvage useful items among the debris after a fire razed the houses of some 200 families
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POPS24 hours in pictures April 02 3 Baghdad, Iraq: A man in a burnt-out room in the Sadr City Shia district. The building was struck during a US airstrike 13 Mumbai, India: Make-up artists help a model prior to a show during the Lakme Indian Fashion Week 16 Bucharest, Romania: George Bush, seen through the view finder of a video camera, delivers a speech on the first day of the NATO summit 17 Johannesburg, South Africa: Hot air balloons soar over the Magaliesberg mountains 18 Cuenca, Spain: The skull of an animal in Alarcon's reservoir 1 Nairobi, Kenya: Residents of Kayole protest against police harassment and alleged execution of arrested suspects from the area
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POPS24 hours in pictures - April ist 04 Dhaka, Bangladesh: A man checks his money as he waits in a queue to buy rice at a shop that offers fair prices. Rice prices in Asia have been steadily rising in the last month. 07 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A boy with symptoms of dengue fever looks through netting at a Brazilian air force field hospital. A dengue epidemic has claimed at least 58 lives in the area since January 10 Prague, Czech Republic: Slavia Prague fans protect themselves against tear gas fired by riot police after clashes during their derby match against Sparta Prague 13 Poolesville, USA: A carpenter sands the pulpit that will be used by Pope Benedict XVI during his upcoming visit to Washington.
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POPS24 hours in pictures - Mar 28th 7 Chuzom, Bhutan: Indian women labourers carry rocks while working on a road widening project. Tens of thousands of migrant workers, mostly Indians, do the hard manual jobs that Bhutanese shun, such as building roads and construction 2 Baghdad, Iraq: Supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr shout slogans during a protest against a crackdown on Shia militia in Basra and Baghdad by Iraqi government forces 14 London, UK: A work of art entitled Washed Up Fingers by Emma Donovan. It is part of a collection of work from 60 finalists entered in the BlindArt: Sense & Sensuality competition at the Henry Moore gallery, Royal College Of Art 13 Moscow, Russia: A model displays a creation by Antonina Shapovalova at a fashion show
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POPSBest males Actors & Musicians: B&W pics Mark Seliger is under contract to Conde Nast Publications, working for GQ and Vanity Fair. Until recently, Mark was the chief photographer for Rolling Stone Magazine for more than ten years, featuring stories on the worlds’ top musicians and actors