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Monday 25 June 2007

Unforgettable Photos


1957. The first day of Dorothy Counts at the Harry Harding High School in the United States. Counts was one of the first black students admitted in the school, and she was no longer able to stand the harassments after 4 days.







January 12, 1960. A second before the Japanese Socialist Party leader Asanuma was murdered by an opponent student.










1963. Thich Quang Duc, the Buddhist priest in Southern Vietnam, burns himself to death protesting the government's torture policy against priests. Thich Quang Dug never made a sound or moved while he was burning.










1962. A soldier shot by a sniper hangs onto a priest in his last moments













1965. A mom and her children try to cross the river in South Vietnam in an attempt to run away from the American bombs.










1966. U.S. troops in South Vietnam are dragging a dead Vietkong soldier.












February 1, 1968. South Vietnam police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan shots a young man, whom he suspects to be a Viet Kong soldier.










1972. After South Vietnam planes accidentally drop a bomb on a town.












1973. A few seconds before Chile's elected president Salvador Allende is dead during the coup.










1975. A woman and a girl falling down after the fire escape collapses.












1980. A kid in Uganda about to die of hunger, and a missionaire.










February 23, 1981. Colonel Molina ve military police seizes the Parliament building in Spain. The photographer did not expect the scene, and hid the films in his shoe.











1982. Palestinian refugees murdered in Beirut, Lebanon.










1987. A mother in South Korea apologizes and asks for forgiveness for his son who was arrested after attending a protest. He was protesting the alleged manipulations in the general elections.










1989. A young man in China stands before the tanks during protests for democratic reforms.











1992. A mother in Somalia holds the body of her child who died of hunger.











1994. A man who was tortured by the soldiers since he was suspected to have spoken with the Tutsi rebels.










1996. Kids who are shocked by the civil war in Angola.










2001. An Afghani refugee kid's body is being prepared for the funeral in Pakistan.













2002. Soldiers and villagers in IRan are digging graves for the victims of the earthquake. A kid holds his father's pants before he is buried.








2003. An Iraqi prisoner of war tries to calm down his child.

Complete Listing of World Wonders

Complete Listing of World Wonders

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Pharos of Alexandria

The Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind
Stonehenge
The Colosseum
The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The Great Wall of China
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
The Hagia Sophia
The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Mount Everest
The Great Barrier Reef
The Grand Canyon
Victoria Falls
The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Paricutin Volcano
The Northern Lights

The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World
Palau
The Belize Barrier Reef
The Galapagos Islands
The Northern Red Sea
Lake Baikal
The Great Barrier Reef
The Deep Sea Vents

The Seven Wonders of the Modern World
The Empire State Building
The Itaipú Dam
The CN Tower
The Panama Canal
The Channel Tunnel
The North Sea Protection Works
The Golden Gate Bridge

The Seven Forgotten Natural Wonders of the World
Angel Falls
The Bay of Fundy
Iguaçú Falls
Krakatoa Island
Mount Fuji
Mount Kilimanjaro
Niagara Falls

The Seven Forgotten Modern Wonders of the World
The Clock Tower (Big Ben)
Eiffel Tower
The Gateway Arch
The Aswan High Dam
Hoover Dam
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
The Petronas Towers

The Seven Forgotten Wonders of the Medeival Mind
Abu Simbel Temple
Angkor Wat
Taj Mahal
Mont Saint-Michel
The Moai Statues
The Parthenon
The Shwedagon Pagoda

The Forgotten Wonders
The Aztec Temple
The Banaue Rice Terraces
The Borobudur Temple
The Inca City
The Statue of Liberty
The Mayan Temples
The Temple of the Inscriptions
The Throne Hall of Persepolis
Petra
The Suez Canal
The Sydney Opera House
The Red Fort in India

Countries with the highest foreign populations

Countries with the highest foreign populations
Rank Country Percentage of non-citizens(OECD Countries)
1 Luxembourg 36.9
2 Switzerland 20.5
3 Germany 8.9
4 Austria 8.8
5 Belgium 8.2
6 Australia 7.4
7 Greece 7.0
8 United States 6.6
9 Ireland 5.9
10 France 5.6
11 Sweden 5.3
12 Canada 5.3
13 Denmark 5.0
14 United Kingdom 4.5
15 Norway 4.3
16 Netherlands 4.2
17 Spain 3.8
18 Italy 2.3
19 Portugal 2.2
20 Finland 1.7
21 Czech Republic 1.2
22 Hungary 0.9
23 Slovakia 0.5
24 Poland 0.1

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Countries with the Highest Immigrant Populations

Countries with the Highest Immigrant Populations
Rank Country Percentage of foreign born population (OECD Countries)
1 Luxembourg 32.6
2 Australia 23.0
3 Switzerland 22.4
4 New Zealand 19.5
5 Canada 19.3
6 Austria 12.5
7 Germany 12.5
8 United States 12.3
9 Sweden 12.0
10 Belgium 10.7
11 Ireland 10.4
12 Greece 10.3
13 Netherlands 10.1
14 France 10.0
15 United Kingdom 8.3
16 Norway 7.3
17 Denmark 6.8
18 Portugal 6.3
19 Spain 5.3
20 Czech Republic 4.5
21 Italy 3.9
22 Hungary 2.9
23 Finland 2.5
24 Slovakia 2.5
25 Poland 2.1
26 Turkey 1.9
27 Mexico 0.5

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Countries with the Highest Employment Rates

Countries with the Highest Employment Rates
Rank Country Percentage of people aged 15 to 64 that are employed (OECD Countries)
1 Iceland 82.8
2 Switzerland 77.4
3 Denmark 76.0
4 Norway 75.6
5 New Zealand 73.5
6 Sweden 73.5
7 Netherlands 72.7
8 United Kingdom 72.7
9 Canada 72.6
10 United States 71.2
11 Australia 69.5
12 Japan 68.7
13 Portugal 67.8
14 Austria 67.8
15 Finland 67.2
16 Ireland 65.5
17 Germany 65.5
18 Czech Republic 64.2
19 Korea, South 63.6
20 France 62.4
21 Spain 62.0
22 Luxembourg 61.6
23 Mexico 60.8
24 Belgium 60.5
25 Greece 59.6
26 Italy 57.4
27 Slovakia 57.0
28 Hungary 56.8
29 Poland 51.9
30 Turkey 46.1

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Countries with the lowest rate of deaths from car accidents

Countries with the lowest rate of deaths from car accidents
Rank Country Road fatalities per million population (OECD Countries)
1 Netherlands 49
2 Sweden 53
3 Norway 56
4 United Kingdom 57
5 Switzerland 69
6 Germany 71
7 Finland 72
8 Denmark 74
9 Japan 75
10 Iceland 79
11 Turkey 80
12 Australia 86
13 Canada 87
14 France 92
15 Ireland 95
16 New Zealand 99
17 Italy 103
18 Austria 108
19 Luxembourg 109
20 Belgium 109
21 Slovakia 113
22 Spain 115
23 Portugal 124
24 Hungary 129
25 Greece 135
26 Czech Republic 136
27 United States 145
28 Korea, South 147
29 Poland 150

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Countries with the largest overweight populations

Countries with the largest overweight populations
Rank Country Overweight population aged 15 and over (OECD Countries)
1 United Kingdom 39.0
2 Mexico 38.1
3 Austria 37.0
4 Portugal 36.8
5 Australia 36.7
6 Germany 36.3
7 Czech Republic 36.2
8 Iceland 35.9
9 Spain 35.3
10 Greece 35.2
11 New Zealand 35.2
12 Slovakia 35.2
13 United States 35.1
14 Netherlands 35.0
15 Luxembourg 34.4
16 Norway 34.4
17 Hungary 34.0
18 Ireland 34.0
19 Italy 33.5
20 Sweden 33.1
21 Belgium 32.7
22 Denmark 32.3
23 Finland 32.2
24 Canada 32.1
25 Poland 31.7
26 Turkey 31.6
27 Switzerland 29.4
28 France 28.1
29 Korea, South 27.4
30 Japan 21.6

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Most Educated Countries

Most Educated Countries
Rank Country Percentage of population aged 25-64 that have attained a tertiary level of education (OECD Countries)
1 Canada 44.0
2 United States 38.4
3 Japan 37.4
4 Sweden 33.4
5 Finland 33.3
6 Denmark 31.9
7 Australia 31.3
8 Norway 31.0
9 New Zealand 30.9
10 Korea, South 29.5
11 Belgium 29.0
12 United Kingdom 28.0
13 Switzerland 27.0
14 Ireland 26.3
15 Iceland 26.3
16 Spain 25.2
17 Netherlands 24.4
18 Germany 24.0
19 France 23.4
20 Greece 18.3
21 Hungary 15.4
22 Mexico 15.4
23 Luxembourg 14.9
24 Austria 14.5
25 Poland 14.2
26 Czech Republic 12.0
27 Slovakia 11.8
28 Portugal 10.8
29 Italy 10.4
30 Turkey 9.7

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Countries with highest work hours

Countries with highest work hours
Rank Country Hours per year per person (OECD Countries)
1 Korea, South 2423
2 Czech Republic 1986
3 Poland 1983
4 Slovakia 1958
5 Greece 1925
6 Hungary 1925
7 Mexico 1848
8 New Zealand 1826
9 United States 1824
10 Australia 1816
11 Iceland 1810
12 Spain 1799
13 Japan 1789
14 Canada 1751
15 Finland 1736
16 Portugal 1694
17 United Kingdom 1669
18 Ireland 1642
19 Italy 1585
20 Sweden 1585
21 Switzerland 1556
22 Austria 1550
23 Denmark 1540
24 Belgium 1522
25 France 1520
26 Germany 1443
27 Norway 1363
28 Netherlands 1357

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development