1. From high unemployment rates to Mafia murders and corrupt public officials, the political problems in Italy are numerous. Yet, what issue infuriates the electorate enough to ignite civil disobedience outside city hall? These protesters are demanding a new stadium for the last place Torino squadra... only in Italia.
2. The road to unity was paved by the Constitution and forged by the blood of those who gave their all for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Constitution stands high above the winds of change and must be preserved for the sake of America.
3. Is China outperforming the US on green issues? This is a creative Chinese solution for climate change. ��A low carbon emitting approach to air-conditioning on one of the busiest tourist and shopping streets in China, Nanjing Road in Shanghai.
4. On October 1, 2009, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement Party (PASOK) held their last big rally in the center of Athens, Greece prior to elections that Sunday. Thousands of people attended waving flags in support. PASOK is now the majority party in Parliament. .
5. The pillars of justice, still standing.
6. This photo was taken at the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration at LA's historic Olvera Street. This particular altar was created to honor those who lost their lives over the last year due to insurance fraud. The altar also underscores the severity of the ongoing debate centered around passing an effective healthcare bill.
7. This is one of the murals in the "bog-side" of Derry, Northern Ireland, where Bloody Sunday occurred. This young man being carried is 18-year-old Jackie Duddy, one of the first people killed on Bloody Sunday. The man with the handkerchief is Father Daly, who was fleeing the bullets and stopped in his tracks to assist Duddy who had fallen face-first to the ground. Daly administered Duddy's last rites amid bullets that rained down on the civil rights demonstrators who had gathered to protest internment without trial. The British soldier with the weapon is stepping on the blood-stained "civil rights" banner. The murals were the voice of the Catholic community, one of the means by which they communicated their grievances.
8. Black-footed Penguins near Cape Town, South Africa, are forced to find new homes as their habitat is destroyed in favor of construction for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
9. Two homeless boys sit with their father on a street corner in Houston, Texas. Every night, one in fifty children sleep on the streets in the US.
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