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September 3, 2009
Earthquake hits Indonesian island of Java
CIKANGKARENG, Indonesia (AP) -- Children were crowded around a video game console, passing the time before they could break the Muslim holy month's daily fast, when an earthquake touched off a landslide that smothered their Indonesian village. Rescuers were searching Thursday for those 13 children and several dozen more people buried alive, as officials warned the death toll of 57 is sure to rise. Thousands of others were spending the night in tents after Wednesday's 7.0-magnitude quake flattened or seriously damaged more than 10,000 homes, offices, schools and mosques on the western side of the densely populated island of Java. Aid workers distributed provision kits, blankets and medicine, but said they were concerned remote areas had not received help following the temblor, which was felt for hundreds of miles. (16 images)

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Rescuers search for victims after an earthquake-triggered landslide burried a village in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 3. At least dozens of people were killed and another dozens were missing after a strong earthquake rocked southern Indonesia, unleashing mudslides that buried villagers in their homes, disaster management officials said Thursday.AP / Irwin Fedriansyah


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August 31, 2009
California Wildfires
A wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles nearly doubled in size overnight and continues to threaten a broadcasting antenna complex and thousands of homes. Spokeswoman Dianne Cahir said the fire had burned 134 square miles of brush and trees by early Monday. At least 18 homes have burned and 12,000 are threatened in a 20-mile stretch from Pasadena to Acton. Two firefighters died when their vehicle rolled down a mountain.
In the Sierra foothills town of Auburn, more than 60 structures -- many of them homes -- were destroyed in a fast-moving fire, officials said. CalFire spokesman Daniel Berlant said Sunday it is unclear how many of the burned structures were homes and how many were industrial buildings, and it was likely to remain uncertain until daylight. The fire broke out at about 2:40 p.m. Sunday and had burned some 275 acres. (21 images)

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A United States Forest Service air tanker drops fire retardant next to a line of fire as the Station fire burns in the hills above a home in Acton, Calif. on Sunday, Aug. 30. AP / Dan Steinberg


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August 28, 2009
Where Dugard lived for 18 years
Kidnapping victim Jaycee Lee Dugard was forced to live in a series of tents, tarps and wooden structures behind the home of her alleged attacker, Phillip Garrido, in Antioch, Calif. Dugard, who was abducted in 1991 when she was 11-years old, was freed this week when authorities became suspicious of Garrido. Here are some photos of the area when Dugard was forced to live for 18 years. (8 images)

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Tarps, tents and a wooden structure are seen in the backyard of alleged kidnapper Phillip Garrido Aug. 28 in Antioch, Calif. Jaycee Lee Dugard was allegedly kidnapped by Phillip Garrido nearly two decades ago and was forced to live in the tents and sheds behind Garrido's home with two of her children that were fathered by Garrido. Getty Images / Justin Sullivan


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August 28, 2009
Tomatina
BUNOL, Spain (AP) -- Tens of thousands of revelers pelted each other with tons of ripe tomatoes in a good-natured battle that filled the streets of a Spanish town with rivers of red pulp. Bunol's town hall estimated more than 40,000 people, some from as far away as Japan and Australia, took up arms Wednesday with 100 tons of tomatoes in the yearly food fight known as the "Tomatina," now in its 64th year. The event has its roots in a food fight between childhood friends and has become something of a calling card for Bunol, which is 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Valencia on Spain's east coast. The hour-long battle is so popular that traffic into the town backed up nearly two miles (three kilometers) Wednesday morning. (19 images)

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Young women play in tomato pulp during the annual "tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26. Bunol's town hall estimated more than 40,000 people, some from as far away as Japan and Australia, took up arms Wednesday with 100 tons of tomatoes in the yearly food fight known as the 'Tomatina' now in its 64th year. AP / Alberto Saiz


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August 26, 2009
The Hospice of St. John
The Hospice of Saint John in Lakewood, Colorado, a non-profit hospice which serves an average of 200 people at a time, is the second oldest hospice in the United States. The hospice accepts patients, regardless of their ability to pay, although most are covered by Medicare or Medicaid. The goal of the center is to maintain quality of life, manage pain, and offer spirutal guidance for residents in the last stage of their lives. End of life care has become a contentious issue in the current national debate on health care reform. (19 images)

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Massage therapist Nikki Hernandez embraces terminally ill patient Jackie Beattie, 83, following a massage at the Hospice of Saint John on August 21, in Lakewood, Colorado. Getty Images / John Moore


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August 24, 2009
Daily Life
A look at daily life at a variety of locations around the world through the lenses of Associated Press and Getty Images photographers. (20 images)

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A young child whose face is covered by net to prevent from dust and wind, rides on the back of motor bike in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, Aug. 20. AP / Chitose Suzuki


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August 20, 2009
Afghanistan's national election
KABUL (AP) -- Millions of Afghans defied threats to cast ballots in the country's second national elections since Taliban rule, but turnout appeared weaker this time because of continuing violence, fear and disenchantment. In much of the Taliban's southern strongholds, many people did not dare to vote, bolstering the hopes of President Hamid Karzai's chief rival.At least 26 people were killed in election-related violence, fewer than had been feared. Officials began counting millions of ballots as soon as the polls closed at 5 p.m. after a one-hour extension. First preliminary results weren't expected for several days, and some major candidates were already alleging fraud. (21 images)

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An Afghan woman voter walks past male voters lining up to cast their ballots, as she heads towards the women's side of a mosque made into a polling station in Kabul on Thursday Aug. 20. Afghans voted under the shadow of Taliban threats of violence Thursday to choose their next president for a nation plagued by armed insurgency, drugs, corruption and a feeble government nearly eight years after the U.S.-led invasion. AP / David Guttenfelder


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August 19, 2009
"Little Mogadishu"
NAIROBI, KENYA - Getty Images photographer, Spencer Platt, brings us images from Eastleigh, a Somali nieghborhood in Nairobi, Kenya. Referred to locally as "Little Mogadishu", Eastleigh is home to thousands of Somalis who have fled war-ravaged Somalia in recent years. Somalia has been ravaged by violence and anarchy since warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, then turned on each other. Islamist insurgents are trying to topple the Western-backed government and install a strict Islamic state. (17 images)

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A woman stands on a street corner in Eastleigh, a predominantly Muslim Somali neighborhood on August 18, in Nairobi, Kenya. More than 300,000 refugees have left Somalia and have headed to neighboring Kenya, with most residing in the overcrowded Kenyan camps of Dadaab. Kenyan officials and western security services are becoming increasingly concerned that radical Islamists, specifically members of Al-Shabaab, are also settling in the Eastleigh neighborhood where they could use it as a base to plan future attacks throughout the Horn of Africa. Getty Images / Spencer Platt


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August 17, 2009
Afghanistan prepares for Thursday's presidential election
KABUL (AP) -- President Hamid Karzai appears the favorite in Thursday's presidential election in Afghanistan, although a late surge by his chief rival, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, could force a runoff if none of nearly 40 candidates wins a majority. Karzai's alliances with regional powerbrokers and his origins as a Pashtun, the biggest Afghan ethnic community, have placed him in a strong position despite widespread public dissatisfaction with the government. (26 images)

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Afghan boys walk with their donkeys carrying ballot boxes to the remote areas in Baba Ali village, Dara district in Panjshir province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 17. Afghan officials dispatched donkey trains into mountains laden with ballot boxes and voting papers, taking material for landmark elections to the most remote communities. The mules were loaded with plastic chairs, desks, dozens of sealed-off white plastic ballot boxes, 600 ballot papers for the August 20 presidential election and another 600 ballot papers for concurrent provincial election. AP / Rafiq Maqbool


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August 12, 2009
AP photojournalist Morenatti injured in Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) -- A bombing wounded two Associated Press journalists embedded with the U.S. military in southern Afghanistan. Photographer Emilio Morenatti and AP Television News videographer Andi Jatmiko were traveling with a unit of the 5th Stryker Brigade of Fort Lewis, Wash., when their vehicle ran over a bomb planted in the open desert terrain, the military said. Both men were immediately taken to a military hospital in Kandahar. Jatmiko suffered leg injuries and two broken ribs. Morenatti, badly wounded in the leg, underwent an operation that resulted in the loss of his foot. The attack took place in open country 15 miles north of the town of Spin Boldak near the Pakistani border, and 120 miles southeast of Dahaneh, a Taliban-held town where helicopter-borne U.S. Marines launched an operation before dawn Wednesday to uproot the militants. Morenatti, 40, a Spaniard, is an award-winning photographer based in Islamabad who has worked for the AP in Afghanistan, Israel and the Palestinian territories. He was named Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 2009 by Pictures of the Year International. The Frame today takes a look at some of Morenatti's stunning work during the past two years. We wish him well and hope for a speedy recovery. (25 images)




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U.S. soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade take positions next to their armored vehicles during a patrol on the outskirts of Spin Boldak, near the border with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 7. Associated Press photographer Emilio Morenatti made this picture on Friday. Wednesday, he was injured while embedded with the U.S. military covering the deployment of troops in southern Afghanistan as part of an effort to prevent the Taliban from disrupting the country's Aug. 20 presidential ballot. AP / Emilio Morenatti


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