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Carolyn Kaster began her career as a freelance photojournalist and joined the AP staff in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 2003. She is currently based in Washington, DC. For the AP, Kaster has created video essays and stills for various national assignments, including hurricanes in the Carolina’s and Texas, the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and John McCain and Michael Jackson’s death and funeral. Kaster has won multiple awards for her work including first place for 2013 Pictures of the Year International Campaign Single and first place at the 2012 Atlanta Photojournalism seminar. (AP) Find more news related pictures on our photo galleries page and follow us on Tumblr.
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Local Lens: Venturing off the Beaten Path in Singapore with @m_herwin
In this series, local Instagrammers show you their favorite places to shoot around where they live. To find refuge from Singapore’s busy city life, follow @m_herwin on Instagram.
"There is more to Singapore than those big, tall buildings that you see in travel pamphlets," says local Instagrammer Herwin van Johari (@m_herwin), who seeks out the quiet sanctuaries nestled in one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
For visiting nature enthusiasts, Herwin suggests a visit to the Southern Ridges, a 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) trail that connects five of the city’s public parks. “The trail offers many vantage points that give you an amazing view of the city from some of the highest points in Singapore.” Other lush, photogenic escapes favored by Herwin include the Singapore Botanic Garden and MacRitchie Reservoir.
"If you are adventurous enough to explore further from the main island," says Herwin, "take a short boat trip to Pulau Ubin. Singapore is preserved in its rustic form here, and it’s a complete break away from the modern city.”
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Volunteers wade across the lagoon at dawn to gather flamingo chicks and place them inside a corral at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve in southern Spain, a protester points her finger towards the Bangalore police chief during a protest in Bangalore, India and members of the Ukrainian Emergency Ministry carry a body at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 are some of the photos of the day. (AP/Reuters)
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars (recipe)
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The CIA Museum, housed in the agency’s headquarters just outside Washington DC, showcases some of the most impressive artifacts officers and operatives have acquired throughout the Cold War and the global war on terrorism. It’s a collection of spy gear – cameras hidden in matchbooks, a remote controlled fish – and items collected from some of the agency’s biggest successes, like Osama bin Laden’s assault rifle. Yahoo News got an exclusive look at the collection, but herefrom the CIA’s own catalog are some of the treasures hidden away in the most intriguing museum you’ll probably never visit. See the RELATED STORY by Olivier Knox/Yahoo News Find more news related pictures in our photo galleries and follow us on Tumblr.
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Tradition meets Technology at the 2014 Eco Edo Nihonbashi Art Aquarium
For more photos and videos from the exhibition, explore the COREDO室町 (Coredo Muromachi) and アートアクアリウム2014 (Art Aquarium 2014) location pages and browse the #アートアクアリウム (art aquarium) hashtag.
The Eco Edo Nihonbashi Art Aquarium 2014 opened last Friday at the Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo, Japan. This exhibition features 17 fish tank installations designed by “art aquarist” Hidetomo Kimura, whose work brings more than 5,000 goldfish on display in 70 aquariums.
These extraordinary aquatic installations are decked with LED lights, projection mapping, music and even scents. While the technology involved is quite advanced, the aquarium designs are inspired by Japan’s Edo Period (1603–1868) and incorporate traditional motifs such as classic glass fish bowls, folding screens and lanterns.
Hidetomo’s works will be on view at the Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall until September 23, 2014.