RNPS Images of the Year 2008: World (5)
2008-12-17 13:23:17 GMT2008-12-17 21:23:17 (Beijing Time)
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Revellers of the Viradouro samba school dance atop a float depicting a beauty salon during the first night of parades by the top samba groups in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome early February 4, 2008. [Agencies]
A former leader of the M-18 gang, "El Mal" (the evil in Spanish), 35, poses during a photo session at Comayagua jail in Honduras, February 3, 2008. As a leader, he has tattoos on his face and body indicating rank in the gang and respect on the streets. "El Mal" has been in jail for nine years on charges of extortion, murder and drugs trafficking. Picture taken February 3, 2008. [Agencies]
Juana Huaman (L) and Beingna Condori, who are both pregnant, walk to the maternity shelter in Huancarani, on the outskirts of Cuzco, March 23, 2008. Some maternity hospitals in Peru offer shelter to women and their families, who live further away, weeks before the women deliver their babies. [Agencies]
An Afghan man strikes a pose during a bodybuilding competition at a cinema hall in Kabul July 9, 2008. [Agencies]
A labourer's face is covered with flour at a flour market in Kabul September 8, 2008. [Agencies]
Revellers of the Viradouro samba school dance atop a float depicting a beauty salon during the first night of parades by the top samba groups in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome early February 4, 2008.
