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Another rose from the Municipal Rose Garden, San Jose
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Rose by any name
This is "King's Ransom (Morey) Hybrid Tea 1962 A.A.R.C". Pretty long name for a rose, huh?
Shot at the Municipal Rose Park in San Jose, California.
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Margalla towers after the 7.6 magnitude Earthquake in Pakistan.
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kashmiri boy
this kashmiri boy lost his left eye in the earthquake.
image courtesy : www.timesofindia.com
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Desperate in Muzaffarabad
Desperate father waiting to take his son to a hospital
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Quake evacuees at Chaklala
The first evacuees arrive from Muzaffarabad at Chaklala in Pindi. They are given first aid before dispatch to hospitals
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Quake blanket fight
Desperation is catching up with the victims.
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Safe and sad
Earth quake survivor who made it to Islamabad from Muzaffarabad.
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The supplies that have made it to devastated areas have been swamped by people desperate for food, blankets and medical supplies. Looting has also been reported. (Credit: BBC News)
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Medical attention for the wounded has also been limited. This child was evacuated out of Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir, by US helicopter. (Credit: BBC News)
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Many families spent a third night in the open air, without water, food or shelter from the heavy rains as they awaited relief supplies. (Credit: BBC News)
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Aid is arriving in communities devastated by the earthquake, but many survivors are angry at what they perceive to be the authorities' slow response. (Credit: BBC)
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In Kashmir, winter is fast approaching. Snow dusts the mountain-tops above this village. The people of Balkote don't know what awaits them in the coming months. (Credit: BBC News)
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This used to be a living room. Everyone in this village is asking the same question: "What is next and where is the help?" (Credit: BBC News)
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A woman stands in the ruins of her home and tries to come to terms with the loss of her worldly possessions. (Credit: BBC News)
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After the powerful South Asian earthquake, Matt Brandon, who works as a tour operator in Indian-administered Kashmir, travelled to the village of Balkote and sent these photographs to the BBC News website. He says this is a place neglected by the media and relief teams.
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And for those still hoping to find survivors in the rubble of homes in Balakot, time is running out fast. (Credit: BBC)
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But others are still vulnerable to the approaching winter in the rubble of their former homes, like 80-year-old Bibi Jaitun.
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Some refugees have been lucky, like this child being treated by a Turkish medical team in Muzaffarabad. (Credit: BBC)
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For some the only means of escape is by foot - or with the help of the able-bodied, as here in the remote area of Balakot. (Credit: BBC)
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This US crew are evacuating people from the regions to the Pakistani capital Islamabad. (Credit: BBC)
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Days after the powerful earthquake, aid has yet to arrive to victims like this woman who is waiting in front of her collapsed house in Muzaffarabad in Pakistani-administered Kashmir (Credit: BBC)
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Earthquake victims struggle to catch a blanket tossed to them from a relief truck near a makeshift shelter in Muzaffarabad. Some four million people have been affected by the quake, which has claimed 23,000 lives, most in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. (Credit: BBC)
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A Pakistan Army doctor talks with the victims from earthquake-affected area of Pakistani controlled Kashmir who are lying on the ground while waiting for transportation to a hospital at Chaklala Air Base in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Pakistans Air Force soldiers unload the victims of earthquake-affected area of Pakistani controlled Kashmir, from a U.S. helicopter on their arrival at Chaklala Air Base in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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A Pakistani soldier removes debris from a collapsed school as he searches for bodies in Muzaffarabad. Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned there was a risk of an epidemic of water-borne disease in Muzaffarabad, the quake-devastated capital of Pakistani Kashmir.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)
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A Kashmiri earthquake victim is carried by soldiers in Teetwal, 195 km (122 miles) north of Srinagar, October 11, 2005. Villagers trekking down from parts of the Kashmir mountains that have not been visited since the weekend's earthquake say they have left behind scenes of death and desperation. The official death toll from the quake -- at 7.6 magnitude the biggest to hit the region in a century -- remained at 21,000 in Pakistan and slightly over 1,200 in India. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli
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Kashmiri women wait for relief material with their children in Teetwal, 195 km (122 miles) north of Srinagar, October 11, 2005. Villagers trekking down from parts of the Kashmir mountains that have not been visited since the weekend's earthquake say they have left behind scenes of death and desperation. The official death toll from the quake -- at 7.6 magnitude the biggest to hit the region in a century -- remained at 21,000 in Pakistan and slightly over 1,200 in India. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli
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An injured Pakistani child lays in a makeshift camp upon arrival from earthquake effected areas at Chaklala air base in Rawalpindi October 11, 2005. Three days after the deadly Kashmir earthquake, relief efforts remained chaotic on Tuesday and U.N. officials said scores more helicopters were needed to get food, medicine and shelter to millions of survivors. Pledges of aid for the victims of Saturday's earthquake have poured in from around the world but little assistance has yet reached desperate survivors on the ground due to blocked roads and a shortage of aircraft, particularly helicopters. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
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Injured Pakistanis lay at a makeshift camp upon arrival from earthquake affected areas at Chaklala air base in Rawalpindi October 11, 2005. Three days after the deadly Kashmir earthquake, relief efforts remained chaotic on Tuesday and U.N. officials said scores more helicopters were needed to get food, medicine and shelter to millions of survivors. Pledges of aid for the victims of Saturday's earthquake have poured in from around the world but little assistance has yet reached desperate survivors on the ground due to blocked roads and a shortage of aircraft, particularly helicopters. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
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A newborn child sleeps with her mother in a makeshift tent at a relief camp in Poonch, 250 Km (156 miles) north west of the northern Indian city of Jammu October 10, 2005. Villagers trekking down from parts of the Kashmir mountains that have not been visited since the weekend's earthquake say they have left behind scenes of death and desperation. The official death toll from the quake at 7.6 magnitude the biggest to hit the region in a century remained at 21,000 in Pakistan and slightly over 1,200 in India. Picture taken October 10, 2005. REUTERS/Amit Gupta
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Injured Pakistani Kashmiris wait for medical help at a make-shift camp. India has offered to send Pakistan whatever aid it needs for survivors of the weekend's devastating earthquake, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said.(AFP/Saeed Khan)
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Father with his injured child wait for medical help. About one thousand hospitals were 'completely destroyed' in the earthquake in Pakistan, severely hampering urgent medical treatment for thousands of injured people, the United Nations said.(AFP/Jewel Samad)
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A child waits for aid at a makeshift shelter in Muzaffarabad. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz revealed that the confirmed death toll in Pakistan's devastating earthquake rose to 23,000 and is expected to rise.(AFP/Jewel Samad)
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A doctor treats a wounded man, at a makeshift field hospital set up by a Muslim charity at the northern Pakistani town of Muzaffarabad, one of the towns that were hit by Saturday's earthquake, Tuesday Oct. 11, 2005. The Pakistani government's official death toll remained at slightly over 20,000 people, but a senior army official who is close to the rescue operations, said that 'according to our assessment, the death toll is between 35,000 to 40,000 people.' (AP Photo/K.M. Chaundry)
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Nisar, last name not available, carries his niece Faisa, last name not available, who was wounded during Saturday's earthquake, at a makeshift field hospital set up by a Muslim charity at the northern Pakistani town of Muzaffarabad, Tuesday Oct. 11, 2005. The Pakistani government's official death toll remained at slightly over 20,000 people, but a senior army official who is close to the rescue operations, said that 'according to our assessment, the death toll is between 35,000 to 40,000 people.' (AP Photo/K.M. Chaundry)
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Isfaq Ahmed, with the Pakistani Civil Defence, pauses inside the rubble of his house where his mother's body, partially seen background left, is buried under the debris it the northern Pakistani town of Muzaffarabad, one of the towns hit by Saturday's earthquake, Tuesday Oct. 11, 2005. A total of six of his relatives' bodies, Ahmed's mother, aunt, sister and 3 nephews and nieces are trapped beneath the rubble. The Pakistani government's official death toll remained at slightly over 20,000 people, but a senior army official who is close to the rescue operations, said that 'according to our assessment, the death toll is between 35,000 to 40,000 people.' (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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A Pakistani man carries his injured daughter on his shoulders through the rubble of Balakot, Pakistan Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005. Entire communities have been wiped out in Balakot, which was at the epicentre of the earthquake Saturday, and the town is still desperately struggling to cope with the dead and injured. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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