Rose Parade in California

The Tournament of Roses queen and court wave from their float in 125th Rose Parade. Clockwise from lower left are Princess Jamie Kwong, Princess Sarah Hansen, Princess Katie Lipp, Rose Queen Ana Acosta, Princess Elyssia Widjaja, Princess Elizabeth Woolf, and Princess Kayla Johnson-Granberry. – Photo by AP

Rose Parade

2nd January' 2014

Originally started on January 1, 1890, the Rose Parade, traditionally the Tournament of Roses Parade, is part of "America’s New Year Celebration" held in Pasadena, California each year.
The 2014 Rose Parade, themed "Dreams Come True", features florally decorated floats, marching bands, and equestrian units on a five and a half mile parade route through Pasadena.

Saudi Arabia's Prince Abdulaziz and Princess Fadwa in wedding ceremony

Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohamed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz and Princess Fadwa bint Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulrahman leave after the wedding ceremony in Westminster Abbey, in central London April 29, 2011.

lady worker busy in preparing clay made traditional oven (tandoor) at her workplace.

HYDERABAD: A lady worker busy in preparing clay made traditional oven (tandoor) at her workplace.  

Third-World woman with cow in India

Miss USA 2011

Woman of Steel

indian woman

Smallest woman in the world Age-22 years

Ugliest Woman in the World

Bangladeshi women

Royal Ascot hats

GCC royals attend Prince William's wedding

Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Princess Ameerah exit following the marriage of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London, England. The marriage of the second in line to the British throne was led by the Archbishop of Canterbury and was attended by 1900 guests, including foreign Royal family members and heads of state.

Miss India 2011

Ankita Cheryl Ghazan beat 25 other contestants to win the Miss India Worldwide beauty pageant. The first runner-up was Miss India USA Natasha Arora, followed closely by Miss India Trinidad Anuradha Devika Priya 

Miss India Worldwide crowned in Abu Dhabi

Miss India Worldwide Australia won the competition 

Sexual violence: most dangerous countries for women

Sexual violence: Congo * About 1,150 women are raped every day, or some 420,000 a year, according to a recent report in the American Journal of Public Health * The Congolese Women's Campaign Against Sexual Violence puts the number of rapes at 40 women a day.

Somalia women

Somalia: One of the poorest, most violent and lawless countries, Somalia ranked fifth due to a catalogue of dangers including high maternal mortality, rape, female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage * 95% of women face FGM, mostly between the ages of 4 and 11. * Only 9% of women give birth at a health facility * Only 7.5% of parliament seats are held by women.

World's most dangerous countries for women

Congo: Still reeling from a 1998-2003 war and accompanying humanitarian disaster that killed 5.4 million, Democratic Republic of Congo ranked second due mainly to staggering levels of sexual violence.

World's most dangerous countries for women

Afghanistan: Beleaguered by insurgency, corruption and dire poverty, Afghanistan ranked as most dangerous to women overall and came out worst in three of the poll's key risk categories: health, non-sexual violence and economic discrimination.

World's most dangerous countries for women

In its global perceptions survey, Thomson Reuters Foundation's legal news service, TrustLaw, asked 213 gender experts from five continents to rank countries by overall perceptions of danger as well as by six risks: health threats, sexual violence, non-sexual violence, cultural or religious factors, lack of access to resources and trafficking. Here are the results.

Picasso, Michelangelo masterpieces to go under hammer

Gainsborough's 'Portrait of Miss Read, later Mrs William Villebois' is displayed at the Masterpieces Exhibition at Christie's on June 13, 2011 in London, England. The painting, estimated at £4-6m, features in the exhibition, open to the public from 13th - 15th June 2011, which showcases some of the £250m worth of art for sale over the next four weeks. Artists including Michelangelo, Gainsborough, Goya, Stubbs, Monet, Picasso and Renoir are represented.