Environmental Issues
  • View of hazy New York city skylines during bad air quality because smoke of Canadian wildfires brought in by wind. Authorities urge people to wear masks, all outdoor activities for school children were canceled as well as regular baseball game at Yankee stadium between Yankees and White Sox. Many activities in city parks were canceled as well.

  • Vehicle ride past on a road during a dust storm in Bikaner.

  • A dust storm is seen building up over the city of Bikaner.

  • A stunning view of the full strawberry Moon on the sky in Melbourne Australia on Monday June 05, 2023. The Rising Strawberry Moon According to Native Americans, the full moon of June is called "The Strawberry Moon," which is typically the last full moon of spring or first of summer. Full moon is commonly referred to as the "Strawberry Moon" due to its association with the blooming of strawberry plants in Native American traditions. It is also known as the "Sisters Moon" in South Africa, coinciding with the rise of the Pleiades constellation in the Southern Hemisphere. Time zones eastward across the rest of North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia to the International Date Line in the mid-Pacific. Most commercial calendars use Greenwich…

  • Divisional Commissioner Dr. Neeraj K. Pawan addressing participation in spreading social awareness rally on the occasion of World Environment Day in Bikaner

  • People participation spread social awareness rally on the occasion of World Environment Day in Bikaner

  • Girls get their faces painted to spread social awareness to protect the environment on the occasion of ''World Environment Day'', in Bikaner on Monday. DINESH GUPTA BIKANER

  • Volunteer free plant distribution spread social awareness on the occasion of World Environment Day in Bikaner.

  • Students take part in an event that celebrates World Environmental Day in Suhrawardy Udyan Park in Dhaka.

  • Daily Life ahead of heatwave in Dhaka.

  • A stunning view of the full strawberry Moon on the sky in Melbourne Australia on Monday June 05, 2023. The Rising Strawberry Moon According to Native Americans, the full moon of June is called "The Strawberry Moon," which is typically the last full moon of spring or first of summer. Full moon is commonly referred to as the "Strawberry Moon" due to its association with the blooming of strawberry plants in Native American traditions. It is also known as the "Sisters Moon" in South Africa, coinciding with the rise of the Pleiades constellation in the Southern Hemisphere. Time zones eastward across the rest of North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia to the International Date Line in the mid-Pacific. Most commercial calendars use Greenwich…

  • World Environment Day is celebrated by distribution of seed-balls among school children in Kolkata.

  • The polluted view on the outskirts of Kolkata ahead of World Environment's day.

  • People life ahead of heatwave in Bangladesh.

  • Ahad hosen (15), a dengue patient, receives treatment at the Suhrawardy Medical College hospital. The number of dengue patients started increasing before the season started in Bangladesh.

  • Hundreds of people protest against wars on June 2, the day Italy celebrates the Republic with military and armed forces parades. Shouts and signs at the passage of military planes for the parade.

  • It's June and the maximum temperature during the day in Kashmir Valley is still around 15 degrees. For the people living in the valley, it seems the winter is yet to end, while tourists coming from across India and the world are saying it is no less than heaven. Kashmir Valley has been witnessing rains, cloudy skies, and temperatures way below normal in the month of June. Met department says the temperature is around 10-11 degrees below the normal temperature.

  • Protest of the Bangladeshi fishing community to return to fishing as the government wants to auction the fishing off in front of the National Museum of Dhaka.

  • People out on the street during a light rain in Dhaka.

  • Bolts of lightning are seen in the sky during a thunderstorm, in Bikaner

  • Hundreds of dead fish floating on the waters of the Dal Lake in J&K's Srinagar on Friday caused concern among the public and the experts over the ecological health of this water body. Locals were surprised to find dead fish in hundreds floating over the waters of Dal Lake. Experts suggest that this could have many reasons, including the lack of oxygen caused in the lake water due to pollution. "Discharge of effluents, growth of weeds and thermal stratification at different parts of the lake are the main reasons behind the large-scale mortality among the fish in the lake", said an expert here. It must be mentioned that recently an unknown fish species called the alligator gar fish was found in Dal Lake. Unknown in the Valley, the alligator…

  • in 14th may 2023, The powerful wind of Cyclone Mocha has caused extensive damage to Teknaf and Saint Martin's Island in Cox's Bazar. Sources said that Saint Martin's Island, Teknaf Sadar and several other coastal areas have been affected by strong winds which uprooted trees, and blown away roofs of houses. Locals were seen removing fallen trees from the roads, as volunteers worked to relocate people to shelters from different parts of the city. Weather-related disasters have surged over the past 50 years, causing swelling economic damage even as early warning systems have meant dramatically fewer deaths.The report found that over 90% of reported deaths worldwide due to disasters over the 51-year-period occurred in developing countries.WMO pointed…

  • People are working inside a garbage yard on the outskirts of Kolkata.

  • Vegan activists from Izmir protested with a special performance "The Big Animal Experiment Center" is planned to be opened in Izmir Dokuz Eylul University. People passing by the crowded street followed them with interest.

  • A man holds a banner about sound pollution campaign in Dhaka.

  • Hundreds of families from Bakerwal community along with their livestock returned from high-altitude meadows Jammu and Kashmir towards plains of Kashmir after a break of Winter.

  • Cyclone Mokha has hit Myanmar hard. A part of its center passed over the island of St. Martin in Bangladesh. But coming from the sea to the ground, Mokha becomes much weaker. Due to this, there was no major damage. Cox's Bazar district administration had taken all kinds of preparations to deal with cyclone Mokha. Residents of the coastal areas were moved to shelters due to the fear of strong storm. Among them, there are more residents of Cox's Bazar's Nazirartek, Samitypara, Maheshkhali's Dhalghata, Sonadia, Gharibhanga and Qutubjom, Teknaf's Baharchhara, Shahpari Island and St. Martin Island.

  • Daily life on the outskirts of Kolkata.

  • Sudden short time rain today afternoon here at Srinagar the Summer captial of Indian Administrated Kashmir.

  • Unseasonal snowfall in several areas of Kashmir brought back winter-like conditions in the Valley, and officials recorded multiple cases of tourists and nomadic people becoming trapped because of bad weather. Early morning snowfall in the Valley's Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg, and Qazigund districts caused the roads to become slick, according to the officials. In the Qazigund region of the Anantnag district of south Kashmir, at least 10 persons are stranded, including 8 tourists. Also heavy snowfall damaged crops and orchids in the Kulgam district. These are unexpected, unseasonal snowfalls in the month of May that has led to a damage of crops and orchid. It has also left several tourists stranded. Snowfall in the month of May is not really…

  • The penumbral lunar eclipse happening tonight (May 5) is technically be visible to viewers in India, unlike the solar eclipse that happened on April 20. But it will be a little difficult to spot since it is a penumbral eclipse. All eclipses begin and end as penumbral eclipses. But during an eclipse, if the Moon passes through the dark part of the Earth’s shadow (umbra), it turns into either a partial or a total eclipse, where one part of or the entire Moon will be completely obscured. But that is not the case tonight. During tonight’s lunar eclipse, the Moon will only pass through the faint outer edges of the Earth’s shadow (the penumbra). This means that the only visible change will be that the disc of Earth’s lone natural satellite will…

  • Labors work at different construction sites in Srinagar the Summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir. International Labor Day, also known as May Day, is marked across the world on May 1.

  • A fire broke out in an old tire godown in Dewanhat area of Chittagong city. On Saturday (April 29, 2023) at 12:30 noon, a fire broke out in the godown in Postar Par area under the Dewan Hut over bridge. Panic spread around due to the intensity of the fire. Coils of fire and black smoke rise far above. After about an hour and a half, the fire came under control. After the fire was brought under control, train movement was normalized. 12 units of fire service worked to control the fire. Due to the fire, train movement from Chittagong station was stopped as a precaution.

  • A big fire which came out by the reason of electirical issues on a luxury site was taken under control in 8 hours with the intervention of the fire teams from the land and air. It was observed that the flats in the block became unusable .Health Minister Fahrettin Koca stated that the health status is good of 7 people that was affected and injured by the smoke. The fire in the luxury site, where explosions were also experienced from time to time, was brought under control after 8 hours as a result of the intense efforts of the fire teams.

  • Thousands of people, associations and even representatives of political parties participated in the demonstration called by the National Association of Partisans of Italy (ANPI) to commemorate the Liberation from the Nazi-fascists and the many who died for having participated in the Resistance. Arrival at Porta San Paolo, which together with other places in Rome was the scene of clashes between a part of the Roman population of every order and rank and the German troops who had occupied Rome. Many interventions, from the provincial president of the ANPI Fabrizio De Sanctis, to the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri and other personalities

  • Venus and the Moon Had a Close Call and It Was Spectacular in Srinagar .

  • A number of Muslims carry out Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Bogor Botanical Gardens. The government has set Eid Al-Fitr to fall on Saturday (2023/4/22). Fadli Akbar/Pacific Press

  • Cloudy sky over world famous Dal lake in Srinagar the Summer captial of Indian Administrated Kashmir.

  • Children eat ice cream at a village festival called charak under the scorching sun at the temperature of 41°C noon time at Barnia, West Bengal; India on 15/04/2023.

  • Moderate to heavy rains lashed plains of Jammu and Kashmir while upper reaches experienced a fresh snowfall resulting in drop in the temperature on Wednesday, officials said. The Meteorological Department predicted intermittent light to moderate rain at most places of Kashmir & at scattered places of Jammu today with significant decrease from today evening. It said intermittent light to moderate rain at scattered places can occur from April 20-22 and thereafter the weather mainly will remain dry till April 25.The plains of Kashmir valley including Srinagar experienced heavy to moderate intermittent rainfall disrupting normal activities on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr likely to be celebrated on Friday or Saturday, depending upon the appearance of…

  • This summer, tourists will continue to visit to experience the beauty of nature, just as this tourist is excited to feed the fish by underwater in Kayangan Lake, Coron Palawan. Underwater photography: Edd Castro

  • Bengali New Year, also known as Poila Boisakh, is a joyous festival celebrated by Bengalis all around the world. It marks the beginning of the Bengali calendar year and usually falls on the 14th or 15th of April. The word “Poila” means “first” and “Boisakh” is the first month of the Bengali calendar, hence the name “Poila Boishak”. This day is considered to be a time of new beginnings, hope, and renewal. From this article, you will get all information about Bengali New Year. The current Bengali Year is Bengali calendar 1430 BS or Bengali Sambat.

  • The summer season this year is expected to break records in India. February was the hottest since weather records started to be maintained in 1901, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). IMD said a significantly higher number of heatwave days from April to June are predicted over parts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana. The IMD warned that there would be a gradual rise of two-four degrees Celsius over the next five days in the country. Students and their parents buy and eat ice cream from a makeshift ice cream shop standing in the shade on the side of the road on their way home from rural Primary school on a hot afternoon at Tehatta, West Bengal;…

  • Daily life in Kolkata, India.

  • The Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Quezon City, Philippines, is almost empty vehichles on Good Friday, April 07, 2023

  • The name Pink Moon is figurative. The name is related to the springtime bloom of a pink wildflower called Phlox subulata, also traditionally known as "moss pink". The spring moon is called the "Budding Moon of Plants and Shrubs" and the "Moon of the Red Grass Appearing". Both names relate to the bloom of plant life which marks the spring season. Religious Facts Related to Pink Moon In India, Hindus correlate the appearance of the Pink Moon with Hanuman Jayanti. The Pink Moon is also called the Pesach or Passover Moon by the Jews. They will celebrate Pesach or Passover on April 13 this year.In Christianity, the date, the date of Easter is calculated with the appearance of the Pink moon. They call the Pink Moon as Paschal Moon. In Buddhism,…

  • The Bangabazar fire accident has taken away the dreams of many people, firefighters working for controlling the fire, this image was captured on April 4, 2023.

  • Rainy day In Indian Administrated Kashmir.

  • View of Rashtrapati Bhawan south and North block after its lights were switched off for an hour marking "Earth Hour" to save energy, in New Delhi, on 25th March 2023.