Asia

Ship Breaking is primariliry carried out in developing nations such as India and Bangladesh - as their laws on dealing with lead paint, asbestos and general worker's conditions fall far short of Europe and the US. Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard…

The skyline of Shanghai's Pudong district is dominated by two enormous structures: the 468 metre Oriental Pearl Tower and the 420.5 metre Jin Mao Building. The striking looking Oriental Pearl Tower is the tallest tower in Asia, and the third…

The mosque of Al-Masjid al-HÌ£arām in Mecca surrounds the Kaaba, the place where all Muslims are expected to visit once in their lives (the Hajj) and where they turn towards when praying. In this picture you can see masses of…

A while back KenGrok over at the Google Earth Community was browsing China's Huangyangtan region and discovered a scale model of Aksai Chin - a disputed terrain on the Chinese / Indian border. Australian paper The Age did some proper…

At a Kuwait air base we see "That Others May Live" written on the ground. This is the motto of the Pararescuemen (or 'PJs'), an elite team whose duty it is to rescue downed pilots - often behind enemy lines.…

Check out this fantastic curly bridge, which connects mainland HonshÅ« to one of the tiny islands of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. It looks a bit like a tiny Lotus Bridge, but instead of allowing traffic to swap sides of…