The Pic of the Day: An unlikely side effect of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

The Pic of the Day: An unlikely side effect of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, photo, crocodiles rest at a farm in the Jordan Valley, West Bank. Hundreds of crocodiles are stuck at the farm where they were brought in the mid-90s to serve as a tourist attraction. Ensuing Palestinian-Israeli violence kept visitors away, prompting the crocodiles’ purchase by an entrepreneur hoping to sell […]

The Pic of the Day: Sons presented their father’s dog tag, recovered from North Korea

The Pic of the Day: Sons presented their father’s dog tag, recovered from North Korea

Larry McDaniel, of Jacksonville, Fla., left, and his brother, Charles McDaniel, of Indianapolis, sons of Master Sgt. Charles Hobert McDaniel who died in the Korean War in 1950, are presented their father’s dog tag by an official of the Army’s Past Conflicts Casualty Office, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, in Arlington, Va. The dog tag was […]

The Pic of the Day: Filipinos protest China’s militarization of the South China Sea

The Pic of the Day: Filipinos protest China’s militarization of the South China Sea

Protesters clench their fists during a rally outside the Chinese Consulate to protest China’s militarization of the disputed islands, shoals, and reefs in the South China Sea Saturday, July 21, 2018, in the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines. The South China Sea dispute will be one of the issues that is […]

Take a ride in the cockpit of a C-130 fighting one of California’s biggest wildfires ever

Take a ride in the cockpit of a C-130 fighting one of California’s biggest wildfires ever

A recently released video shows what it’s like to fly in the cockpit of one of the California National Guard C-130s currently working to contain the Carr fire, one of the largest wildfires in California’s history. These C-130s are specially equipped to assist in the firefighting effort, using Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) to […]

The Pic of the Day: Wildfires continue to rage in California

The Pic of the Day: Wildfires continue to rage in California

Firefighters monitor a backfire while battling the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, near Ladoga, Calif. AP Photo/Noah Berger Learn more about the effort to contain the Mendocino Complex Fire below:

The Pic of the Day: Warsaw remembers the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupiers

The Pic of the Day: Warsaw remembers the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupiers

Warsaw residents stand with national flags and flares to observe a minute of silence for the fighters and victims of the 1944 Warsaw Rising against the Nazi German occupiers, on the 74th anniversary of the revolt, in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski See colorized footage of the fighting for Warsaw […]

The Pic of the Day: US Navy dolphins train to identify mines

The Pic of the Day: US Navy dolphins train to identify mines

U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program (NMMP) MARK 7 Marine Mammal System bottlenose dolphin places a marking device in the vicinity of an exercise sea mine in Southern California during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 18. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June […]

The Pic of the Day: American remains returned from North Korea

The Pic of the Day: American remains returned from North Korea

Vice President Mike Pence, left, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Phil Davidson, center, and Rear Adm. Jon Kreitz, deputy director of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency, attend at a ceremony marking the arrival of the remains believed to be of American service members who fell in the Korean War at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, […]

The Pic of the Day: The Syrian civil war rages

The Pic of the Day: The Syrian civil war rages

Smoke and explosions from the fighting between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebels in southern Syria as seen from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit Watch the United States launch Tomahawk missiles at targets associated with Assad’s use of chemical weapons against the Syrian people below:

The Pic of the Day: Relax and enjoy the view

The Pic of the Day: Relax and enjoy the view

NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Expedition 24 flight engineer, looks through a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station. A blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space are visible through the windows. The image was a self-portrait using natural light. Image courtesy of NASA Watch NASA astronauts talk about […]

The Pic of the Day: Protester charged after climbing the base of the Statue of Liberty

The Pic of the Day: Protester charged after climbing the base of the Statue of Liberty

Therese Patricia Okoumou, bottom left, takes part in a demonstration calling for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to be abolished and an end to mass incarceration, Friday, June 29, 2018, in New York. Okoumou pleaded not guilty Thursday, July 5, 2018, to misdemeanor trespassing and disorderly conduct for climbing the base of the […]