item number: 219398 title: 18204151 item name: 18204151.jpg Granada, Spain SLUG: Spain10 INPUTDATE: 2009-10-24 09:47:56.763 CREDIT: Sudarsan Raghavan/STAFF/TWP Granada, , Spain Francisco Galadi, whose grandfather is also believed to be buried with Garcia Lorca. Fascists executed his grandfather during the nations civil war, dumping his body in one of many mass graves that cover this serene landscape overlooking the southern Spanish city of Granada. For years, Galadi has sought to give his grandfather, a bullfighter, a proper burial. Now, he may soon have his chance. Sent by: Sudarsan Raghavan Photo Editor: by: Sudarsan Raghavan (TWP) sets Collections: - Sudarsan Raghavan Categories: - foreign

item number: 219395 title: 18204171 item name: 18204171.jpg Madrid, Spain SLUG: Spain1 INPUTDATE: 2009-10-24 09:29:32.187 CREDIT: Sudarsan Raghavan/STAFF/TWP Madrid, , Spain Laura Garcia Lorca, the niece of Spain's most fampus 20th century poet, Federica Garcia Lorca, who was executed by fascists during Spain's civil war. She is standing next to a picture and bust of her uncle. The opening of Garcia Lorcas grave is the latest and most high profile effort by Spain to come to terms with its ugly past, which for decades was not openly discussed. As many as 114,000 Spaniards were killed or disappeared during the four-year conflict that pitted the rightist forces of Gen. Francisco Franco against an elected leftist government. Sent by: Sudarsan Raghavan Photo Editor: by: Sudarsan Raghavan (TWP) sets Collections: - Sudarsan Raghavan Categories: - foreign

item number: 219284 title: 17118875 item name: 17118875.jpgJuly 20, 2009 United States HELMAND PROVINCE South Afghanistan U.S. Marines with 2nd LAR Charlie Company stack more than 1,600 bags of poppy seeds discovered at Safar Bazaar to be destroyed following a raid in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on Monday, July 20, 2009. by: Nikki Kahn (THE WASHINGTON POST) sets Categories: - foreign

item number: 219222 title: 18107717 item name: 18107717.jpg Nawa, Afghanistan SLUG: FO-Afghanistan DATE: Downloaded 10/15/2009, WLG. CREDIT: Rajiv Chandrasekaran / TWP Nawa, Afghanistan. The battalion's civil-affairs team leader, Capt. Frank "Gus" Biggio, a Marine reservist on leave from his job as a lawyer in the Washington office of Patton Boggs, meets with a Nawa resident to discuss a claim for compensation for danages caused by British soldiers who were in the area before the Marines arrived. by: Rajiv Chandrasekaran (The Washington Post) sets Categories: - foreign

item number: 219089 title: 17937001 item name: 17937001.jpg Andasibe, Madagascar SLUG: madagascar INPUTDATE: 2009-10-01 09:25:08.770 CREDIT: Karin Brulliard/STAFF/TWP andasibe, , madagascar A black and white ruffed lemur, east of Antananarivo. These critically endangered lemurs are also found in the region near Marojejy National Park and other protected forests that have come under assault from illegal logging. Sent by: Karin Brulliard Photo Editor: by: Karin Brulliard (TWP) sets Collections: - Karin Brulliard Categories: - foreign

item number: 219053 title: 17937031 item name: 17937031.jpg Mandena, Madagascar SLUG: madagascar INPUTDATE: 2009-10-01 08:51:58.267 CREDIT: Karin Brulliard/STAFF/TWP mandena, , madagascar Porters at Marojejy (who normally work with tourists, carrying their camping gear) with one of the rosewood trees cut earlier this year. Sent by: Karin Brulliard Photo Editor: by: Karin Brulliard (TWP) sets Collections: - Karin Brulliard Categories: - foreign

item number: 219001 title: 18026007 item name: 18026007.jpg Baghdad, Iraq SLUG: Iraq DATE: 10-08-2009 CREDIT: Nada Bakri / TWP Baghdad, Iraq Sanaa Sattar, 23, owns a vegetable and fruit shop on Al-Rabie street. He said: "Work has improved so much in the past year." Shops selling electric appliances, satellite receivers, household items, furniture, and food stalls dot both sides of al-Rabie street, while construction on half-finished buildings has resumed. by: Nada Bakri (The Washington Post) sets Categories: - foreign

item number: 218989 title: 18027513 item name: 18027513.jpg Baghdad, Iraq SLUG: Iraq DATE: 10-08-2009 CREDIT: Nada Bakri / TWP Baghdad, Iraq Nabil Hussein, a barber, opened his shop on Al-Rabie street four years ago. "Today things are much better," he said. "Business is good, people are out on the street shopping all the time." Shops selling electric appliances, satellite receivers, household items, furniture, and food stalls dot both sides of al-Rabie street, while construction on half-finished buildings has resumed. by: Nada Bakri (The Washington Post) sets Categories: - foreign

item number: 218753 title: 17924167 item name: 17924167.jpg Baghdad, Iraq SLUG: Iraq DATE: 09-29-2009 CREDIT: Nada Bakri / TWP Anbar, Iraq Sheikh Khamis al-Issawi, a tribal leader in his village near Fallujah. by: Nada Bakri (The Washington Post) sets

item number: 218747 title: 17936993 item name: 17936993.jpgOctober 01, 2009 Qarabagh, Afghanistan SLUG: shomali1 INPUTDATE: 2009-10-01 09:35:58.350 CREDIT: Pamela Constable/STAFF/TWP qarabagh, , afghanistan abdul rashid, 55, a melon seller in the shomali valley, remembers when the taliban burned down his home and fields and does not want them to return. Sent by: Pamela Constable Photo Editor: by: Pamela Constable (TWP) sets Collections: - Pamela Constable

item number: 218746 title: 17936995 item name: 17936995.jpgOctober 01, 2009 Qarabagh, Afghanistan SLUG: shomali3 INPUTDATE: 2009-10-01 09:35:58.697 CREDIT: Pamela Constable/STAFF/TWP qarabagh, , afghanistan mirza mahmad, 50, a former anti-soviet fighter, plays marbles with his grandson. he warns that america may become stuck in afghanistan just like the soviets did in the1980s. Sent by: Pamela Constable Photo Editor: by: Pamela Constable (TWP) sets Collections: - Pamela Constable

item number: 218424 title: 16679978 item name: 16679978.jpg Washington, District of Columbia United States NA/CLINTON: WASHINGTON, DC Melina Mara Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on the State Department budget before the Senate Appropriation Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, May 20, 2009 by: Melina Mara (TWP) sets Categories: - foreign

item number: 218328 title: 17721105 item name: 17721105.jpg Dehli, India SLUG: FO/INDIA DATE: Downloaded 9/14/2009, WLG. CREDIT: Rama Lakshmi / TWP Dehli, India. India is planting bamboo saplings to use as a screen to conceal drains and slums as a way of showcasing the city as a clean capital, during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In the picture, two public works officials show the bamboo saplings (Abhishekh Raj (in white shirt) and S. A. Rohilla (shorter man)). New Delhi hopes the Commonwealth Games, in which 71 former British colonies compete, will bring the global limelight that the Olympics brought to Beijing last year. It mirrors Indias growing ambition to transform its cramped capital of 14 million people into a 21st century super-city that can hope to host future Grand Prix and Olympics. by: Rama Lakshmi (The Washington Post) sets Categories: - foreign

item number: 218277 title: 17760289 item name: 17760289.jpg Baghdad, Iraq SLUG: Iraq DATE: 07-04-2009 CREDIT: Nada Bakri / TWP Baghdad, Iraq Amer Ayad, left, 23, watches Dar Dour at a sidewalk cafe in Baghdad every night after the iftar, the meal when Muslims break their fast during Ramadan. by: Nada Bakri (The Washington Post) sets Categories: - foreign

item number: 218185 title: 17571321 item name: 17571321.jpg Livingstone, Zambia SLUG: zambia INPUTDATE: 2009-09-02 05:22:38.597 CREDIT: Karin Brulliard/STAFF/TWP Livingstone, , Zambia Charles Chookole in his garden in Livingstone. He said he gardens regularly, walks long distances -- just as a perfectly healthy person does. He thinks he is still fit to serve in the air force. Sent by: Karin Brulliard Photo Editor: by: Karin Brulliard (TWP) sets Collections: - Karin Brulliard

item number: 218166 title: 17665499 item name: 17665499.jpg Alexandria, Virginia United States SLUG: ME-METROACCIDENT DATE: September 10, 2009 PLACE: Alexandria, VA PHOTOGRAPHER: jahi chikwendiu/twp Metro workers at the scene where another Metro work was struck by a train on an underground track near Slater Lane in Alexandria, VA. by: Jahi Chikwendiu (The Washington Post) sets

item number: 217916 title: 17119037 item name: 17119037.jpgJuly 19, 2009 United States HELMAND PROVINCE South Afghanistan U.S. Marines from left to right, Lance Cpl. Nathan Dunlap, of Ohio, Major Steve Sutey, Battalion Operations Officer, Charlie Company Commanding Officer Christopher Conner, 35, of Gastonia, North Carolina, and Staff Sgt. Corey Nawrocki, 27, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, oversee the off loading bags of poppy seeds uncovered at Safar Bazaar in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, during a raid on Sunday, July 19, 2009. More than 1600 bags of poppy seed, home made explosives were found at the site. by: Nikki Kahn (THE WASHINGTON POST) sets

item number: 217785 title: 17500233 item name: 17500233.jpg SLUG: FO/COLOMBIA DATE: Downloaded 8/26/2009, WLG. CREDIT: Juan Forero / TWP , . Mechanics work on a Cessna Grand Caravan at the German Olano de Palanquero air base in Puero Salgar in central Colombia. The country's most important air base, German Olano will soon house American servicemen and aircraft as part of a new strategic accord between Bogota and Washington. American surveillance planes, among them the AWAC and P-3, will be based at German Olano, and authorities are also upgrading the base for the landing of the big C-17 transport. The mechanics pictured working on the Grand Caravan were preparing it for flight the next day. This particular plane is used to move wounded soldiers. by: Juan Forero (The Washington Post) sets

item number: 217558 title: 16940223 item name: 16940223.jpgJune 24, 2009 Kandahar, Afghanistan Kandahar, Afghanistan Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal attends a meeting in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. by: Nikki Kahn (THE WASHINGTON POST) sets

item number: 217555 title: 17352097 item name: 17352097.jpgAugust 12, 2009 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai speaks to women from the Malal group at his home in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, August 12, 2009. by: Nikki Kahn (THE WASHINGTON POST) sets

item number: 217554 title: 17226889 item name: 17226889.jpgJuly 30, 2009 Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan Afghanistan presidential candidate Dr.Ramzan Bashardost. former minister of planning and member of Afghan Parliament takes a phone call. by: Nikki Kahn (THE WASHINGTON POST) sets

item number: 217458 title: 17352239 item name: 17352239.jpg Helmand Province, Afghanistan SLUG: FO-AFGHANISTAN DATE: Downloaded 8/12/2009, WLG. CREDIT: Ann Scott Tyson / TWP Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Sgt. Anibal Paz of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment leads his men in a firefight with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province. by: Ann Scott Tyson (The Washington Post) sets

item number: 217448 title: 17352279 item name: 17352279.jpg Helmand Province, Afghanistan SLUG: FO-AFGHANISTAN DATE: Downloaded 8/12/2009, WLG. CREDIT: Ann Scott Tyson / TWP Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Marines of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment on a patrol to flush out Tailban fighters in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province. by: Ann Scott Tyson (The Washington Post) sets

item number: 217396 title: 17325997 item name: 17325997.jpg Helmand Province, Afghanistan SLUG: FO/Afghanistan DATE: Downloaded 8/9/2009, WLG. CREDIT: Ann Scott Tyson / TWP Helmand Province, Afghanistan. A convoy through desert in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Marines riding in convoy, and the destroyed Humvee the convoy went to recover. by: Ann Scott Tyson (The Washington Post) sets

item number: 217395 title: 17129635 item name: 17129635.jpg Helmand Province, Afghanistan SLUG: FO/Afghanistan DATE: Downloaded 7/21/2009, WLG. CREDIT: Ann Scott Tyson / TWP Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Marines on patrol in a rural area of a Taliban stronghold, where they came under attack during a mission in southern Helmand. July 20, 2009. by: Ann Scott Tyson (The Washington Post) sets

item number: 217252 title: 15531686 item name: 15531686.jpgFebruary 26, 2008 Baghdad, Iraq fo/baghdadnightlife 2/26/09 Andrea Bruce/TWP The government of Iraq has introduced a plan to ban smoking in public. The bill being presented to the Iraqi parliament by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's cabinet would rewrite Iraqi rules to ban smoking in ministry buildings, airports, company buildings, theatres, cinemas and schools. It is not clear if the ban would apply to waterpipes. A hired dancer smokes hookah--something women rarely if ever do in Iraq--while breaking between songs. On this stretch of Iraq's famed Abu Nawas street, Baghdad feels more like Saigon these days jarring for what is still predominantly a conservative Muslim society. by: Andrea Bruce Woodall (staff) sets

item number: 217251 title: 17298823 item name: 17298823.jpg Baghdad, Iraq SLUG: FO/IRAQXX DATE: Downloaded 8/6/09, ELM. CREDIT: Ernesto Londono / TWP Baghdad, Iraq. Haithen Abdul Hussain, the owner of a tobacco store in Baghdad thinks the Iraqi government's plan to ban smoking in public places is a bad idea. by: Ernesto Londono (The Washington Post) sets

item number: 217149 title: 17046181 item name: 17046181.jpg Khan Neshin, United States KHAN NESHIN RIG DISTRICT, HELMAND PROVINCE South Afghanistan A can of tobacco is left out for U.S. Marines with Delta Company 2nd LAR Master Sgt. Jerome D. Hatfield and Lance Cpl. Pedro A. Barbozaflores following a memorial service in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Monday, July 13, 2009. The two men were killed when their vehicle struck an IED. by: Nikki Kahn (THE WASHINGTON POST) sets

item number: 217073 title: 17255195 item name: 17255195.jpg Washington, District of Columbia United States SLUG: ME/YOGA. DATE: August, 1, 2009 CREDIT: Marcus Yam / TWP. Washington, DC. Instructors and teachers who are now students, learn methods for stretching for obese students during a weekend workshop at Yoga District studio in Washington, DC on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009. The workshop, apart of a new non-profit sets out to hook up various underserved populations (homeless/at-risk teens, HIV/AIDS patients, recovering addicts, etc) who might benefit from yoga with volunteers who want to teach it. by: Marcus Yam (The Washington Post) sets Collections: - DC WASHINGTON YOGA

item number: 217066 title: 17277121 item name: 17277121.jpg Baghdad, Iraq SLUG: FO/IRAQXX DATE: Downloaded 8/4/09, ELM. CREDIT: Ernesto Londono / TWP Baghdad, Iraq. A deserted street inside Baghdad's Green Zone. Since Iraqis assumed complete control of the 4 square mile area last month, Americans and other westerners have had to adhere to stricter security rules. by: Ernesto Londono (The Washington Post) sets

item number: 217038 title: 17203131 item name: 17203131.jpg Accra, Ghana SLUG: ghana INPUTDATE: 2009-07-28 02:58:25.617 CREDIT: Karin Brulliard/STAFF/TWP Accra, , Ghana Kwabena Appiah, 25, carves a mask at the Tekura workshop. He can make 15 in a day, and makes about $3 per mask. He is one of the few carvers who has been retained as sales plunged. Sent by: Karin Brulliard Photo Editor: by: Karin Brulliard (TWP) sets Collections: - Karin Brulliard

item number: 216892 title: 17203735 item name: 17203735.jpg Barranquilla, Colombia SLUG: FO/COLOMBIA DATE: Downloaded 7/28/2009, WLG. CREDIT: Juan Forero / TWP Barranquilla, Colombia. Gabriel Consuegra and his father also named Gabriel, with whom he lives. The two men were arrested in 2005, extradited to the US and spent just a few months there before pleading guilty to drug trafficking crimes and getting sent home. The two men have been back in Colombia since December of 2007 and getting their lives together. Critics have raised questions about why such people -- small fish on the periphery of the drug trade -- are getting extradited and not tried in Colombia. by: Juan Forero (The Washington Post) sets