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December 30, 2009
The Frame's Top Ten
As the year comes to an end, I've gathered 10 entries from the The Frame that garnered the most traffic in 2009.
I would like to thank everyone who has spent time with the blog this year. Your support, comments and e-mails are appreciated. Here's a New Year's toast to you, the audience of The Frame, and a wish for a great 2010.
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# 1 - Hubble telescope's latest images, Nov. 9 -- This image shows the planetary nebula, catalogued as NGC 6302, but more popularly called the Bug Nebula or the Butterfly Nebula. The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), a new camera aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was installed by NASA astronauts in May 2009, during the servicing mission to upgrade and repair the 19-year-old Hubble telescope. NGC 6302 lies within our Milky Way galaxy, roughly 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. The glowing gas is the star's outer layers, expelled over about 2,200 years. The "butterfly" stretches for more than two light-years, which is about half the distance from the Sun to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri. Image released by NASA on Wednesday, Sept. 9. NASA    view this entry


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December 28, 2009
Protest in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The body of the nephew of Iran's opposition leader -- slain in the deadliest day of anti-government protests in months -- disappeared from a hospital Monday, and security forces detained at least seven prominent activists, opposition reports said. Iranian state television reported that eight people had died in the street violence Sunday, but independent confirmation of the casualty toll was virtually impossible because of curbs on media coverage. Tehran residents say restrictions on Internet access were intensified, and Iranians were unable to see opposition Web sites. Cell phone and text messaging services were sporadic.

Note: Many of these images were distributed by the Associated Press and were taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press. They were obtained by the AP outside Iran. They also include the following editor's note: As a result of an official Iranian government ban on foreign media covering some events in Iran, the AP was prevented from imdependent access to this event. (16 images)

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Iranian protestors beat police officers, during anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 27. AP


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December 23, 2009
Holiday lights
'Tis the season. Happy holidays from The Frame.(26 images)

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Homes in suburban Sydney are decorated with Christmas lights and illuminations in Matraville on Dec. 21, in Sydney, Australia. The struggling economic climate of 2009 doesn't seem to have dissuaded Sydney residents from adorning their houses for the festival season, with home owners recreating Sydney landmarks including the Sydney Opera House, Luna Park and the Harbour Bridge alongside more traditional festive icons such as Frosty The Snowman and Santa Claus. Getty Images / Lisa Maree Williams


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December 21, 2009
Mayon volcano threatens eruption
LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine troops on Monday pressed the last 3,000 villagers who have refused to heed government warnings to leave the danger zone around a volcano that experts say is ready to erupt. Tens of thousands of people have already been evacuated from the foothills of Mayon, which on Monday emitted lava fountains, powerful booming noises and other signs of an approaching eruption. But authorities are having trouble keeping villagers away from their homes and farms, said Gov. Joey Salceda. "There are people who have been evacuated three times, and we sigh: 'You again?' " said Salceda of central Albay province. "We've been playing cat and mouse with them."
After a week of puffing out ash and sending bursts of lava trickling down its steep slopes, the 8,070-foot (2,460-meter) mountain overlooking the Gulf of Albay and Legazpi city shook with nearly 2,000 volcanic earthquakes and tremors between Sunday and Monday, state volcanologists said. (23 images)

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Lava continues to cascade down the slopes of Mayon volcano for the sixth straight day early Saturday, Dec. 19, in Legazpi city, Albay province, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines. More than 34, 000 people living around the volcano have been evacuated following increased restiveness of the country's most active volcano. AP / Bullit Marquez


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December 18, 2009
Holiday package delivery
It's a busy week for the package delivery industry. On Thursday, the Postal Service expected to handle over 830 million cards, packages and letters in a single day, compared with 583 million on a normal day. The UPS facility in Hodgkins, Ill., the largest ground shipping facility, expected to handle more than 2.2 million packages in one day alone. And, for the whole week, Fedex, the Memphis-based shipping company expected to deliver more than 50 million packages through its global network. (19 images)

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Justin Hurst, 22, has a temporary holiday job with UPS, delivering packages on a bicycle, as he covers his route in Palo Alto, Calif., Dec 2. San Jose Mercury News / Karen T. Borchers


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December 17, 2009
Winter weather
Many parts of the world are dealing with winter's cold - and the snow and ice that come with it. Photographers around the globe capture the beauty - and harshness - of winter. (24 images)

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Strollers make their way past snow covered trees on the mountain Schauinsland in the Black Forest, Germany, Monday, Dec. 14. Prospects for white Christmas are good in the mountains. AP / Winfried Rothermel


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December 15, 2009
Climate talks in Copenhagen
(AP) -- China accused developed countries Tuesday of backsliding on what it said were their obligations to fight climate change and warned that the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen had entered a critical stage. In sharp comments made as the atmosphere at the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen grows more divisive, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said there had been "some regression" on the part of developed countries on their position regarding financial support. China and the United States -- the world's top two carbon polluters -- have been at odds in Copenhagen.
Scientists have warned that the world's commitments so far fall short of what is needed to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) above pre-industrial levels and head off the worst of global warming. They say global warming will create rising sea levels, increasing drought, more extreme weather and the extinction of some species. Here's a look at images coming out of Copenhagen and a few from around the globe. (25 images)

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A woman gestures while being photographed by her friend in front of "Digital Sun" a light installation by artist Steven Scott at the Bella Center during the climate summit in Copenhagen Dec. 10. Environment ministers sought to boost U.N. climate talks after the marathon meeting ran into turbulence, including a tough exchange between the United States and China. AFP / Getty Images / Adrian Dennis


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December 10, 2009
Marines in Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday told about a dozen of Afghanistan's senior military officials that the U.S. will be their partner for a long time despite plans to begin pulling troops out in 2011. He spoke at Kabul airport, where the Afghan generals were en route to a meeting with U.S. officials in the southern city of Kandahar. There, the officers were to learn operational details from the U.S. about its plans to send 30,000 more troops by fall 2010.

Today's post is a collection of images from Associated Press photojounalist, Kevin Frayer, who has been in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines.(19 images)

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A United States Marine from the 4th Light Armored Recon walks toward a LAV fighting vehicle in Khan Nashin, in the volatile Helmand Province of Southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 3. AP / Kevin Frayer


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December 8, 2009
Mud Run
The Mud Run is an adventure race where contestants hurl themselves through mud-pits, bog holes, and waist-high mud rivers on a challenging cross-country race. This year, the Mud Run took place on Saturday, Dec. 5, at Peats Ridge, Australia, about an hour north of Sydney. "Although this event will appeal to cross country runners, we're expecting a range of competitors from athletes to couch potatoes, game for a laugh," said Gary Farebrother, Mud Run Event Organizer. Participants challenged themselves to either a 6km or 12km course that traversed the forests, grasslands, and creek crossings, according to the Mud Run website. (22 images)

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A competitor crawls through the mud pit during Australia's Mud Run Race at Glenworth Valley on Dec. 5, in Peats Ridge, Australia. Getty Images / Robert Gray


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December 4, 2009
Santa makes the rounds
From Santas at charity events in South Korea to Santa School in Tokyo to Scuba Santa in Kentucky, Santa Claus is making the rounds this holiday season. (17 images)

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More than 1,000 South Korean volunteers wearing Santa Claus costumes pose during a campaign to raise money for charity donations in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 1. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea where over half of the population of 48 million are Christians. AP / Ahn Young-joon


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December 2, 2009
Faces of displaced Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan, (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Tuesday began distributing blankets, sweaters, jerry cans and bags of charcoal to 1,500 of the neediest people in Kabul as part of a countrywide initiative to help some 200,000 vulnerable Afghans cope with the winter. “The beneficiaries of our winter aid programme in Afghanistan are a mix of vulnerable recently returned refugees and internally displaced people, as well as others at particular risk in the cold winter weather,” said Ewen Macleod, UNHCR's representative in Afghanistan.(20 images)

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Displaced Afghans wait to receive relief aid from the UNHCR, on Dec. 1, in Kabul, Afghanistan. As temperatures begin to drop around the country, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Afghan government are providing relief supplies to help some 200,000 vulnerable people cope with the harsh winter, including blankets, sweaters, plastic sheets, jerry cans and bags of charcoal. Getty Images / Majid Saeedi



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