‘Red Shirts’ continue the protest for the second month in Thailand. Over the past week, 60 people got killed. Certain areas of Bangkok declared "Live Fire Zones". A state of emergency is declared in many provinces of the country.
During the fourth month of winter, the participant of the 6-th Soviet Antarctic Expedition fell ill and realized that his appendix was inflamed. The course of antibiotics only worsened his condition and there was only one way out – an urgent surgery. With the help of a meteorologist, who gave him surgical tools and a driver, who was holding a mirror, the surgeon, under the local anaesthesia, began the operation on himself. During the operation, he lost consciousness several times, but still safely finished the operation, which lasted nearly two hours.
The manta ray or devilfish is a the largest species of the rays which is harmless to people and which every diver wants to dive with. Unfortunately, uncontrolled extermination of manta rays leads to a significant decrease in their population.
There was literally nothing left from a poor airport worker after he was sucked into the aircraft engine. Engine blades turned him into mincemeat. = ( Photos are very graphic. Viewer discretion is advised.
