The Frame

The Frame A photo blog of world events by Sacbee.com Assistant Director of Multimedia Tim Reese.

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Brazil protesters keep up pressure on government

Brazil protesters keep up pressure on government

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Protest leaders called for another huge demonstration in Brazil's largest city Tuesday, building on historic turnouts spawned by widespread frustration over decades of government red tape, high prices and shoddy services even as the nation's...

2013 World Day Against Child Labor

2013 World Day Against Child Labor

The International Labor Organization (ILO) observes June 12 as the World Day Against Child Labor. An estimated 10.5 million children worldwide, most of them underage, are working as domestic workers in people's homes, in hazardous and sometimes slavery-like conditions,...

Clashes in Istanbul extend into night in Taksim

Clashes in Istanbul extend into night in Taksim

ISTANBUL (AP) -- Riot police firing tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets clashed into the early hours of Wednesday with defiant demonstrators occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square and its adjacent park, in the country's most severe anti-government protests...

Scenes from the Turkey protests

Scenes from the Turkey protests

ISTANBUL (AP) -- The protests in Turkey that began over government plans to uproot trees in Istanbul's main square to make way for a shopping mall have entered their seventh day. The protests have grown into something much bigger...

Death toll hits 10 in European flooding

Death toll hits 10 in European flooding

BERLIN (AP) -- Germany dispatched thousands of soldiers Tuesday to help cities and towns cope with flooding from the rain-soaked Danube and other southern rivers -- reinforcements that came a day after the Bavarian city of Passau saw its...

Containment of Calif. fire doubles to 40 percent

Containment of Calif. fire doubles to 40 percent

LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters working in darkness doubled containment of a massive wildfire north of Los Angeles to 40 percent overnight, as cool, moist air moved in Monday to replace torrid weather. The fire, which has fed on...

Fearful Myanmar Muslims shelter in monastery

Fearful Myanmar Muslims shelter in monastery

LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) -- More than 1,000 Muslims who fled Myanmar's latest bout of sectarian violence huddled Thursday in a Buddhist monastery guarded by army soldiers as calm returned to this northeastern city, though burned out buildings leveled by...

Former coal-mining town now thrives on cat tourism

Former coal-mining town now thrives on cat tourism

Cat lovers arrive by the dozens to fondle and photograph the felines of Houtong, one of Taiwan's former coal mining communities. Local residents welcome the unexpected rise in tourism due to the large feline population by building feeding points,...

Heat wave causes power outages, anger in India

Heat wave causes power outages, anger in India

LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- A blistering heat wave has swept across most parts of north and western India, causing massive electricity cuts and leading angry residents to protest and even attack power company officials and property. In the northern...

Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister

Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister

MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least...