The Frame

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

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Pope recalls ‘joy,’ difficulties in final audience

Pope recalls ‘joy,’ difficulties in final audience

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI bid an emotional farewell Wednesday on the eve of his retirement, recalling moments of "joy and light" during his papacy, but also times of difficulty when "it seemed like the Lord was...

Talk of peace with Pakistan Taliban angers victims

Talk of peace with Pakistan Taliban angers victims

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Hazratullah Khan, who lost his right leg below the knee in a car bombing, answers immediately when asked whether the Pakistani government should hold peace talks with Taliban leaders responsible for attacks like the one...

Snowstorm dies down, Midwest travel woes tick up

Snowstorm dies down, Midwest travel woes tick up

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A major winter storm turned Midwest commutes into treacherous challenges Friday before the system petered out over the Great Lakes. At least four deaths were linked to the storm, including three from traffic accidents, brought on...

Images from 2013 Spring Training

Images from 2013 Spring Training

In Major League Baseball, spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spring training allows new players to try out for roster and position spots, and gives existing team players...

Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools vie for title

Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools vie for title

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Carnival revelers danced until dawn on Tuesday as Rio de Janeiro's samba schools held their annual sequin-drenched parade competitions at the city's iconic Sambadrome. The all-night-long parade saw six top-tier samba schools deploy powerful...

Images of Daily Life from January 2013

Images of Daily Life from January 2013

A look at daily life around the world in January 2013 as seen by the photographers of the Associated Press and its member newspapers. (32 images) Follow @sacbee_theframe Nepalese children walk home from school at Bhaktapur, Nepal, Friday, Jan....

Life in the zoo, 2013

Life in the zoo, 2013

A zoo (short for zoological park or zoological garden, and also called a menagerie) is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. The abbreviation "zoo"...

Roadside bomb kills two polio workers in NW Pakistan

Roadside bomb kills two polio workers in NW Pakistan

PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A roadside bomb killed two Pakistani polio workers on their way to vaccinate children in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday, an official said. The two men were on their way...

Egypt army chief warns state could collapse

Egypt army chief warns state could collapse

PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) -- Thousands of mourners chanting for the downfall of Egypt's president marched in funerals again Tuesday in the restive city of Port Said as the army chief warned the state could collapse if the latest...

Detentions made in Brazil fire, funerals begin

Detentions made in Brazil fire, funerals begin

SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) -- There was no fire alarm. There were no sprinklers or fire escapes. And when a band member tried to put out a fire that had been started by pyrotechnics, the extinguisher didn't work. All...