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October 14, 2011 |
A simple day in the life...
Often in the Big Picture we feature "slice of life" photography originating from around the world, brought to us by photographers based in those countries who work for the Associated Press, Reuters and Getty Images. The photographs are often simple and show daily life in many places that we might not be able to experience in any other way except through those photographers' documentation. The images themselves are somewhat universal - they show us where people live and how people live, sometimes not so differently than we do ourselves. -- Paula Nelson (35 photos total)

Newlyweds Nadia Zubi and Ameen Imseeh pose during a portrait session by a photographer between the pillars of the Citadel in Amman, Jordan, Sept. 12, 2011. The site towers over central Amman and includes some of the earliest fortifications known to man: a Byzantine Church dating from the 6th or 7th century, the Temple of Hercules dating from 161-180 AD and the Umayyad Palace complex dating from around 720 AD. (Nader Daoud/Associated Press) #

Sheep gather close to solar cell panels near Zusamaltheim, southern Germany. The German cabinet is working on a bill to phase out nuclear power in Europe's biggest economy by 2022, prompted by the disaster in March 2011 at Japan's Fukushima plant. The bill focuses on ways to fill the gap left by nuclear power, including building new coal and gas power plants, expanding the production of electricity with renewable sources like solar and wind power, reducing Germany's energy use and improving transmission networks. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images) #

Afghan girls attend a class at a camp in Kabul, Oct. 11, 2011. Women's rights have improved in Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted, but recent Oxfam data shows women's personal safety, opportunity and human rights inside the nation are beginning to erode to conditions that existed previously. (Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images) #

The Belchatow power plant, Sept. 28, 2011, in Belchatow, near Lodz central Poland. Poland's largest electricity producer PGE, started a new 858-megawatt generator earlier this year at its Elektrownia Belchatow coal-fired power plant, making it one of the largest in the world. (Darek Redos/AFP/Getty Images) #

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children watch chickens being slaughtered as part of the Kaparot ritual in which it is believed one's sins from the past year are transferred to the chicken, in Jerusalem's religious Mea Shearim neighborhood, Oct. 5, 2011. The ceremony is held before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer. (Bernat Armangue/Associated Press) #
More links and information
Pictures of the Day - NYTimes.com, Lens blog, 10/12/11
Tyler Hicks - A Decade in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com, Lens blog, 10/01/11
Exploring a New, but Cautious Tripoli - NYTimes.com, Lens blog, 09/26/11