Visitors look out from the skypark of the 55-storey hotel tower at Marina Bay Sands

Visitors look out from the skypark of the 55-storey hotel tower at Marina Bay Sands

A US Boeing C-135 refueling aircraft of French 'Rafale' jets flying

A US Boeing C-135 refueling aircraft of French 'Rafale' jets flying between  Paris La Defense district,the 'First' tower and the Gan tower (French insurance group) 

Youths jump from a tower into the lake Ammersee in Utting

Youths jump from a tower into the lake Ammersee in Utting

World's tallest building opens

Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, is seen during the opening ceremony in Dubai, January 4, 2010.
Credit: REUTERS/Matthias Seifert

Fireworks explode around Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, during the opening ceremony in Dubai, January 4, 2010.
Credit: REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Fireworks explode around Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, during the opening ceremony in Dubai, January 4, 2010.
Credit: REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah


Burj Dubai tower, the world's tallest skyscraper, is lit by laser lights during its opening ceremony in Dubai, January 4, 2010.
Credit: REUTERS/Ana Marin

An aerial view of Burj Dubai is seen in Dubai, December 21, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Matthias Seifert

Fireworks explode around the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, during the opening ceremony in Dubai, January 4, 2010.
Credit: REUTERS/Ana Marin

Bonne fête !

Fireworks burst over the Eiffel Tower, 120 years old this year, during Bastille Day celebrations on July 14 in Paris. The French national holiday commemorates the storming of the Bastille fortress in Paris by revolutionaries in 1789, the symbolic starting point of the movement that led to the first French republic.
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