The JSPCA shelter was flooded during a downpour two weeks ago and the dogs from the flooded yards had to be evacuated. Many good people came and took home the dogs for the week that the shelter was uninhabitable.
A Russian accordionist playing at the Piazza Navona in Rome.
This is a view of the old city from the Mount of Olives , about an hour before the sunset. I was waiting for a glimpse of sun, but was forced to leave by the intensifying rain mixed with hail.
Dorfer See (Lake Dorfer) is located at an altitude of almost 2km in the Hohe Tauern National Park in the Austrian Alps.
The Pontifical Swiss Guards of the Holy See in the official dress uniforms. The Swiss Guard is the de facto military force of Vatican City and the oldest (over 500 years) standing active military unit. There are about 135 men in the force, all - single Catholic Swiss males, not shorter than 174 cm.
The French Mobile Gendarmerie in action
Two Israeli border policewomen and two arab cleaning boys on a smoking break in Jerusalem's Mamilla Mall .
Happy New Year, health and prosperity to you all.
Trebic is a small town in the Moravian highlands of the Czech Republic, famous for its well preserved Jewish Quarter (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), which you can see in the picture.
Another picture from the 2012 JSPCA Calendar. Benjamin, on the left, was adopted. His sister Rosemarry is still in the shelter.