Weekly Impressive Images: August 15, 2011

Barack Obama respected Afghanistan Helicopter crash victims, powerful image of riots in London, the pitiful scene of a hungry child in Africa and Chilean’s education reform are some of the most outstanding events reflected through impressive images during the previous seven days.

On Tuesday August 9, U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base with the aim of attending the return of the 30 bodies of U.S. servicemen killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. It was the deadliest day in the history of the decade-long war. On that day, Obama’s motorcade left the White House at 11:32 a.m., and arrived at Ft. McNair at 11:45 a.m. After five minutes, four helicopters carrying the president, staff and reporters left and landed at Dover Air Force Base at 12:30 p.m. Obama met with families along with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Admiral William McRaven, who oversees the U.S. Special Operations forces.

 Barack Obama visited Dover Air Force Base and had a private meeting with relatives of 30 U.S. soldiers who died in helicopter crash in Afghanistan on August 9

 3-year-old Lokor Logitel was crying due to famine in Naduat center, northwest of Kenya's Nairobi

 Masked demonstrators standing near a burning barricade during a protest for demanding education reform in Santiago, Chile on Tuesday, August 9, 2011

 This is the scene of a burning building as rioters gathered in Croydon, south London on August 8, 2011

On 11 August, a family  is trying to comfort a young man mourning his brother, a police who was killed in Pakistan bombings in which four policemen and a child killed, and 14 wounded

American swimming athlete Diana Nyad, 61, plunged into the Florida Straits in Havana, marking the beginning of the 168-kilometer journey from Cuba to the U.S.

The scene of China's highest chimney stack standing at 210m (689ft) tall demolished at Jia Ling Power Plant in Sichuan Province

car in india 2011

Upcoming Small Cars In India In 2011

Volkswagen Golf

Being rumored to be right around the corner for quite sometime now, VW will not be launching Golf anytime sooner than late December, which again means a wait till 2011 to see this beauty on the roads. We do not wish to decipher Golf for you as every enthusiast of motoring knows it quite well and if you are a gamer, then you may have even driven it around virtually.

 

Hyundai i30

The first major launch of the year will be Hyundai’s i30. Hyundai has been generous enough to bring both i10 and i20 early to India for the launch, but when it came to the i30, things were a bit different. The car has been around for sometime in Europe and was first launched in 2007. We hope this new car makes a good impact in India, where both i10 and i20 have achieved enormous success. The i30 has numerous accolades to its name including the title of being the most satisfying car 2010 in Britain and best family hatch of 2009 in New Zealand.