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The Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the greatest driving road in the world. Stretching for 7.3 miles and climbing nearly 4,000 feet, it boasts 60 corners and a surface so smooth that it would flatter a racetrack. It could easily be described as the eighth wonder of the world, but almost nothing is known about its creation. The road is cut into the Jebel Hafeet Mountain , the highest peak in the United Arab Emirates , the oil-rich Persian Gulf state. The mountain spans the border with Oman and lies about 90 minutes' drive southeast of the thriving city of Dubai . It looks down upon a dusty, desert landscape that belies a nation of astonishing wealth.

In China, a mass fishing, has long since become a local tourist attraction. The fish jumps out of the water, until the fishermen pull in a huge network of Tsyandaohu Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. (CHINA FOTO PRESS / BARCROFT MEDIA) Tsyandaohu Lake is located in Zhejiang province. The natural beauty of the lake and the delicious fish that is found in the lake, long since become popular throughout China. Tourist keeps the carp in the lake Tsyandaohu. Chinese fish processing industry has grown rapidly to 2.8 million tons in 1993 to 9.3 million tons in 2006. Fishermen have collected more than 30,000 kilograms of fish per half hour. This process has begun to attract hundreds of tourists. Lake also called Lake of Thousand Islands, as it is located 1,078 islands. The total area of the lake is 573 km ², volume – 17,8 km ³. A visitor is in nets of carp in the lake Tsyandaohu.

A 67-year-old Romanian has become the oldest woman to give birth, fuelling an ethical, medical and religious debate about fertility treatment. Adriana Iliescu gave birth to a daughter who weighed 1.4 kilograms and was delivered by caesarean section after a twin embryo died in the womb. Sunday's birth came six weeks before the university professor was due to have the child. She started fertility treatment at the age of 58. Mrs Iliescu finally conceived last May, but she and her doctors kept the news secret until she gave an interview to a Romanian TV station in December announcing she was pregnant with twin girls. The revelation prompted outrage in some quarters and celebration in others. The mother-to-be made an emotional defence. While critics complained she would be too old to watch her children grow up, she insisted that her family had a history of longevity. At her Bucharest hospital, doctors said the surviving infant was in intensive care but breathing independently. "The...

Artist Alyssa Monks Alyssa : I use the photographs I take to help me compose and play with the Colour, although I invent a lot of the water and steam effects from memory. Alyssa takes about 1,000 pictures for a small series of paintings, using the images to play with the colour and get the paintings as real as possible. More Photos and More info about Alyssa Monks

The Hanging Temple is located on the crag of Jinlongkou west cliff at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, 5 kilometers to the south from Hunyuan County, Shanxi Province. Hengshan Mountain is known as the North Mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains in China. The Hanging Temple was built on the Jinlong Valley at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, which is 80 kilometers away from Datong City. According to the History of Hengshan Mountain, the Hanging Temple was first built at the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty (about the sixth century). It was said to be built by a monk named Liao Ran in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It has a history of more than 1,400 years. After many times of repairs, the Hanging Temple had a large scale, and became a rare high altitude building in China, known as a high building on cliff. All buildings in the temple were hung on the crag at the slope of Hengshan Mountain. The buildings stand vertical to the cliff, and the peak of the cliff seems upside down. Seen fro...