Most polls give the left, divided between Socialists, ecologists and far-left parties, less than 30 percent of the vote in a France drifting rightward. The once-proud “gauche” is in tatters.

The Spring and Autumn Pavilions by the lakeside at Tsoying in Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s southern port city, are a favorite subject for photographers.

His mother chupse and reach for her pocketbook. I going give yuh, she say, And I going wait and see what happen.

One look at the samakonasana aka straddle split and you know it's not for the faint-hearted.