Discover the other news of the week with twelve stunning photographs. Tell us what you think in the comments.

iscover the other news of the week with twelve stunning photographs. Tell us what you think in the comments.


A boy takes his cock in front of his house near the town of Gauriganj in India, 17 February 2012. It actually has the title of "Yuva Samrat", said "young emperor". However, Rahul Gandhi has so far never claimed the throne of the world's largest democracy. REUTERS / Adnan Abidi A group member Diablada Urus, disguised as an angel during the Carnival parade in Oruro, south of La Paz in Bolivia, February 18, 2012. Party and religion mingle during the celebrations in Oruro, a mining and commercial city with over 200,000 inhabitants. Reuters / David Mercado Rahul, nine years, takes makeup to look like a demon before the start of a religious procession during the festival Mahashivratri, February 18, 2012. REUTERS / Mukesh Gupta A red fox is chased by a red-crowned crane in the village of Tsurui on the island of Hokkaido, north Japan, February 18, 2012. AFP / Takashi NOGUCHI A partygoer Celebrates Carnival in overlapping mangrove mud Curuça in Brazil where the Amazon River flows into the Atlantic, February 19, 2012. REUTERS / Paulo SantosStatues of Buddhist monks are aligned near a temple in Payathonzu, near the Burmese border with Thailand, 20 February 2012. REUTERS / Sukree Sukplang A boy dressed as Lord Shiva bites the head of a python at the festival of Mahashivratri, in the Indian city of Chandigarh, February 20, 2012. REUTERS / Ajay Verma Commissioner of the European Economic and Monetary Affairs, Olli Rehn, this economic forecast during a conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, February 23, 2012.REUTERS / Francois Lenoir A woman in a wheelchair facing the only riot police in central La Paz, Bolivia, February 23, 2012. Hundreds of disabled persons arrived in La Paz Thursday after showing for nearly 100 days of the Bolivian government to require funding of about EUR 322 for each disabled citizen. Reuters / David Mercado A riot policeman strangling a protester at a rally of support to the people of the Aysen region in Chile, February 23, 2012. The people of the Aysen region have protested against the government, requiring the obtaining of a minimum wage and implementation of reforms on health, housing, education, pensions and the right to fish. REUTERS / Ivan AlvaradoChandra Bahadur Dangi, who claims to be the smallest man in the world at 56 inches, trying to grab a glass of water, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 23 February 2012. Dangi must be measured by Guinness World Records committee on Feb. 26 to check whether it is the smallest man in the world. Reuters / Navesh Chitrakar
































Jooseppi-Palle, a male brown bear in the zoo Ranua Finland, wakes up after its winter hibernation, February 23, 2012. AFP

The Benefits Of The Liquid Gold-Moroccan Argan Oil On Skin

Argan Oil is extracted from the kernels of the Argan fruit. The Argan tree is also known as Argania, and it is originated from Southwest Morocco .These trees are two hundred years old and have survived decades. Pure Argan Oil is used through out the Moroccan history by men and women and it is known for its health and beauty benefits. It is only a few days before The Moroccan Argan Oil miraculous benefits is known by the people and it is now used in many beauty products all around the world .Argan oil is rich in vitamin and mineral content . It consists of antioxidants like vitamin e, carotene’s, phenolic acid etc .It consists of natural skin lubricants and fatty acids that are used to manage frizzy and rough hair .It also repairs the split ends and breakage in hair and retain the natural shine. Argan oil causes miracles in screen .It is like an eraser that erases all the scars, pimple and chickenpox marks and also polishes the skin with its amazing anti ageing properties .The natural fatty acids available in the Argan oil repairs all the skin damage caused due to harmful radicals .It is the best moisturizer that can be used because it contains multiple oils, vitamin and minerals. Argan Oil is recognized as the best beauty oil only in the recent years. But because of its deterioration in the recent years the production and sale of the Moroccan Argan Oil has been initiated by a group of women’s representatives from the Southwest Morocco. These trees are now in danger of extinction and are now under the protection by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that is the UNESCO. The Argan trees take 17 years to ripen to produce Argan oil with the increased in the sales of The Argan Oil, The Argan industry has wrought jobs for more than hundreds of Berber people in Morocco and has also explained the benefits of the Miracle oil to the world.

Atlas Annonces: These 10 Uses for Organic Argan Oil

Atlas Annonces: These 10 Uses for Organic Argan Oil: These 10 Uses for Organic Argan Oil are based on centuries of Moroccan tradition, and let’s be honest – have you ever seen a Moroccan woma...

These 10 Uses for Organic Argan Oil

These 10 Uses for Organic Argan Oil are based on centuries of Moroccan tradition, and let’s be honest – have you ever seen a Moroccan woman with anything but flawless, ageless skin?

In the past few years, Argan Oil’s popularity has surged dramatically and unless you’ve been living in a beauty-deprived cave, you’ve no doubt heard of the magic potion known as Argan Oil.

1. Facial and Body Moisturizer: Massage into your face, neck and anywhere else that needs moisturizer morning and night. Don’t forget your elbows, knees and other areas that tend to get dry.
2. Nails: Massage argan oil into your cuticles, nails, hand and feet next time you give yourself or get a manicure and pedicure.  Tip* Apply argan oil to your hands and feet and cover with socks and sleep with them…your hands and feet will be soft and hydrated in the morning.
3. Split Ends: Massage argan oil into the ends of your hair to prevent split ends.
4. Scalp Rescue: Keep your scalp moisturized and healthy by rubbing argan oil on it prior to taking a shower, let sit 15-20 minutes.
5. Lips: Use argan oil instead of a lip balm. Use it alone or, for additional moisture and a creamy texture, mix 2 parts beeswax or mango butter with 4 parts argan oil, melt over a double boiler, stir and pour the mixture into your favourite jar.
6. Luminizer: After applying your makeup, take a very small amount of argan oil and spread it in both hands and gently dab your cheekbones to give your complexion an extra healthy, dewy glow.
7. Hair Smoothing Serum: Argan oil is both a finishing and styling product for hair, straight, curly, and everything in between.  Apply a small amount after washing hair and then to tame frizz while styling.
8. Bye Bye Blemishes: Make your own blemish treatment, blending one part argan oil, one part tea tree oil and one part lavender essential oil. All can be found at any specialty vitamin store or grocery store, or online at mountainroseherbs.com.
9. Scrub: Make your own sugar scrub: mix raw cane sugar, honey and argan oil. Rub gently unto the skin until the sugar dissolves. Rinse well.

Eat it: Your skin is a direct reflection of what you are eating. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more delicious edible oil than this one, with a distinctive, unique nutty flavour and ridiculous amounts of vitamin E, antioxidants and amino acids. 

10 Uses for Organic Argan Oil

These 10 Uses for Organic Argan Oil are based on centuries of Moroccan tradition, and let’s be honest – have you ever seen a Moroccan woman with anything but flawless, ageless skin?

1. Facial and Body Moisturizer: Massage into your face, neck and anywhere else that needs moisturizer morning and night. Don’t forget your elbows, knees and other areas that tend to get dry.
2. Nails: Massage argan oil into your cuticles, nails, hand and feet next time you give yourself or get a manicure and pedicure.  Tip* Apply argan oil to your hands and feet and cover with socks and sleep with them…your hands and feet will be soft and hydrated in the morning.
3. Split Ends: Massage argan oil into the ends of your hair to prevent split ends.
4. Scalp Rescue: Keep your scalp moisturized and healthy by rubbing argan oil on it prior to taking a shower, let sit 15-20 minutes.
5. Lips: Use argan oil instead of a lip balm. Use it alone or, for additional moisture and a creamy texture, mix 2 parts beeswax or mango butter with 4 parts argan oil, melt over a double boiler, stir and pour the mixture into your favourite jar.
6. Luminizer: After applying your makeup, take a very small amount of argan oil and spread it in both hands and gently dab your cheekbones to give your complexion an extra healthy, dewy glow.
7. Hair Smoothing Serum: Argan oil is both a finishing and styling product for hair, straight, curly, and everything in between.  Apply a small amount after washing hair and then to tame frizz while styling.
8. Bye Bye Blemishes: Make your own blemish treatment, blending one part argan oil, one part tea tree oil and one part lavender essential oil. All can be found at any specialty vitamin store or grocery store, or online at mountainroseherbs.com.
9. Scrub: Make your own sugar scrub: mix raw cane sugar, honey and argan oil. Rub gently unto the skin until the sugar dissolves. Rinse well.
10. Eat it: Your skin is a direct reflection of what you are eating. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more delicious edible oil than this one, with a distinctive, unique nutty flavour and ridiculous amounts of vitamin E, antioxidants and amino acids. (www.arganiatree.com)

Tree goats of Morocco are unbleatable climbers

This Moroccan Argan tree visibly strains under the weight of the agile goats who clamber up in search of its olive-like fruit.
One even makes it to the top branch - some 17ft from the ground below.
Photographer Gavin Oliver took the snap after spotting the amazing scene near the Todra Gorge, Morocco.
The 38-year-old Australian told The Sun: 'There were about 30 goats, with the ones in the tree already in place when we were driving past.
'The tree branches were bobbing up and down under the weight of the goats every time they moved.
'The herd of goats were being looked after by a young teenage shepherd, who you can just make out behind the tree.'

Morocco to host first solar farm in €400bn renewables network

The vast solar and windfarm project across North Africa and the Middle East may provide 15% of Europe's electricity by 2050

Morocco has been chosen as the first location for a German-led, €400bn project to build a vast network of solar and windfarms across North Africa and the Middle East to provide 15% of Europe's electricity supply by 2050.

The Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII), a coalition of companies including E.ON, Siemens, Munich Re and Deutsche Bank, announced at its annual conference being held in Cairo on Wednesday that "all systems are go in Morocco", with construction of the first phase of a 500MW solar farm scheduled to start next year. The precise location of the €2bn plant is yet to be finalised, but it is expected to be built near the desert city of Ouarzazate. It will use parabolic mirrors to generate heat for conventional steam turbines, as opposed to the photovoltaic cells used in the UK.

The 12 square kilometre Moroccan solar farm will, said Paul van Son, Dii's chief executive, be a "reference project" to prove to investors and policy makers in both Europe and the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region that the Desertec vision is not a dream-like mirage, but one that can be a major source of renewable electricity in the decades ahead.

Van Son described Desertec as a "win-win" for both Europe and MENA, adding that the Arab spring had created both opportunities and "questions" for the ambitious project. Discussions are already underway with the Tunisian government about building a solar farm, he said, and Algeria is the next "obvious" country, due to its close proximity to western Europe's grid. Countries such as Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Syria and Saudi Arabia are predicted to start joining the network from 2020, as a network of high voltage direct current cables are built and extended across the wider region.

German companies and policymakers have dominated the Dii conference, reflecting the nation's recent decision to totally phase out nuclear power by 2022 in reaction, in part, to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in March. By comparison, not a single representative from the UK was at the conference.

Jochen Homann, the state secretary at Germany's Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, told the conference: "We undertook major reforms in German energy policy this summer and Desertec opens up an opportunity for us. We want to enter the age of renewables with sustainable sources of electricity supplying 80% of our power generation by 2050. As we accelerate our phase-out of nuclear power, we need to safeguard an affordable supply of electricity and we will be interested in importing renewables supplies in the future. Germany's government will continue to support Desertec. It is an inspiring vision which is good for foreign, climate and economic policies."

But Homann stressed there would be "pre-conditions" for guaranteeing long-term support from the Germany government. He said there must be "liberalisation" of the energy markets across the MENA region: "North Africa still provides huge subsidies for fossil fuels. There will need to be regulatory improvements. Only then will renewables be able to compete and a common market created. And other European states must participate, too."

Hassan Younes, Egypt's minister of electricity and energy, told the conference that Egypt was keen to participate and that it hoped to have a 1,000MW windfarm built by 2016 in the Gulf of Suez, adding to the 150MW "hybrid" gas-solar power plant that opened 100km south of Cairo earlier this year.

The conference was told via a Dii promotional video that the network of solar and windfarms across the MENA region would help to "halt migration" into Europe, by fast-tracking the rise of the region's youthful population out of poverty and unemployment.

The Desertec plan was welcomed by many in Germany, including chancellor Angela Merkel. However, some German critics argued that the concept of transmitting solar power from Africa to Europe was not proven and that a billion dollar project does not fit in to the country's green energy plan.

German development NGO Germanwatch raised concerns that local people should benefit from the scheme, though Desertec representatives said the energy generated will first be used by the people of north Africa before being exported. Andree Böhling, energy expert at Greenpeace Germany, said: "We have to avoid European companies getting their hands on local resources, therefore we will follow the project carefully."

• This article was amended on 3 November to remove an incorrect reference to Germanwatch and neocolonialism