Weekly Wow
January 12, 2015
- Above, a crowd holds up French flags and signs that read “I Am Charlie” in solidarity with the recently attacked satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Below, French imams condemn the violence; their signs read “Not In My Name.” [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30765824 – photos by AP and Reuters]
- Members of the Indonesian Air Force located AirAsia Flight QZ8501’s data recorder with the help of investigators and divers and retrieved it Monday morning. [http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-30776527 – Achmad Ibrahim]
- Improvements to the Hubble Space Telescope allowed scientists to capture an enhanced image of the Pillars of Creation. [NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team, STScI, J. Hester and P. Scowen (Arizona State University)]