A diverse selection of photos capturing life in Australia, selected from the Getty Images GRAB // Australian life captured group.

Getty Images will be curating 20 photos from their group to be featured in a public exhibition in Sydney later this year – head over to the GRAB // Australian life captured group to find out more information.

Photos by Lee M Turner, twoeyestwohands, chrislain2010, Mark Q Photography, Jason Archibald, Hellblazer! and jasard7773.

Photos from Eythor, – ♥ Cherie ♥ - and cuellar.

The National Weather Service is still trying to determine whether the wild storm that hit New York Thursday was a tornado, but the aftermath of felled trees certainly looks like one. Read about the incident on Yahoo! News and find more photos from members witnessing the consequences of the storm.

Photos from Brunocerous, woodendesigner, chrischris75, tud5000 and smallquan.

How about a little more blue? This time, with kittens! (Hat tip to Rev Dan. :) These ragamuffins were found hanging out in the Cute Kittens group, though there are plenty elsewhere.

Photos from Laijnloo, peter_hasselbom and anatoliv73.

Photos from: NYC.andre,hurleygurley, Olli Kekäläinen,… Arjunand.: Philipp Klinger :..

Photos from: fesign,Eric Lafforgue,B℮n, NaPix — Hmong SoulandFarl.

Photos from irq506, shimmertje, Abe K, Canadapt, yushimoto_02 [christian], and Alaskan Dude.

Photo by kylures, Monica’s Dad, thelowfive, Dominick Paoli, grinerizer, neverdrastic and NatashaRuz.

The U.S. National Archives presents historic images of the then-newly completed World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, from May 1973.

Wil Blanche’s DOCUMERICA assignment took him to New York City and Westchester County where he took pictures of landfills, water pollution and the rapidly changing Lower Manhattan skyline. Among his photographs are images of the newly completed Twin Towers of the World Trade Center – U.S. National Archives.

These photos are on The Commons. The program has two main objectives: To increase access to publicly-held photography collections and to provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge (Then watch what happens when they do!). You’re invited to add to the stories told in the photos by commenting and tagging this collection, which has No Known Copyright Restrictions.

Photos from the U.S. National Archives; hat tip to Indicommons!

San Bruno, CA | A fiery natural gas explosion ripped through a residential neighborhood in a San Francisco suburb on Thursday, ravaging some 50 homes and killing at least one person, officials said.

As many as 22 people were injured by the blast and flames in San Bruno, a few miles from the San Francisco International Airport, and were taken to local hospitals and burn treatment centers. The local coroner’s office reported one fatality.
— Yahoo! News

Read about the incident on the news and find more photos from members witnessing the aftermath of the explosion.

Photos from Lee Huai Tu, marlasinger333, DavidDPD, Scott K Fong, and Lucy Huntzinger.