The Daily Standard has published our selection of 'World Pictures' for almost ten years. It started as a result of seeing so many pictures on the Associated Press wire service that illustrate breaking news, current events, natural wonders, foreign cultures and the human condition. But most of these images could never have fit in our print edition. As of a week ago, The Daily Standard switched to a tier of service from the AP more appropriate for a newspaper of our size. Unfortunately this tier does not have carte blanche access to AP pictures, and we will be retiring our 'World Pictures' feature. Thank you for learning about our world with us through 'World Picts'.
--Jason Snyder,
Webmaster, The Daily Standard
Saturday, November 19th, 2022
This image taken from video released by the Governor of Sakhalin region Valery Limarenko telegram channel t.me/limarenko_official, shows emergency situation ministry employees working at the scene of the collapsed apartment building in Tymovskoye, 480 km (300 miles) north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. At least nine people including children were killed in a gas blast that rocked a five-storey apartment building in the settlement of Tymovskoye on Russia's Far Eastern Sakhalin Island. According to local authorities, a gas cylinder exploded in one of the apartments, causing the collapse of a building section. (Governor of Sakhalin region Valery Limarenko telegram channel via AP)