Weltbevölkerungstag: Zahlen & Fakten

EPAepa02698237 Train attendants prepare for work at a platform at South Hangzhou railway station in Hangzhou city, Chinas Zhejiang province, 22 April 2011. Chinas expanding high-speed railway network had a total length of 8,358 km of lines in operation by

EPAepa03259528 Hundreds of thousands supporters of the 18 party alliance lead by Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) attend the grand rally in front of the party office at paltan in Dhaka, Bangladesh 11 June 2012. Leaders of the opposition demanded to rein

REUTERSCroupiers prepare to greet visitors at Sands Macao casino in Macau in this May 18, 2004 file photograph.Sands was the first U.S. casino to plant roots in Macau in 2004, and has since grown into the largest American company in the region, dwarfing t

dapdThe Swiss-registered solar-powered vessel, MS Turanor PlanetSolar, crosses the finish line of its trip around the world at the Hercule Harbour in Monaco, Friday, May 4, 2012. MS Turanor PlanetSolar is the biggest solar boat catamaran in the world, wit

dapdIn this photo taken July 19, 2011, newly born babies are seen in a government hospital in Harare. Zimbabweís health sector is divided into public and private sectors, with the government owning around 70 percent of health facilities in the country, w

EPAepa03285194 A photograph made available on 28 June 2012 shows rows of skulls with flowers and names painted on them, on shelves, in the Bone House in Hallstatt, Upper Austria, Austria, 10 June 2012. The Bone House, or Beinhaus houses up to an estimated

EPAepa03273965 Its bumper to bumper on a street near Farmgate in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 20 June 2012. Lack of skilled drivers and traffic police, a faulty traffic signal system and the huge amount of vehicles are regarded as the main reason for traffic conges