Brazil's National Congress building in Brasilia, the nation's capital, was designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer and inaugurated in 1960. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Policemen march under a portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese Communist Party’s 18th National Congress opens Thursday. (Associated Press)
Policemen march under a portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese Communist Party’s 18th National Congress opens Thursday. (Associated Press)
Policemen march under a portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese Communist Party’s 18th National Congress opens Thursday. (Associated Press)
Abdul Hakim of Arlington blows on his ink-covered finger — a sign that he has voted — at the poll for Libyan expats at the Holiday Inn in Arlington to elect a 200-member General National Congress. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)
Keeping the National Congress building clean and tidy goes on in Asuncion, Paraguay, even as Congress closed its doors in mid-December for more than two months of paid vacation. When lawmakers return to work in March, they are expected to have no interest in giving President Fernando Lugo anything on his wish list during his remaining 15 months in office. (Associated Press)
