Welcome to Seeing The News: an occasional collection of noteworthy images from around the globe. We've all experienced an agonizing search for a close space in a crowded parking lot. But, good luck trying to find a space at this Hyundai facility in South Korea.
Dreaming
If President Obama seems determined to address immigration reform, it may be because of stories like this one.
Emotion
While Israel, Syria and other countries made it into President Obama's State of the Union Speech on Tuesday night, one country that hasn't found its way to the front pages of news outlets in the West is Egypt. And while some revolutionaries there may not be thrilled with the latest turn of events, here's one reason why we should still be paying attention to Egypt, as AP photographer Mosa'ab Elshamy documents.
How's that work?
Okay, the US seems to be out of the "shadow" of the economic crisis of the last few years. But across the pond, the European Central Bank is set to leverage something the US and UK employed — Quantitative Easing. What? Here's an explanation.
Laugh
I can only tease to it here (h/t NYTimes video journalist Jonah Kessel), but this project by a former art director in advertising is worth sharing with your friends on Facebook. Matthew Vescovo submitted this post at Bored Panda beautifully demonstrating how to photobomb stock photography. Wow.
Seeing The News is a periodic selection of arresting visual topics around the world. What have we missed? Let us know in the comments below. Or tweet @sdavy with your tips.
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