Globetrotting
She sails to conquer

People line the shore as the Queen Mary 2, the world's largest ocean liner, leaves Durban harbour (above) in this file photo. Posted between septuagenarian passengers in deck chairs, lookouts stand watch over the Gulf of Aden, scanning the horizon for pirates. After more than half a decade of Somali men attacking Indian Ocean shipping from small speedboats with AK-47s, grappling hooks and ladders, the number of attacks is falling. It's a far cry from the height of the piracy epidemic two years ago, when several ships might be taken in a single week to be traded for airdropped multi-million dollar ransoms; and (below) The ocean liner crosses the Suez Canal in Ismailia, some 75 miles north of Cairo. file Photos: Reuters

RIGHT: People travel on a locally built passenger boat loaded with oil containers through a creek on the River Nun in Bayelsa, Nigeria. Despite billions of dollars worth of oil flowing out of Nigeria, life for the majority of Niger Delta's inhabitants remains unchanged. Most people live in modest shacks, and rely on farming or fishing, their only interaction with the oil industry being when they step over pipelines in the swamps — or when a spill blights their landscape. Photo: Reuters /Akintunde Akinleye

The Diamond Princess and Voyager of the Seas docked at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre (MBCCS) in Singapore. With opening of this terminal, Singapore cements its status as regional cruise hub. Occupying 28,000 sq metre, equivalent to three football fields, the MBCCS is designed as an architectural icon with the capability to accommodate some of the world's largest ships. Photo: AFP

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