The water may be reflecting the color of the blue sky (or the reds  of sunset, or the gray of clouds), but an intrinsic blue color is  caused by the refraction and scatterin â¦ g of visible light by the  water. Different water qualities and depth can change the  particular hue of blue.
Balad, Iraq. Balad (Arabic: Ø¨ÙØ¯ââ), also transliterated Beled or Belad, is a city in the Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of the national capital, Baghdad. It is the capital of Balad District.
Malala: Shot for Going to School. Until 1969, it was a semi-autonomous principality-its ruler known as the Wali. The first of these was Miangul Gulshahzada Sir Abdul Wadud, appointed by a local council in 1915 and known to Swatis as Badshah Sahib - the King.