<div class="ti"><div class="pic">
        <a href="/categories/rr/1.html"><img src="http://www.erty.com/images/440f2d2a.jpg" alt="Ind"> <span>Ind</span></a> (98)
    </div></div><div class="ti"><div class="pic">
        <a href="/categories/ert/1.html"><img src="http://www.erty.com/images/4123d2b.jpg" alt="Wes"> <span>Wes</span></a> (6044)
    </div></div>

preg_match_all('|[^<div class="ti"><div class="pic">].*?[^</div></div>]+|',
$test_html,
$out, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);