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CARNAGE: An Air France jetliner burst into flames yesterday after skidding off the runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. -- AP -
Buddha and the Beach
Although new houses are beginning to take shape, everyone is surviving solely on donations. -
Buddha and the Beach
Buddha and the Beach was broadcast on Tuesday, 2 August, 2005 at 1900 BST on BBC Two. -
Under water
Residents wade through a waterlogged street after a torrential downpour in China's Anhui province on Tuesday. China was told on Wednesday to expect two to three typhoons and heavy rains in August. -- AP -
Shuttle Discovery in orbit
On 26 July space shuttle Discovery blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on its way to dock with the International Space Station. Here are a few of the spectacular images sent back by the astronauts. -
Shuttle Discovery in orbit
A photograph of the shuttle as it prepares to dock with the space station clearly shows the open cargo bay. -
Shuttle Discovery in orbit
Seen from a different angle, the shuttle hangs in space in front of the EarthÂ’s horizon. -
Shuttle Discovery in orbit
This is the robotic arm which is used to manipulate the shuttle cargo. On this mission it is also being used to help check for damage to the heatshield tiles. -
Shuttle Discovery in orbit
In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Steve Robinson, left, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Soichi Noguchi prepare for the first of three STS-114 spacewalks in the space shuttle Discovery's airlock. -
Shuttle Discovery in orbit
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves at his space-walking crewmate, astronaut Stephen Robinson during a space walk. Robinson can be seen in Noguchi's helmet visor using the new digital still camera outfitted for EVA exposure. -
Shuttle Discovery in orbit
The cargo bay is now empty as the module transported by the shuttle is temporarily docked with the space station. -
Shuttle Discovery in orbit
Another spectacular photograph shows most of the Earth approximately 363km (225 miles) below. -
Indian firefighters attempt to retrieve a scooter from a hole in an Ahmedabad road caused by heavy rainfalls. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
The first atomic bomb used in war was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August, 1945. The A Bomb Dome, the former Trade Promotion Hall, near the epicentre of the blast, is the only building still standing from that time. Contemporary pictures by Mike Coles. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
In 1945 Hiroshima was a Japanese army base and an important port, with a population of about 350,000. The atomic bomb, which generated a powerful wind, destroyed buildings within a 1.5-mile radius. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
Now, Hiroshima is an important industrial city with a population of 1.1 million. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
About a third of Hiroshima's population was killed within a week of the bombing. Many more have since died through radiation sickness. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
The A Bomb Dome, which burned from ceiling down and whose occupants all perished, is one of the most potent reminders of the bomb. It is tended and cleaned by just three elderly ladies. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
Between 2,000 and 6,500 children are believed to have been orphaned by the atomic bomb, although the exact number may never be known. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
A powerful focus for children in Hiroshima is a memorial to Sasaki Sadako, a 10-year-old girl who died from leukaemia as a result of the radiation. She believed that if she could make 1,000 paper cranes - Japanese good luck symbols - she would be healed. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
The US military believed that the atomic bomb, carried over Hiroshima by the plane the Enola Gay, was the only way to end the war. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
Today, the US recognises Hiroshima's image as the "City of International Peace and Culture", here endorsed by the American restaurant chain McDonald's. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
The Peace Memorial Park near the A Bomb Dome has a number of different monuments and statues. In front is the Memorial Cenotaph with its Flame of Peace, which will burn for as long as there are nuclear weapons. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
As Hiroshima, a busy modern city, changes and develops, the challenge is to keep the memories of the atomic bombing alive. -
60 years on: Hiroshima then and now
This burden lies with Hiroshima's elderly. More than 85,000 of modern Hiroshima's inhabitants are survivors of the bomb.