Picture News
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AFP/File - Wed Aug 3, 4:45 AM ET
A shopkeeper sells rice at a market in Beijing. Environmental watchdog Greenpeace said it had found genetically engineered (GE) rice not approved for human consumption on sale at a Carrefour supermarket in central China(AFP/File/Peter Parks) -
AFP/File - Wed Aug 3, 7:37 AM ET
An Indian soldier (C) is flanked by colleagues as he carries physically handicapped man Charanjit Singh out of the waterloggged Kalina district of Mumbai, August 2, 2005. India's financial capital Mumbai surged back to life after coming to a near-standstill during week-long driving monsoon rains, but aid workers battling to get relief to flood-affected areas said the worst is not yet over.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukerjee) -
Reuters - Wed Aug 3,11:31 AM ET
Wild ducks fly above River Yenisei some 10 kilometres south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk August 2, 2005. Epidemiologists say that these birds of passage, which migrate from China to Russia and back could be a reasons of the bird flu of Asian type that broke out in several regions of Siberia. Ilya Naymushin/Reuters (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters) -
AFP/OFF - Wed Aug 3, 1:09 PM ET
A painting of ivory-billed woodpeckers. Long-feared extinct, the ivory-billed woodpecker is now back in a boggy woodland in Arkansas, its return confirmed by audio recordings of the bird's distinctive call and tree rap.(AFP/OFF) -
AFP/File - Wed Aug 3, 1:10 PM ET
Mei Xiang, a female Giant Panda from China, seen here in April 2004 at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. Mei Xiang's panda cub underwent its first examination and it was revealed that it is a boy in good health.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan) -
AFP/HO-NZ - Wed Aug 3, 1:10 PM ET
In this photo provided by the Smithsonian's National Zoo, Dr. Suzan Murray, chief veterinarian at the Zoo, monitors the giant panda cub born in July 2005, in Washington, DC. The cub underwent its first examination and it is a boy.(AFP/HO-NZ/Jessie Cohen) -
Canadian Press - Wed Aug 3, 2:56 PM ET
This is an undated handout photo released by Nature Wednesday of an Afghan hound called Snuppy (left) with his surrogate mother. Snuppy has been named as the first dog to be cloned by scientists in South Korea. (AP Photo/Prof. Woo Suk Hwang/Nature/PA) -
AFP/NSIDC/File - Wed Aug 3, 3:24 PM ET
These four Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer satellite images from 2002 show the progressive breaking apart of the northern section of the Larsen B ice shelf on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula(AFP/NSIDC/File) -
AFP-NASA/File - Wed Aug 3, 3:26 PM ET
Image taken by cameras on board the Cassini Orbiter spacecraft and released by NASA shows the Earth's Moon. The Moon's soil is impregnated with nitrogen that came from Earth's atmosphere, according to Japanese scientists.(AFP-NASA/File) -
Reuters - Wed Aug 3, 3:29 PM ET
Thirteen year-old giant panda Bai Yun is shown cuddling her newborn panda cub under her chin in this video frame grab provided by the San Diego Zoo August 3, 2005. (Reuters - Handout) -
AFP/Getty Images/File - Wed Aug 3, 4:13 PM ET
An Air France A340 burns after running off the runway at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada on August 2. When lightning strikes an airliner in the sky there is little risk, but if it strikes immediately after landing the brakes may fail, an expert said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevin Brazier) -
AFP/File - Wed Aug 3, 4:17 PM ET
A firefighters tries to extinguish a wildfire close to Alvaiazere in July 2005. Portugal's agriculture ministry raised the wildfire alert level for most of the parched country to its highest level, due to forecasts that temperatures will soar above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in many regions.(AFP/File/Francisco Leong) -
AFP/File - Wed Aug 3, 5:55 PM ET
Waves slam over a Florida seawall as a hurricane approaches in 2004. Bermuda was under a hurricane watch amid concern Tropical Storm Harvey might strengthen as it nears the Atlantic island, the US National Hurricane Center said(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan) -
AFP/HO-SDZ/File - Wed Aug 3, 7:53 PM ET
Giant pandas Bai Yun (L) and Mei Sheng, seen here in February 2005 at the San Diego Zoo. Bai Yun gave birth to the 112 gram (four-ounce) cub on Tuesday night after three hours of labour, said Don Lind, panda exhibit team leader at the San Diego Zoo.(AFP/HO-SDZ/File) -
Reuters - Wed Aug 3,10:34 PM ET
South Korean scientist Woo-Suk Hwang holds Snuppy, the first male dog cloned from adult cells by somatic nuclear cell transfer, during a news conference at the Seoul National University in Seoul, August 3, 2005. Man's best friend joined the list of cloned animals as South Korean scientists led by Dr. Hwang announced on Wednesday they had created the world's first cloned dog from an Afghan hound. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters) -
AFP/HO/File - Thu Aug 4, 1:54 AM ET
The Jabiluka uranium mine in the World-Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park. The Australian government has declared the Northern Territory 'open for business on uranium mining' after taking control of the future of the region's rich deposits(AFP/HO/File) -
AP - Mon Aug 1, 9:32 AM ET
A handout picture released Monday August 1, 2005 shows Duncan Rooke, 32, left and Stephen Buss, 30, as they haul in a record-breaking catfish in the River Ebro, near Barcelona in Spain on July 6, 2005. The 7ft 7in, (2.3 meters) 212lb (96kgms) female fish is the biggest freshwater catch ever made by a British angler and nearly pulled 32-year-old gas engineer Rooke back into the river once he had hold of her. After weighing the fish and burping her to get rid of the air in her stomach she was released. Photo taken on July 6. (AP Photo/HO/PA) -
Reuters - Wed Aug 3,10:12 AM ET
One of Giant panda Ying Ying's twin cubs tries to stand up at the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Wolong, southwest China's Sichuan province August 3, 2005. Ying Ying gave birth to a set of twinson July 3, 2005, the first pair this year. Both Ying Ying and her twin pandas are doing well, according to the center. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Newsphoto -
AFP/PETA-HO - Wed Aug 3,10:27 AM ET
This picture released by PETA shows their latest ad calling to boycott American fast-food giant KFC over what they allege is the mistreatment of chickens. The ad features Australian glamour model Sarah Jane posing nude while holding a newborn chick, alongside the tagline 'Chicks Agree: Please Boycott KFC'(AFP/PETA-HO) -
Reuters - Thu Aug 4, 2:39 AM ET
A man on a skateboard glides past a festive mural along the boardwalk in Venice Beach, California August 3, 2005. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith -
AP - Tue Aug 2, 4:51 PM ET
Swiss illumination artist Gerry Hofstetter projects flowers onto the Marriott Hotel in Berlin, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns) -
Reuters - Thu Aug 4, 3:20 PM ET
A male Tiger Swallowtail butterfly draws nectar from the flowers of a butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii, in Wilmington, Delaware August 2, 2005. Picture taken on August 2, 2005. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer -
Opening the floodgates
Tourists watch as water gushes out of a dam in Srirangapatana, south of Bangalore, India, on Wednesday. The gates of the dam were opened after heavy rains caused rising water levels in the Cauvery river. -- AP -
What a feeling!
A woman cools off on a beach in Long Island, New York, on Wednesday. The cool ocean water and a slight breeze came as a relief for beach-goers as temperatures in the New York metropolitan area soared above 30 deg C. -- AP -
Little bookworms
Thai students read at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology's learning corner in Bangkok on Thursday. The Thai government has launched a strong campaign to eliminate illiteracy across the nation. -- AP