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Citizens pay respects to Hiroshima victims as Japan marks 60 years since the world's first atomic blast. Some 1,000 doves were released into the sky during the memorial service. -- AFP -
AFP/File - Thu Aug 4, 1:29 PM ET
A Nigerois woman holds her malnurished child at the Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctos without Borders) center in the famine-hit northern region of Tahoua in July 2005(AFP/File) -
AFP/File - Thu Aug 4, 1:29 PM ET
A Nigerois baby lies on his mother's knees at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) therapeutic feeding center of Dakoro in July 2005. Doctors warned that many children might be affected for the rest of their lives by ailments caused by malnutrition(AFP/File) -
AFP/File - Thu Aug 4, 3:16 PM ET
A Chengdu pig farmer. China has ordered local governments across the country to tighten supervision of pork markets to prevent a deadly pig disease from spreading further(AFP/File/Peter Parks) -
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. - Thu Aug 4, 3:37 PM ET
View inside the temporal cortex of a brain ravaged by Alzheimer's disease. Researchers announced they have discovered a toxin that plays an important role in the progression of Alzheimer's disease.(F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.) -
AFP/HO-WFP/File - Thu Aug 4, 3:43 PM ET
An Ethiopian woman waits for food distribution in Yriba in May 2005. The UN World Food Programme said it has suspended the distribution of thousands of tonnes of US-donated food aid in hunger-hit Ethiopia due to concerns that it may pose health risks.(AFP/HO-WFP/File/Melese Awoke) -
AFP/File - Fri Aug 5,10:14 AM ET
Chickens in a poultry house, June 28, 2005. The Spanish health ministry said that more than 1,200 people have fallen ill as a result of eating pre-cooked chicken contamined with the salmonella bacterium, and confirmed that the death of a 90-year-old man was directly attributable to the contamination.(AFP/File/Seyllou ) -
AFP - Fri Aug 5, 1:11 PM ET
Myanmar school girls receive food aide from the UN World Food Program in the Sin Kyo village. The head of the WFP said that around 40 percent of children in military-ruled Myanmar were suffering from malnutrition.(AFP/Str) -
AFP/File - Sat Aug 6,11:01 AM ET
Chest X-ray of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) victim. China has approved a new vaccine for the pneumonia-like disease Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) to go through human trials, state media reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks) -
AFP/File - Sat Aug 6,11:06 AM ET
A microscopic view of bacillus anthrax spores. One person has died and up to 11 more are in hospital after being infected with anthrax from coming into contact with infected cows in northeast China's Liaoning province, health authorities said.(AFP/File) -
AFP - Sat Aug 6, 3:38 PM ET
Civil Defence Agency members evacuate kids out of Dolni Bogrov, some 15 kilometres north of Sofia. Four people have died in Bulgaria and thousands have been evacuated from their homes as heavy rains and flooding hit the country for the second time in two months.(AFP/Str) -
AFP/POOL - Sat Aug 6, 3:38 PM ET
Bulgarian soldiers help an old woman during a rescue action in Sofia, Bulgaria. Torrential rains and flash floods in western Bulgaria caused severe damage to farms and buildings, forcing at least 5000 people to evacuate their homes.(AFP/POOL) -
Canadian Press - Sat Aug 6, 5:58 PM ET
The International space station orbits above the Earth in this view from NASA television Saturday, after undocking from the space shuttle Discovery. (AP Photo/NASA TV) -
AFP/File - Sat Aug 6, 7:29 PM ET
An Indian couple sits on the promenade in Mumbai. Men who are accused of never listening by women now have an excuse -- women's voices are more difficult for men to listen to than other men's, a report said.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee) -
AFP/File - Sun Aug 7,12:58 AM ET
A woman struggles with her umbrella in Taipei amid strong winds caused by the powerful Typhoon Haitang. Less than halfway through the six-month tropical storm season, experts are already warning that the brooding western Atlantic may serve up as many as 21 severe storms and hurricanes this year(AFP/File/Patrick Lin) -
AFP/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Sun Aug 7,12:58 AM ET
A satelite image shows Hurricane Emily as it moves on up the northeastern coast of Mexico. 2005 is set to be one of the worst years on record for hurricanes, scientists say, amid spectacular new evidence about the power of these storms and fears that global warming is intensifying them(AFP/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ) -
AFP/File - Fri Aug 5,12:19 AM ET
A tourist considers a sign outside a goldmine in the Tanami Desert forbidding, amongst other things, grog otherwise known as alcohol. A historian recently lamented the fading of Australia's unique slang, but a newcomer to the land of Oz might find the language used in the country's newspapers as startling as some of its bizarre fauna(AFP/File/William West) -
AFP/ANP - Fri Aug 5,10:08 AM ET
Typical boats of the Friesland provence in the north of The Netherlands, called Skutsjes, compete in Earnewald. These traditional centuries-old shallow-draught sailing boats race each other every year(AFP/ANP/Olaf Kraak) -
AFP/File - Fri Aug 5,10:37 AM ET
A South Korean kid plays in front of Seoul City Hall building which is among the more prominent examples of Japanese colonial architecture. Japanese colonists were prolific builders in their Asian empire prior to its collapse 60 years ago(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je) -
AFP - Fri Aug 5,10:56 AM ET
Buddhist monks beat drums as they pray for A-bomb victims in front of the A-bomb Dome at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial. The 60th anniversary memorial service for the 200,000 A-bomb victims will be held here on August 06(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno) -
AFP/File - Fri Aug 5,10:56 AM ET
Seats and tents are arranged in front of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum seen behind the A-Bomb Dome. The 60th annual memorial service for the 200,000 atomic bomb victims will be held here 06 August(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno) -
AFP - Fri Aug 5,10:57 AM ET
A man rides his bike past the Sunbeam Theatre in an old quarter of Hong Kong. The theatre has been saved from closure after a sympathetic move from the landlord who agreed not to raise rents until 2009(AFP/Mike Clarke) -
AFP - Fri Aug 5,11:13 AM ET
A worker, dwarfed by the surrounding mountains, paints the railing on the Lhasa River Bridge as part of a 1,142-Km(708-mile) project that will link Tibet by rail to the outside world for the first time(AFP/Frederic Brown) -
AFP - Fri Aug 5,11:13 AM ET
Construction workers on the Lhasa River Bridge which is part of a 708-mile project that will link Tibet by rail to the outside world for the first time. Only a tiny number of the 500 people toiling on the 929-meter (3,056 feet) bridge are Tibetan(AFP/Frederic Brown) -
AFP/Getty Images - Fri Aug 5, 1:19 PM ET
Patrick Kukura and his sons Alex(C) and Austin pause at a makeshift memorial in Brook Park, Ohio for the Marines that were killed this week in Iraq.(AFP/Getty Images/Michael Williams)