Picture News
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Reuters - Fri Aug 5, 1:54 PM ET
Indian children walk in Moirabari village, 65 km (40 miles) east of Guwahati, the major city of Indias northeastern state of Assam July 15, 2005. For more than two months, Sarifa Begum has been a virtual prisoner in her small neighbourhood on the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra River in Assam. (Utpal Baruah/Reuters) -
AFP/File - Sat Aug 6, 3:30 AM ET
A roulette table. Singapore's plans to build two casinos will bolster its economy over the next five years, adding 1.8 percent to the city's gross domestic product, according to a new report(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau) -
AFP - Sat Aug 6, 3:31 AM ET
A mother holds her daughter and prays before the cenotaph for A-bomb victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. With prayers and flowers, residents of Hiroshima began marking the 60th anniversary of the world's first nuclear bombing which claimed more than 140,000 lives(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno) -
AFP - Sat Aug 6, 3:31 AM ET
1,000 doves fly over the cenotaph of A-bomb victims and A-bomb Dome at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. With wreaths, prayers and emotional calls for the abolition of all nuclear weapons, the Japanese city of Hiroshima is marking the 60th anniversary of the world's first atomic attack(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno) -
AFP - Sat Aug 6, 8:21 PM ET
In formation : Team-members of Italian aerobatics team fly in formation during their performance above the tarmac of the Hungarian air force base in Kecskemet, 100 kms south-east of Hungarian capitol Budapest during an international air show and military display. (AFP/Attila Kisbenedek) -
AFP - Sat Aug 6, 7:54 PM ET
Prayers for peace : Indian students offer prayers for the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II, during an anti-nuclear peace march in Mumbai. (AFP/Sebastian D'Souza) -
AFP - Sat Aug 6, 8:30 PM ET
At the line : Athletes compete during the men's 100m qualification heats at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Helsinki. (AFP/Olivier Morin) -
AFP - Sat Aug 6, 7:42 PM ET
Celebrate : Dancers perform during the celebration of the Carnival of Bogota. (AFP/Luis Acosta) -
AFP - Sat Aug 6, 7:41 PM ET
Quick break : A US soldier of 87th Supply Battalion of 3rd Infantry Division listens to music as he leans against a truck prior to a convoy mission to transport military supplies from Camp Taji, northwest of Baghdad. (AFP/Liu Jin) -
AFP/File - Thu Jul 28, 8:43 AM ET
A goat stands in a church demolished by agency of the state government on May 6, 2005 in Lagos, Nigeria. Authorities in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna have set up a squad to 'arrest' stray farm animals and a mobile court to fine their owners after a series of freak accidents, officials said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei) -
AFP/File - Fri Jul 29,12:01 PM ET
A lion roams in an enclosure. Rangers at South Africa's famed Kruger park shot dead a lion found feeding on the body of a man who had forced his way into the reserve hours earlier and fled into the bush(AFP/File) -
AFP/OFF - Fri Jul 29, 4:56 PM ET
An assortment of cheddar. A team of divers are searching at the bottom of the 'Baie des Ha! Ha!' in northeastern Canada for 800 kilograms (1,700 pounds) of cheddar sunk by an entrepreneur hoping to revolutionize cheese making.(AFP/OFF) -
AFP/HO-WSPA/File - Mon Aug 1, 4:43 PM ET
A black bear in a cage. Dozens of urbanized black bears are making life uncomfortable for residents of the coastal mountain suburbs of Vancouver in Canada's westernmost province British Columbia(AFP/HO-WSPA/File) -
AFP - Tue Aug 2, 1:24 PM ET
Police officers watch from the gates of No.10 Downing Street as a protester dressed as a monkey walks past. The group representing The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection delivered a thousands of signatures on a petition against experimenting on animals.(AFP/Adrian Dennis) -
AFP - Wed Aug 3,11:34 AM ET
A visitor to Madame Tussauds takes a closer look at a waxwork figure of Prince William during his debut at the tourist attraction in London, August 3, 2005.(AFP/Adrian Dennis) -
AFP/File - Thu Aug 4, 7:35 AM ET
In this picture taken July 22, 2004, a man collects dried elephant dung to put in a mixer at a recycling plant in the village of Pinnawela, some 90kms north-east of Colombo, Sri Lanka. An envelope leaking a strange pinkish powder sparked an alert in a Paris suburban post office, but tests revealed the substance to be nothing more than dessicated elephant dung, police said.(AFP/File/Rob Elliott) -
Reuters - Fri Aug 5,11:54 AM ET
Traffic moves slowly as stray cows walk on a road in New Delhi. An estimated 35,000 cows and buffaloes roam free in the capital, sharing space with hordes of monkeys, camels and stray dogs. Traffic routinely comes to a halt to allow animals to amble across highways, leading to accidents and sometimes deaths. Photo taken May 6, 2005. (Desmond Boylan/Reuters) -
Becky Hammon, in front, had her job cut-out marking her seven ft two opponent, Margo Dydek, during a basketball match in New York on Tuesday. -
If you're thinking mmmmm, doughnuts! think again because these are in fact peaches. This type of peach, first grown in China during the 19th century, have gone on sale in the UK this week. -
Rehearsals for the 56th Edinburgh Military Tattoo have been taking place all week. Military bands and performers from all over the world will take part in the event which will get underway on Friday. -
This waxwork of Prince William has been unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London. Wannabe Princesses get to take a Cinderella slipper test - and if their foot fits the magic slipper, they get a kiss from the Prince! -
Lobster reveals bright blue shell
A rare lobster has revealed a shiny brilliant blue shell after shedding its old body when it moulted last month.
The colour is thought to be caused by a rare gene, and experts say the blue will become less intense as its shell thickens and gets heavier.
The female crustacean, which was caught off the US coast in 2003, now lives at the Audubon Society Centre in the US. She is about eight-years-old.
Lobsters usually moult around 25 times in their first seven years of life.
Audubon Society Centre director Jeffrey Hall said: "Now that it's come out with this brilliant blue colour, it's attracting a lot of attention." -
Butterfly migration to be tracked
Scientists hoping to find out more about the monarch butterfly's annual migration are hoping to join the creature in its journey this year.
Every year millions of the orange and black insects fly 4828 km (3,000 miles) from Canada to Mexico for the winter.
Experts don't really understand why the butterflies do this, so a team from the animal charity the WWF are preparing to fly with them to find out more.
The insects will be tracked by an ultra-light plane carrying the team.
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The plane, which is painted red and black to look like a monarch butterfly, will take off from Montreal on 20 August.
The journey following the butterflies is expected to take 75 days, arriving in Mexico in November.
Long journey
When the butterflies fly north, they lay eggs and then die near the borders of Mexico and the US, and the US and Canada. The next generation of insects then continues the journey.
But monarchs make the flight back down south in just one journey.
By travelling alongside them, scientists also hope to raise awareness of the lives of the insects. -
The crowd of 20,000 was entrhalled by the fiery bursts in the night sky at Marina South. Watch out for more fireworks tomorrow and next Sunday. -- ASHLEIGH SIM -
PROTECTED GROUNDS: Orchard Road retailers want to turn the Istana into a park, but Singaporeans polled are not keen. -- CAROLINE CHIA