Picture News
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Reuters - Mon Aug 8, 8:47 AM ET
In what promises to be the most political Edinburgh Fringe for decades, the world's largest and most anarchic arts festival is set to tackle terrorism head on after the London bombings. People fix candles during a vigil for victims killed by the London bombings in Edinburgh in this July 7, 2005 file photo. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters) -
AFP/KEYSTONE/File - Mon Aug 8, 9:51 AM ET
The Castelgrande in Bellinzona, Switzerland. Switzerland, the birthplace of direct democracy, also has an aristocratic side, boasting more than a thousand castles(AFP/KEYSTONE/File) -
AFP - Mon Aug 8,10:03 AM ET
A Tibetan horseman displays his equestrian skills as he picks white scarfs off the ground during a fiercely contested race. The Horse Racing Festival, originally an ancient Tibetan harvest festival, is celebrated in large parts of the Himalayan region, showing that despite 50 years of Chinese rule parts of Tibet's cultural identity remain(AFP/Frederic J. Brown) -
AFP - Mon Aug 8,10:03 AM ET
A Tibetan horseman(L) waits beside his horse ahead of a test of riding skills in Tsara township during the annual horse racing festival(AFP/Frederic Brown) -
AFP/File - Mon Aug 8,10:10 AM ET
Scouts at the 2002 World Jamboree. Some 10,000 boy scouts and girl guides from Europe and around the world were gathering near London on Sunday for a 12-day jamboree that has been dubbed 'Eurojam' by its organisers(AFP/File/Pornchai Kitiwongsakul) -
Reuters - Mon Aug 8,10:32 AM ET
The Edinburgh festival cavalcade makes its way past the city's castle along Princess street August 5, 2001. The cavalcade, which marks the start of the Edinburgh festival, was watched by several thousand people who lined the streets. Comedians from around the world have descended on the festival believing they have what it takes to make humour truly international. (Jeff J Mitchell/Reuters) -
Reuters - Mon Aug 8,10:49 AM ET
A museum worker holds a Barbie doll clad in a handmade outfit of a Taiwan aboriginal tribe at the Taishan Township Doll Museum on the outskirts of Taipei. July 12, 2005. Since it opened last year, the museum in the township which is known more for its manufacturing plants and car repair shops than tourism has drawn more than 30,000 visitors. Picture taken on July 12, 2005. (Richard Chung/Reuters) -
AFP/DDP/File - Mon Aug 8,11:39 AM ET
A lone sunbather at a German beach resort. A lawyer in Cologne has sprung to the defence of British holidaymakers fed up with Germans using towels to bag all the best sun loungers at European resorts(AFP/DDP/File) -
AFP - Sun Aug 7, 7:38 PM ET
Pond of pelicans : A group of rosy pelicans swim in a pond at the New Delhi Zoological Park in New Delhi. (AFP/Manan Vatsyayana) -
AFP - Sun Aug 7, 7:13 PM ET
Landing in the sand : Bronze medalist Anna Pyatykh of Russia competes during the women's triple jump finals at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Helsinki. (AFP/Adrian Dennis) -
AFP - Sun Aug 7, 7:15 PM ET
Observation tower : Michal, a resident one of the settlements of Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip watches the land from an observation tower. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt) -
AFP - Sun Aug 7, 7:19 PM ET
March in La Paz : Bolivian soldiers march during a military parade in La Paz. (AFP/Aizar Raldes) -
AFP - Sun Aug 7, 7:46 PM ET
Ready to jump : Carolina Kluft of Sweden competes during the women's long jump heptathlon at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Helsinki. (AFP/Eric Feferberg) -
AFP - Sun Aug 7, 7:35 PM ET
To the cathedral : Two nuns walk on a slope toward the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki. Nagasaki is to mark the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing over the city on 09 August. (AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura) -
AFP - Sun Aug 7, 7:31 PM ET
Barber in action : Eunice Barber of France competes during the women's javelin throw heptathlon at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Helsinki. (AFP/Adrian Dennis) -
AFP - Sun Aug 7, 7:29 PM ET
Abidjan parade : Soliders from the Ivory Coast parade at the presidential palace in Abidjan for the 45th anniversary of independence. (AFP/Kampbel ) -
AFP - Sun Aug 7, 7:25 PM ET
Helsinki vault : Vanessa Boslak of France competes during the women's pole vault qualification round at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Helsinki. (AFP/Francois-Xaxier Marit) -
AFP/File - Sun Aug 7, 7:23 PM ET
The hard fight : A firefighter is seen next a wildfire in Mormentelos, a little village in Ourense, northwestern Spain. (AFP/File/Miguel Riopa) -
AFP/File - Sun Aug 7, 3:57 PM ET
The 100 million euros yacht 'Pelorus,' belonging to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovitch, owner of London Chelsea football club, is seen anchored at Lisbon harbour in 2004. Abramovitch was left fuming after the wrong sort of fuel was pumped into his luxury family yacht, forcing him to re-arrange his summer holiday, a report said.(AFP/File/Mladen Antonov) -
AFP/File - Mon Aug 8,10:41 AM ET
Two Yorkshire Terriers sniff each other. Holiday-makers, and their beloved pets, are now catered for in a new initiative to provide refreshment along Italy's highways.(AFP/File/Wojtek Radwanski) -
Reuters - Tue Aug 2, 6:03 AM ET
A three-week-old Assamese Macaque baby sucks its finger in the zoo in Shanghai August 2, 2005 as it is held by a zoo keeper after its zoo-born mother lost the ability to feed the baby. Macaques are native to Asia and Northern Africa, but thousands are housed in research facilities, zoos, wildlife or amusement parks, and are kept as pets in private homes throughout the world. REUTERS/Aly Song -
Dust in the wind
An Iraqi policeman directs traffic amid a sand storm in central Baghdad on Monday. The storm disrupted life in the city as shops closed and visibility reduced to a few metres. -- AFP -
Reuters - Sun Aug 7, 5:22 PM ET
A Colombian jumps with his bike during the summer festival sport activities in Bogota, August 7, 2005. The summer festival runs until August 15. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz -
Baghdad sandstorm
Baghdad has been enveloped by one of the worst sandstorms in living memory. -
Baghdad sandstorm
Most shops and businesses are forced to close as the dense sand makes even the simplest task a difficult undertaking.