Picture News
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AFP - Sun Aug 21, 7:47 PM ET
Burning barricade : A settler stands close to a burning barricade blocking the gate to the Gaza Strip settlement of Katif. (AFP/Gali Tibbon) -
FISHY FIND: A possible cancer-causing substance that caused an eel recall has been detected in freshwater fish from China. -- AFP -
Clearing out
An Israeli bulldozer demolishes a house in the northern Gaza Strip settlement of Dugit on Sunday after residents were evacuated in a historic pullout plan. Israel is demolishing the homes of evicted Jewish settlers before handing the land back to the Palestinians. -- AFP -
Up and away
Hot air balloons fly over the golden crosses of the Uspensky Cathedral during the a hot air balloon race in Dmitrov, Russia, where more than 30 teams are competing in this year's 5th International Cup of Moscow Region Governor. -- AFP -
Discovery home
A modified Boeing 747 carrying the Discovery space shuttle arrives on Sunday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two days after leaving California where the shuttle landed on Aug 9 after its space mission. Nasa said there would be no more shuttle missions into space until March 2006 at the earliest. -- AFP -
Burning on
Trees burn on a hill opposite the village of Sao Frutuosoon in Portugal on Sunday as tenacious summer forest fires continue to rage. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed to battle the fires while fellow European Union members move to provide aid. -- AFP -
Fiery stop
Sauber-Petronas Brazilian driver Felipe Massa's car burns in the pits of the Istanbul racetrack during the first ever Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday. McLaren-Mercedes Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen won the race ahead of Renault driver Fernando Alonso of Spain. -- AFP -
Carol Fraser: "Balloons take off over the famous Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol." -
Karun Menon: "A Pakistani man celebrates independence day in Doha, humming an Urdu song and waving his two little green flags." -
Yuri Saito in Tokyo captured fireworks on the horizon. -
Robert Harley: "This little Tibetan girl took a pause from playing in the rubble to strike a defiant pose." -
Robert Henry: "Recycling has gone up by 17% and is still climbing in Inverclyde, Scotland, thanks to the introduction of new colour coded bins." -
Miruna Popescu in Northern Ireland captures a hungry caterpillar. -
A Jewish settler attempts to resist eviction from the West Bank settlement of Sanur. -
The Japanese stock market reaches a four-year high. -
Rescue workers attend the scene of a collapsed building in Mumbai, India. -
An Australian customs official holds pythons found in luggage during a routine inspection at Brisbane Airport. -
Filipino protestors call for the resignation of President Gloria Arroyo during a rally in Quezon City. -
Austrian firefighters erect sandbag barriers along the Inn River to prevent flooding. -
Reuters - Sat Aug 20, 9:09 PM ET
Fireworks display is seen over the Neues Palais (New Palace) during a music festival in the city of Potsdam, south of Berlin August 20, 2005. The Neues Palais was the largest building in Sanssouci Castle, the summer residence of Prussia's Frederick the Great. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch -
Reuters - Sun Aug 21,11:04 AM ET
A model presents a creation by Boudoir on the last day of the Bangkok Fashion Week August 21, 2005. Designed to raise Bangkok's status as a regional fashion hub, the Bangkok Fashion Week seeks to promote Thai garments and jewellery. REUTERS/Adrees Latif -
Reuters - Sun Aug 21, 2:14 AM ET
An Indonesian woman from Central Java carries trance dance horses known as 'Kuda Lumping' during a cultural carnival, celebrating the country's 60th anniversary of independence, in Jakarta, August 21, 2005. Indonesia's 33 provinces took part in the carnival on Sunday. REUTERS/Supri -
AP - Sun Aug 21,12:25 PM ET
A small grasshopper pauses on a Moss Rose in its search for food Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005 near Archer, Fla., as temperatures hover in the mid nineties. Grasshoppers prove to be destructive to farmers as they eat the crops as well as other plants. Grasshoppers belong to the order Orthoptera which includes 1000 species in the U.S. and over 23,000 species on our planet. The Moss Rose is a popular feeding flower for hummingbirds and butterflies. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin) -
AFP - Sun Aug 21, 7:41 PM ET
Lake by bike : A Russian boy jumps on his bike into a lake in the town Dmitrov, about 70 kms from Moscow. (AFP/Denis Sinyakov) -
Reuters - Fri Aug 19,10:20 AM ET
A snake charmer shows his snake on a beach during the sunset in Colombo August 19, 2005. REUTERS/Adeel Halim