Picture News
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AFP/OFF - Mon Aug 22, 1:30 PM ET
'Autumn Moon, the High Sierra from Glacier Point,' photograph taken by Ansel Adams. US astronomers said they had pinpointed the moment and location when this photo, one of the most famous landscape pictures in photographic history, was taken(AFP/OFF) -
AFP/Keystone/File - Mon Aug 22, 3:30 PM ET
People take cover from the rain under an umbrella in Switzerland. Two Swiss firemen have been killed in a landslide as heavy rain caused flooding and cut roads, railway and electricity lines across much of central Switzerland, police and local authorities said.(AFP/Keystone/File/Steffen Schmidt) -
AFP/File - Mon Aug 22, 4:02 PM ET
Romanian army rescue personnel drive a speedboat over a flooded road, July 2005. The armies of several central and eastern European countries were mobilizing to cope with heavy rains and floods which have killed nearly 70 people in the region this summer, with Romania and Bulgaria the worst hit.(AFP/File/Daniel Mihailescu) -
AFP - Mon Aug 22, 6:50 PM ET
A Canadair firefighting aircraft drops its load over a wildfire in Carreira do Mato, near Abrantes, 180 Km north east of Lisbon. Fire-fighting aircraft from Germany, Italy and the Netherlands headed to Portugal as the country struggled to contain the biggest wave of wildfires to hit so far this year, with hot weather set to continue.(AFP/Francisco Leong) -
AFP - Mon Aug 22, 6:50 PM ET
A villager watches a wildfire burning in the village of Nogueira, near to Viana do Castelo, northern Portugal. Fire-fighting aircraft from Germany, Italy and the Netherlands headed to Portugal as the country struggled to contain the biggest wave of wildfires to hit so far this year, with hot weather set to continue.(AFP/Miguel Riopa) -
AFP - Mon Aug 22, 6:50 PM ET
A wildfire burns close to houses near Viana do Castelo, northern Portugal. Fire-fighting aircraft from Germany, Italy and the Netherlands headed to Portugal as the country struggled to contain the biggest wave of wildfires to hit so far this year, with hot weather set to continue.(AFP/Miguel Riopa) -
AFP - Mon Aug 22, 6:50 PM ET
A woman cries as firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire in Carreira do Mato, near Abrantes, 180 Km north east of Lisbon. Fire-fighting aircraft from Germany, Italy and the Netherlands headed to Portugal as the country struggled to contain the biggest wave of wildfires to hit so far this year, with hot weather set to continue.(AFP/Francisco Leong) -
AFP - Mon Aug 22, 6:50 PM ET
People watch as firefighters battle a wildfire burning close the village of Nogueira, near to Viana do Castelo, northern Portugal. Fire-fighting aircraft from Germany, Italy and the Netherlands headed to Portugal as the country struggled to contain the biggest wave of wildfires to hit so far this year, with hot weather set to continue.(AFP/Miguel Riopa) -
AFP/File - Mon Aug 22, 6:52 PM ET
A researcher studies cells on a computer in a stem cells bank. A novel method of generating embryonic stem cells might avoid the controversial destruction of human embryos in the process, Harvard University researchers said.(AFP/File/Javier Soriano) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23, 1:54 AM ET
The spacesuit worn by Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei. China has set up a lunar exploration centre in Beijing to spearhead the country's moon probe projects in its latest bid to secure its place as a major world space power(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23, 3:38 AM ET
Recent photo shows icebergs floating off the Ilulissat glacier. The glacier in Greenland, a UN heritage site considered one of the wonders of the world, has shrunk by over 10 kilometers in just a few years, in one of the most alarming examples of global warming in the Arctic region(AFP/File/Slim Allagui) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23, 6:37 AM ET
A woman walks by a batik cloth stall in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia's 25 million dollar space program is on track and 894 candidates will begin a series of rigorous tests this week to select the astronaut who will blast into space in 2007. MAlaysia defended its plans to have the astronaut wear traditional batik fabric in space.(AFP/File/Jimin Lai) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23, 6:44 AM ET
Chinese villagers fill sandbags to reinforce the dykes along the Yangtze River in July 1999. The death toll from landslides caused by torrential rain in parts of central China's Hubei province has risen to 25.(AFP/File) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23, 7:38 AM ET
Croatian volunteers position sandbags to protect a dam from flooding along the river Danube in August 2002. Local authorities declared a state of emergency in northern Croatia over fears that the Mura river on the border with Slovenia could burst its banks.(AFP/File/Damir Sencar) -
AFP/DDP - Tue Aug 23, 7:40 AM ET
Water from the Lech river floods a dam in Landsberg, southern Germany. Heavy rains triggered severe flooding in southern Germany overnight and authorities warned that worse was still to come.(AFP/DDP/Johannes Simon) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23, 7:50 AM ET
Indonesian residents put out fires in Rokan Hilir on August 14. Malaysia said it will take action against four plantations which conducted open burning during the haze crisis that recently choked parts of the country.(AFP/File) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23, 7:56 AM ET
Young boys play in a flooded street in Thailand's northern province. Professor Thanawat Jarupongsakul warned that the northern coastline of the Gulf of Thailand is retreating at a rate of at least 65 metres (213 feet) per year due to rapid industrialisation and overuse of groundwater.(AFP/File/Olivier Evrard) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23, 8:07 AM ET
Aerial view of Phi Phi island after the tsunami smashed into the southern Thai coastline in December 2004. Asian governments are failing properly to restore coastal mangrove forests damaged in the tsunami, which saved lives and homes by absorbing the force of the waves.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23, 9:16 AM ET
Picture dated July 2005 shows Austrian rescue workers helping people affected by flood waters in Mittersill. Western Austria was on flood alert, after heavy rain over the past few days which has killed one person and left at least six injured throughout the central European country.(AFP/File) -
AFP - Tue Aug 23,10:55 AM ET
A firefighter works near a wildfire in Ourense, northwestern Spain. Firefighters in the northwestern Spanish province of Galicia battled 24 blazes, including one that has burned for three days and threatened homes near the coast(AFP/Miguel Riopa) -
AFP/NASA/File - Tue Aug 23,11:00 AM ET
The International Space Station. Malaysia's 25 million dollar space program is on track and 894 candidates will begin a series of rigorous tests this week to select the astronaut who will go to the ISS onboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.(AFP/NASA/File) -
Reuters - Tue Aug 23, 9:03 AM ET
A villager of Carreira do Mato tries to extinguish a forest fire in Abrantes, central Portugal, August 22, 2005. Water-dumping aircraft from around Europe battled on Tuesday to help drought-hit Portugal contain its worst fires on record that have killed at least 14 people. (Nacho Doce/Reuters) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23,11:36 AM ET
Visitors at the 'Monkey Mountain' park in Kintzheim in the Vosges, Alsace region, a reserve of Barbary Apes. The monkeys originating from North Africa, have become a tourist attraction with visitors numbering some 300,000 per year(AFP/File/Ilan Garzone) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23,11:36 AM ET
A visitor at 'Monkey Mountain' in Kintzheim, northeastern France, offers a treat to a monkey. The park has become a sanctuary for Barbary apes which are threatened with extinction in their native habitat in north Africa(AFP/File/Ilan Garzone) -
AFP/File - Tue Aug 23,11:36 AM ET
Visitors watch Barbary apes at 'Monkey Mountain' in northeastern France. There are 298 now specimens of the North African monkeys which are threatened with extinction in their native habitat(AFP/File/Ilan Garzone)