Picture News
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AFP - Thu Aug 25, 3:12 PM ET
Moslem quarter : A bride makes her way through the streets of the Moslem quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt) -
AFP - Thu Aug 25, 4:46 PM ET
New directions : An Israeli youth walks past a road sign relocated from the Gaza Strip settlement bloc, in a tent city set up by displaced residents of the former Nezer Hazani settlement in Gush Katif, in Tel Aviv. (AFP/David Furst) -
AFP - Thu Aug 25, 4:25 PM ET
Elctions officials : Pakistani female electoral officials and voters go through the voting proces at a polling station in Rawalpindi. (AFP/Jewel Samad) -
AFP - Thu Aug 25, 4:40 PM ET
Anti-war protester : An opponent to the war in Iraq walks though a memorial of flags and crosses at Camp Casey near US President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. (AFP/Jim Watson) -
AFP/DDP - Thu Aug 25, 2:50 PM ET
Cheers! : Cabaret artist Monika Gruber presents the official stein beer mug of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich. (AFP/DDP/Joerg Koch) -
AFP - Thu Aug 25, 2:54 PM ET
At the funeral : Ultra-orthodox Jews attend to the funeral of a young British Jewish seminary student, a day after he was stabbed to death by a Palestinian in the Old City. (AFP/Yoav Lemmer) -
Benedict XVI returned to his native Germany for his first major foreign trip since being elected pope in April. Souvenir merchants were on hand to offer mementos of the historic occasion. -
Rainbow-coloured smoke welcomes foreign observers at an anti-terrorism conference in China's eastern Jiangsu province. -
A firefighter crosses a flooded street in the Swiss capital, Berne, after heavy rains paralyse many areas of the country. -
The Rolling Stones kicked off their latest world stadium tour in front of 36,000 fans at Boston's Fenway Park. "A good thing never ends," singer Sir Mick Jagger told the crowd. -
Settlers from the Gaza Strip's final remaining Jewish community of Netzarim say goodbye as they leave. -
Violent wildfires are still raging in Portugal, where plumes of smoke rising from the blazes can be seen and photographed from space (pic: European Space Agency) -
Wildfires in Portugal have raged through forest and scrubland, straining the country's firefighting resources. -
A new species - homo sapiens - is introduced to London Zoo as part of its Human Zoo exhibit, running for four days over the bank holiday weekend. -
Mumbai collapse
Crowds gather at the site of the residential building that collapsed in Mumbai (Bombay) killing 11 people early on Tuesday. -
Mumbai collapse
Before the emergency services arrived, locals formed human chains in a frantic bid to clear debris, using their bare hands to pull at the rubble. -
Mumbai collapse
At least 20 people were believed to be trapped in the debris while nearly 50 people have been rescued. -
Mumbai collapse
Most residents were asleep when the building collapsed soon after midnight. -
Mumbai collapse
Dust is seen in the floodlights as rescue workers pull down a wall of the run-down building that was said to be home to at least 16 families. -
Mumbai collapse
Two adjacent buildings were also evacuated as rescue workers continued to search for survivors. -
Mumbai collapse
Poorly maintained buildings sometimes collapse during the monsoon rains in Mumbai. -
Mumbai collapse
One estimate suggests there are some 19,000 high-rise buildings in Mumbai that are old and dilapidated. -
AP - Thu Aug 25, 6:06 AM ET
Women dry saris on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005. Allahabad is one of Hinduism holiest sites. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) -
Reuters - Thu Aug 18, 7:01 PM ET
Members of Brazil's Assurini do Tocantins tribe, wearing their traditional 'Cokar' handmade with macaw feathers, gather at the II Indigenous Nations' Games of Para in Altamira, northern Brazil, August 18, 2005. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker -
Amazon festival for the dead
Amazonian Indians have gathered in Kuikuro village, in Brazil's Amazon High Xingu park to hold a Kuarup festival. The two-day festival is held to mourn and celebrate the lives of dead heroes.