Picture News
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AFP - Sat Aug 27, 8:24 PM ET
Gliding into the sunset : A paraglider flies as the sun sets, over the beach of Vlora, some 150 km from Tirana. (AFP/Gent Shkullaku) -
AFP - Sat Aug 27, 8:13 PM ET
Bush supporter : A young pro-Bush supporter watches during a pro-Bush rally outside the Crawford Community Center in Crawford, TX. (AFP/Jim Watson) -
KATRINA'S WRATH: Hurricance Katrina toppled a tree onto this mobile home in Florida on Saturday before heading towards New Orleans. -- AP -
Taking a dip
The streets of Luzern in Switzerland remained flooded on Wednesday. Three days of landslides and heavy flooding have killed at least four people in the city. -- AFP -
Hunger pains
A malnourished child is weighed at a medical centre in Dogo, Niger, on Wednesday. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan emerged from talks with President Mamadou Tandja, pledging to step up cooperation among agencies in aid efforts and avoid further crises. -- AFP -
Warning sign
Large waves crash on a coastal road in Shizuoka in central Japan on Thursday. Typhoon Mawar is expected to hit central Japan on Thursday evening, as it churned northwards over the Pacific Ocean. -- AP -
Big splash
South Africa's Greg Emslie cuts back on a wave as he advances to the round of 48 in the Rip Curl Pro Super Series surfing tournament in Les Bourdaines, France, on Wednesday. He will face France's Mikael Pikon, Brazil's Marco Polo and Hawaii's Jesse Merle-Jones in the next heat. -- AP -
Surging waters
Slovak villagers continue to drink heartily at their village pub despite being hit by surging floodwaters. Heavy rains triggered widespread flooding and landslides across central and southern Europe killing five people and damaging over 50 houses. -- AFP -
Packing a punch
Welsh kick-boxer Russ Williams trains with his Russian terrier Ringo Tsar, who is trained in kick-boxing and can deliver a knockout punch with his paws. Russian terriers were specially bred in the former USSR, and originally used by the authorities for riot control. -- AP -
Women against terror
Women in Bangladesh hold an anti-terror demonstration in Dhaka, after last week's wave of bombings. Hundreds of home-made bombs exploded simultaneously across the country on Aug 17, killing two people and wounding about 100. Islamic militants are believed to be responsible. -- AFP -
Setting a sailing record
Paralysed sailor Hilary Lister sailed across the English Channel on Tuesday becoming the first ever quadriplegic to cross the channel solo. Able to move only her head, eyes and mouth, she navigated her custom-fitted boat, Malin, via a 'sip and puff' method. -- AFP -
Eye of the beholder
Beaulah the elephant peers through her unique blue lashes at the 160th Dutchess County Fair held in Rhinebeck, New York. Some 1,600 animals, including goats, sheep, hogs, cows and horses will also be at the fair. -
War games
A Russian missile destroyer launches a ship-to-ship missile during the historic Sino-Russian joint military exercise that underscores a growing strategic partnership between the former Cold War adversaries. -- AP -
Reuters - Fri Aug 26,11:19 AM ET
Kenyan wardens secure an African elephant after its capture at the Mwaluganje elephant sanctuary in Shimba Hills of Kwale district, 600 km (375 miles) southeast of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, August 25, 2005. The Kenya Wildlife Services has started the translocation of 400 out of the 700 elephants from the coastal region, to Tsavo east National park, in a move to decongest the area and reduce human/animal conflict. (Thomas Mukoya/Reuters) -
AFP/DDP - Fri Aug 26,12:05 PM ET
Martina Waeber looks out of her house in Sinzing as she tries to pump it dry following floods in southern Bavaria. The southern German state of Bavaria remained on flood alert despite falling water levels.(AFP/DDP/Stefan Kiefer) -
AFP - Fri Aug 26,12:06 PM ET
Shop assistants break a small wall which was built to prevent water from getting into their shop as Lucerne slowly recovers from flooding.(AFP/Bruno Ferrandez) -
Reuters - Fri Aug 26,12:10 PM ET
Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado watches the 'Quarup' festival of the dead at the Waura village, in Alto Xingu park of the lower Amazon, August 14, 2005. Salgado has shown the world the face of poverty, the tragedy of famine and the sweat of hard labor. Now Mother Nature is attracting the world-renowned master of black-and-white stills. Salgado is chasing animals in the wild, taking pictures of pristine landscapes and indigenous tribes that still live in balance with the environment. The project he calls Genesis has taken the 61-year-old to the Xingu reservation in Brazil's Amazon, clicking away in a white Panama hat and shirt among dancing, painted Indians. (Sergio Moraes/Reuters) -
AFP - Fri Aug 26, 4:33 PM ET
A burned forest is seen close to Pampilhosa da Serra in central Portugal. Firefighters in Portugal were fighting seven blazes which had escaped their control as the country continues to face one of its most destructive fire seasons in a decade.(AFP/Miguel Riopa) -
AFP - Fri Aug 26, 4:33 PM ET
A little farm is seen surrounded by a burned forest next Pampilhosa da Serra, central Portugal. Firefighters in Portugal were fighting seven blazes which had escaped their control as the country continues to face one of its most destructive fire seasons in a decade.(AFP/Miguel Riopa) -
Reuters - Fri Aug 26, 6:50 PM ET
A child stands close to a felled tree in the Amazon rainforest in Ressaca village in the state of Para, northern Brazil, August 18, 2005. Environmentalists estimate as much as 20 percent of the jungle already has been cut down by ranchers, loggers, farmers and developers. The Amazon is home to up to 30 percent of the planet's animal and plant species. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters) -
AFP - Fri Aug 26, 8:04 PM ET
A downed tree sits in front of a house after Hurricane Katrina in Miami. Florida braced for yet another hit as Hurricane Katrina strengthened over the Gulf of Mexico after pummeling the Miami area.(AFP/Robert Sullivan) -
AFP - Fri Aug 26, 8:04 PM ET
Residents look at damage to trees from Hurricane Katrina in Miami. Florida braced for yet another hit as Hurricane Katrina strengthened over the Gulf of Mexico after pummeling the Miami area.(AFP/Robert Sullivan) -
AFP - Fri Aug 26, 8:04 PM ET
L-R: John, Elizabeth and James Harnage remove fallen trees from hurricane Katrina in Miami. Florida braced for yet another hit as Hurricane Katrina strengthened over the Gulf of Mexico after pummeling the Miami area.(AFP/Robert Sullivan) -
AFP/File - Sat Aug 27, 8:50 AM ET
A Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russia successfully launched a monitoring satellite from the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome after initial fears the apparatus was out of control.(AFP/File) -
AFP - Sat Aug 27, 9:25 AM ET
A Swiss soldier inspects the damage caused by severe floods in Brienz. Inhabitants of Swiss communities evacuated in the face of floods and landslides caused by torrential rain last week were returning to their homes.(AFP/Bruno Ferrandez)