Picture News
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AFP - Tue Aug 30, 4:39 PM ET
Aqsa shadows : Shadows of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militants, the military wing of the Fatah movement, cast on a wall during a rally in Gaza City. (AFP/Mohammed Abed) -
AFP - Tue Aug 30, 5:01 PM ET
Victory Day : A Turkish soldier stands guard before a Turkish flag at the side entrance of the Dolmabahce Palace during Victory Day celebrations in Istanbul. (AFP/Mustafa Ozer) -
AFP - Tue Aug 30, 5:06 PM ET
Spiralling in : A Turkish paratrooper performs during Victory Day celebrations in the capital Ankara. (AFP/Tarik Tinazay) -
AFP - Tue Aug 30, 4:47 PM ET
Beslan memorial : A man looks at pictures of children killed last year in the school sports hall of Beslan. (AFP/Yuri Kadobnov) -
AFP - Tue Aug 30, 5:05 PM ET
Special forces : Turkish army special force members perform during a military parade during Victory Day celebrations in capital Ankara. (AFP/Tarik Tinazay) -
AFP - Tue Aug 30, 4:50 PM ET
Detention center : An Iraqi soldier of 1st Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Division who has paid the penalty for crimes, peers out from a vent of detention room at a army camp in Baghdad. (AFP/Liu Jin) -
AFP - Tue Aug 30, 4:23 PM ET
Sunrise in Gaza : The sun rises over an army post in the former southern Gaza Strip settlement of Kfar Darom . (AFP/Menahem Kahana) -
AFP - Tue Aug 30, 4:22 PM ET
Reburial ceremony : An Israeli woman cries during a reburial ceremony for Israeli soldier Cpl. Elkana Gubi in Jerusalem's Mount Hertzl military cemetery. (AFP/Eitan Abramovich) -
AFP - Tue Aug 30, 4:33 PM ET
Mauresmo serve : Amelie Mauresmo of France serves during her first round match against Roberta Vinci of Italy at the 2005 US Open Tennis Championships, being held at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary) -
AFP - Tue Aug 30, 4:40 PM ET
Interesting pet... : The pack rides past a man walking his wild boar during the fourth stage of the Tour of Spain from Ciudad Real to Argamasilla de Alba. Italy's Alessandro Pettachi of Fassa Bortolo team won the race (AFP/Jaime Reina) -
AFP - Tue Aug 30, 4:45 PM ET
Rescue in Biloxi : Steve Toolel walks through the rubble of his home after rescueing his friend's dog, Hercules, in Biloxi, Misssissippi. (AFP/Robert Sullivan) -
DAZZLING: Fireworks lit up the night sky at Jurong Gardens on Wednesday for the launch of this year's lantern show. -- WONG KWAI CHOW -
Art alive
This life-like exhibit titled 'The Hanging Man', on display at the West Space Gallery in Melbourne, Australia, is made of silicone. It was created by artist Sam Jinks, who has a background in film and television special effects. -- AFP -
Wiped out
Houses in Biloxi, Mississippi, lay flattened on Tuesday after Hurrican Katrina passed through. Some 100 people were feared dead after the storm ravaged the southern Gulf Coast of the United States. -- AFP -
Ugly turn
A clash broke out between protesters and riot police in Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday after opposition legislators walked out of congressional hearings on an impeachment case against President Gloria Arroyo, leaving the case close to defeat. -- AFP -
Absolute luxury
This luxury watch, on display at an international watch fair in Bangkok, Thailand, is valued at 75 million baht (US$1.8 million). It is encrusted with 28.20 carats of emeralds and 7.20 carats of diamonds on its face, and another 26.50 carats of diamonds and 21.20 carats of emeralds on the 18 carat white gold bracelet. -- AP -
FANTASY LAND: This year's lantern show takes on a safari theme with 1,100 lanters, mostly in the form of animals. Jurong Gardens hopes to draw 250,000 visitors to the festival. -- ONG KWAI CHOW -
Reuters - Tue Aug 30, 9:50 AM ET
A group of policemen look at a cartoon figure as they shelter from the rain in Kazan August 30, 2005. The capital of the predominantly Muslim region of Tatarstan in the south-east of European Russia has been marking its 1000th anniversary this month. REUTERS/Maxim Bogodvid -
Reuters - Wed Aug 31, 2:05 PM ET
Revellers swim in tomato pulp during the annual 'Tomatina' (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, in Spain August 31, 2005. The biggest tomato fight of the world takes place when the town erupts in a fiery blaze of tomato hurling on the last Wednesday of every August. (Albert Gea/Reuters) -
AFP - Wed Aug 31, 6:37 PM ET
Diamond light : Laser beams flash through a diamond during the charity diamond show 'Gifts From Nature: Diamonds and the Rhythm of Life' hosted by the Diamond Trading Company (DTC) and the South African embassy in Tokyo. (AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura) -
AFP - Wed Aug 31, 6:41 PM ET
Remembering Beslan : A little girl stands in the sport hall of the destroyed school in Beslan. (AFP/Yuri Kadobnov) -
AFP - Wed Aug 31, 6:39 PM ET
Purse pup : A woman carries a pet dog in the centre of Moscow. Russians keep some 30 million dogs in their houses. (AFP/Maxim Marmur) -
AFP - Wed Aug 31, 6:36 PM ET
Punky protest : A protester sporting a punk mohawk is confronted by a police cordon while attempting to reach the Forbes Global CEO Conference being held in the Sydney Opera House. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
AFP/DDP - Wed Aug 31, 6:51 PM ET
Plasma display : A person looks at 42-inch flat plasma TV screens before the upcoming Consumer Electronics Fair IFA, on the fairgrounds in Berlin. (AFP/DDP/Jochen Luebke) -
AFP - Wed Aug 31, 5:06 PM ET
Tomatina bliss : A man enjoys the 'Tomatina' Festival in Bunol, near Valencia, southeastern Spain. (AFP/Jose Jordan)