Picture News
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AFP - Sat Sep 10, 8:14 PM ET
Nice tongue : Gibraltarians celebrate Gibraltar National Day which marks the anniversary of a 1967 referendum when only 44 persons voted to join Spain. (AFP/Jose Luis Roca) -
AFP - Sat Sep 10, 7:08 PM ET
On the street : An unidentified Indian boy looks on as he stands beside a road divider in the street of Kolkata. (AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury) -
AFP - Sat Sep 10, 8:11 PM ET
Big jump : Stefan Holm from Sweden competes in the mens high jump final of the IAAF World Athletics Final at the Louis II stadium in Monaco. (AFP/Boris Horvat) -
AFP - Sat Sep 10, 7:47 PM ET
Incoming : Inter Milan's forward Adriano of Brazil eyes the ball during their italian serie A football match against Palermo at Renzo Barbera stadium in Palermo. (AFP/Paco Serinelli) -
AFP - Sat Sep 10, 7:57 PM ET
Feria de Riz : Colombian torrero Cesar Rincon makes a pass to a to a Spanish-breed bull Mercedes Perez-Tabernero in Arles during the 'Goyesque' corrida organized as part of the Feria du Riz. -
AFP/File - Sat Sep 10, 4:55 PM ET
An orangutan holds her baby at Camp Leakey in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Great apes are badly exposed by a legal system designed to protect them, but too often blatantly ignored, according to experts.(AFP/File/Suzanne Plunkett) -
AFP/File - Sat Sep 10, 4:55 PM ET
A chimpanzee in the Conkouati Douli National Park, southeastern Congo. Great apes are badly exposed by a legal system designed to protect them, but too often blatantly ignored, according to experts.(AFP/File/Desirey Minkoh) -
An army of robots invaded an auction house in London on Thursday. The collection is the third largest of its type in the world and is expected to fetch up to £200,000 when it goes on sale in November. -
A heart is drawn in the sky by Britain's Red Arrows aerobatic team during an air show near Athens in Greece on Tuesday. -
This wild panda was spotted up a tree by a tourist in a cable car in China. According to experts, the panda is under the age of one-year-old. -
This baby flamingo is just one of 36 who have been born at the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire this week. -
Lucky pupils at a school over-looking the Oval cricket ground got to watch England bat in the fifth Test in the Ashes series in-between lessons on Friday. -
REMEMBER THE FALLEN: British sailors form an honour guard at the Kranji War Memorial on Monday to commemorate the end of WWII. -- TAN SUAN ANN -
Hurricane relief
Workers unload aid supplies from France and Britain for victims of Hurricane Katrina at Brookley airfield in Mobile, Alabama, on Thursday. United States President George W. Bush on Friday signed a Bill approving US$51.8 billion for relief and recovery efforts.-- AFP -
Water bed
Scuba divers Stefano Barbaresi (left) and Stefania Mensa lie in makeshift beds on the first day of a 10-day experiment to live underwater off the island of Ponza, Italy, on Thursday. They will live for 240 hours on a platform anchored at a depth of 8m. -- AP -
Road to recovery
Afghan boys ride past the ruins of a palace that belonged to the ex-Afghan king in Kabul on Thursday. The destroyed palace is near the site of the proposed new parliament building. Afghanistan's parliamentary elections will be held on Sept 18. -- AP -
Abandoned town
An ex-Israeli settler on Thursday captures the remains of his neighbourhood on video amid the rubble of demolished houses in the former Gaza Strip settlement of Neve Dekalim. Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz ordered the army to withdraw within 24 hours on Sept 12. -- AFP -
A LIFE REMEMBERED: Relatives of fallen firefighter Manuel Del Valle Jr holding up pictures of him at a rally outside the World Trade Center site. -
FORCED TO FLEE: A resident, armed with his belongings, leaves his home in Taizhou before the typhoon strikes. -- XINHUA -
In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians are celebrating the completion of Israel's withdrawal, ending its military occupation. -
An Afghan man in Kabul walks past posters of Ahmed Joyenda, a candidate in upcoming parliamentary elections. -
In Baghdad, a policeman stands guard over a bullet-ridden car reportedly shot by security forces. -
England's cricketers attempt to seal a series win against Australia in the final Test match at The Oval, London. -
In Manila, capital of the Philippines, protesters have called for the embattled President Gloria Arroyo to resign. -
Dozens of Indian fishermen arrested for border violations have been taken to court under guard in Karachi, Pakistan.