Picture News
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A new Disneyland theme park, built at a cost of $1.8bn (£1bn) has opened in Hong Kong, to lavish celebrations. -
AFP - Sun Sep 11, 7:54 PM ET
Bubbles for sale : Indian street seller Shabuddin, (45) blows soap bubbles as he sells bottles of bubble solution for Indian rupees 10 (US $ 0.22) at India Gate in New Delhi. (AFP/Manan Vatsyayana) -
AFP - Sun Sep 11, 7:28 PM ET
Out of Gaza : Israeli soldiers mill about prior to a ceremony to mark the end of military presence in the Gaza Strip at an evacuated army base near the former southern Gaza Strip Gush Katif settlement of Neve Dekalim. (AFP/David Furst) -
AFP - Sun Sep 11, 7:31 PM ET
Ready and waiting : Palestinians wait for the final Israeli pullout of the former settlement of Netzarim, in Nusseirat in the Gaza Strip. (AFP/Thomas Coex) -
AFP - Sun Sep 11, 7:30 PM ET
Behind the wire : Israeli flags flutter in the wind behind a barbed wire fence during a ceremony to mark the end of military presence in the Gaza Strip at an evacuated army base near the former southern Gaza Strip settlement of Neve Dekalim. (AFP/David Furst) -
AFP - Sun Sep 11, 7:35 PM ET
Karachi rally : Pakistani Shiite Muslim activists of the Imamia Students Organizion (ISO) are reflected in rain water as they hold posters and placards during an anti-Israel protest rally in Karachi. (AFP/Asif Hassan) -
AFP - Sun Sep 11, 7:42 PM ET
Juve clash : Juventus' defender Federico Balzaretti (up) fights for the ball with Empoli's midfielder Ighli Vannucchi during their italian serie A football match in Empoli. Juve won 4-0. (AFP/Carlo Baroncini) -
AFP - Sun Sep 11, 7:44 PM ET
Pulling the truck : Karl Fokan from South Africa pulls a 7.8-tonne truck 'MAZ' during the Strongest Man competition between Belarus, South Africa and Latvia, in Minsk. (AFP/Stringer ) -
AFP/DDP - Sun Sep 11, 7:50 PM ET
At the car show : A man looks at a covered Renault Formula One car the booth of French carmaker Renault, at Frankfurt's International motor show (IAA), scheduled from 12 to 25 September. (AFP/DDP/Thomas Lohnes) -
AFP - Sun Sep 11, 7:48 PM ET
Raising the flag : A US soldier raises a flag ahead of a ceremony in remembrance of the victims of the September 11 attacks in the United States, at the US compound in Kabul. (AFP/Farzana Wahidy) -
AFP - Sun Sep 11, 7:52 PM ET
Concert in the Coast : Fans of Joseph Hill, lead singer of Jamaican reggae band Culture, danse during the concert at Treichville stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (AFP/Kampbel ) -
AFP - Sun Sep 11, 7:57 PM ET
Raquet check : Andre Agassi of the US tests his racquet during the US Open final against Roger Federer of Switzerland at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. Federer won 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-1. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary) -
AFP - Sun Sep 11, 7:48 PM ET
Disney in China : Fireworks light up the sky at the gala evening of the premiere of Disney in The Stars at Hong Kong Disneyland. (AFP/Andrew Ross) -
AFP - Mon Sep 12,11:37 AM ET
Rooftop celebrations : Palestinians standing atop the burned remains of a synagogue wave flags in celebration in the wake of the Israeli forces pullout in the former Jewish settlement of Netzarim, in the Gaza Strip. (AFP/Thomas Coex) -
Members of the Komo Vosavi tribe in Papua New Guinea wait to perform in dances being held as part of Independence Day celebrations in Port Moresby. -
Kevin Pietersen shouts with joy as the England cricket team celebrate beating Australia in the Ashes series, with a victory parade through the streets of London. -
Rocket man Dan Schlund blasts off from the Royal Melbourne Show in Australia, where the rocket pack made famous in the James Bond film Thunderball is being demonstrated. -
A Jain devotee carries an idol of Lord Adinath as part of ceremonies marking a 10-day Daslakshan Parva, or Festival of 10 Virtues, in Allahabad, India. -
A Palestinian man scavenges among the fallen timbers of a synagogue in the former Gaza settlement of Neve Dekalim. -
Paint splatters a Belfast police station in Northern Ireland. The city has seen continued violence since a Loyalist Orange Order parade was re-routed around a Catholic area. -
AP - Sun Sep 11, 4:17 PM ET
The famous Ponte Vecchio bridge is lit up in rainbow colors to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, in Florence, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005. (AP Photo/Lorenzo Galassi) -
AFP - Mon Sep 12,11:37 AM ET
Rooftop celebrations : Palestinians standing atop the burned remains of a synagogue wave flags in celebration in the wake of the Israeli forces pullout in the former Jewish settlement of Netzarim, in the Gaza Strip. (AFP/Thomas Coex) -
AFP - Mon Sep 12, 4:44 PM ET
Scavenging : Two Palestinian men scavenge the burning remains of former Israeli houses in the former Israeli settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt) -
AFP/POOL - Mon Sep 12, 4:47 PM ET
Pulling out : An Israeli tank secures the surrounding area of of the former Jewish Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim as Israeli forces concludes its military rule in Gaza. (AFP/POOL/Ronen Zvulun) -
AFP - Mon Sep 12, 4:58 PM ET
Burning remnants : A Palestinian boy carries a chair and part of a bed that he salvaged from a burning rubble pile in the former Israeli settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt)