Picture News
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AP - Tue Sep 13, 1:51 PM ET
Iraqi Army soldiers supplement their American rations with chicken and rice while eating dinner together at a grain silo where they are staying with the U.S. Army in Tal Afar, Iraq, 420 kilometers (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005. U.S. commanders said more than 400 people have been captured during the offensive to retake the northern town of Tal Afar. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg) -
AFP - Tue Sep 13, 1:54 PM ET
Iraqi soldiers stand guard at the site of burning crude oil leaked from a pipeline near Safra, some 75 kilometres west of the northern Iraqi town of Kirkuk. An accidental fire damaged an Iraqi oil pipeline which had just been repaired following an earlier blaze, oil and security officials said.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim) -
AFP/File - Tue Sep 13, 2:23 PM ET
A British soldier patrols a street in the Iraqi southern city of Basra in April 2005.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani) -
Reuters - Tue Sep 13, 5:51 PM ET
A door to a house is marked with the words '3 bodies in room off L/4 courtyard' and 'clear 9-13' in New Orleans September 13, 2005. The owners of a nursing home where 34 people were found dead after Hurricane Katrina have been arrested and charged with 34 counts of negligent homicide for not evacuating their patients, the Louisiana attorney general's office said on Tuesday. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) -
AFP/Pool - Wed Sep 14, 4:01 AM ET
A military C-130 plane flies by the Lakefront Airport as it sprays insecticide over parts of New Orleans, Louisiana. Air Force C-130 planes, specially equipped to carry out low-altitude spraying, treat parts of New Orleans with an insecticide to kill adult mosquitoes emerging as a potential health threat after Hurricane Katrina(AFP/Pool/Brian Snyder) -
AP - Tue Sep 13,12:02 PM ET
A U.S. Army Bradley Fighting Vehicle drives through Tal Afar, Iraq, 420 kilometers (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005. U.S. commanders said more than 400 suspects had been captured during the offensive to retake the northern town of Tal Afar. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg) -
Reuters - Tue Sep 13, 7:47 AM ET
White Tiger cubs play in their enclosure at a zoo in New Delhi September 13, 2005. White tigers are very rare animals and tend to inhabit an area from about 10 to 30 square miles (25 to 77 square km) where there is enough prey and water to support them. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore -
Tribes from around Papua New Guinea are gathering in Port Moresby to celebrate the country's independence. -
Afghan election workers hand out leaflets at a checkpoint in Kabul. -
A soldier in Belarus helps with the potato harvest. -
Children play in the wreck of a truck destroyed in a suicide bombing in southern Baghdad. -
A Palestinian boy peeps through a small hole in the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. -
A Philippines government worker displays jewellery seized from former first lady Imelda Marcos. -
Reuters - Mon Sep 12, 6:17 AM ET
An elderly couple pose at Hong Kong Disneyland on the first day of its official opening September 12, 2005. Disney officially opens its new Hong Kong theme park on Monday, bringing a slice of the Magic Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom with a careful blend of American showmanship and Chinese characteristics. REUTERS/Bobby Yip -
Reuters - Wed Sep 14,11:06 AM ET
An Indian man performs with fire during the Queen's Baton relay, run from the historic Red Fort to the National Stadium, in New Delhi September 14, 2005. The Queen's Baton Relay is one of the great traditions of the Commonwealth Games and it symbolises the gathering of people from across the Commonwealth at the four-yearly festival of sport and culture. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi -
AFP - Wed Sep 14, 4:43 PM ET
Display for Wirk : An artist performs during a fashion display showcasing Indian designer Mandira Wirk in New Delhi. (AFP/Manan Vatsyayana) -
AFP - Wed Sep 14, 5:15 PM ET
Giant Merkel : A worker walks in front of a giant poster featuring Christian Democratic Union leader Angela Merkel at the CDU headquarters in preparation for election night. (AFP/John MacDougall) -
AFP - Wed Sep 14, 5:11 PM ET
Paia kanges : A Paia Kanges woman from the Western Highlands sings during rehearsals for the independence day celebrations in Port Moresby. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
AFP - Wed Sep 14, 5:01 PM ET
Testing : The light system of the new Aguas de Barcelona Tower is tested on the eve of the building's inauguration by Spanish King Juan Carlos in Barcelona. (AFP/Lluis Gene) -
AFP - Wed Sep 14, 4:58 PM ET
Dugit entrance : Palestinian militants of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades brandish their national flag and weapons during a rally at the entrance to the former Israeli settlement of Dugit in the Gaza Strip. (AFP/Mahmud Hams) -
AFP - Wed Sep 14, 4:55 PM ET
Trying to get out : Palestinian men struggle to slip through a small window in a steel wall leading from the Southern Gaza Strip Palestinian city of Rafah to Egypt. (AFP/Pedro Ugarte) -
AFP - Wed Sep 14, 4:52 PM ET
Before the vote : An Afghan Burqa-clad woman passes by stacks of ballot boxes ready for Afghanistan's first ever parliamentary elections inside the United Nations compound at Herat Airport. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri) -
AFP - Wed Sep 14, 4:46 PM ET
Holy Red slippers : Pope Benedict XVI leaves the Vatican after blessing the statue of the founder of Opus Dei, St Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. (AFP/Vincenzo Pinto) -
AFP - Wed Sep 14, 4:49 PM ET
Salty landscape : A worker walks on the shores of Chearhan Salt Lake in China's northwest Qinghai province. (AFP/Peter Parks) -
AFP - Wed Sep 14, 4:26 PM ET
Ferrero : Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero returns a backhand to Dmitry Tursunov of Russia during the China Open tennis tournament. (AFP/Mark Ralston)