Picture News
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Afghan children run by as a helicopter takes off after distributing of electoral materials in Kandahar, ahead of parliamentary elections on Sunday. -
In London, auction house Christie's displays a rediscovered masterpiece by Titian - a portrait of a lady and her daughter - which has not been seen for over 400 years. -
Egyptian soldiers place barbed wire along the border with the Gaza Strip, after thousands of Palestinians streamed over the border when Israel pulled out from the area on Monday. -
AP - Thu Sep 15, 3:34 AM ET
A visitor walks inside the ' The Luminarium Levity II ' by Architects of Air at Hong Kong's Victoria Park Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005, as part of the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration. The walk-through sculpture immerses visitors in light and color. It is inspired by Islamic architecture and features winding passages of small domes reminiscent of the repetitious forms found in the bazaars of Iran. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) -
Reuters - Thu Sep 15, 4:51 AM ET
North Koreans perform a mass game during the Arirang festival in Pyongyang September 14, 2005. Performances to commemorate the 60th anniversary of liberation from Japanese colonial rule run until October 10 in Pyongyang. Picture taken September 14, 2005. KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES NO SALES REUTERS/Korea Pool/Newsis -
AFP - Thu Sep 15, 4:41 PM ET
Kathakali stare : A traditional Indian Kathakali dancer, K. M. John pauses next to a billboard advertising a sunglass company inside a mega store in a shopping mall in Bangalore. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar) -
Reuters - Fri Sep 16, 3:33 AM ET
An artist spray paints a work entitled 'The reflection of equality not only resides in our interior', during a graffiti contest as part of the town's festivities in Oviedo, northern Spain September 15, 2005. Picture taken September 15, 2005. REUTERS/Alonso Gonzalez -
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 - Thu Sep 15, 6:04 PM ET
Through the disc : An Indonesian police department employee is seen through a Video Compact Disc (VCD) as he puts pirated VCDs and DVDs on a road to be destroyed during a ceremony in Jakarta. (AFP/Jewel Samad) -
AFP - Thu Sep 15, 5:06 PM ET
Carrying her child : An Afghan mother carries a child through the streets of Kabul. (AFP/Indranil Mukherjee) -
AFP - Thu Sep 15, 5:19 PM ET
Ethereal fashion : A model displays a design from Wunderkind by Wolfgang Joop at the Spring 2006 show, during the Olympus Fashion Week at Bryant Park in New York City. (AFP/Robyn Beck) -
AFP - Thu Sep 15, 5:49 PM ET
Jeanne's lake : A young Haitian boy shows off his catch while fishing in Gonaives, in a lake created by flooding from Hurricane Jeanne. (AFP/Thony Belizaire) -
AFP/DDP - Thu Sep 15, 5:43 PM ET
Hops harvest : Two Polish seasonal workers for the harvest reap hop plants near Beesenstedt, eastern Germany. The plant, grown up on typical grids, is used as flavouring and stabilisers during beer brewing. (AFP/DDP/Jens Schlueter) -
AFP - Thu Sep 15, 5:10 PM ET
Waiting for the audience... : A visitor passes the painting ' Waiting for the Audience' by Russian modern artists Farid Bagdalov and Sergei Kalinin showing the leaders of G8 in Moscow Museum of Modern Arts. (AFP/Alexander Nemenov) -
AFP - Thu Sep 15, 5:52 PM ET
Motu Koitabu : One of the giant Motu Koitabu lagatois (traditional trading vessels) sails from Manubada Island towards Port Moresby for the Hiri Moale festival. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
AFP/DDP - Thu Sep 15, 5:04 PM ET
UEFA concentration : Stuttgart's midfielder Silvio Meissner (R) vies for the ball against Dalibor Stevanovic of Slovenian club NK Domzale during their UEFA Cup first round first leg football match, at the Gottlieb-Daimler stadium in Stuttgart. Stuttgart won 2-0. (AFP/DDP/Oliver Lang) -
AFP - Thu Sep 15, 4:50 PM ET
Jebran creation : A model presents a creation by Lebanese designer Nicolas Jebran fall/winter collection in Cairo. (AFP/Khaled Desouki) -
AFP - Thu Sep 15, 5:01 PM ET
Crossing over : A Palestinian man holds his child as he crosses through an opening in Israel's 'security' barrier in the West Bank village of Abu Dis, on the edge of Jerusalem. (AFP/Gali Tibbon) -
Pumpkin parade
A dromedary or single-humped camel made of pumpkins is displayed in Klaistow, eastern Germany on Wednesday at an annual pumpkin festival. -- AFP -
Braving the storm
A man braces against strong winds at a North Carolina beach on Wednesday as Hurricane Ophelia picks up strength on Thursday. The storm lashed the North Carolina coast with high winds and heavy rains, starting an anticipated two-day assault that threatens serious flooding. -- AP -
Musical pooch
Toymaker Hasbro shows off the latest Christmas must-have at a showroom in New York on Thursday. The I-Dog is a robotic puppy that feeds on music. The palm-sized pup plugs into any hand-held music system and broadcasts music through a built-in speaker. -- AP -
I'm too sudsy
A puppy gets cleaned at the Peninsula Humane Society in San Mateo, California, on Wednesday. It is among some 1,000 pets which are being flown to the bay area from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina separated them from their owners. -- AFP -
Railway record
Chinese officials board a test train on the Qinghai-Tibet railway line at Kun Lun mountain in China's northwestern Qinghai province on Thursday. The 1,142-km line is one of the longest in the world, with the link to Lhasa due to be completed next June. -- AFP -
Fight against avian flu
A farmer herds his ducks in Vietnam, which has been free of new bird flu cases since Sept 1. To prevent possible bird flu outbreaks, Vietnam started vaccinating millions of poultry on Thursday.-- AFP -
Keeping vigil
A Pakistani soldier stands guard near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Kundi Gar post on Thursday. Pakistan busted the biggest Al-Qaeda base in its North Waziristan tribal zone, recovering huge caches of weapons in a swoop that may reduce violence in neighbouring Afghanistan ahead of key elections. -- AFP