Picture News
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Naked truth
A marble statue of naked, pregnant artist Alice Lapper, who was born with stunted legs and without arms was on Thursday unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square. The 3.6metre-tall monument has been hailed as a daring artwork for its frank display of disability in the central London hub dedicated to military glory and royal power. -- AFP -
Empowering women
Against a life-sized billboard advertisement, women supporters of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party on Thursday travel in a truck to a rally. They were demanding that 33 per cent of parliamentary seats be reserved for women in the Indian parliament and state legislatures in Madras, India. -- AP -
Racing against time
Cyclists ride past the mediaeval walls of Avila during the 18th stage of the Tour of Spain on Thursday. Denmark's Nicki Sorensen won the stage while Roberto Heras remains the tour leader with a 4minute 30second advantage over Russia's Denis Menchov of the Rabobank team. -- AFP -
AP - Fri Sep 16, 8:43 AM ET
View of the new shiny spheres of the Atomium in Brussels, Friday Sept. 16, 2005. The Atomium, one of Belgium's most famous landmarks, was restored to its shiny splendor Friday, the faded aluminum sheets on the nine balls fully replaced with hardy stainless steel. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe) -
AP - Fri Sep 16, 7:02 AM ET
A visitor, who did not want to give her name, left, sits next to two autoshow workers dressed as crash test dummies on a bench at the International Auto Show IAA in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Sept. 16, 2005. The 61th IAA opens its doors from Sept. 15 to 25, 2005 with more than 1,000 exhibitors from 44 countries presenting their latest models and developments. (AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer) -
AFP - Fri Sep 16, 4:15 PM ET
Vigil for Gongadze : An young man sporting a T-shirt with the silhouette of the late opposition journalist Georgy Gongadze reading 'We didn't forget !,' holds a candle during an event in downtown Kiev marking the fifth anniversary of Gongadze's murder. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky) -
AFP - Fri Sep 16, 4:34 PM ET
Pre-election rally : An SPD supporter holds a photo of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder as she waits for his arrival for an election campaign rally in Berlin. (AFP/Marcus Brandt) -
AFP - Fri Sep 16, 4:43 PM ET
Retief Goosen : South Africa's Retief Goosen is silhouetted as he tees off on the 22th hole during the second round of the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, England(AFP/John D McHugh) -
AFP - Fri Sep 16, 5:26 PM ET
Mother and daughter : An Iraqi mother and her daughter touch the door of a mosque prior to the Friday noon prayer at the Shiite district of Kadhimiyah in Baghdad. (AFP/Karim Sahib) -
AFP - Fri Sep 16, 5:11 PM ET
Kulu flamingos : Flamingos search for food in Kulu Lake, 200Km south of Ankara, Turkey. (Okan Cetinkaya) -
AFP - Fri Sep 16, 5:22 PM ET
Caviar for all : A visitor passes an art creation by Alexander Kosolapov displayed at the 'Russian pop-art' exhibition in new Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. (AFP/Yuri Kadobnov) -
AFP/DDP - Fri Sep 16, 5:02 PM ET
Foster design : Berlin Free University students visit the school's newly-opened library which designed by British archtitect Norman Foster. (AFP/DDP/Johannes Eisele) -
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 - Fri Sep 16, 4:56 PM ET
Dance rehearsal : Indian dancer, Sanchita Bhattacharya rehearses with her troupe, the Hindu mythological character of 'Devi Durga' inside an idol making workshop in Kolkata. (Deshakalyan Chowdhury) -
AFP - Sat Sep 17, 8:53 PM ET
Test of endurance : Phase One Junior team's British pilot Calvin Hogan rides his Yamaha R1 on the Magny-Cours racetrack during the 69th Bol d'Or 24 hours motorbike race in Magny-Cours. (AFP/Martin Bureau) -
AFP - Fri Sep 16, 4:49 PM ET
Praying woman : An Afghan woman prays in the main northern city of Mazar-i-sharif. (AFP/Farzana Wahidy) -
AFP - Sat Sep 17, 8:09 PM ET
Anniversary of independence : A Lufa warrior(L) from Goroka stands by as a Kops(R) from Mount Hagen dances during the Goroka singsing (cultural festival) in the Southern Highlands. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
AFP - Sat Sep 17, 8:56 PM ET
Shot on goal : Marlon Harewood of West Ham United strikes out on as attempted goal during this afternoon's English Premier League football fixture played between Fulham and West Ham at Fulham's ground Craven Cottage in West London. (AFP/Geoff Caddick) -
AFP - Sat Sep 17, 8:46 PM ET
Me and my camel : A young nomad holds a camel during the 'moussem' (festival) of Tan Tan in the southern town of Guerrara in southern Morocco. (AFP/Abdelhak Senna) -
AFP - Sat Sep 17, 7:28 PM ET
On stage : French mime Marcel Marceau performs in Pablo Tobon Uribe theatre in Medellin. (AFP/Gerado Gomez) -
AFP - Fri Sep 16, 5:18 PM ET
Wooden Stolichnaya : A visitor passes the wooden sculpture of a bottle of Stolichnaya vodka by artist Leonid Sokov displayed at the 'Russian pop-art' exhibit in Moscow. (AFP/Yuri Kadobnov) -
AFP - Fri Sep 16, 4:30 PM ET
New Forces soldier : New Forces soldiers prepare for a military parade in Bouake to celebrate the third anniversary of the a foiled coup bid. (AFP/Issouf Sanogo) -
AFP - Sat Sep 17, 7:50 PM ET
No pole too high : Russian world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva clears 4.65 metres to win the women's pole vault competition at the 2005 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix meeting in Shanghai. (AFP/Peter Parks) -
AFP - Sat Sep 17, 8:31 PM ET
During the singsing : A Lugefalo woman from the Upper Beno region shrieks during the Goroka singsing (cultural festival) in the Southern Highlands. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
AFP - Sat Sep 17, 7:19 PM ET
What's left : The remains of a home destroyed by Hurricane Katrina are seen in New Orleans, Lousiana. (AFP/Omar Torres)