Picture News 3
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AFP - Wed Nov 30, 7:02 PM ET
Moulin Rouge : French dancers from Paris's popular cabaret 'Moulin Rouge' perform in Mumbai. (AFP/Sebastian d'Souza) -
AFP - Wed Nov 30, 7:15 PM ET
Soapy installation : A detail of a soap, gauze and wood installation by Cuban artist Angel Delgado is pictured during a preview of Art Basel/Miami Beach, on Miami Beach in Florida. (AFP/Robert Sullivan) -
AFP - Wed Nov 30, 7:16 PM ET
Patron of the arts : A patron enjoys a drink in the VIP lounge during a preview of Art Basel/Miami Beach, on Miami Beach in Florida. (AFP/Robert Sullivan) -
Archbishop enthroned
A member of staff carries flowers into the York Minster a day before the enthronement ceremony of the 97th Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu. -
Archbishop John Sentamu helps out one of the drummers who travelled with him by boat. Dr Sentamu became the first black archbishop in the Church of England when he was elected. -
Dr John Sentamu receives a kiss from a well-wisher in the crowd after his arrival at York Minster. -
Clergy arrive at York Minister to take their places in the church ahead of the enthronement ceremony. They were part of a 3,000-strong congregation. -
Ugandan-born Dr John Sentamu bangs the door of York Minster ahead of his Enthronement Service as the 97th Archbishop of York . -
Dr John Sentamu shelters beneath an umbrella to protect his specially-designed cope and mitre ahead of the service. -
The new Archbishop of York wore a spectacular cope and mitre. They were based on a picture called The Tree of Life which hung in his private chapel in Birmingham. -
Dr John Sentamu played the bongos during the proceedings which included African music alongside the traditional service. -
The new archbishop dances with an African band after his enthronement at York Minister. -
The new Archbishop of York poses for photographs outside York Minster. In his sermon he called on the Church of England to revive its spirit of "wonder". -
Balloons were released outside the Minister as York's new archbishop blesses the city following his enthronement. -
Day in pictures: 1 December 2005
An Afghan girl and her brother prepare to move from their shack into government-provided temporary accommodation. -
An elderly man faces up to police after access to a voting station is blocked in Egypt's parliamentary elections. -
An Ethiopian Jewish religious leader in Jerusalem protects himself from the sun during prayers to mark the annual Sigd holiday. -
A huge election poster is prepared for display in Baghdad ahead of Iraqi general elections due in 15 days' time. -
Vietnamese gymnast Do Thi Ngan Thuong performs on the balance beam at the South East Asian Games. -
A baby is carried by his mother on a march in Zimbabwe to mark World Aids Day. -
Japan's Princess Aiko - only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife Masako - celebrates her fourth birthday. -
AP - Tue Nov 29,11:13 AM ET
Trees are decorated for Christmas and New Year celebrations in Red Square with St. Basil Cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) -
Reuters - Thu Dec 1,12:04 PM ET
A volunteer sets up candles in the shape of the African continent as part of a demonstration entitled 'Africa needs medicine now' at the parliament square in Berne, Switzerland December 1, 2005. The event was organized by the Swiss Aids Foundation and other charity organisations to show a sign of solidarity with HIV/AIDS patients. Rage and remorse marked World AIDS Day in Africa on Thursday as the continent worst hit by the global crisis remembered millions of deaths in a pandemic that even new drug treatments are doing little to slow. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener -
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AFP - Thu Dec 1, 2:11 PM ET
View of Popocatepetl volcano, spitting a plume of ash of five kilometers (three miles) into the sky. Popocatepetl, a volcano one hour southeast of Mexico's capital, kept up its pattern of erupting every December for ten years, when it spit a plume of ash into the sky.(AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt)