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Women queue to cast their ballots on election day in the Iraqi city of Mosul, watched over by US and Iraqi soldiers. -
Employees of a South Korean amusement park dress up as Santa Claus in the countdown to the festive season. -
AP - Thu Dec 15,12:22 PM ET
After a cloudy day, the moon is seen at dusk as a group of birds fly by Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2005 near Salisbury, Md. (AP Photo/Matthew S. Gunby) -
Reuters - Thu Dec 15, 3:22 PM ET
A model presents a creation by young fashion designer Catalina Maya Duque of Colombia from Escuela de Diseno y Mercadeo de Moda Arturo Tejada Cano, during the 2005 International Young Fashion Designers Competition in Paris, December 15, 2005. Young fashion designers compete for an award in two different categories, fashion and accessories, with the theme ' Fashion, Art and Industry '. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen -
Reuters - Thu Dec 15, 1:53 PM ET
A lion cub caresses a domestic cat as another lion rests in a private house in Kharkov, about 450 km (279.4 miles) northeast of Kiev December 15, 2005. The three-month-old lions live in the house of Tatyana Efremova who also keeps a number of other exotic animals. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich -
AFP - Thu Dec 15, 3:33 PM ET
Has voted : An elderly Iraqi Christian woman shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote at a polling station in central Baghdad during the country's general elections. (AFP/Sabah Arar) -
AFP - Thu Dec 15, 3:37 PM ET
Out of the pits : Formula One driver Michael Schumacher of Germany leaves the pits on his Ferrari during a private test session at the Jerez racetrack in Spain. (AFP/Jose Luis Roca) -
AFP - Thu Dec 15, 3:57 PM ET
Pondering before Eve : A visitor looks at Belarusian artist Andrey Petkevich's painting titled 'Eve' at an exhibition in Minsk, Belarus. (AFP/Viktor Drachev) -
AFP - Thu Dec 15, 4:13 PM ET
Queueing up for relief : Pakistani Kashmiri earthquake survivors stand in line to receive for relief supplies in the remote village of Chakothi village. (AFP/Tariq Mahmood) -
AFP - Thu Dec 15, 4:20 PM ET
At the end of the tunnel : Nikolay Kruglov of Russia competes in the men's 20km individual event during the biathlon World cup in Osrblie. (AFP/Joe Klamar) -
AFP - Thu Dec 15, 4:38 PM ET
Youssou the wrestler : Youssou Ndour, a Senegalese wrestler, looks at his opponent before their fight for the finals of the wrestling event at the 5th Francophonie Games. (AFP/Issouf Sanogo) -
AFP - Thu Dec 15, 4:52 PM ET
Over the hump : Austria's Daniela Mueller pases a gate during the Alpine skiing World Cup women downhill training session in Val d'Isere. (AFP/Olivier Morin) -
AFP - Thu Dec 15, 4:57 PM ET
Voting in Khan Yunes : A veiled Palestinian woman is seen at a polling station during the final round of local elections in Khan Yunes, in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP/Mohammed Abed) -
Tanzania votes
Turnout was high as Tanzania's voted in delayed presidential and parliamentary elections. -
The elections were scheduled for October but had to be put off after one of the presidential running mates died. The long wait did not appear to dampen people's enthusiasm. -
The voting was reported to be calm on the mainland, although there was violence and allegations of fraud in Zanzibar. -
The ruling party candidate, Foreign Minister Jakaya Kikwete, is widely tipped as the next president - which would make him the fourth post-independence leader. -
He looked in good health despite a scare on the eve of polling when he collapsed at a rally - shortly after this photo was taken. He said he had campaigned too hard. -
Day in pictures - 16 December 2005
Duck liver lovers inspect this year's entries during a foie gras contest in Saint-Palais, south-west France. -
A soldier stands next to a tank at the India Gate war memorial in New Delhi as the country marks Victory Day. -
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi enjoys a ride on a Segway, a gift from US President George Bush, in Tokyo. -
An anti-globalisation protester gets his head shaved during World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Hong Kong. -
A Christie's employee sits beneath Lucien Freud's portrait, Man in a String Chair, in London. -
South Africa's Makhaya Ntini launches himself as he bowls during the first test between his side and home side Australia in Perth. -
Monkeys warm up in an open-air hot spring in Hakodate's tropical botanical park, in northern Japan.