Picture News 3
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AFP - Sun Dec 25, 5:35 PM ET
Waiting for a bite : A Sri Lankan stick-fishermen waits for a catch in Unawatuna, southern Sri Lanka. (AFP/Sanka Vidanagama) -
AFP - Sun Dec 25, 5:42 PM ET
Gone fishing : An Indian fisherman steers his boat as he returns from the sea at the fishing village of Akkaraipettai in Nagapattinam some 350 kms south of Chennai. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar) -
AFP - Sun Dec 25, 5:48 PM ET
Round we go : The merry-go-round of the Trocadero turns in front of the Eiffel Tower on Christmas evening in Paris. (AFP/Christophe Simon) -
AFP - Sun Dec 25, 6:12 PM ET
At mass : An Indian Christian tsunami survivor attends a Christmas mass at a church in Nagapattinam, some 350 kms south of Chennai. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar) -
AFP - Sun Dec 25, 6:29 PM ET
Tight jump : Japanese figure skater Mao Asada performs in the free skating of women's singles event in the Japan Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo. (AFP/Toru Yamanaka) -
AFP/DDP - Mon Dec 26, 4:23 PM ET
Walk on the lake : A woman enjoys a Christmas walk on the edge of the Senftenberger See lake, eastern Germany. (AFP/DDP/Theo Heimann) -
AFP - Mon Dec 26, 4:26 PM ET
Flowers for the lost : Flowers lie on Khao Lak beach where many western holiday makers perished in the last year's tsunami disaster. (AFP/Saeed Khan) -
AFP - Mon Dec 26, 4:29 PM ET
Rainy match : John Terry (top) of Chelsea vies for the ball with Heidar Helguson of Fulham during a premiership match at Stamford Bridge in west London. Chelsea won the match 3-2. (AFP/Odd Andersen) -
AFP - Mon Dec 26, 4:30 PM ET
New Year tree : A Turkish man passes by the newly errected New Year's tree along the Istiklal Avenue by Taksim Square in downtown Istanbul. (AFP/Mustafa Ozer) -
AFP - Mon Dec 26, 4:35 PM ET
Candlelight vigil : Indian Tsunami survivors hold candles as they walk in a silent march to pay homage to the December 2004 Tsunami victims in Nagapattinam, around 350 km south of Chennai. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar) -
AFP - Mon Dec 26, 4:42 PM ET
Lighting the candles : Yaakpv Nagar, a former Jewish settler from Neve Dekalim, lights the candles of the second night of the Jewish Holiday of Hanukkah in Yad Binyamin, a temporary neighborhood for settlers south of Israel. (AFP/Menahem Kahana) -
AFP - Mon Dec 26, 4:49 PM ET
At the beach : Sri Lankan beach-boys enjoy themselves at the Hikkaduwa beach on the first anniverswary of the December 2004 tsunami. (AFP/Sanka Vidanagama) -
AFP - Mon Dec 26, 4:54 PM ET
Flock at sunset : A large flock of starlings fly over a park at sunset seaking an area to roost, in Algiers. (AFP/Fayez Nureldine) -
AFP - Mon Dec 26, 4:56 PM ET
Pyro Olympics : Spectators watch a fireworks display as it shoots up over the Manila skyline during the First World Pyro Olympics in Manila, Philippines. (AFP/Joel Nito) -
AFP - Mon Dec 26, 5:14 PM ET
Throne of Balqis : A Yemeni boy climbes the columns marking the entrance to the 'Throne of Balqis', which is 15m (50ft) high and features a podium, a courtyard, a high wall and an irrigation canal, in Mareb province, 170km east of Sanaa. (AFP/Khaled Fazaa) -
AFP - Mon Dec 26, 5:20 PM ET
Tsunami survivor : An Indian survivor orphaned by the December 2004 tsunami bursts into tears during a function organized to pay homage to the victims of the tragedy in Nagapattinam some 350 kms south of Chennai. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar) -
AFP - Mon Dec 26, 5:23 PM ET
Lighting lamps : A Sri Lankan lights a coconut oil lamp to commerate tsunami victims at Bentota beach, the first anniversary of the December 2004 tsunami. (AFP/Lakruwan Wannniarachchi) -
Day in pictures: 27 December 2005
Sri Lankan Buddhist monks prepare for an alms-giving ceremony to bring peace to the souls of tsunami victims. -
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo rides a wave at a surfing camp in the north of the country. -
Japan's city of Yokohama is lit up at sunset with Mount Fuji in the background. -
A newborn leopard plays with her mother at a zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan. -
Foreigners protest in the Russian city of St Petersburg against a recent killing of a Cameroonian student there. -
British children enjoy playing in the snow, but motorists are warned to expect treacherous conditions in the coming days. -
AFP/File - Tue Dec 27, 2:18 PM ET
A South Korean pedestrian walks past the logo of LG in front of a mobile phone shop in Seoul. The South Korean company LG Electronics plans to build a plant in Poland producing refrigerators and washing machines at a cost of about 77 million dollars (65 million euros), the government in Warsaw said.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je) -
AFP - Tue Dec 27, 7:03 PM ET
Mom's in charge : Leopard (Panthera pardus) mother carries her cub in her mouth at the Capital Zoo in Islamabad. (AFP/Farooq Naeem)