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Children play in the quake-hit city of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. -
At least 30 people are dead and dozens are missing after a landslide destroyed a mountainside village in Yemen. -
A Gaza colleague of kidnapped British human rights worker Kate Burton shows her photo. Ms Burton was later freed. -
Children pose with their faces painted with the numbers of the new year at their school in Amritsar, India. -
AP - Sat Dec 31, 1:46 PM ET
A Chinese man strikes a new year bell a minute before the end of 2005 Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, at Longhua Temple in Shanghai, China. According to the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, the year 2006 marks the year of the dog. (AP Photo) -
AP - Sun Jan 1,12:43 PM ET
The three piglets Alpina, Fondue and Paeuli compete in the snow in a New Year's piggies race in Klosters, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan.1, 2006. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Arno Balzarini) -
AFP - Sun Jan 1, 7:19 PM ET
After the party : A man sleeps on the grass at the Iberapuera park, usually crowded on Sunday mornings, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AFP/Mauricio Lima) -
AFP - Sun Jan 1, 7:20 PM ET
Feul demo : Tires burn as Iraqis take to the streets to protest against the rise in fuel costs in the southern city of Basra, 500 kms from Baghdad. (AFP/Essam al-Sudani) -
AFP/ANP - Sun Jan 1, 7:22 PM ET
Diving in : Some 8200 people take a dive in the cold North Sea in Scheveningen, during the traditional new year's Dive. (AFP/ANP/Ed Oudenaarden) -
AFP/DDP - Sun Jan 1, 7:24 PM ET
Lighting the sky : Fireworks explode behind the Brandenburg Gate as Berlin ushers in the New Year. (AFP/DDP/Johannes Eisele) -
AFP - Sun Jan 1, 7:25 PM ET
New Year in lights : Bianca Sinchongco, writes 2006 with sparklers during New Year celebrations in Manila. (AFP/Jose Lapu) -
AFP - Sun Jan 1, 7:26 PM ET
In the mountains : Pakistani Kashmiri men walk on the snow covered mountain area at Pir Chanasi, some 38 kilometers from the devastated city of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir. (AFP/Asif Hassan) -
AFP - Sun Jan 1, 7:29 PM ET
Lahore celebration : Pakistani youths celebrate the New Year in Lahor. (AFP/Rizwan Dabassum) -
AFP - Sun Jan 1, 7:31 PM ET
Cape Minstrel : A performer of one of the many community bands at the annual Cape Minstrel parade in Cape Town, South Africa. (AFP/Stringer ) -
AFP - Sun Jan 1, 7:33 PM ET
The Eye's aglow : A metric ton of fireworks lights up the London Eye to welcome in the New Year in London. (AFP/John D McHugh) -
AFP - Sun Jan 1, 7:36 PM ET
Party in Paris : Hundreds of thousands people celebrate New Year 2006 on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris. (AFP/Olivier Laban-Mattei) -
AFP - Sun Jan 1, 7:38 PM ET
Midnight message : A message is projected onto the Shell building after metric tonne of fireworks lights up the London Eye to welcome in the New Year in London. (AFP/John D McHugh) -
AFP/DDP - Sun Jan 1, 7:41 PM ET
High in the sky : Japan's ski jumper Takanobu Okabe flies through the air during the second leg of the ski jumping Four Hills Tournament (Vierschanzentournee), in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. (AFP/DDP/Robert Michael) -
Day in pictures: 2 January 2006
In snowy weather, an Afghan woman carries on her head a sack of food she receives from a Kabul distribution centre. -
European Union observers move out around the Palestinian territories ahead of elections at the end of the month. -
In Dhaka's Gabtoli cattle market, children feed camels that will be sacrificed during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. -
A Chinese Buddhist burns joss sticks to welcome 2006. Later this month, the lunar new year will mark the year of the dog. -
A Saudi hospital carries a poster warning Muslim pilgrims to be careful when shaving their heads for the annual Hajj in Mecca. -
Rajnath Singh, wearing an orange scarf, is welcomed as the new president of India's main opposition BJP party. -
AP - Sun Jan 1, 4:48 PM ET
Chris and Dana Weissbach jump into the icy water during the annual New Years Day polar bear dip at Mooney's Bay in Ottawa, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006. (AP PHOTO/CP, Jonathan Hayward)