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AFP - Tue Jan 3, 3:51 PM ET
Facing famine : A Kenyan woman sits in her hut in El Wak in the drought-stricken Kenyan north eastern province, where lack of water has brought famine. (AFP/Tony Karumba) -
AFP - Tue Jan 3, 4:00 PM ET
Malnourished child : A malnourished Kenyan child lies on a blanket provided by the Kenyan government in a district hospital in the northeastern province of Kenya. (AFP/Tony Karumba) -
FP/DDP - Tue Jan 3, 4:12 PM ET
Under the bridge : A biathlete races under a bridge on the track lighted by helium gas balloons in Oberhof during a training session in preparation for the Biathlon World Cup. (AFP/DDP/Jens-Ulrich Koch) -
AFP/DDP - Tue Jan 3, 4:17 PM ET
Fake moon : A biathlete cross-country skiis past a helium gas balloon used to light during a night training session ahead of the Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof. (AFP/DDP/Jens-Ulrich Koch) -
AFP/DDP - Tue Jan 3, 4:26 PM ET
Night run : A biathlete races down the lit track in Oberhof during a night training session ahead of the Biathlon World Cup. (AFP/DDP/Jens-Ulrich Koch) -
AFP - Tue Jan 3, 4:31 PM ET
Miniature clay : Five thousand miniature clay sculptures are displayed on the staircase of 'Santa Maria in Aracoeli' Basilica in Rome to mark the 20th anniversary of 'The spirit of Assisi.' (AFP/Alberto Pizzoli) -
Day in pictures: 4 January 2006
At the Tokyo Stock Exchange, female workers wearing kimonos take part in a traditional ceremony to mark the start of the year's first trading. -
Children pray at The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, during ceremonies on the eve of the 340th anniversary of the birth of Guru Gobind Singh - the tenth Sikh Master. -
A Chinese worker takes a break from carving an ice sculpture in Harbin, northern China. The sculpture is part of the city's annual winter festival. -
A sign reading "Allah" in Arabic stands amid wrecked houses in Cijeruk, Indonesia, after a landslide devasted the area. -
Janne Ahonen of Finland soars above a basilica in Innsbruck, Austria, during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. -
Three girls at Bronte Beach in Sydney, Australia, get soaked in the spray of a breaking wave. -
Police storm Cairo camp
Egyptian riot police armed with sticks and truncheons broke up a protest camp in Cairo where thousands of Sudanese were living. -
The protesters, whose demands for refugee status had been rejected, had been living in a small park outside UN offices for three months. -
At first, the protesters tried to stand their ground - some even praying as they were sprayed with water cannon... -
... But in the end, the police managed to break up the camp. -
Witnesses reported seeing some Sudanese migrants unconscious on the ground. -
Twenty of the protesters died and about 30 were injured, Egyptian officials said. -
About two dozen police were also injured, the authorities said. -
The protesters, who included women and children, were forced on to buses and taken away. -
Injured migrants were taken to hospital but for some it was already too late. -
Reuters - Wed Jan 4, 9:30 AM ET
A Chinese worker gives finishing touches to a giant sculpture of a church made of snow in a park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province January 4, 2006. Harbin will hold its annual Ice and Snow festival followed by other winter activities starting Thursday. REUTERS/ Nir Elias -
AFP - Wed Jan 4, 3:58 PM ET
Behind the bridge : The sun sets behind the 25 of April bridge in Lisbon. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri) -
AFP - Wed Jan 4, 3:56 PM ET
Election grafitti : A Palestinian boy stands in front of a wall decorated with Hamas slogans for the upcoming Palestinian general election in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip. (AFP/Mahmud Hams) -
AFP/DDP - Wed Jan 4, 4:00 PM ET
Chicory plants : An employee of a market gardening company reaps chicory plants in Vehlefanz, eastern Germany. (AFP/DDP/Michael Urban)