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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger showed evidence of injuries he picked up in a motorcycle accident. -
Indonesians wait for meat donated to the poor as part of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. -
Protesters clash with Thai police during US-Thai trade talks in Chiang Mai province. -
A dog licks his lips as he surveys the pastries in a Paris bakery devoted to serving up delicacies for dogs. -
As Turkey is hit by bird flu, agriculture ministry employees chase ducks as they gather poultry for a cull which has already seen more than 300,000 birds destroyed. -
Northern parts of India are in the grip of a bitter cold snap which has claimed more than 160 lives and particularly threatens the poor and the homeless. -
Security forces and medics at the site of a stampede at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia. -
An Indonesian boy joins a protest demanding the government relocate people living near a power plant. -
A poodle with dyed fur comes to terms with its new coiffure at a pet beautician school in Beijing. -
AFP - Sat Jan 14, 6:29 PM ET
Farewell prayers : A general view shows the Grand Mosque with the Kaaba in the center in the holy city of Mecca where Muslim pilgrims gathered to bid farewell and complete their Hajj pilgrimage. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri) -
AFP - Sat Jan 14, 7:02 PM ET
Alone : An Afghan orphan is seen at the door to an orphanage in Kabul. (AFP/Farzana Wahidy) -
AFP - Sat Jan 14, 7:05 PM ET
Waiting for assistance : An elderly Pakistani man stands in a refugee camp for earthquake survivors in Batgram. (AFP/Eric Feferberg) -
AFP - Sat Jan 14, 7:21 PM ET
Devout : An Indian Hindu sadhu offers prayer as he takes a dip in the shallow water on Sagar Island, some 150 kms south of Kolkata during the main bathing day of the Gangasagar Mela, West Bengal's largest festival which is held to mark Makar Sankranti, the worship of the sun god. (AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury) -
AFP - Sat Jan 14, 7:24 PM ET
Weapon display : An Indian Army soldier looks down the barrel of a gun during an "Army Day " at Amritsar. (AFP/Narinder Nanu) -
AFP - Sat Jan 14, 8:06 PM ET
Good morning : Giraffes gaze in the morning sun at Nairobi National Park, where Kenya Wildlife Service officials have warned that the current drought in Kenya is threatening the country's wildlife herds as they stray from protected reserves to foray for scarce food and water. (AFP/Simon Maina) -
AFP - Sat Jan 14, 8:09 PM ET
Victory : American Daron Rahlves celebrates in the finish area after winning the Alpine skiing World Cup Men's downhill race in Wengen. (AFP/Thomas Coex) -
AFP - Sat Jan 14, 8:15 PM ET
Parade of stripes : Zebras gaze in the morning sun at Nairobi National Park, where Kenya Wildlife Service officials have warned that the current drought in Kenya is threatening the country's wildlife herds as they stray from protected reserves to foray for scarce food and water. (AFP/Simon Mania) -
Day in pictures: 16 January 2006
An Afghan woman from a displaced family covers her face as she receives aid in Kabul. -
A Shaolin soldier monk performs somersaults in a Hong Kong shopping mall, as retailers try to boost sales ahead of the Chinese New Year. -
Mongolians demonstrate in central Ulan Bator against parliament's dissolution of the country's coalition government. -
A Maasai herdsman tends to a dying sheep in Kenya's drought-stricken Rift Valley. -
An actor in Japan's traditional Kabuki theatre, Tojuro Sakata (centre), greets the audience during his succession to his predecessor's name. -
Iraqi police line up in front of the Imam Ali shrine in the holy Shia city of Najaf. -
Protesters give a hostile reception to UK far-right leader Nick Griffin as he arrives for trial on race hate charges in Leeds. -
Gnome-maker Reinhard Griebel works on his creations in the eastern German town of Graefenroda, thought to be the birthplace of gnomes.