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AFP - Sat Jan 21, 7:34 PM ET
Assuming power : Bolivia's President-elect Evo Morales waves to a crowd of supporters during an ancient ritual where he was crowned as supreme chief of the Andean Indians at the archaeological site of Tiwanaku, one day before his inauguration as Bolivia's first indigenous president. (AFP/Martin Bernetti) -
AFP - Sat Jan 21, 7:41 PM ET
Golden program : Russia's Yevgeni Plushenko performs in the men's free skate program during the European Figure Skating Championships in Lyon. (AFP/Franck Fife) -
AFP - Sat Jan 21, 7:50 PM ET
Top speed : Renate Goetschl of Austria clears a curve on her way to place 2nd in the Alpine skiing World Cup women's downhill race in St Moritz. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini) -
Week in pictures: 14-20 January 2006
Protesters give a hostile reception to UK far-right leader Nick Griffin as he arrives for trial on race hate charges in Leeds. -
Costumed children in a Hong Kong shopping mall prepare for the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dog. -
The Moskva River in Moscow is frozen, as arctic temperatures grip Russia. -
Protesters gathered outside the French embassy in Ivory Coast after international mediators called for the dissolution of parliament - one of President Gbagbo's last powerbases. -
EU lawmakers vote to reject the plans to free up Europe's port services at the Strasbourg parliament. -
A Russian Orthodox believer takes a ritually purifying bath in the icy Moskva river during the Epiphany holiday. -
The Constant Gardener, which leads the Bafta film awards with 10 nominations, throws the spotlight on the international pharmaceutical industry. -
Hindu holy men protest against the construction of a dam which is affecting the flow of the River Ganges. -
An Italian performer in China marks the start of a year-long cultural festival promoting ties between the two countries. -
A northern bottle-nosed whale swims in the River Thames, past the Houses of Parliament in London. -
Originally posted by poon cho tang:
A Russian Orthodox believer takes a ritually purifying bath in the icy Moskva river during the Epiphany holiday.
must be freezing cold
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Reuters - Sat Jan 21, 1:34 PM ET
Crew members of Barking Mad, skippered by James Richardson of Newport, Rhode Island, continue to sail despite losing their jib sail overboard at the Acura Key West 2006 sailing regatta off Key West, Florida January 20, 2006. The sail, worth about $5,000, eventually became untangled from the boat's rudder and sunk. Friday was the final day of racing at the five-day regatta. NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/Andy Newman/Florida Keys News/Handout -
AP - Sat Jan 21, 11:14 AM ET
Hot air balloons are prepared at the start area, in Chateau d'Oex in the Swiss Alps, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006, during the opening day of the 28th International Hot Air Balloon week. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Andree-Noelle Pot) -
AFP - Sun Jan 22, 5:51 PM ET
Icy leap : Switzerland's Stephane Lambiel performs during the unofficial exhibition of the European Figure Skating Championships, in Lyon. (AFP/Franck Fife) -
AFP - Sun Jan 22, 5:38 PM ET
Sao Paolo style : A model presents Osklen's Autumn/Winter 2006 collection during the 20th Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AFP/Mauricio Lima) -
AFP - Sun Jan 22, 5:44 PM ET
At the match : A supporter of the Guinean national team watches its Group C African Nations Cup (CAN) football match against South Africa at the Haras el-Hodoud stadium in Alexandria. Guinea won 2-0. (AFP/Karim Jaafar) -
AFP - Sun Jan 22, 5:46 PM ET
Chewing coca : Andean peasents chew coca leaves in La Paz, as they wait for the inauguration of leftist firebrand and veteran protest Aymara leader Evo Morales as Bolivia's first indigenous president. (AFP/Aizar Raldes) -
AFP - Sun Jan 22, 5:49 PM ET
Unofficial performance : Russia's Irina Slutskaya performs during the unofficial exhibition of the European Figure Skating Championships, in Lyon. (AFP/Martin Bureau) -
AFP - Sun Jan 22, 5:53 PM ET
Performance in pink : France's Frederic Dambier performs during the unofficial exhibition of the European Figure Skating Championships, in Lyon. (AFP/Franck Fife) -
AFP - Sun Jan 22, 5:55 PM ET
Cute alert! : Three mounths old white lion, Ashanti, in the "New Safari Park" in Pombia, as the small animal is shown for the visitors and the press. (AFP/Giuseppe Cacace) -
AFP - Sun Jan 22, 6:02 PM ET
On the downhill : Austria's Michaela Dorfmeister competes during the downhill of the Alpine skiing World Cup women's Super-combined race in St Morit. (AFP/Thomas Coex) -
AFP - Sun Jan 22, 6:03 PM ET
Skiing shadows : Skiers compete during the 28th "Foulee blanche" (white stride), a 42-km-long Cross country skiing race, in Autrans. (AFP/Jean-Pierre Clatot)