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Reuters - Wed Feb 8, 10:55 AM ET
Indian Jain pilgrims scatter flowers on a 58.8 feet (18 metres) tall statue of Jain sage Gomateswara (Lord Bahubali) in Shravanabelagola, about 158 km (99 miles) west from the southern Indian city of Bangalore, February 8, 2006. Jain devotees on Wednesday attended the head anointing ceremony of the1,800-year-old statue which is held once in 12 years. REUTERS/Jagadeesh Nv -
Reuters - Thu Feb 9, 4:54 AM ET
Seagulls take off from the Moskva River at dawn in Moscow February 9, 2006. The temperature in Moscow warmed slightly to -19 degrees Celsius (-2.2 Fahrenheit) on Thursday. REUTERS/Dima Korotayev -
Reuters - Thu Feb 9, 1:58 PM ET
A Colombian grower prepares a heart made of roses in a flower shop in Bogota February 8, 2006. Colombia is the second largest flower exporter in the world after Holland and in February it will send 1.5 million boxes of flowers to United States for St. Valentine's Day. Picture taken on February 8, 2006. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez -
AP - Thu Feb 9, 1:53 PM ET
Performance artist, painter Brian Olsen, of Denver, Co., leaps in the air and throws paint on a canvas creating a painting of the 1974 Volkswagon Golf during the unveiling of the 2007 Golf at the Chicago Auto Show in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) -
AFP - Wed Feb 8, 5:11 PM ET
Guarding the polls : A Brazilian peacekeeper sits on his vehicle as he guards a polling station in Port-Au-Prince. (AFP/Walter Astrada) -
AFP - Thu Feb 9, 4:23 PM ET
Fast track : Italy's Armin Zoeggeler prepares to launch himself down the luge track during an official training run on the eve of the start of the Turin 2006 Olympic Winter games in Cesana Pariol. (AFP/John D McHugh) -
AFP - Thu Feb 9, 4:31 PM ET
Just testing : Technical staff members test equipements during a cross-country training session on the eve of the opening of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato. (AFP/Martin Bureau) -
AFP - Thu Feb 9, 4:34 PM ET
Training run : A pre-race runner speeds down the luge track prior to an official training run in Cesana Pairol on the eve of the start of the Turin 2006 Olympic Winter games. (AFP/Mladen Antonov) -
AFP - Thu Feb 9, 4:42 PM ET
Before the jump : Nordic combined athlete Ivan Rieder of Switzerland checks out the ski jumping venue during a training session on the eve of the opening of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato, Italy. (AFP/Odd Andersen) -
AFP - Thu Feb 9, 4:51 PM ET
Half pipe : Swiss snowboarder Thierry Brunner practices on the half pipe course on the eve of the start of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Bardonecchia, Italy. (AFP/Joe Klamar) -
AFP - Thu Feb 9, 4:56 PM ET
Kerr and Kerr : British ice dancing pair Sinead and John Kerr practice during a training session ahead of the Figure skating competition at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games at Palavela ice rink in Turin. (AFP/Franck Fife) -
AFP - Thu Feb 9, 4:59 PM ET
French pair : French ice dancing pair Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder practice during a training session on the eve of the opening of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games at Palavela ice rink in Turin. (AFP/Franck Fife) -
AFP - Thu Feb 9, 5:03 PM ET
Nakai at it : Japan's halfpipe snowboarder Takaharu Nakai practices on the eve of the start of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Bardonecchia, Italy. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini) -
AFP - Thu Feb 9, 7:33 PM ET
From the rooftop : Iraqi women watch from the rooftop of their house the re-enacting of the martyrdom of Imam al-Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed, during the Ashura ritual ceremony in Baghdad. (AFP/Karim Sahib) -
AFP - Thu Feb 9, 7:35 PM ET
Tunnel vision : An athlete takes part in a cross-country training session ahead of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato. (AFP/Martin Bureau) -
Day in pictures: 10 February 2006
The World Tattoo Arts Festival and Exhibition gets under way in Bangkok, Thailand. -
German schoolchildren play with footballs at an event celebrating the forthcoming World Cup. -
The Phillipines government cracks down on the sale of pirate CDs and DVDs. -
An Afghan man teaches his children to fly a kite in Kabul. -
A radical Kashmiri Muslim burns a Valentine's card during a protest against Western culture in Srinigar. -
An Australian snowboarder prepares to compete at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games. -
Reuters - Fri Feb 10, 1:58 AM ET
QUALITY REPEAT Ethnic Tibetan monks attend prayers at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, western China's Gansu province, February 9, 2006. Thousands of Tebetan pilgrims will celebrate the Monlam or Great Prayer Festival from February 9 to 13. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause -
AP - Thu Feb 9, 8:13 AM ET
A cat plays with an icicle in Budapest, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, after temperatures dropped and heavy snowfall hit the Hungarian capital and many parts of the country overnight Thursday. The layer of snow piled up to 15 to 20 centimeters. (AP Photo/MTI, Imre Foeldi) -
AFP - Thu Feb 9, 4:51 PM ET
Half pipe : Swiss snowboarder Thierry Brunner practices on the half pipe course on the eve of the start of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Bardonecchia, Italy. (AFP/Joe Klamar) -
AFP - Fri Feb 10, 4:10 PM ET
Fruit mask : A man sets the last fruits to a giant mask made with oranges and lemons in Menton, southern France, in preparation for the annual lemon carnival. (AFP/Valery Hache)