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AFP - Sun Feb 19, 6:32 PM ET
Fire and stones : A Palestinian youth crouches as he readies to lob stones at Israeli troops during clashes triggered by a search operation for militants and weapons in the Balata refugee camp close to the northern West Bank city of Nablus. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh) -
AFP - Sun Feb 19, 6:33 PM ET
Collecting nectar : A honeybee flies over blossoms of a white plum tree to collect its nectar at Yushima Tenjin Shrine in Tokyo, while the shrine holds its annual plum blossom festival. (AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi) -
AFP - Sun Feb 19, 6:34 PM ET
Shaq's shoe cam : Miami Heat Shaquille O'Neal holds up a shoe video camera during the Slam-Dunk contest in the 2006 NBA All-Star events in Houston, Texas. (AFP/James Nielsen) -
AFP - Sun Feb 19, 6:36 PM ET
Tears at the square : An Islamist wearing an Islamic band on his head cries during a demonstration held by Turkish Islamist party Felicity Party (SP) in Caglayan Square, Istanbul. Tens of thousands gathered to protest the publications of cartoons portraying prophet Mohammed in a Danish daily. (AFP/Mustafa Ozer) -
AFP - Sun Feb 19, 6:37 PM ET
Sunset flight : Gulls fly during sunrise in the Bulgarian Black sea town of Varna. (AFP/Valentina Petrova) -
AFP - Sun Feb 19, 6:40 PM ET
Scaling the walls : A Palestinian refugee child uses the walls of two builds to climb-up as the United Nations' UNRWA chief Karen AbuZayd pays a visit to the al-Shatti refugee camp in Gaza City. (AFP/Mohammed Abed) -
AFP - Sun Feb 19, 6:43 PM ET
Gator's getup : Gator, a West Highland Terrier, is dressed as the scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz" before the start of the "Barkus" Mardis Gras dog parade in New Orleans. (AFP/Robyn Beck) -
AFP - Sun Feb 19, 6:45 PM ET
Venice tradition : A woman wears a traditional Venetian mask on San Marco square in Venice, during the second day of carnival. (AFP/Michele Crosera) -
Day in pictures: 20 February 2006
Baghdad police observe a burning vehicle following a roadside bombing in which three civilians are said to have been hurt. -
Palestinian mourners bear the body of a militant through the West Bank city of Nablus. -
French President Jacques Chirac bows to an Indian regiment during his ceremonial welcome in Delhi. -
Elsewhere in India, workers collect eggs at a poultry farm near the country's first outbreak of H5N1 bird flu. -
US marines cross a suspended bridge over a stream as they hike to the Philippines village buried by a landslide. -
An Olympic worker in the Italian city of Turin shovels snow after Sunday evening's heavy fall. -
AFP - Mon Feb 20, 5:19 PM ET
Finishing touches : A member of a samba school gives the finishing touches to a float at a workshop in "Ciudad del Samba" (Samba City) in Rio de Janeiro. (AFP/Vanderlei Almeida) -
AFP - Mon Feb 20, 5:04 PM ET
Varna swan : A wild mute swan flaps its wings in the Bulgarian Black sea town of Varna, some 450 km Northeast of the capital Sofia. (AFP/Valentina Petrova) -
AFP - Mon Feb 20, 4:10 PM ET
BULGARIA-SHOWER VARNA, Bulgaria (AFP) - A Bulgarian man enjoys a hot shower at s : A Bulgarian man enjoys a hot shower at sunrise atthe Varna beach mineral springs. -
AFP - Mon Feb 20, 4:13 PM ET
Swans in Varna : Two wild mute swans catch the early morning light in the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Varna, Bulgaria. (AFP/Valentina Petrova) -
AFP - Mon Feb 20, 4:35 PM ET
Power to Beijing : A workman walks under huge electricity pylons on the outskirts of Beijing. (AFP/Peter Parks) -
AFP - Mon Feb 20, 5:02 PM ET
Peering out : A chicken peers from its cage before being slaughtered at a poultry farm located in the area of India's first outbreak of H5N1 bird flu at Navapur in the Nandurbar district of the country's western state of Maharashtra. (AFP/Sebastian d'Souza) -
AFP/DDP - Mon Feb 20, 5:07 PM ET
BIRD-FLU STRALSUND, Germany (AFP) - A soldier of the German armed forces Bundes : A soldier of the German armed forces Bundeswehr wears a gas mask as he works at a disinfection point against the spread of bird flu, in Stralsund on the Baltic Sea, northeastern Germany. (AFP/DDP/Jens Koehler) -
AFP - Mon Feb 20, 5:10 PM ET
Hometown flag : An Italian supporter waves his national flag under heavy snowfall while waiting for the start of the first qualifying run of the Freestyle skiing Ladies' Aerials at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics, in Sauze d'Oulx, Italy. -
AFP - Mon Feb 20, 5:12 PM ET
Falling on ice : Canadian pair Marie-France Dubrueil and Patrice Lauzon fall in the Ice Dancing Original Dance event during the Figure Skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics, at the Palavela in Turin. (AFP/Goh Chai Hin) -
AFP - Mon Feb 20, 5:15 PM ET
On the march : Palestinian security officers march during a training session in the West Bank city of Hebron. (AFP/Hazem Bader) -
AFP - Mon Feb 20, 5:15 PM ET
Passing a gate : Benjamin Raich from Austria passes a gate during the Men's Giant Slalom 1st run in Sestriere Colle, Italy. Raich clocked 1:16.95. (AFP/Olivier Morin)