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Staff at Moscow zoo try to catch a swan as part of a vaccination programme against bird flu. -
Beleaguered Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra campaigns for re-election on an elephant in Surin. -
Reuters - Tue Mar 14, 6:50 AM ET
A model shows a latest hairdo during 'Hair Coloring Splash 2006' in Tokyo March 14, 2006. Six Japanese hair colourists and designers from Tokyo's top hair salons presented their latest hair colouring styles at the event, organisers said. REUTERS/Toru Hanai -
Reuters - Sat Mar 11,11:00 AM ET
A dancer performs 'Ga-ga', a dance production by Spanish choreographer Marta Carrasco, in the northern Spanish city of Burgos late March 10, 2006. Picture taken March 10, 2006. REUTERS/Felix Ordonez -
AP - Mon Mar 13, 4:36 PM ET
A baby black and white colobus, born March 8, 2006 looks out from the belly of his mother Mac, Monday, March 13, 2006 at the Central Park Zoo in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) -
Reuters - Tue Mar 14, 2:48 PM ET
An Iranian man plays with fireworks to mark the last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year in Tehran, Iran March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:02 PM ET
Rio search : Brazilian Army soldiers of the 26th Infantry Batallion, Parachute Brigade, stand in position at a street of the Rocinha shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, during a military operation in search of ten FAL 7.62mm assault rifles and one 9mm pistol stolen from an army barrack days ago. (AFP/Vanderlei Almeida) -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:05 PM ET
Milinkevich supporters : Supporters of the Belarus opposition leader and presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevich shout slogans during a pre-election meeting in the stadium in the town of Gomel, some 320 km south of Minsk. (AFP/Viktor Drachev) -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:06 PM ET
Lake fishing : Turkana women draw their fishing nets at Lake Turkana near a fishing village in Lokitaung, Lokichoggion, approximately 800km north west of Nairobi. (AFP/Tony Karumba) -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:08 PM ET
Rocinha shantytown : Brazilian army soldiers of the 26th Infantry Batallion, Parachute Brigade, stand in position at a street of the Rocinha shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during a military operation to found the ten FAL 7.62mm assault rifles and one 9mm pistol stolen from a army barrack days ago. (AFP/Antonio Scorza) -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:11 PM ET
Through the door : A Palestinian boy peeps from behind a door that has the Star of David painted on it by Jewish settlers, during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Purim in the divided West Bank city of Hebron. (AFP/Gali Tibbon) -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:15 PM ET
Waving the flag : Supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation Palestine hold up the PFLP red flag as they demonstrate at the Palestinian parliament in Gaza City. (AFP/Mohammed Abed) -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:19 PM ET
Holi celebrations : Indian men apply colour powders on each other as they celebrate 'Holi' in Amritsar. (AFP/Narinder Nanu) -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:21 PM ET
Showing of skills : South Korean soldiers show their skills during a martial-art demonstration in Ilsan, north of Seoul. (AFP/Kim Jae-Hwan) -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:23 PM ET
Guarding Condi : A US security personnel guards a room where US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda are meeting in Jakarta. (AFP/Jewel Samad) -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:40 PM ET
Silver smile : An Indian boy smiles on being painted with Aabir (colour dust) and silver paint, during Holi, the festival of spring in Kolkata. (AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury) -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:42 PM ET
Holi grimace : An Indian girl grimaces as her friends smear her with Aabir (colour dust) during the celebration of the Indian traditional festival Holi in Bangalore. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar) -
AFP - Tue Mar 14, 5:59 PM ET
Aare downhill : Italian Kristian Ghedina takes the last jump before the finish line as he skis to a second best time in the downhill training in Aare, Sweden, where the women's and men's FIS World Cup downhill finals will be held 15 March 2006. (AFP/Sven Nackstrand) -
Day in pictures: 15 March 2006
Performers fly through the air at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. The games were opened by Queen Elizabeth II. -
An Afghan poultry vendor holds a chicken at a market in Kabul. The first known cases of bird flu have been detected in Afghanistan. -
Children spray each other with coloured water to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, in Allahabad, India. -
The world's first inflatable folly is displayed at the headquarters of the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, England. -
Demonstrators gather near the Canadian embassy in Paris, France, to protest against the start of the two-month seal hunting season in Canada. -
New employees of Japan's largest supermarket chain Ito Yokado learn how to guide blind, disabled or elderly customers during a week-long training scheme in Tokyo. -
Women from Indonesia's elite presidential security squad perform a drill in Jakarta to mark the 60th anniversary of the squad's formation.