Picture News 4
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AFP - Mon Mar 27, 6:51 PM ET
Mocking Shinawatra : A protester sits next to a placard mocking Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during a demonstration in Bangkok. (AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul) -
AFP - Mon Mar 27, 6:47 PM ET
Inside the mine : A miner checks gold ore inside a mine in Itogon, north of Manila. (AFP/Joel Nito) -
AFP - Mon Mar 27, 6:46 PM ET
Market reflection : Iraqis shopping at a vegetable market are reflected in a mirror in central Baghdad. (AFP/Karim Sahib) -
AFP - Mon Mar 27, 6:44 PM ET
World Social Forum : Pakistani folk perfromers play traditional musical instruments during the third day of the World Social Forum (WSF) in Karachi. (AFP/Asif Hassan) -
AFP - Mon Mar 27, 4:51 PM ET
Seaman : Former England soccer goalkeeper David Seaman attempts to save penalty kicks from children at Chalkhill Primary School at a photocall at the official opening of Wembley Park Underground Station in London. (AFP/John D McHugh) -
AFP - Mon Mar 27, 4:07 PM ET
Gare du Nord : A lone passenger walks on a deserted platform at Paris' Gare du Nord on the eve of the general strike to protest against youth jobs contract. (AFP/Joel Saget) -
Day in pictures: 28 March 2006
Performers of the traditional Sikh martial art of Gatka perform for the UK's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla in the town of Anadpur Saheb, India. -
A roller-skating Chinese police patrol in the western city of Chongqing. -
Carol Thatcher poses with a puppet of her mother, ex-UK PM Margaret Thatcher, ahead of the Satirical London show at the Museum of London. -
Performers of the National Ballet of China rehearse Raise the Red Lantern in Sydney, Australia. -
A follower of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra cuts his arm in Bangkok as a symbol of his support ahead of general elections on Sunday. -
Characters from TV's The Ultraman family go on an outing in Tokyo ahead of the start of the latest series. -
Russia's Soyuz TMA-8 booster rocket at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ahead of launch on Thursday. -
French students in Bordeaux demonstrate against a controversial new employment law. -
Reuters - Sun Mar 26, 10:37 AM ET
An Indian sells balloons as people enjoy the Sunday evening at a crowded beach in Mumbai March 26, 2006. REUTERS/ Adeel Halim -
Reuters - Sat Mar 25, 11:39 AM ET
Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the Dubai World Cup horse race in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 25, 2006. REUTERS/Jack Dabaghian -
AP - Mon Mar 27, 11:35 AM ET
The buds begin to blossom on the cherry trees near the Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin in Washington, Monday, March 27, 2006. The 2006 National Cherry Blossom festival which began Saturday marks the 94th celebration of the original gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the City of Tokyo to the people of Washington in 1912. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) -
AFP - Tue Mar 28, 6:42 PM ET
Over the camp : The sun sets over a desert tourist camp, where tourists have come to spend the night on the eve of the solar eclipse in Galo, 1300 km south of Tripoli. (AFP/Khaled Desouki) -
AFP - Tue Mar 28, 6:27 PM ET
Circus of Rain : Canadian Eloize Circus members perform their new show "Rain" at the Trianon theater in Paris. (AFP/Stephane De Sakutin) -
AFP - Tue Mar 28, 6:39 PM ET
Spring blossoms : Cherry blossoms begin to open near the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. (AFP/Karen Bleier) -
AFP - Tue Mar 28, 6:40 PM ET
PETA protest : Naked and wrapped in cellophane wearing fake blood, PETA protestor Tammy Borchert of Colorado Springs, Colorado, lays on the sidewalk in front of the Holiday Inn Hotel in Washington, DC, where the National Cattlemen's Beef Association is holding their meeting. (AFP/Paul J. Richards) -
AFP - Tue Mar 28, 6:45 PM ET
Waiting on results : An Israeli man wearing a floppy hat adorned with the national flag sits in Rabin Square as Israelis wait for the final results of a day of voting in Israel's general election. (AFP/Ofer Vaknin) -
AFP - Tue Mar 28, 7:19 PM ET
Fashion fur : A model displays a black evening dress with striped patterned fur shawl at Japnese designer Jun Ashida's 2006-2007 autumn and winter collection at a Tokyo hotel. (AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno) -
AFP - Tue Mar 28, 7:20 PM ET
Casting his vote : An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man readies to fill his ballot at a polling station in the Mea Sharim religious Neighborhood of Jerusalem. (AFP/Samuel Aranda) -
AFP - Tue Mar 28, 7:22 PM ET
Bordeaux demo : A man demonstrates in front of riot police in Bordeaux, as part of a day of strikes and protest against the government's contested First Employment Contract (CPE). (AFP/Jean-Pierre Muller)