Picture News 4
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AFP - Tue Mar 28, 7:24 PM ET
Through the banner : Thousands of people demonstrate in Bordeaux, as part of a day of strikes and protest against the government's contested First Employment Contract (CPE). (AFP/Jean-Pierre Muller) -
AFP - Tue Mar 28, 7:26 PM ET
No to the CPE : Thousands of people demonstrate in Strasbourg, during a protest against the government's contested First Employment Contract (CPE). (AFP/Olivier Morin) -
AFP - Tue Mar 28, 7:29 PM ET
Sidewalk demo : Naked and wrapped in cellophane wearing fake blood, PETA protestor Tammy Borchert from Colorado Springs, Colorado, lays on the sidewalk in front of the Holiday Inn Hotel in Washington, DC, where the National Cattlemens Beef Association's Spring Legislative Conference is being held. (AFP/Paul J. Richards) -
AFP - Tue Mar 28, 7:37 PM ET
Heading the ball : Juventus' Ibrahimovic heads the ball against Arsenal during a Champions League quarter-final game at Highbury in London. Arsenal won 2-0. (AFP/Paco Serinelli) -
Reuters - Wed Mar 29, 8:03 AM ET
The moon partially covers the sun during a partial solar eclipse seen from Maccabim, near Tel Aviv March 29, 2006. A total solar eclipse cast a shadow across Africa and tracked on to the Middle East on Wednesday. The track of the eclipse stretches from Brazil, across the Atlantic to North Africa, then on to the Middle East, Central Asia, west China and Mongolia. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:38 PM ET
Creative creation : A model displays a creation by designer Bennu Sehgall on the second day of the inaugural Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai. (AFP/Indranil Mukherjee) -
AP - Wed Mar 29, 9:24 AM ET
Gardeners plant about 2,000 pansies in a big Easter egg at the horticultural exhibition 'ega' in Erfurt, eastern Germany, Wednesday, March 29, 2006. The horticultural exhibition 'ega' is supposed to be one of the most beautiful parks in Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) -
Reuters - Tue Mar 28, 7:48 AM ET
Didi Senft, a 54-year-old cycling fan better known as 'El Diablo' sits on his giant so-called 'soccer bicycle' he made himself, in Storkow some 50 km (31 miles) south of the German capital Berlin on March 28, 2006. Didi Senft made the 'world biggest' bicycle out of more than 100 soccer balls and rides it to promote the soccer World Cup 2006 in Germany. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski -
AP - Thu Mar 30, 1:59 AM ET
A lone visitor watches the sun set Wednesday, March 29, 2006 on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. Warning signs to keep out of the water were posted along part of Waikiki's world-famous beaches because of high bacteria levels from a massive sewage spill. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni) -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:57 PM ET
Fight for the ball : Inter Milan's forward Obafemi Martins of Nigeria fights for the ball with Villarreal's defender Quique Alvarez during their Champions League quarter-final 1st leg football match at San Siro stadium in Milan. Milan won 2-1. (AFP/Paco Serinelli) -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:42 PM ET
Traditional music : A Libyan traditional band performs during the night in the desert tourist camp of Galo, where tourists have come to spend the night on the eve of the solar eclipse, 1,300 km south of Tripoli. (AFP/Khaled Desouki) -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:41 PM ET
Artistic touch : A model displays a creation by designer Bennu Sehgall on the second day of the inaugural Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai. (AFP/Indranil Mukherjee) -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:37 PM ET
Bird's eye view : A bird sits on a tree during a solar eclipse in Islamabad. (AFP/Aamir Qureshi) -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:31 PM ET
Day to night : The sun is partially covered by the moon during a solar eclipse in Bucharest, southeastern Romania (AFP/Daniel Mihailescu) -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:29 PM ET
View from the Temple : Tourists watch the full solar eclipse in the second century Greek Temple of Apollo in Side, Antalya, on the southern coast of Turkey. (AFP/Cem Turkel) -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:26 PM ET
Prayers to God : A foreign tourist prays during a solar eclipse in the desert tourist camp in Galo, 1300 km south of the Libyan capital of Tripoli. (AFP/Khaled Desouki) -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:24 PM ET
Watching the sky : Libyan youths watch the solar eclipse in the desert tourist camp in Galo, 1300 km south of the Libyan capital of Tripoli. (AFP/Khaled Desouki) -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:24 PM ET
Golden Shrine : Iraqi Shiite worshippers gather at the golden Shrine of Imam Ali, during a religious ceremony to mark the death of Prophet Mohammed at the holy city of Najaf. (AFP/Qassem Zein) -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:20 PM ET
Girl with her goats : An Iraqi girl plays with her goats in the restive city of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad. (AFP/Ali Yussef) -
AFP - Wed Mar 29, 4:14 PM ET
Statuesque sunset : The statue of the Republic is seen with its olive branch as the sun sets in Paris. (AFP/Thomas Coex) -
Day in pictures: 30 March 2006
A man lights a home-made bomb during a confrontation with police over the demolition of his home in Changchun, in north-east China. He was slightly injured. -
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is warmly greeted by an Indonesian student on a visit to Jakarta. -
Colourful carp streamers fly in the breeze in Oguni, Japan, ahead of celebrations for Children's Day next month. -
Students in Lille occupy their secondary school as part of ongoing protests against a new French labour law. -
Iraqis carry a wounded relative, shot by unknown gunmen in Baghdad.