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AFP - Wed May 3, 8:44 PM ET
Cause to Believe : Kentucky Derby hopeful Cause to Believe runs with exercise rider DaRon Long aboard during morning work-outs for the 132nd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The Derby will be held on 06 May 2006. (AFP/Jeff Haynes) -
AFP - Wed May 3, 8:42 PM ET
Got tickets! : A Tunisian poses with his tickets for the first three matches of the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany. (AFP/Fethi Belaid) -
AFP - Wed May 3, 7:46 PM ET
Brother Derek : Kentucky Derby hopeful Brother Derek is held by Luis Ortega during his bath after morning work-outs for the 132nd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. (AFP/Jeff Haynes) -
AFP - Wed May 3, 7:10 PM ET
Training session : An armed member of one of the militant wings of the former ruling Fatah party takes part in a training session in farmland in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip (AFP/Said Khatib) -
AFP - Wed May 3, 7:09 PM ET
Protecting her cubs : A rare Arctic wolf originally from the Melville Islands west of Greenland, with her four recently born cubs, seen at the Amneville Zoo. (AFP/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen) -
AFP - Wed May 3, 7:01 PM ET
Monfils' reach : Gael Monfils of France fails to get the ball as he plays against Spain's Albert Portas on the central during the Estoril Open 2nd round, in Estoril on the outskirts of Lisbon (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri) -
AFP - Wed May 3, 6:59 PM ET
Ballet in Budapest : Ballet dancers of Merce Cunnungham Dance Company (USA) perform a dance of title 'Biped' on the stage of the Arts Palace in Budapest during the first Hungarian station of their European tour. (AFP/Attila Kisbenedek) -
AFP - Tue May 2, 7:58 PM ET
At the museum : Men look at "les Nympheas" of Claude Monet at the Museum 'L'Orangerie" in Paris, which will reopen 17 May 2006 after a six-years closure for renovation works. The (AFP/Jacques Demarthon) -
AFP - Tue May 2, 6:50 PM ET
Fuming... : A low-intensity fume emanates from the Popocatepetl volcano in Puebla State, Mexico. (AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt) -
AFP - Tue May 2, 6:38 PM ET
Not so tasty : Baby giraffe Raha spits out dirt while eating on his debut day at the Los Angeles Zoo. (AFP/Robyn Beck) -
AFP - Tue May 2, 3:49 PM ET
Working hard : Spain's Lourdes Dominguez Lino returns a forehand to Magalie De Latre of Portugal on the second day of the Estoril Open in Estoril on the outskirts of Lisbon. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri) -
AFP - Tue May 2, 3:47 PM ET
Safin vs the ball : Marat Safin of Russia focuses on the ball before returning a forehand to Fabio Fognini of Italy during their Estoril Open first-round match. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri) -
AFP - Tue May 2, 3:45 PM ET
Beekeeper protesting : A South Korean beekeeper is covered by honey bees as he stages a protest denouncing Japan's claim to disputed islets, known as Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan. (AFP/Jung Yeon-Je) -
Day in pictures: 5 May 2006
A man bereaved by the Black Sea air disaster prepares to drop a wreath of roses from a ship at the site of the crash. -
Veterans of Ethiopia's war against the Italian Fascists attend a victory parade in Addis Ababa. -
Australia's Ben Kennedy (left) fights with New Zealand's Nigel Vagana during a Rugby League Test Match in Brisbane. -
A giant puppet show featuring an enormous mechanical elephant takes to the streets of London. -
The coffins of murdered Swiss skier Corinne Rey-Bellet and her brother, Alain, stand in a chapel before the funeral Mass. -
Outgoing Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi drums up support for his party at local elections in Naples this month. -
A would-be illegal migrant shivers in a Red Cross tent on the Spanish island of Tenerife, after being apprehended. -
Holidaymakers watch a giant kite with carp-shaped streamers at a kite-flying festival in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo. -
A woman shades her child from the sun in Dhar, India, as temperatures soar. -
Firefighters tackle a blaze at an aircraft hangar at Brussels international airport. The fire was eventually brought under control. -
Day in pictures: 15 May 2006
A farmer takes a cigarette break while volcanic activity on Mount Merapi in Central Java intensifies. Thousands of villagers have fled but others refuse to leave. -
Businessmen on their lunch break pass a fountain in a park in Tokyo where temperatures have soared.