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AFP - Sun Jun 25, 7:42 PM ET
Fight for the ball : English forward Wayne Rooney (R) fights for the ball with Ecuadorean defender Ivan Hurtado (behind) during the round of 16 World Cup football match between England and Ecuador at Stuttgart's Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium. England won 1-0. (AFP/Valery Hache) -
AP - Sun Jun 25, 3:59 PM ET
American artist Jonathan Borofsky's stainless steel and fiberglass sculpture titled 'Walking to the Sky,' is seen at the Nasher Sculpture Center as clouds pass by in Dallas, Sunday, June 25, 2006. (AP Photo/LM Otero) -
Reuters - Fri Jun 23, 9:05 AM ET
A camel rests in Tengeri Desert, on the outskirts of Zhongwei, China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ,June 23, 2006. China, which is plagued by sandstorms every spring, has embarked on a campaign to plant billions of trees and says it is slowing the rate of desertification, but leading environmentalists said problem was far from under control. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) -
AFP - Tue Jun 27, 2:24 AM ET
Diving in : A Pakistani youth dives into a swimming pool to beat the sweltering heat in the northwestern city of Peshawar. (AFP/Tariq Mahmood) -
AFP - Tue Jun 27, 2:23 AM ET
Swiss fans : A young Swiss supporter with the colours of his country painted on his face waits for the beginning of the World Cup 2006 round of 16 football game Switzerland vs. Ukraine, at Cologne stadium. Ukraine won 3-0 on penalties. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini) -
AFP - Tue Jun 27, 2:23 AM ET
Rounding 'em up : Horses are rounded up to be auctioned in the village of Rocio during the 'La saca de las yeguas,' or catching of the mares. (AFP/Cristina Quicler) -
AFP - Mon Jun 26, 8:49 PM ET
Makeshift home : A girl peers out of her makeshift home in the Tchomia Internally Displaced People's (IDP) camp, some 50 kms south of the town of Bunia, Ituri District. (AFP/Stuart Price) -
AFP - Mon Jun 26, 8:49 PM ET
Protest for Tibet : A Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) activist shouts anti-China slogans after he was arrested during a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi. (AFP/Prakash Singh) -
AFP - Mon Jun 26, 8:41 PM ET
Speaking to the press : German head coach Juergen Klinsmann (top, R) gives a press conference at the ICC center in Berlin. (AFP/Oliver Lang) -
AFP/DDP - Mon Jun 26, 8:37 PM ET
At the ballet : Dancers of the Dresden Ballet rehearse the play "Sinfonietta" at the Semper Opera in Dresden, eastern Germany. (AFP/DDP/Norbert Millauer) -
AFP - Mon Jun 26, 8:35 PM ET
Armani creation : A model displays a creation by Emporio Armani's Spring-Summer 2007 men's collection as part of Milan's fashion shows. (AFP/Paco Serinelli) -
AFP - Mon Jun 26, 8:34 PM ET
Italy fan : An Italy supporter with his head painted in the country's colours waits for the start of the round of 16 World Cup football match between Italy and Australia at Kaiserslautern's Fritz-Walter Stadium. Italy won 1-0. (AFP/Valery Hache) -
AFP - Mon Jun 26, 8:31 PM ET
At the rally : A Palestinian child drinks juice as relatives of Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails attend a rally in front of the Palestinian Parliament Gaza City. (AFP/Mohammed Abed) -
AFP - Mon Jun 26, 8:16 PM ET
Italy fever : An Italian fan waves his flag after World Cup 2006 soccer match between Australia and Italy in downtown Milan. Real worldcup fever is now rising in the country as Italy reaches the World Cup quarter-finals after beating Australia 1-0. (AFP/Filippo Monteforte) -
AFP - Mon Jun 26, 8:12 PM ET
Tangled up : Ukrainian midfielder Andriy Gusin (L) challenges Swiss forward Alexander Frei during their World Cup 2006 round of 16 clash in Cologne, Germany. Ukraine won on penalties 3-0. (AFP/Patrik Stollarz) -
AFP - Mon Jun 26, 8:07 PM ET
Rocket attack : An Israeli policeman rushes to the scene of a rocket attack as residents of the southern Israeli border town of Sderot look on from a distance. (AFP/David Furst) -
Reuters - Sun Jun 25, 9:14 AM ET
A group of vicunas stand inside a corral at the Pampa Galeras National Reserve in the Andean highlands of Ayacucho June 24, 2006. Farmers round up the protected wild animals, a delicate relative of llamas and alpacas, to shear their highly prized wool during the 'Chaccu', a traditional ceremony where people cut the vicuna's wool. Picture taken June 24, 2006. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares(PERU) -
AP - Mon Jun 26, 9:32 PM ET
Riders descend on Zingo, Oklahoma's largest wooden roller coaster, at Bell's Amusement Park in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, June 26, 2006. Bell's reopened Monday night for the first time since closing earlier this month after a micro-burst caused significant damage. (AP Photo/Brandi Simons) -
AP - Tue Jun 20, 7:48 PM ET
A 'football' game is held under water in Ocean World Park of Donghu Lake in Wuhan, central China, on Tuesday June 20, 2006. Two teams are respectively composed of marine creatures and two divers, and the referee is a 'mermaid' dressed up by a diver, said China's Xinhua news agency, which distributed this photo. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Zhenwu) -
AP - Thu Jun 22, 9:05 PM ET
Elizabeth Monsef, 6, cools off by running through the fountains at Town Plaza Park in Los Gatos, Calif., as tempertures reached the high 90's on Thursday, June 22, 2006. The National Weather Service reports hot and dry conditions are expected across the greater San Francisco and Monterey Bay regions through the weekend. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar) -
Reuters - Sat Jun 24, 6:21 AM ET
A man dances near a bonfire during the traditional San Juan's (Saint John) night in Torre de Benalgabon, southern Spain June 24, 2006. Fires are lit throughout Spain on the eve of Saint John. People burn objects they no longer want and make wishes as they jump through the flames. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (SPAIN) -
Day in pictures: Monday 26 June 2006
Protesters in East Timor's capital Dili, painted in white to represent the ghosts of those killed in recent unrest, celebrate the resignation of PM Mari Alkatiri. -
The 300-Meter Tower - a book by engineer Gustave Eiffel on his tower in Paris - is displayed at the building ahead of an auction of tower memorabilia. -
Naked protesters demand construction is halted on Taiwan's nuclear power plant in Kungliao. -
Actress Pamela Anderson attends a press conference in Athens, Greece, on behalf of an Aids charity group.