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AFP - Tue Jul 4, 8:29 PM ET
Pain and frustration : German midfielder Michael Ballack cries out during the World Cup 2006 semi-final football game between Germany and Italy at Dortmund stadium. (AFP/Aris Messinis) -
AFP - Tue Jul 4, 8:27 PM ET
Generations of fans : A German fan and his son cheer their team before the start of the World Cup 2006 semi-final football match between Germany and Italy at Dortmund stadium. (AFP/Patrick Hertzog) -
AFP/DDP - Tue Jul 4, 8:22 PM ET
Melting hopes : German supporter reacts at the end of the semi-final World Cup football match between Germany and Italy at Dortmund's World Cup Stadium. (AFP/DDP/Jochen Luebke) -
AFP/DDP - Tue Jul 4, 8:20 PM ET
Mile of fans : Supporters of the German national football team gather on the Fan Mile in Berlin to watch the broadcast of the Football World Cup semi-final match between Germany and Italy. (AFP/DDP/Johannes Eisele) -
AFP - Tue Jul 4, 8:17 PM ET
Extra-time shocker : Italian forward Alessandro Del Piero celebrates after scoring the second goal for his team during extra-time of the semi-final World Cup football match between Germany and Italy at Dortmund's World Cup Stadium. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt) -
AFP - Tue Jul 4, 7:37 PM ET
Lift off! : The smoke from space shuttle Discovery is seen as it lifts off from launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (AFP/Bob Pearson) -
AFP - Mon Jul 3, 8:32 PM ET
At the funeral : Female Palestinian relatives along with a little girl cry during the funeral of Hamas militant Arafat Abeed, 23-years-old, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP/Said Khatib) -
AFP - Mon Jul 3, 8:32 PM ET
Waiting on comrades : Israeli soldiers mill about as they wait for their comrades to return from a ground operation into the northern Gaza Strip, after replacement units were sent into the territory in place of existing armored vehicles, near the Israeli Kibbutz Mefalsim. (AFP/David Furst) -
AFP - Mon Jul 3, 8:31 PM ET
King at work : US blues man BB King performs in the Stravinski Auditorium during the 40th Montreux Jazz festival in Montreux. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini) -
AP - Tue Jul 4, 10:32 PM ET
Fourth of July fireworks are seen above from left to right, The Lincoln Memorial, The Washington Monument, and the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, July 4, 2006, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) -
AP - Tue Jul 4, 12:14 PM ET
Taki Burroughs participates in a parade July 4, 2006, in Dundalk, Md.(AP Photo/Gail Burton) -
AP - Tue Jul 4, 2:10 PM ET
Master of Ceremonies Tim Stickney looks on as he waits for a slow float during a Fourth of July parade Tuesday, July 4, 2006, in Key Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) -
Reuters - Mon Jul 3, 4:11 PM ET
A gopher tortoise moves towards the space shuttle Discovery, seen sitting on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 3, 2006. (Rick Wilking/Reuters) -
Reuters - Mon Jul 3, 11:05 PM ET
A boy jumps into the Yangtze River to cool down in hot weather in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, July 3, 2006. The local temperature hit 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday, China Daily reported. Picture taken July 3, 2006. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA) -
Day in pictures: 4 July 2006
A German football fan arrives in Berlin ahead of the World Cup semi-final between Germany and Italy. -
A pack of cyclists ride through a tunnel during the third stage of the Tour de France. -
On America's Independence Day, soldiers from 17 countries take an oath during a naturalisation ceremony at an army base in Bagram, north of Kabul. -
Two-horned white rhinoceros in the Cerza game park, western France are pictured as the EU prepares to launch a campaign to protect the endangered species. -
A mother pours water for her son outside their home in an area called the "Tin Quarter", north of Baghdad in Iraq. -
A woman observes a Leonardo Da Vinci design considered to be an early version of the helicopter, at an exhibition in Melbourne, Australia. -
A protester shouts anti-American slogans at a rally in Manila, aimed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Philippine-American Friendship Day. -
In Jakarta, Indonesia, a street vendor arranges his bird-shaped kites. -
Onlookers stand near the entrance of a newly opened train station in Lhasa, Tibet. The railway, which goes to China's capital Beijing, is the highest in the world. -
London's city skyline, featuring Canary Wharf, is seen shrouded in smog as a heatwave continues to affect the capital. -
Day in pictures: 5 July 2006
A pilgrim prays at Potala Palace - the former seat of the Tibetan government and the winter residence of the Dalai Lama in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.