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AFP - Mon Jul 17, 8:26 PM ET
Aftermath : Palestinians stand in front of the Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike in the early morning of 17 June 2006. (AFP/Mahmud Hams) -
AFP - Mon Jul 17, 8:22 PM ET
Big Sunglasses : Dutch curator Susanne Van Hagen stands under the sculpture of Suzy Gomez "Dias Blancos", along the citadel's remparts during the ART'FAB international exhibition dedicated to European women. (AFP/Eric Estrade) -
AFP - Mon Jul 17, 8:18 PM ET
Statue Shadow : The shadow of a statue is seen outside the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini) -
AFP - Mon Jul 17, 8:17 PM ET
Tiger Chip : Defending British Open champion Tiger Woods of the United States chips the ball up to catch it during a practice round at The Royal Liverpool Golf Club. The British Open begins on 20 July 2006. (AFP/Paul Ellis) -
AFP - Mon Jul 17, 6:21 PM ET
Dance Face : A New Zealand Maori woman performs a traditional welcoming dance during the opening ceremony of the inaugural First Nations Economic Opportunities Conference. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
AP - Mon Jul 17, 9:08 PM ET
Matt Ratoni goes airborne as he rides a skip board at Discovery Park in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006. Californians set a record for energy use Monday as temperatures around the state soared above 100 degrees.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) -
Reuters - Fri Jul 14, 5:23 AM ET
A girl rides on a slide made of ice during an Ice Festival at a shopping mall in Hong Kong July 14,2006. REUTERS/Paul Yeung (HONG KONG) -
AP - Mon Jul 17, 11:08 AM ET
A swallowtail butterfly perches on a purple coneflower in a St. Paul, Minn., garden Monday, July 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt) -
AP - Sun Jul 16, 3:38 PM ET
Several balloons rise into the dawn sky as part of the Great Texas Balloon Race in Longview, Texas, on, Sunday, July 16 2006. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman) -
Day in pictures: 17 July 2006
Competitors pause for a conversation during a traditional scything tournament at Mt Rajac, some 80 km (50 miles) south of Belgrade, Serbia. -
In Sydney, aboriginal didgeridoo player David Little performs at the opening ceremony of the First Nations' Economic Opportunities Conference. -
Israeli girls write messages on shells ready for firing towards Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. -
Sekiwake Miyabiyama (right), pulls Mongolian sumo wrestler Ozeki Hakuho to win a bout at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. -
The Mayon volcano, 340 km (212 miles) south-east of the Philippine capital, Manila, continues to spew molten lava and ash for a fourth day. -
Lyme Bay, an unfinished British Royal Navy ship, is moved away from the Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside, which has struggled for contracts in recent years. -
Pope Benedict XVI plays the piano at his summer residence in northern Italy, in a picture released by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. -
AFP - Tue Jul 18, 8:35 PM ET
MIDEAST-VIOLENCE BEIRUT (AFP) - A Lebenese Shiite man frees a pigeon from the ru : A Lebenese Shiite man frees a pigeon from the rubble of a destroyed house in Beirut's eastern Shouwayfat suburb as Israeli attacks on Lebanon continues for the seventh consecutive day. (AFP/Ramzi Haidar) -
AFP - Tue Jul 18, 8:31 PM ET
Green Art : A visitor inspects the sculpture "Green Light Corridor" by American artist Bruce Nauman 18 July 2006 at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany. (AFP/Volker Hartmann) -
AFP - Tue Jul 18, 8:26 PM ET
Clean Bentley : A duster is wiped over the bonnet badge of a new Bentley convertable at the UK Motor Show. (AFP/Shaun Curry) -
AFP - Tue Jul 18, 8:23 PM ET
Gun Violence : A man runs with a loaded hand gun during a demonstration in Kinshasa. (AFP/Marco Longari) -
AFP - Tue Jul 18, 8:19 PM ET
Water Face : A young girl enjoys a shower diffused automatically by a sculpture as soon as temperatures reach 30 centigrades and more. Europe is hit by a heatwave, bringing temperatures of 36 centigrades and even more to France, Spain, Germany and other European countries. (AFP/Patrick Bernard) -
AFP - Tue Jul 18, 8:13 PM ET
Lava Spew : Pyroclastic flows run down the side of the Tungurahua volcano in southern Ecuador. Tungurahua erupted for a fifth day Tuesday, threatening to run downhill toward Banos, which has some 15,000 residents. (AFP/Rodrigo Buendia) -
AFP - Tue Jul 18, 8:08 PM ET
Thirsty horse : Sergeant Tina Parrino of the New York City Police Deaprtment Mounted Division leads her horse to water at a fountain in Central Park as a heat wave hits the city for a second straight day, with indexes of more than 100 degrees. (AFP/Timothy Clary) -
AFP - Tue Jul 18, 8:04 PM ET
Uphill : The pack rides in the Alps during the 187 km fifteenth stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race from Gap to L'Alpe d'Huez. (AFP/Franck Fife) -
AFP - Tue Jul 18, 8:01 PM ET
Candle Peace : Palestinian children demonstrate with candles in a square in Jabalya refugee camp to protest against the Israeli targeting in Lebanon and Israeli incursions in the Gaza Strip. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)