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AFP - Wed Aug 2, 9:43 PM ET
Over the river : A man steps over "the river" inside the panorama of Moscow, in Moscow. The company that owns the 16-meter wide model of the city center said it doesn't have the money to maintain it, and has put it up for auction for 380,000 USD. (AFP/Natalya Kolesnikova) -
AFP - Wed Aug 2, 9:42 PM ET
Grigoriadis backstroke : Aristeidis Grigoriadis of Greece competes in men's 50 meters backstroke during the 28th LEN European Championships in Budapest. (AFP/Joe Klamar) -
AFP - Wed Aug 2, 9:42 PM ET
Mourning : A relative mourns as the body of Awad Jamaleddine is removed by a bulldozer, after he was killed with several members of his family, during an overnight Israeli raid on the eastern town of Baalbek, a Hezbollah bastion 10 kilometres from the Syrian border. (AFP/Joseph Barrak) -
AP - Wed Aug 2, 9:45 PM ET
Victor Valenzuela prepares his horse, Hosco, for the Joaquin Murieta Ride on Friday, July 28, 2006, in Madera, Calif. Every year Californians of Mexican descent set out for a three-day ride over 70 miles of country roads to pay homage to Joaquin Murieta, Central California's own half-real, half-mythical Robin Hood. (AP Photo/Benjamin Sklar) -
Reuters - Wed Aug 2, 2:18 AM ET
Members of Cirque du Soleil perform during a final dress rehearsal for the performance 'Saltimbanco' in Sao Paulo August 1, 2006. The touring international cast of acrobats, dancers, actors and musicians from 13 countries is performing a baroque blend of aerial acts and dances in their first run in Brazil. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL) -
AP - Mon Jul 31, 9:43 PM ET
A photographer stands on an overlook as he takes a photograph of rock formations at sunrise from Saturday, July 29, 2006, at Monument Valley in the Navajo Nation, Ariz. (AP Photo/Paul Connors) -
Day in pictures: 2 August
Aristeidis Grigoriadis of Greece is captured mid-stroke while competing at the men's 50-metre backstroke during the 28th European Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. -
A plane lands behind the new terminal at Beijing airport. The site is undergoing a huge rebuilding programme for the 2008 Olympics and booming passenger numbers. -
An Israeli soldier waves past a self-propelled artillery gun as the fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli units in southern Lebanon enters its fourth week. -
Raw chickens are displayed at a market in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Health officials said hundreds of dead chickens on the island had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird virus. -
A polar bear cools off in a pond in Shanghai Zoo as China swelters in a summer heatwave. Temperatures are due to reach a high of 35C (95F) this week. -
Pope Benedict XVI salutes Catholic faithful on the way to an open-air audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. He called for an end to the fighting in Lebanon. -
Schoolgirls pass the smoking bulk of Mt Mayon, a volcano in the Albay province of the Philippines. Officials are braced for a major eruption. -
AFP - Thu Aug 3, 10:00 PM ET
Playing with Penetrables : A child plays inside the plastic art work "Penetrables" of Venezuelan artist Jesus Rafael Soto, in front of the Beaux-Arts palais in Mexico City. (AFP/Omar Torres) -
AFP/ANP - Thu Aug 3, 10:00 PM ET
Roll in the snow : Tania, the polar bear in Artis, plays in the snow. The Amsterdam Zoo started making the snow, and a snow cannon blew the snow into her area. It was done to simulate the natural habitat of polar bears. (AFP/ANP/Evert-Jan Daniels) -
AFP - Thu Aug 3, 9:58 PM ET
Firing shells : Israeli soldiers cover their ears as a mobile artillery piece fires into Lebanon, at an Israeli military position located along the Lebanese Israeli border. (AFP/Menahem Kahana) -
AFP - Thu Aug 3, 9:58 PM ET
For the victims : Croatian Orthodox Serbs light candles in the western Bosnian town of Banja Luka, for victims of the Croatian military operation "Oluja" conducted in the summer of 1995. (AFP/Stringer ) -
AFP - Thu Aug 3, 9:57 PM ET
Waiting to cross : Israeli soldiers stand on their tank along the northern Israeli border, as they prepare to enter south Lebanon. (AFP/Hrvoje Polan) -
AFP - Thu Aug 3, 9:57 PM ET
Bolshoi Ballet : Performers from the Russian Bolshoi Ballet Company rehearse Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House, in London. (AFP/Carl De Souza) -
AFP - Thu Aug 3, 9:57 PM ET
Swan Lake : Russian dancer Dmitri Gudanov from the Russian Bolshoi Ballet Company performs during a rehearsal of the "Swan Lake" on a music by Peotyr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and on choreography by Yuri Grigorovich at the Royal Opera House in London. (AFP/Carl De Souza) -
AFP - Thu Aug 3, 9:57 PM ET
Scene of the attack : The shadows of two Iraqi bystanders are cast on the ground of a bombed soccer field in Baghdad, next to a sport shoe that once belonged to one of the victims that were killed in the attack. (AFP/Karim Sahib) -
AFP - Thu Aug 3, 9:56 PM ET
Artillery fire : An Israeli reservist covers his ears as a mobile artillery unit fires a 155mm shell towards Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, at a military staging area outside northern Israeli settlement of Fasuta. (AFP/Denis Sinyakov) -
AFP - Thu Aug 3, 9:56 PM ET
Water cannons : A demonstrator is reached by police water cannons during a protest against Israel's attacks on Lebanese civilians, in front of the Israeli embassy in Bogota. (AFP/Rodrigo Arangua) -
AFP - Thu Aug 3, 9:56 PM ET
Checking the M-16 : An Israeli soldier checks his M-16 rifle as he stands on top of an APC at the border with Lebanon as he waits for orders to enter south Lebanon. (AFP/Gali Tibbon) -
AFP - Thu Aug 3, 9:55 PM ET
Manaudou competes : France's Laure Manaudou competes in the women's 200 meters individual medley final during the 28th LEN European Swimming Championships in Budapest. (AFP/Joe Klamar)