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AFP - Thu Mar 2, 7:24 PM ET
Riot gear : A riot police unit lines up to block the opposition protest march on a street in the capital Minsk. (AFP/Viktor Drachev) -
AFP/DDP - Thu Mar 2, 7:25 PM ET
At the shelter : Male cat Oskar peers through the bars of his so-called quarantine box in an animal shelter in the southern town of Munich, where his owner brought him in fear of the bird flu disease. (AFP/DDP/Joerg Koch) -
AFP - Thu Mar 2, 7:28 PM ET
Painted protest : Indian students stage a street play during an anti-US President George W. Bush protest held by Indian social and political activists in New Delhi. (AFP/Manpreet Romana) -
Day in pictures: 2 March 2006
Kenyan newspaper staff are left shocked after masked gunmen acting on government orders destroy thousands of copies of the paper. -
A vegetable market in Baghdad is reduced to tangled wreckage by a bomb blast, which killed at least eight people. -
Demonstrators in New Delhi dress as the US, Indian and Pakistani premiers to protest against President George W Bush's visit to India. -
China's government faces calls to invest in the countryside, whose workers fear they are missing out on the country's economic boom. -
Tearful Palestinian children attend the funeral of Islamic Jihad leader Khaled al-Dahdouh, who was killed when his car was blown up in Gaza City. -
A scarlet ibis is vaccinated against bird flu at one of France's top zoos, Amneville, in the north-east of the country. -
Oscar statues are delivered in preparation for the Academy Awards on 5 March. -
Riot police block a street during an opposition rally in Minsk, Belarus. -
Sir Paul McCartney and wife Heather join a protest against Canada's annual seal hunt -
Day in pictures: 3 March 2006
Ukrainian activists act out their view of daily life if plans to store nuclear waste at Chernobyl go ahead. -
Thousands rally in support of embattled Thai president Thaksin Shinawatra who is facing calls to resign. -
Anti-US protests are held in Hyderabad during President Bush's visit to the southern Indian city. -
The visit also sparked protests in the Kashmiri town of Srinagar, where tear gas sent stray horses running. -
Sixteen-day-old leopard cubs arrive at an Assam zoo having been rescued from a forest by woodcutters, officials say. -
A religious procession is held in the Philippines capital, Manila, to pray for the resignation of President Arroyo. -
Miss Piggy dons a designer dress for a window display by London store Selfridges to celebrate 30 years of punk. -
AP - Wed Mar 1, 6:13 PM ET
Residents view flying of a dragon-shaped kite on the bank of the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Wednesday, March 1, 2006. More than 100 contestants competed in 11 events of a kite flying competition, Xinhua news agency said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gao Zengshuang) -
AP - Fri Mar 3, 9:12 AM ET
A flamethrower from the Yi minority in Xiyi, in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, performs at the annual fire worship festival Thursday March 2, 2006. The Yi minority hold the Fire Worship Festival to honor a legendary ancestor, Mu Deng, who taught them to spark fire. Mu Deng is regarded as the god of fire and is worshiped by the Yi minority. During the Fire Worship Festival, people hold sacred ceremonies, dance and jump over the fire to expel the evil spirits, and pray for good luck and prosperity. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) -
Reuters - Fri Mar 3, 4:40 PM ET
A model presents a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen as part of his ready-to-wear fall/winter 2006-2007 collection in Paris March 3, 2006. REUTERS/Charles Platiau -
AFP - Fri Mar 3, 4:10 PM ET
Wet Oscar : A banner with a picture of an Oscar Statue is seen through a rain-covered tarp over the red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre as the area is prepared for the 78th Academy Awards in Hollywood. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary) -
AFP - Fri Mar 3, 4:20 PM ET
Standing ready : Indian officers of the Rapid Action Force stand guard during an anti-US President George W. Bush protest by Muslim demonstrators held after Friday prayers at the Charminar Mosque(background) in Hyderabad. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar) -
AFP - Fri Mar 3, 4:25 PM ET
Anger on the streets : An Indian activist of a leftist party wearing a mask mocking US President George W. Bush gestures during an anti-Bush protest rally, in Hyderabad, central India.