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The Indonesian armed forces are celebrating their 60th anniversary. -
Anti-fur protestors disrupt a Paris fashion show. -
Malaysian Muslims celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. -
In Beijing, the Shanghai skyline is reproduced in an installation made from eggs. -
Candidate representatives check election results in Kabul amid allegations of electoral fraud in Afghanistan's polls. -
Security forces clash in Lagos
An apparent dispute over the right to a free bus ride ignites a huge firefight between the police and soldiers in the Nigerian city of Lagos. Some 60 vehicles are destroyed, many of them police cars. -
Security forces clash in Lagos
Firefighters move through the smoking ruins of a police station, set alight by the soldiers. At least three civilians were killed as the two forces exchanged fire in Nigeria's main commercial city. -
Security forces clash in Lagos
A police officer said the scene resembled a war zone. Many police stayed off the streets for hours afterwards, fearful of further attacks. -
Security forces clash in Lagos
Intervention by senior officers finally eased the violence. -
Security forces clash in Lagos
The police station at the centre of the fighting was left gutted. The governor of Lagos and its police chief have appealed for calm. -
Ramadan begins
Hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world are marking the holy month of Ramadan. -
Ramadan begins
For the next four weeks, Muslims such as these men in Kabul will fast during daylight hours... -
Ramadan begins
... and gather, like these Muslims in New York, at sunset to share iftar, the meal that breaks the fast. -
Ramadan begins
Much of the Muslim world, such as here in Bosnia, began Ramadan on Tuesday after spotting the crescent moon. -
Ramadan begins
Tuesday also marked the start of the holy month for Iraqi Sunnis, like this family in Basra. -
Ramadan begins
Indonesians and other Muslims in Asia - along with Iraq's Shia - were starting their holy month on Wednesday. -
Ramadan begins
Pakistan was set to usher in Ramadan on Thursday as the moon was seen later than in other parts of the world. -
Ramadan begins
This time of spiritual contemplation is also accompanied by fun and frolics at night time, as here in Gaza City, where a child plays with a firework. -
Ramadan begins
However the month can also be accompanied by greater violence from extremists. Baghdad is braced after al-Qaeda in Iraq urged an increase in attacks. -
Ramadan begins
Saudi Arabia and other countries have also stepped up security amid fears of a spike in militant violence. -
Ramadan begins
But, despite the threats, streets such as this one in Gaza continue to bustle as families enjoy this festival month. -
TOO MUCH TO SWALLOW: The mid-section of a 4m-long python burst open after it attempted to swallow a 1.8m alligator in a Florida swamp. -- AP -
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TOO MUCH TO SWALLOW: The mid-section of a 4m-long python burst open after it attempted to swallow a 1.8m alligator in a Florida swamp. -- AP
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AP - Wed Oct 5,11:11 AM ET
Shafts of sunlight illuminate a fog-shrouded meadow in the Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Reservation in Brook Park, Ohio Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) -
AP - Wed Oct 5, 9:01 AM ET
Piggies swim in a pool during a piggy sports contest held in the Yaohai Park in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Bingsheng)