Picture News 2
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Reuters - Wed Oct 5, 8:19 AM ET
Russia's Irina Tchachina performs with the ribbon during team competition at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku, October 5, 2005. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor -
Children inspect the world's first autonomously-controlled robotic fish at the London Aquarium. -
Indian Air Force personnel in Delhi march past a photograph of colleagues climbing Mount Everest. -
Dancers do leg kicks in Asakusa, Japan. -
Indonesian women taking part in a procession pass one of the sites of the weekend blasts in Bali. -
Bishops catch up on the news as they attend a meeting of the world's bishops at the Vatican. -
A group in a cycle rickshaw rides past a Chinese flag in the capital, Beijing. -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 4:33 PM ET
Ungaro creation : A model presents a creation by French designer Vincent Darre for Ungaro during the Spring/Summer 2006 Ready-to-Wear collections in Paris. (AFP/Pierre Verdy) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 6:25 PM ET
Van Noten creation : A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Dries van Noten during the Spring/Summer 2006 Ready-to-Wear collections in Paris. (AFP/Francois Guillot) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 4:36 PM ET
Ramadan celebrations : A Palestinian man celebrates with fireworks on the second day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the streets of the border town of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP/Said Khatib) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 4:54 PM ET
Fighting the flames : Two firemans have a rest as they are watching the flames of a wild fire which is approching the village of Lapa do Lobo, 300 km north of Lisbon. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 4:56 PM ET
Dying Swan : German-born Bernd Burgmaier of the all-male dance troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo performs Dying Swan on the opening day of their new show in Sydney. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 4:44 PM ET
Stone Town sunset : The sun sets into the Indian Ocean in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania while sailors tight their dows (traditionals swahili boats) to the pier. (AFP/Marco Longari) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 4:58 PM ET
Raymonda's Wedding : The all-male dance troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo performs Raymonda's Wedding on the opening day of their new show in Sydney. (AFP/Torsten Blackwood) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 4:49 PM ET
Tochka-M : Russian soldiers sit on the launcher of Tochka-M (Point-M), short range missile, which has a range of about 44 miles (70 kilometres) prior its launch at the military training ground outside Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. (AFP/Stringer ) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 4:38 PM ET
Caps for Ramadan : Pakistani Muslim men check prayer caps at a roadside shop in Karachi, ahead of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AFP/Asif Hassan) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 4:41 PM ET
On the beach : Tourists take advantage of the swell as they surf at Kuta beach, near the bomb blast site, on Bali island, four days after a series of suicide bomb attacks shocked the resort island killing atleast 19 people 01 October. (AFP/Jewel Samad) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 5:00 PM ET
Clubs competition : Esther Escolar from Spain performs during the clubs team competition of the 27th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championship in Baku. (AFP/Mladen Antonov) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 4:50 PM ET
Navrathri celebrations : An Indian Hindu devotee dressed as Hindu God Hanuman takes part in a procession during the Navrathri celebrations in Amritsar, in India's northwestern state of Punjab. (AFP/Narinder Nanu) -
AFP - Wed Oct 5, 4:46 PM ET
Wrath of Stan : Local residents wait to be evacuated from the flooded village of Las Brisas, near San Salvador. (AFP/Marlon Gomez) -
A woman rests outside the Jama Masjid Mosque in Delhi on the second day of Ramadan. -
A Shanghai shop assistant rolls out fabric ahead of fresh talks on China's textile dispute with the US. -
Indonesians offer prayers at a temple in Bali, nearly a week after the latest attacks on the island. -
A Pakistani woman mourns the death of a relative killed in an attack on a mosque. -
French gymnasts perform in the finals of the world championship in Baku, Azerbaijan.