Picture News 2
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AFP - Fri Oct 7, 4:24 PM ET
Back pockets : A model presents a creation by French designer Sonia Rykiel during the Spring/Summer 2006 Ready-to-Wear collections in Paris. -
AFP - Fri Oct 7, 4:56 PM ET
Wagner in Paris : Opera singers perfrom during a dress rehearsal Richard Wagner's opera 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' directed by US Robert Wilson at the Chatelet theater in Paris. (AFP/Pascal Pavani) -
AFP - Fri Oct 7, 4:16 PM ET
Rykiel blue : A model presents a creation by French designer Sonia Rykiel during the Spring/Summer 2006 Ready-to-Wear collections in Paris. (AFP/Francois Guillot) -
AFP - Fri Oct 7, 4:18 PM ET
Rykiel black and white : A model presents a creation by French designer Sonia Rykiel during the Spring/Summer 2006 Ready-to-Wear collections in Paris. (AFP/Francois Guillot) -
AFP - Fri Oct 7, 4:14 PM ET
Rykiel red : A model presents a creation by French designer Sonia Rykiel during the Spring/Summer 2006 Ready-to-Wear collections in Paris. -
AFP - Fri Oct 7, 4:09 PM ET
Unusual fishy : A child looks at a robotic fish at the London Aquarium. (AFP/Adrian Dennis) -
AFP - Fri Oct 7, 3:31 PM ET
Temporary housing : An African immigrant temporarily housed in a special area of the Spanish enclave of Mellilla, holds on the surrounding fence. (AFP/Samuel Aranda) -
Scene of carnage
Australian and Indonesian police officers carry out forensic work at the scene of a bomb blast on Jimbaran Beach, Bali, on Monday. The blast killed at least 26 people and injured more than 100 others on the popular resort island on Saturday evening. -- AP -
Circus act
Mstislav Zapashny Junior, who comes from a well-known circus dynasty and heads the Russian Circus Company, performs with his tigers in Moscow on Sunday. -- AFP -
Balloon bridge
Colourful balloons strew the Bosphorous Bridge ahead of the 27th Istanbul Marathon where participants run from the Asian to the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. -- AFP -
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Fleeing for safety
Two youths run away from the flames of a wildfire approaching their village in Lapa do Lobo, 300 km north of Lisbon, on Monday. Forest fires flared in central and northern Portugal for the second consecutive day on Monday, forcing the evacuation of a campsite and threatening residential areas. -- AFP -
Under terrorist 'attack'
Rome staged its first anti-terror drill with a simulated suicide bombing at the Colosseum on Monday. The drill was aimed at testing coordination between law enforcement officials and emergency workers in the event of a terror attack. -- AFP -
Poetry in motion
Speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno (left) of the United States trains with his teammates at a training session in Seoul on Tuesday. Ohno has tried to soothe ruffled feathers after his disputed Olympic gold medal win over a South Korean rival in 2002 by praising South Korea's devotion to speedskating and pointing to the capricious nature of the sport. -- AP -
Hands-on project
Assorted wax hands and arms lie on the table in the workshop of Madame Tussauds in New York. A dancer in the Radio City Rockettes troupe was on Tuesday measured for a sculpture at the renowned wax museum. -- AFP -
young one
A male panda cub born on July 9 undergoes a routine health examination at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. The cub is the offspring of female panda Mei Xiang and her mate Tian Tian. -- AFP -
Colourful cosmos
Shoppers enjoy a colourful display of cosmos at the entrance of a shop along Tokyo's fashion district, Ginza, on Thursday. The shop is decorated with some 30,000 red, white and pink cosmos, which heralds the coming of autumn. -- AFP -
Lantern time
Palestinian children with plastic lanterns roamed the streets of the border town of Rafah in southern Gaza after breaking their Ramadan fast at sunset on Wednesday. Egyptian and Palestinian officials agreed on Thursday to temporarily use the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing point instead of the Rafah terminal for the transit of goods to the Gaza Strip. -- AFP -
Oily business
Oil derricks are seen in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku with the Bibi Heybat Mosque in the foreground. The predominantly Muslim nation is the starting point for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline that will ship oil and gas from Azerbaijan's huge offshore reserves to a Turkish Mediterranean port. -- AP -
Pig up speed
Piglets swim in a pool during a piggy sports contest on Wednesday. The event is held annually in the Yaohai Park in Anhui, China. -- AP -
Divine devotion
An Indian Hindu devotee dressed as Hindu God Hanuman takes part in a procession during the Navrathri festival in Amritsar, India, on Thursday. The festival commemorates the victory of Hindu Goddess Durga over the demon, Mahishasura. -- AFP -
Numero uno sumo
Sumo wrestlers demonstrate their techniques at the Mandalay Bay Centre in Las Vegas, a preview of the upcoming Grand Sumo Tournament that begins on Friday at the strip. The boxing ring at the Mandalay Bay Centre was replaced with the Dohyo, the traditional sumo ring covered with a mixture of clay and sand. -- AFP -
Meaty issue
Animal rights activists from the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals pack themselves up like fresh meat to protest against the way animals are killed for food. -- AFP -
Ongoing investigations
Israeli containership Zim Asia, which collided with a Japanese fishing boat last week and killed seven of its crew, arrives in Hong Kong on Friday for investigations by Japanese and Israeli transport officials. The ship's captain is believed to be responsible for the accident. -- AP -
History in flames
Fire gutted a California mansion where many movies and television shows were filmed on Thursday. The mansion served as the home of Bruce Wayne in the 1960s Batman television series and was also used in such movies as Dead Again. -- AP