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AFP - Mon Oct 10, 8:51 PM ET
Grand Sumo : Yokozuna Asashoryu from Mongolia performs a ritual at the Dohyo during the third day of the US Grand Sumo Championship at the Mandalay Bay Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. (AFP/Hector Mata) -
AFP - Mon Oct 10, 8:27 PM ET
Birds on a wire : Two birds are seen on electric wires in the Kiziksa province of Balikesir, western Turkey, in Balikesir. (AFP/Mustafa Ozer) -
AFP - Mon Oct 10, 8:54 PM ET
Basra patrol : British troops patrol their base at Shaibah Logistics Base southern Iraq, as part of increased security measures ahead of the constitutional referendum 15 October. (AFP/John D McHugh) -
LIFT OFF: China launched its second manned space mission on Wednesday. The flight of Shenzhou VI with two astronauts is expected to last up to five days. -- AP -
Spanish legionaries march with their mascot, a goat, at annual National Day celebrations. -
A partially-collapsed hotel is seen amid the devastation in Balakot, one of the towns in Pakistan worst hit by the quake. -
The successful launch of China's second manned space craft into orbit grabs people's attention across the country. -
A poultry trader in Vietnam, one of the countries affected by bird flu, transports live ducks to market -
This group from Senegal head for Oujda in Morocco, from where many illegal immigrants have agreed to be repatriated. -
Iraqis protest outside the British consulate in Basra at the detention of several Iraqis by British troops in the country. -
Canadian Press - Tue Oct 11, 9:12 AM ET
The sun is seen blocked by the moon during a solar eclipse seen in Rio de Onor, Braganca, northern Portugal, near the Spanish border, Monday. Note: A camera filter was used to protect the photographer's vision from the harmful effects of the eclipse. (AP/Paulo Duarte) -
AP - Sat Oct 8, 1:58 PM ET
A model wears an ensemble by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, during the presentation of his Spring/Summer ready to wear 2006 collection for Hermes, in Paris, Saturday Oct. 8, 2005. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere) -
AFP - Tue Oct 11, 4:33 PM ET
Keeping warm : - Earthquake victims warm themselves around a camp fire after a downpour in Muzaffarabad three days after a powerful quake hit the region. (AFP/Jewel Samad) -
AFP/DDP - Tue Oct 11, 5:07 PM ET
Life in the fast lane : French bulldog 'Spoon' lies of a toy car during a photocall to promote an upcoming dog breeding fair in Dortmund, Germany. (AFP/DDP/Oliver Startmann) -
AFP - Tue Oct 11, 4:58 PM ET
For me..? : Christies employee Alexandra Jaffray looks up at a diamond, ruby and pearl crown at Christies auction house in London. (AFP/Carl de Souza) -
AFP - Tue Oct 11, 5:08 PM ET
Mourning mother : A Pakistani Kashmiri mother mourns over the death of her son in the earthquake-hit area in Muzaffarabad, in Pakistani- controlled Kashmir. (AFP/Aamir Qureshi) -
AFP - Tue Oct 11, 5:13 PM ET
Girl walking : A Palestinian girl walks with food donated at a soup kitchen center set up for Ramadan in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh) -
AFP - Tue Oct 11, 4:55 PM ET
Kaparot ritual : The shadow of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holding a chicken before performing the Kaparot ritual is cast on the ground in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood. (AFP/Gali Tibbon) -
AFP - Tue Oct 11, 4:52 PM ET
Arrested : Arrested suspects wait at a compound of a special police commando force after they were captured in a combined Iraqi and US force raid. (AFP/Karim Sahib) -
AFP - Tue Oct 11, 4:25 PM ET
At makeshift shelter : A child waits for aid next to his tent at a makeshift shelter in Muzaffarabad three days after a powerful earthquake hit the region. (AFP/Jewel Samad) -
AFP - Tue Oct 11, 4:46 PM ET
Hanging chicken : A Bulgarian worker inspects chickens at a poultry farm near Sofia. (AFP/Valentina Petrova) -
AFP - Tue Oct 11, 5:18 PM ET
Rushing to treatment : A Kashmiri quake survivor carries his injured son for medical treatment following the evacuation from a remote area in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. (AFP/Saeed Khan) -
AFP/DDP - Tue Oct 11, 3:31 PM ET
Quick move : France's Anne-Lise Touya(R) faces Russia's Sophia Velikaia at the individual Women's Sabre competition of the 2005 Fencing World Championships in Leipzig, Germany. (AFP/DDP/Robert Michael) -
AFP - Tue Oct 11, 3:44 PM ET
Ducking time : Ducks for sale are displayed at one of the main markets in Phnom Penh. (AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy) -
AFP - Tue Oct 11, 3:39 PM ET
Homeless : A homeless Kashmiri woman calls her child as she gets ready to spend the night inside a tent at a open field in Uribala village of Uri province in the wake of the 08 October 2005 earthquake. (AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)