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AFP - Mon Sep 19, 4:11 PM ET
Zapatista in La Garucha : A militiaman of the Mexican Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) stands guard outside the EZLN plenary in La Garrucha community, in the Mexican state of Chiapas. (AFP/Alfredo Estrella) -
AFP - Mon Sep 19, 4:34 PM ET
Giving it a good shot : Nadezhda Ostapchuk of Belarus competes in the women's shot put final at the Seiko Super track and field meet in Yokohama. (AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi) -
AFP - Mon Sep 19, 3:56 PM ET
Checking out the lights : Foreign visitors(L) check out the natural lights coming through a linked series of fantastically shaped domes and towers at the 'Architects of Air Luminarium Levity II in Hong Kong. (AFP/Laurent Fievet) -
AFP - Mon Sep 19, 3:47 PM ET
Checking the seals : An Afghan election official of the UN-backed Joint Electoral Management Body checks the seal numbers on ballot boxes inside a tent at the UN counting compound at Herat airport. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri) -
Reuters - Mon Sep 19, 9:43 PM ET
A stray dog walks through several inches of toxic mud, deposited by flood waters from Hurricane Katrina, in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana September 19, 2005. A Louisiana official said the levees in New Orleans, where hundreds died in Katrina's floods, would fail again if the city were smashed by a new storm surge. REUTERS/J.P. Moczulski -
Reuters - Tue Sep 20,12:07 PM ET
An NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Rita as of 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time September 20, 2005. (NOAA/Handout/Reuters) -
AP - Mon Sep 19, 2:30 PM ET
A model wears an outfit by Gharani Strok during a Spring/Summer 2006 collection fashion show, in London, on the second day of London Fashion Week, Monday Sept. 19, 2005. The label was setup by Nargess Gharani of Iran and Vanya Strok of Croatia. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) -
Reuters - Mon Sep 19,12:57 PM ET
A British soldier jumps from a burning tank which was set ablaze after a shooting incident in the southern Iraqi city of Basra September 19, 2005. Angry crowds attacked a British tank with petrol bombs and rocks in Basra on Monday after Iraqi authorities said they had detained two British undercover soldiers in the southern city for firing on police. Two Iraqis were killed in the violence, an Interior Ministry official said. (Atef Hassan/Reuters) -
AFP/DOD-HO/File - Mon Sep 19, 3:55 PM ET
This Department of Defense (DOD) hand-out shows US army and Iraqi soldiers crossing an intersection during a routine security patrol in downtown Tal Afar in northern Iraq. US military planners are considering extended tours of duty for some units in Iraq if more US troops are needed for the upcoming elections there, a Pentagon spokesman said.(AFP/DOD-HO/File) -
Reuters - Tue Sep 20, 7:56 AM ET
Lightning strikes over the city of Los Angeles as a tropical storm system makes it way through southern California, causing power outages in nearby areas September 20, 2005. REUTERS/Gene Blevins -
AP - Mon Sep 19,11:52 AM ET
A British soldier makes his way out of a burning tank in Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad Monday Sept. 19, 2005. British forces and demonstrators exchanged gunfire in the southern city of Basra on Monday leaving two civilians dead after two British men were arrested for allegedly gunning down an Iraqi police officer, authorities and witnesses said Monday. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani) -
AP - Mon Sep 19, 2:45 PM ET
A boat is seen during a rainstorm in the Thermaikos gulf off the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Monday, Sept. 19, 2005. (AP Photo / Nikolas Giakoumidis) -
AFP - Mon Sep 19, 2:31 PM ET
Journalists work at the site of an uncovered remains of a Byzantine mansion with pictorial mosaic carpet measuring 16x14.5m that had been buried under sand dunes for the past 50 years in the Israeli port city of Caesarea. According to the excavation's director, Dr. Y. Porat, the mansion probably belonged to a most important personage in the city of Caesarea, and perhaps in the entire province of Palestine Primae.(AFP/Eitan Abramovich) -
AP - Mon Sep 19,11:35 PM ET
In this photo provided by NBC, Clay Aiken signs a Harley-Davidson touring motorcycle that has been donated for a fund-raising effort for victims of Hurricane Katrina during a taping of 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' at NBC studios Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005, in Burbank, Calif. Celebrities visiting the show are signing the bike, which is to be auctioned to raise funds to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater) -
Reuters - Mon Sep 19,12:56 PM ET
A lunar heavy cargo launch vehicle (L), which uses a pair of longer Solid Rocket Boosters and five Space Shuttle Main Engines, and a separate vehicle (R) which will carry crew members are pictured in this handout image released September 19, 2005. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration unveiled on Monday the results of a study to create a blueprint for their next generation of spacecraft to go to the moon, Mars and beyond. REUTERS/NASA/Handout -
Reuters - Mon Sep 19, 2:39 PM ET
Three Argentine Navy officers search for another Navy officer and a scientist who fell into an ice crevasse believed to be at least 50 meters deep while travelling by snowmobile near the Collins glacier, some 12 kilometers from the Jubany base in the Antarctic Peninsula on September 18, 2005. (Instituto Antrtico Argentino/Handout/Reuters) -
Sick birds
Jakarta zoo workers gather pelicans suspected of being infected with the bird flu virus for tests on Tuesday. Indonesia declared the country was facing an 'extraordinary' health situation after bird flu killed a fourth person and caused the zoo to shut down. -- AFP -
AP - Mon Sep 19, 7:27 PM ET
Dark clouds gather and a palm tree blows in the strong winds from Tropical Storm Rita on the Eastern shore line of Nassau, on New Providence Island in The Bahamas, Monday, Sept. 19, 2005. Heavy rain and strong winds lashed the Bahamas on Monday as Tropical Storm Rita crossed the island chain, gathering strength as the system headed toward Cuba and the Florida Keys. (AP Photo/Craig Lenihan) -
AP - Tue Sep 20,10:11 AM ET
After loosing electricity in his home, Dan McCormick came to the Southernmost Point in Key West, Fla. Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005 to look at the ocean before Hurricane Rita hits the area. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter) -
Reuters - Tue Sep 20,10:16 AM ET
A hand-written sign urges people to clean storm grates as officials warn that Hurricane Rita could possibly strike near New Orleans, on a street near downtown New Orleans, Louisiana September 19, 2005. (J.P. Moczulski/Reuters) -
Reuters - Sat Sep 17, 8:48 AM ET
Girls in traditional Bavarian clothes toast with one-litre beer mugs during the opening day of the Oktoberfest in Munich September 17, 2005. Millions of beer drinkers from around the world will come to the Bavarian capital Munich for the world's biggest and most famous beer festival, the Oktoberfest. The 172st Oktoberfest lasts from September 17 until October 3. Some six million people are expected to visit 14 enormous tents, each capable of holding up to 10,000 people at a time, drinking some 5.5 million litres (1.453 million U.S. gallons) of beer in the process. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle -
Clean water needed
Pakistani children queue for safe drinking water in the eastern slum area of Karachi on Monday. Health officials said at least eight children had died and several others had fallen ill after consuming contaminated drinking water. -- AFP -
Behind the scenes
Make-up artists put on the final touches for models before they hit the catwalk at the Natural History Museum in London on Monday, the second day of London Fashion Week. -- AFP -
New wheel in the sky
An artist's impression shows the planned Southern Star Observation Wheel against the Melbourne skyline in Australia on Tuesday. When completed in late 2007, the structure will be 120m tall, equal in height to a 38-storey building. It will be the second highest ferris wheel in the world, behind the London Eye which stands at 135m tall. -- AFP -
Homeward bound
Indonesian soldiers prepare to leave Lhokseumawe in Aceh on Tuesday after the government withdrew another 2,600 soldiers from the province as part of the military's commitment to an accord to end three decades of fighting with separatist rebels. -- AP