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AFP - Thu Aug 24, 9:12 PM ET
Prague parade : A giant "praying mantis" insect float entertains spectators in a street parade by the French circus Malabar in the Old Town Square, Prague. (AFP/Michal Cizek) -
AFP - Thu Aug 24, 9:12 PM ET
View of a funeral : A coffin draped with the Lebanese flag is seen through a shrapnel hole, during a mass funeral in the Lebanese-Israeli bordertown of Marwahin. (AFP/Patrick Baz) -
AFP - Thu Aug 24, 9:12 PM ET
After the bomb : Iraqi men are seen through the burnt-out windshield of a destroyed vehicle after a car bomb set by insurgents exploded close to a police station in the Al-Mashtal district in the south end of Baghdad. (AFP/Wisam Sami) -
AFP - Thu Aug 24, 9:12 PM ET
Pigeon play : A boy plays with his pigeons in Jakarta. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo) -
AFP - Thu Aug 24, 9:11 PM ET
Housing demo : Three contortionists squeeze into a small perspex house in Leicester Square in central London, in a protest organised by the charity 'Shelter' against overcrowded housing conditions for families and children in England. (AFP/John D McHugh) -
AFP - Thu Aug 24, 9:11 PM ET
Suvorov cadets : Cadets of the Suvorov military school stand in a line and shout 'hurrays' prior to a church service for the cadets' enrollment ceremony, in the Christ the Saviour cathedral in Moscow. (AFP/Viktor Drachev) -
AFP - Thu Aug 24, 9:11 PM ET
Off to lunch : A worker heads off to lunch passing by an advertisement of an under-construction apartment block in Jakarta. (AFP/Jewel Samad) -
AFP - Thu Aug 24, 9:11 PM ET
Tanguera : Florencia Roldan and Juan Malizia Gatti from Argentina, dance the tango "Tanguera" during the semifinal of the Tango Escenario competition in Buenos Aires, in the framework of the IV World Tango Championship. (AFP/Daniel Garcia) -
AFP - Thu Aug 24, 9:10 PM ET
Gallo Ciego : Sara Masi and Mauro Zompa, from Italy, dance the tango "Gallo Ciego" during the semifinal of the Tango Escenario competition in Buenos Aires, in the framework of the IV World Tango Championship. (AFP/Daniel Garcia) -
AFP - Thu Aug 24, 9:10 PM ET
Waving the flag : A Lebanese woman raises her country's flag as she stands at the balcony of her apartment located in a destroyed building in Beirut's southern suburb. (AFP/Anwar Amro) -
AFP - Thu Aug 24, 9:10 PM ET
Two to tango : Chizuko Kuwamoto and Sebastian Bianchi, from Argentina, dance the tango "Pa que te oigan bandoneón" during the semifinal of the Tango Escenario competition in Buenos Aires, in the framework of the IV World Tango Championship. (AFP/Daniel Garcia) -
AFP/DDP - Thu Aug 24, 9:10 PM ET
Equestrian vault : Marion Graf of Switzerland competes in the Vaulting Compulsory individual event of the World Equestrian Games in Aachen. (AFP/DDP/Jochen Luebke) -
AFP - Tue Aug 29, 7:22 PM ET
Ying clean : Workers clean a ying and yang symbol upon the closing ceremony of the second China Taoism Culture festival in Chengdu, China's southwestern province of Sichuan. (AFP/Liu Jin) -
AFP - Tue Aug 29, 7:21 PM ET
Peaceful sunset : The sunset is seen from a UNIFIL post in the southern Lebanese village of Dhayra. (AFP/Thomas Coex) -
AFP - Tue Aug 29, 7:19 PM ET
Racket face : Number one seed Amelie Mauresmo of France hits a return to Kristina Barrois of Germany at the 2006 US Open at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York. (AFP/Timothy Clary) -
AFP - Tue Aug 29, 7:05 PM ET
Camel Race : An Egyptian aBedouin rides his camel during the 10th Arabic Camel racing festival in the Al-Arish, north-east of Cairo. (AFP/Khaled Desouki) -
AFP - Tue Aug 29, 6:56 PM ET
Flying horse : German rider Christian Ahlmann on "Coester" jumps during the Speed-Competition classification of the World Equestrian Games in Aachen (AFP/Jochen Luebke) -
AFP - Tue Aug 29, 6:53 PM ET
Boy stare : A karen boy looks through bamboo at Tham Hin refugee camp in Ratchaburi province west of Thailand. (AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul) -
AFP - Tue Aug 29, 6:51 PM ET
Fiberglass trunk : A 8 metre high fibreglass sculpture of an elephant stands in front of the Lille opera house, for festivités organised on the thème of India. (AFP/Philippe Huguen) -
AFP - Tue Aug 29, 6:42 PM ET
Hands up : Spanish Pau Gasol of NBA's Memphis Grizzlies reacts to his missed free-throw during their quarter-final match against Lithuania in the World Basketball Championship in Saitama, 29 August 2006. Spain beat Lithuania by 89-67. (AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura) -
AFP - Mon Aug 28, 8:56 PM ET
Ball holder : A ball boy holds two tennis balls 28 August 2006 during a first round match at the US Open tennis championships in Flushing Meadows, New York. (AFP/Stan Honda) -
AFP - Mon Aug 28, 8:54 PM ET
Around the bend : The pack rides during the third stage of the Tour of Spain between Cordoba and Almendranejo, 28 August 2006. Spain's Jose Ventoso of Saunier Duval team won the stage with Norway's Thor Hushvod coming second and retaining the gold leader's jersey. (AFP/Jose Jordan) -
AFP - Mon Aug 28, 8:52 PM ET
Red works : Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of 10th South Asian Games at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. (AFP/Sanka Vidanagama) -
AFP - Mon Aug 28, 8:41 PM ET
End of the day : Palestinians enjoy a summer day at the beach in Khan Yunis. (AFP/Mahmud Hams) -
AFP - Mon Aug 28, 8:40 PM ET
Dino smile : A replica of a Maxakalisaurus topai dinosaur head is seen at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP/Vanderlei Almeida)