AFP - Mon Aug 28, 8:35 PM ET Honorary bow : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (2nd L) bows to the Malaysian Royal Guard of Honour during his official welcoming ceremony at the parliament building. (AFP/Tengku Bahar)
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AFP - Mon Aug 28, 8:22 PM ET Lonely fan : A fan sits alone in the rain during a delay for the first matches in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the 2006 US Open at the USTA National Tennis Center. (AFP/Timothy Clary)
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AFP - Mon Aug 28, 8:15 PM ET Fueling the fire : Pakistani protesters shout anti-government slogans in front of burning tyres on a road during a protest against the killing of tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti. (AFP/Asif Hassan)
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AFP - Mon Aug 28, 6:50 PM ET Staying still : One of the giant treads on the crawler used to move the space shuttle is shown as it sits in front of the Atlantis (R) at launch pad 39-B. (AFP/Jeff Haynes)
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AFP - Mon Aug 28, 6:16 PM ET Sunset walk : A Lebanese woman and her three sons look at the convoy of UN cheif Kofi Annan as it arrives to Beirut's southern suburbs. (AFP/Martin Naamani)
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AFP - Sun Aug 27, 7:58 PM ET Fuel to the fire : A young Pakistani man adds fuel to the fire in the middle of the street during a demonstration in Karachi against the killing of tribal rebel chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti. (AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)
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AFP - Sun Aug 27, 7:57 PM ET Guitar that rocked Benoni : Red Bull Box Cart Race competitor, The guitar that rocked Benoni, races down Jan Smuts avenue in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)
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AFP - Sun Aug 27, 7:57 PM ET Taking the checkered flag : Brazilian Ferrari driver Felipe Massa steers his car to cross the finish line of the Istanbul racetrack during the Formula One Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul. Massa won ahead of Spanish Renault driver Fernando Alonso and German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher. (AFP/Mustafa Ozer)
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AFP/DDP - Sat Sep 2, 8:34 PM ET Competitive horses : Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum of Germany on "Shutterfly" competes in the Jumping Individual Classification of the World Equestrian Games in Aachen. (AFP/DDP/Jochen Luebke)
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AFP - Sat Sep 2, 8:31 PM ET Over the hurdle : American Terrence Trammell races during the 110m hurdles event at the Russian Challenge-2006 track and field athletics tournament in Moscow. (AFP/Tatyana Makeyeva)
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AFP - Sat Sep 2, 8:28 PM ET Repair team : Workers climb on the building as they repair its facade in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. (AFP/Valentina Petrova)
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AFP - Sat Sep 2, 8:26 PM ET Fluttering by : A swallowtail butterfly flaps its wings in the fully bloomed orange cosmos flower field at Tokyo's Hamarikyu Park. (AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
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AFP - Sat Sep 2, 8:18 PM ET No looking back : Would-be immigrants line up in a Red Cross tent on arrival at the port of Los Cristianos on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife. (AFP/Desiree Martin)
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AFP - Sat Sep 2, 8:16 PM ET Dress rehearsal : Actress Rosy de Palma performs during a rehearsal of the play "Le chanteur de Mexico" of Francis Lopez, directed by Jean Manifacier at the Chatelet theatre in Paris. (AFP/Pierre Verdy)
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AFP/DDP - Sat Sep 2, 8:13 PM ET Leather lover : A participant of the "Folsom Europe" gay and lesbian street festival for enthusiasts of the leather and fetish scene poses in Berlin. (AFP/DDP/Johannes Eisele)
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AFP - Sat Sep 2, 8:11 PM ET Flying rose : US Rose Richmond jumps during the women's long jump event at the Russian Challenge-2006 track and field athletics tournament in Moscow. (AFP/Tatyana Makeyeva)
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AFP - Sat Sep 2, 8:07 PM ET Masked catwalk : A model displays a creation by Indian designer Prriya Awasthy during the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week in New Delhi.
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AFP - Sat Sep 2, 7:25 PM ET Back to school : Palestinian students chat as they head to their classroom at their school in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
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AFP - Sat Sep 2, 7:24 PM ET Through destruction : A Palestinian boy walks through a destroyed house in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza strip. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
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AFP - Fri Sep 1, 8:43 PM ET High jump : The feet of Elena Dementieva of Russia leave the court as she serves to Vera Zvonareva of Russia. Dementieva won. (AFP/Stan Honda)
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AFP - Fri Sep 1, 8:36 PM ET Through the legs : Models display creations by Indian designer Gunjan and Rahul during the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week. (AFP/Manpreet Romana)
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AFP - Fri Sep 1, 8:28 PM ET HuRah! : Cadets of the military lyceum shout hurrah during a solemn formation in Bishkek as the new school year begins. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)
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AFP - Fri Sep 1, 8:24 PM ET Nutty sorting : A Kashmiri man sorts through walnuts in Srinagar. (AFP/Tauseef Mustafa)
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AFP - Fri Sep 1, 8:17 PM ET Red protest : Indian Communist party activists are seen through red party flag as they hold hands to form a human chain in Kolkata. (AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)
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AFP - Fri Sep 1, 8:04 PM ET Helicopter walk : Kosovo Forces (KFOR) peacekeeping soldiers walk near helicopters during the KFOR change of command ceremony at KFOR headquarters in Pristina (AFP/Ermal Meta)