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AFP - Wed Sep 6, 3:58 PM ET
Paratrooper skills : A Pakistani paratrooper performs his skills during a military display to celebrate the country's Defence Day, in Rawalpindi. (AFP/Aamir Qureshi) -
AFP - Wed Sep 6, 3:57 PM ET
Assault on display : Pakistani Special Services Group (SSG) commandos perform an assault drill during a military display to celebrate the country's Defence Day, in Rawalpindi. (AFP/Aamir Qureshi) -
AFP - Wed Sep 6, 3:55 PM ET
Lantern vendor : A vendor waits for customers at a her lantern stall at Hohai lake in Beijing. (AFP/Peter Parks) -
AFP - Wed Sep 6, 3:55 PM ET
Through the wall : Two Lebanese women are seen through a hole on a wall decorated with a portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nassrallah in the destroyed southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil. (AFP/Thomas Coex) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:59 PM ET
Ready to launch : The space shuttle Atlantis sits on launch pad 39-B after rollback at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (AFP/Jeff Haynes) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:59 PM ET
Polo goal : Accompanied by his teammate Marat Zakirov (up), Russian Anton Korotaev(6) scores a goal against Slovakian Peter Nizny (2) in Tusmajdan swimming pool of Belgrade, during a preliminary match of European Water Polo Championships. (AFP/Attila Kisbenedek) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:58 PM ET
Striking a pose : The shoes of US actress Lindsay Lohan pictured, while she poses during a photocall after a press conference to present her movie "Bobby" in competition at the 63rd Venice Film Festival in Venice's Lido. (AFP/Filippo Monteforte) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:58 PM ET
Waiting backstage : A young dancer waits her turn backstage upon the opening ceremony of the 28th FIAP (International Federation of Photographic Art) Congress in China's southwestern city of Chengdu. (AFP/Liu Jin) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:57 PM ET
Yurta tunduk : A worker fixes the top of traditional Kyrgyz house "yurta tunduk" during a festival of nomad tents in central Bishkek. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:56 PM ET
End of the day : Labourers work on an under-construction hotel and appartment block as the sun sets, ending the day in Jakarta. (AFP/Adek Berry) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:54 PM ET
Jakarta demo : A protester stands before an anti-IMF and World Bank placard during a demonstration in front of the Japanese embassy in Jakarta. (AFP/Jewel SAmad) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:51 PM ET
Waiting to perform : A Sichuan opera performer waits his turn backstage upon the opening ceremony of the 28th FIAP (International Federation of Photographic Art) Congress in China's southwestern city of Chengdu. (AFP/Liu Jin) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:50 PM ET
Panjshir Valley : Afghan Kuchi boys stand in front their tents in the Panjshir Valley, some 98 kms (60 miles) north of Kabul. (AFP/Shah Marai) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:48 PM ET
Nueva Valencia : Visitors aboard a small wooden boat tour the marine culture park of the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center in Nueva Valencia, located on a cove on the western side of Guimaras island, spared by the oil spill that hit the island's south and eastern flank in the aftermath of the Philippines' worst environmental disaster. (AFP/Romeo Gacad) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:47 PM ET
Obrador supporter : A supporter of the leftist PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, makes a V victory sign in front of the Federal Electoral Tribunal (TRIFE in Spanish) in Mexico city. (AFP/Luis Acosta) -
AFP - Tue Sep 5, 9:45 PM ET
Return shot : Jelena Jankovic of Serbia returns a shot during her match to Elena Dementieva of Russian at the 2006 US Open at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. Jankovic won 6-2, 6-1. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary) -
AFP - Sun Sep 10, 7:57 PM ET
By the grave : A Kashmiri girl watches as villagers exhume the dead body of one of the two seperatists political activists from a grave in Rajpora Pulwama, some 45kms south of Srinagar. (AFP/Sajjad Hussein) -
AFP - Sun Sep 10, 7:55 PM ET
Through the tent : Shadows of the 80 would be illegal immigrant are pictured inside a Spanish Red Cross tent after being recovered earlier at sea by a coast guard ship at the port of Los Cristianos in the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife. (AFP/Desiree Martin) -
AFP - Sun Sep 10, 7:53 PM ET
Arrival welcome : Young believers welcome Pope Benedict XVI as he arrives to lead the first open-air mass of his visit to his native Bavaria region of Germany. (AFP/Joe Klamar) -
AFP - Sun Sep 10, 7:50 PM ET
On the tour : The pack rides during the fifteenth stage of the 61st edition of Tour of Spain between Motilla del Palancar and Almussafes. (AFP/Jaime Reina) -
AFP - Sun Sep 10, 7:50 PM ET
Long shadow : The shadow of a rider on the ground during the 182 km fifteenth stage of the 61st edition of Tour of Spain cycling race from Motilla del Palancar to Almussafes. (AFP/Jaime Reina) -
AFP - Sun Sep 10, 7:49 PM ET
Mechanic helmet : German Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher's car is reflected in the helmet of a mechanic at the Monza racetrack during the Italian Formula One Grand prix, in Monza. German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the race ahead of Finnish McLaren-Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen and Polish BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica. (AFP/Giuseppe Cacace) -
AFP - Sat Sep 9, 7:51 PM ET
To be the Ironman : England's Andrew Johns competes during the triathlon long run (Ironman) in Gerardmer, eastern France. (AFP/Olivier Morin) -
AFP - Sat Sep 9, 7:49 PM ET
Time trials : French Frederic Bessy competes during the 14th stage of the 61st edition of the Tour of Spain in Cuenca. (AFP/Jaime Reina) -
AFP - Sat Sep 9, 7:45 PM ET
Johnson on it : Everton's Andy Johnson jumps for a high ball during their English Premiership football match against Liverpool at Goodison Park, in Liverpool. (AFP/Paul Ellis)