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Busted : A Colombian anti-drug policeman guards packages of ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:08:19 GMT

(AFP) - Busted : A Colombian anti-drug policeman guards packages of marijuana totalizing 4.5 tons seized in Florida, Colombia. (AFP/Luis Robayo)

Picasso's touch : An exhibition worker places a bronze sculpture ...

(AFP/DDP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:13 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - Picasso's touch : An exhibition worker places a bronze sculpture named "Woman's Head" from the year 1931 by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and inspired by his wife in Karlsruhe, Gremany. (AFP/DDP/Sascha Schuermann)

Cars abound : Visitors view vehicles suspended in mid-air at ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:57:55 GMT

(AFP) - Cars abound : Visitors view vehicles suspended in mid-air at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum durign an exhibition of works by contemporary artist Cai Guo-qiang, entitled 'Hanging Out in the Museum.' (AFP/Patrick Lin)

Perfect green : Trees are reflected in the water of the Lake ...

(AFP/DDP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:54:06 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - Perfect green : Trees are reflected in the water of the Lake Spitzing shortly after sunrise near in the southern German city of Munich. (AFP/DDP/Oliver Lang)

Hurling rocks : Palestinian protesters throws stones at Israeli ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:26 GMT

(AFP) - Hurling rocks : Palestinian protesters throws stones at Israeli forces standing on the other side of the Jewish state?s separation barrier during clashes in the West Bank village Nilin (AFP/Abbas Momani)

Great view : A seagul rests atop a statue on the Place de la ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:38:18 GMT

(AFP) - Great view : A seagul rests atop a statue on the Place de la Concorde in Paris as a giant ferris wheel sits in the background.. (AFP/Joel Saget)

Spinning away : A view of a gaint ferris wheel on the Place ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:34:23 GMT

(AFP) - Spinning away : A view of a gaint ferris wheel on the Place de la Concorde in Paris. (AFP/Joel Saget)

Rehearsing Chicago : Dancers perform during the rehearsal of ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:05:49 GMT

(AFP) - Rehearsing Chicago : Dancers perform during the rehearsal of Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's musical "Chicago" in Madrid. (AFP/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)

Bandera performs : Singer Manuel Bandera performs during the ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:03:50 GMT

(AFP) - Bandera performs : Singer Manuel Bandera performs during the rehearsal of Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's musical "Chicago" in Madrid. (AFP/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)

Art snails : People walk past two-meter high fuchsia snails ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:02:46 GMT

(AFP) - Art snails : People walk past two-meter high fuchsia snails in Milan's city center made by The Cracking Art Group consisting of Renzo Nucara, Marco Veronese, Alex Angi, Carlo Rizetti, Kicco and William Sweetlove. (AFP/Damien Meyer)

Lahore market : Pakistani camel sellers cater to customers at ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:01:01 GMT

(AFP) - Lahore market : Pakistani camel sellers cater to customers at an animal market ahead of Islam's holiest festival Eid al-Adha in Lahore. (AFP/Arif Ali)

Cleaning the facade : An Indian worker cleans the glass facade ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:51:52 GMT

(AFP) - Cleaning the facade : An Indian worker cleans the glass facade of the Prasad Imax theatre, the venue for the 16th International Children's Film Festival, in Hyderabad. (AFP/Noah Seelam)

Decorative shopping : Lights decorate a shopping mall in Jakarta, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:47:08 GMT

(AFP) - Decorative shopping : Lights decorate a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AFP/Adek Berry)

Victory celebration : Players of the Algerian national football ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:39:56 GMT

(AFP) - Victory celebration : Players of the Algerian national football team wave national flags from a bus as they are welcomed by their fans at Houari Boumediene International airport, to celebrate their victory over Egypt after their World Cup 2010 qualifying football match. (AFP/Fayez Nureldine)

Flower market : An Indian flower vendor carries his stack of ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:31:37 GMT

(AFP) - Flower market : An Indian flower vendor carries his stack of decorative flowers at a wholesale flower market in New Delhi. (AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)

Jakarta mall : People walk around a shopping mall in Jakarta, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:30:03 GMT

(AFP) - Jakarta mall : People walk around a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AFP/Adek Berry)

Fair display : Betel nuts are displayed in a stall at an agricultural ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:26:51 GMT

(AFP) - Fair display : Betel nuts are displayed in a stall at an agricultural fair at the Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra campus in Bangalore. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)

Practice skate : Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Canada practice ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:11:42 GMT

(AFP) - Practice skate : Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Canada practice for the ice dance at the 2009 Homesense Skate Canada International in Kitchener, Ontario. (AFP/Geoff Robins)

Behind the reeds : Iraqi marsh children play as they peer through ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:02:04 GMT

(AFP) - Behind the reeds : Iraqi marsh children play as they peer through the dry reeds used to construct a home in the Hor or marshes, some 130 km southwest of the southern city of Basra. (AFP/Essam al-Sudani)

Santa dive : A diver clad in a Santa Claus costume welcomes ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:58:08 GMT

(AFP) - Santa dive : A diver clad in a Santa Claus costume welcomes visitors to an aquarium at Kaiyukan in Osaka. (AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)

Celebrating in Khartoum : Algeria's Rafik Saifi celebrates ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:03:05 GMT

(AFP) - Celebrating in Khartoum : Algeria's Rafik Saifi celebrates with a replica of the World Cup trophy after winning the 2010 World Cup qualifying play-off football match against Egypt in Khartoum. A superb Antar Yahia goal gave Algeria a 1-0 victory over Egypt and a place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Christmas wheel : A Ferris wheel stands in front of the TV tower, ...

(AFP/DDP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:01:01 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - Christmas wheel : A Ferris wheel stands in front of the TV tower, in one of Berlin's many Christmas markets. (AFP/DDP/Philipp Guelland)

Beach stroll : A couple strolls along Jumeirah beach near the ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:59:43 GMT

(AFP) - Beach stroll : A couple strolls along Jumeirah beach near the Burj al-Arab Hotel in the Gulf emirate of Dubai as the sun sets. (AFP/Marwan Naamani)

Swan lake : Two swans swim on the Lake Constance (Bodensee) ...

(AFP/DDP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:58:38 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - Swan lake : Two swans swim on the Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Friedrichshafen, southern Germany, as the temperatures grew to mild 15 to 19 degrees celsius. (AFP/DDP/Sascha Schuermann)

Love in London : A sculpture entitled 'Love' by Italian ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:54:36 GMT

(AFP) - Love in London : A sculpture entitled 'Love' by Italian born artist Lorenzo Quinn is pictured during the opening of his exhibition Equilibrium at the Halcyon Gallery in Central London. (AFP/Ben Stansall)

Holding the artist : Italian born artist Lorenzo Quinn poses ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:53:31 GMT

(AFP) - Holding the artist : Italian born artist Lorenzo Quinn poses for photographs as he sits on his sculpture entitled 'Hand Of God' during the opening of his exhibition 'Equilibrium' at the Halcyon Gallery in Central London. (AFP/Ben Stansall)

Warriors in Washington : A modern replica of a Bronze Vehicle ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:52:02 GMT

(AFP) - Warriors in Washington : A modern replica of a Bronze Vehicle from the pit 1 on display is part of "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor" a National Geographic Society Museum exhibit featuring the largest number of terra cotta figures ever to travel to the US for a single exhibition in Washington, DC. (AFP/Tim Sloan)

Idols for sale : Ram Babu, 10, who is dressed as Hindu ape god ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:46:46 GMT

(AFP) - Idols for sale : Ram Babu, 10, who is dressed as Hindu ape god Hanuman to beg, poses by a cart selling idols on the side of a busy road in Bangalore. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)

Lyon celebration : Supporters of the Algerian national football ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:45:23 GMT

(AFP) - Lyon celebration : Supporters of the Algerian national football team celebrate in Lyon, central France, after the victory of Algeria over Egypt during the World Cup 2010 qualifying football match Algeria vs. Egypt. Algeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by defeating Egypt 1-0. (AFP/Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)

Party in Marseille : Supporters of the Algerian national football ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:44:15 GMT

(AFP) - Party in Marseille : Supporters of the Algerian national football team celebrate in Marseille, southeastern France, after the victory of Algeria over Egypt during the World Cup 2010 qualifying football match Algeria vs. Egypt. Algeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by defeating Egypt 1-0. (AFP/Michel Gangne)

Match anticipation : A Fluminense supporter holds a team flag ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:41:48 GMT

(AFP) - Match anticipation : A Fluminense supporter holds a team flag as she awaits for the start of the semifinal match with Paraguay's Cerro Porteno, at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP/Antonio Scorza)

Training bunker : Belarussian soldiers crouch after throwing ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:31:14 GMT

(AFP) - Training bunker : Belarussian soldiers crouch after throwing grenades during a training exercise 75 km north of Minsk near the town Borisov. (AFP/Viktor Drachev)

Athens clash : Riot policemen detain two young demonstrators ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:49:38 GMT

(AFP) - Athens clash : Riot policemen detain two young demonstrators during a march in Athens, to honour a 1973 anti-junta student revolt, ahead of protests set to mark a teenager's fatal shooting by police last year (AFP/Aris Messinis)

Sharing a taxi : Two woman sit in a shared taxi in Rawalpindi, ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:47:59 GMT

(AFP) - Sharing a taxi : Two woman sit in a shared taxi in Rawalpindi, on the outskirts of capital Islamabad. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)

Winter reflections : A Russian woman walks under the snow-encrusted ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:46:41 GMT

(AFP) - Winter reflections : A Russian woman walks under the snow-encrusted trees of a Moscow park. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)

Ready for the game : Fans wave the Egyptian flag bearing a slogan ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:45:28 GMT

(AFP) - Ready for the game : Fans wave the Egyptian flag bearing a slogan in Arabic (I love you Egypt) as they try to get tickets for the World Cup qualifying football match between Egypt and Algeria from the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

March through Prague : Thousands of Czech people are seen through ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:43:37 GMT

(AFP) - March through Prague : Thousands of Czech people are seen through a window, in which a poster portraying a man is reflected, as they march through streets of Prague to commemoration the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. (AFP/Joe Klamar)

Building bricks : A labourer looks on as the sun sets over a ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:35:17 GMT

(AFP) - Building bricks : A labourer looks on as the sun sets over a brick factory in Rawalpindi, on the outskirts of capital Islamabad. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)

Replica warriors : A museum employee affixes a head of one of ...

(AFP/DDP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:34:02 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - Replica warriors : A museum employee affixes a head of one of the replicas of the famed Terracotta Warriors in the eastern German city of Dresden. (AFP/DDP/Norbert Millauer)

Forbidden guards : Members of the Chinese police stand guard ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:32:20 GMT

(AFP) - Forbidden guards : Members of the Chinese police stand guard as US President Barack Obama takes part in a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

Seeking to salvage : A resident in a Manila slum area looks ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:30:18 GMT

(AFP) - Seeking to salvage : A resident in a Manila slum area looks for materials to salvage in the debris after a fire gutted out 500 homes. (AFP/Jay Directo)

Beach matchup : Belchoir of Portugal (L) tries to stop a shot ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:23:57 GMT

(AFP) - Beach matchup : Belchoir of Portugal (L) tries to stop a shot from Ricar of Uruguay during their FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Dubai. (AFP/Marwan Naamani)

Snowy scene : A squirrel sits on a snowy tree branch in a Moscow ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:15:15 GMT

(AFP) - Snowy scene : A squirrel sits on a snowy tree branch in a Moscow park. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)

Symbolic curtain : Czech people watch a symbolic iron curtain ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:45:28 GMT

(AFP) - Symbolic curtain : Czech people watch a symbolic iron curtain burning on Narodni trida in Prague in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. (AFP/Joe Klamar)

Watching the team : A Sudanese man waves the Algerian flag as ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:55:05 GMT

(AFP) - Watching the team : A Sudanese man waves the Algerian flag as the Egyptian national football team holds a training session in Khartoum. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Rehearsing the show : Choreographer and dancer Akram Khan performs ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:53:35 GMT

(AFP) - Rehearsing the show : Choreographer and dancer Akram Khan performs during a dress rehearsal photocall at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. (AFP/Carl de Souza)

Lake walk : Two women walk in the banks of the Titicaca Lake, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:51:51 GMT

(AFP) - Lake walk : Two women walk in the banks of the Titicaca Lake, in the locality of Tiquina, 117 km from La Paz in the Bolivian Altiplano. (AFP/Aizar Raldes)

Terror drill : Members of South Korean military police Special ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:50:36 GMT

(AFP) - Terror drill : Members of South Korean military police Special Assault Commando abseil down a building during an anti-terror drill in Goyang, 30km north of Seoul. (AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)

Atlantis takes off : The space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 lifts ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:40:15 GMT

(AFP) - Atlantis takes off : The space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (AFP/Stan Honda)

Waiting for customers : An Indian ground nut vendor waits for ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:38:49 GMT

(AFP) - Waiting for customers : An Indian ground nut vendor waits for customers during Kadlekai Parishe - ground nut - festival in Bangalore. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)