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Labourers install an awning for a pile of logs at a timber market in Huaibei, Anhui province. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A NINE-MONTH-OLD rhinoceros called Vuma (centre) rests with two others rhinoceros at the animal orphanage of the private Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve in Krugersdorp, north of Johannesburg. The animal orphanage recently welcomes Vuma, who was orphaned after poachers hacked out his mother's horn and left her dead. -- PHOTO: AFP
A MEXICAN immigrant detainee (left) holds hands with his wife and son during a family visitation at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility for illegal immigrants in Florence, Arizona. Most immigrants at the center are awaiting deportation or removal and return to their home countries, while some are interned at the facility while their immigration cases are being reviewed. ICE in Arizona holds almost 3,000 immigrants statewide, all at the detention facilities in Florence and nearby Eloy. -- PHOTO: AFP
MUSICAL instruments sit on the ground prior to a ground breaking ceremony for the construction of a power line from Itaipu dam, near the border with Brazil, to Villa Hayes on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay. Paraguay will sell to Brazil its excess electricity capacity generated by the Itaipu dam. -- PHOTO: AP
YOUNG people play in the m&d at the Woodstock music festival in Kostrzyn, Poland. The festival, which attracts thousands of fans and takes its name from the famous 1969 music festival held on a farm near Woodstock, New York, ends early Sunday. -- PHOTO: AP
'ULTIMATE Young Imam' Asyraf recites prayers during the Malaysian reality TV competition to find the country's best young Imam during its live telecast in Kuala Lumpur. Asyraf, or Muhammad Asyraf Bin Mohd Ridzuan, 26, will be awarded a study trip to a top Saudi Arabian Islamic university and once his studies are complete, a position as a cleric at a mosque in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. He will also receive funding for a trip to perform the Haj in Mecca. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A PALESTINIAN man walks through an alley in Jerusalem's Old City. -- PHOTO: AP
JEWISH children play with a kite in Jerusalem's Old City. -- PHOTO: AP
AN INDIAN hand rickshaw puller manoeuvres his vehicle through a water logged street of Kolkata on Saturday. Following overnight heavy monsoon downpours many streets of the eastern Indian city and adjoining districts are still under water, seriously affecting daily life and disrupting road traffic.
-- PHOTO: AFP
A JORDANIAN Shepard directs his sheep at the farm of Omar Zumot in the village of Sama AL-Sarhan, north of Jordan. Omar Zumot goes to extremes when making his organic wine. Specially cultivated sheep slurp the dry leaves off the vines, their saliva serving as an antibacterial, while fish from a nearby pond produce nitrates to fertilize this northern vineyard. -- PHOTO: AP
HOT air balloons ignite their burners in unison to create the 'balloon glow' event as part of the opening ceremonies of the
32nd 'Great Texas Balloon Race' in Longview, Texas. -- PHOTO: AP
AN ARMY carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Kyle R. Warren as a transfer case containing the remains of Cpt. Jason E. Holbrook sits on a loader at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Warren and Holbrook died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. -- PHOTO: AP
A GENERAL view of the decoration at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club where the Red Cross Ball takes place. The Red Cross Ball is a traditional and annual charity event in the principality of Monaco. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
STUDENTS from the National University of El Salvador hold images of students who were killed during the 1975 army killing of university students who were protesting the military regime of Arturo Armando Molina, on the 35th anniversary in San Salvador, El Salvador. Human rights groups in El Salvador estimate that at least 50 students were killed. -- PHOTO: AP
KING Mohammed VI of Morocco shakes hands with well-wishers on Friday in the northern city of Tangier during celebrations to mark the 11th anniversary of his succession from his father Hassan I. King Mohammed VI granted pardons or reduced sentences to nearly 1,000 people to mark his 11 years on the throne. -- PHOTO: AFP
A GENERAL view shows the Rhine Falls in the town of Neuhausen, south of Schaffhausen. The Rhine Falls are the largest falls in Europe, with an average flow of 700 m3 per second as the water cascades down the cataracts, which are 150 metres wide and 23 metres high. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man, dressed as a devil, dances during a procession honoring the capital's patron St. Dominic of Guzman in Managua, Nicaragua. -- PHOTO: AP
A Kurdish man stands behind a traditional headscarf at a Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) meeting in Istanbul. Thousands of Kurds gathered to attend BDP meeting against Turkey upcoming referandum. Turkey's Islamist-rooted government geared up for a September referendum on reforms to curb the judiciary's powers, after a top court scrapped a only fraction of the disputed package. -- PHOTO: AFP
A dancer performs during a rehearsal for modern dance 'Touch', directed by Israeli choreographer Rami Beer, during summer festivities
in the Adriatic City of Split. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A cyclist bikes along Lake Mary, part of the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Ariz. -- PHOTO: AP
Traditional dancers perform in the main plaza of Arequipa City, 1,600 km south of Lima, during the opening of the monthly festivities commemorating the anniversary of the town. Arequipa, founded by Spanish conquerors in 1540, is the second most populous city in Peru with a million inhabitants and sits in the Andes at an altitude of 2,380 m of altitude. -- PHOTO: AFP
People sunbathe on Barra beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. -- PHOTO: AP
Fishing boats sail through the sea to resume fishing after a two-month annual ban imposed by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture,
at Shenjiamen fishing harbor in Zhoushan, in east China's Zhejiang province. -- PHOTO: AP
A labourer demolishes a building to make way for a residential area in Guiyang, Guizhou province. China will not loosen real estate policies until the government curbs rapid growth in property prices and reduces speculative buying to a reasonable level, the China Securities Journal reported on Monday.
-- PHOTO: REUTERS
KC Jones of Decatur, Texas, jumps on a steer during rodeo competition, at Frontier Days, in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Jones recorded a 9.6 to place him in the top 10. -- PHOTO: AP
Spanish bullfighter Miguel Tendero looks at the bull during the first bullfight in Barcelona since the bullfight ban at the Monumental bullring in Barcelona. Catalonia's parliament voted on July 28, 2010 to ban bullfighting from January 1, 2012, becoming the first region in mainland Spain to act against the century old tradition. -- PHOTO: AFP
Competitors race during the men's 3,000m steeplechase final at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Hindu priests perform evening rituals on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India. Varanasi, known as the city of temples and learning, is one of the most sacred places of pilgrimage for Hindus. -- PHOTO: AP
A worker clears floating garbage washed down by recent torrential rain on the Yangtze River in Wuhu, Anhui province. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An Indian youth walks past a pesticide cloud during an anti-malaria fumigation drive in Mumbai. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, a city civic body, will come out with a short film to spread awareness among Mumbai residents against Malaria which has claimed 41 lives in the city since January.
-- PHOTO: AFP
Singer Kesha performs at the 'Casio Shock the World 2010' event at the Manhattan Center, in New York. -- PHOTO: AP
In this x-ray photo provided by NASA, the sun is shown early in the morning. The dark arc near the top right edge of the image is a filament of plasma blasting off the surface - part of the coronal mass ejection. The bright region is an unassociated solar flare. -- PHOTO: AP
Pakistani women pray at sunset by the Ravi river in Lahore. Fears are growing about outbreaks of disease among 2.5 million people affected by Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years after monsoon rains killed up to 1,500 people across the north-west. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Venus fly-trap, Actinoscyphia species,in the Gulf of Mexico at a depth of 1500m. Representing the most comprehensive and authoritative answer yet to one of humanity's most ancient questions, 'what lives in the sea?' Census of Marine Life scientists released an inventory of species distribution and diversity in key global ocean areas. Australian and Japanese waters, which each feature almost 33,000 known species, are by far the most biodiverse of the 25 areas reported to date; the oceans off China, the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico round out the top five. Experts say the number of known, named species range from 2,600 to 33,000 but average about 10,750 across the 25 areas. -- PHOTO: AFP
92-year-old US athlete Paul Mart (right) takes part in the bodybuilding competition of the Gay Games in Cologne, western Germany. Mart is listed in the category for the ages of 70 plus. The 'Gay Games' in Cologne opened on July 31 and are organised by gays and lesbians, with 10,000 athletes from 70 countries competing. -- PHOTO: AFP
Kashmiri muslims shout anti Indian slogans as they carry the body of a nine year old boy during a funeral in Srinagar. Six people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in Indian Kashmir, amid renewed clashes between anti-India protesters and security forces, police and eyewitnesses said. -- PHOTO: AFP
A rescuer exits the pit at the Sanyuandong Coal Mine in Baiping Township, Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province. Nine workers were killed and seven others trapped after lethal gas leaked into the coal mine in central China. -- PHOTO: AP
North Koreans perform during the Arirang Mass Games at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang in this picture by the North's KCNA news agency.
-- PHOTO: REUTERS
Carlyann Welch warms up at the Bandshell in New York's Central Park as she and others prepare to stand en pointe for one minute in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records for 'Most Ballerinas En Pointe'. Some 230 dancers set a record of 1 minute and 7 seconds and will be entered in the book. -- PHOTO: AFP
A South Korean boy sits on the ice toilet at Ice Gallery in Seoul, South Korea. The sweltering heat continues for the recent several days in Seoul.
-- PHOTO: AP
Students lift logs during a summer military camp for civilians at the Cheongryong Self-denial Training Camp in Ansan, south-west of Seoul. The camp, ranging from three to fourteen days, is conducted for civilians by retired Korean Marines. Hundreds of students from primary to university level will participate in the camp during their summer vacation to strengthen their mental and physical endurance, according to camp instructors. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A policeman asked residents to stay in their homes after supporters of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) torched a bus early on Tuesday morning in protest of the killing of a member of party in Karachi. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A worker walks toward a giant model dragon at the end of a Buddhist event at the site of the former imperial citadel as part of celebrations for the 1,000th anniversary of the Vietnamese capital in Hanoi. Various festivals and celebrations will be held until October when the capital will mark a 1000 years since the establishment of the city. -- PHOTO: AFP
Two ring-tailed lemurs lick a piece of watermelon at Hangzhou safari world in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The local meteorological department has set the orange level of high temperature alert on Monday while the safari world provides animals with various means to escape the heat. -- PHOTO: AP
Justine Dupont, of France, carves into a wave during the US Open of Surfing, in Huntington Beach, California. -- PHOTO: AP
Students dressed as gladiators fight in the historic Roman amphitheatre in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, east of Vienna. The students of Regensburg University are taking part in a two-week-long experiment where they live through the daily routines of gladiators in ancient Rome. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Baby Chilean Flamingos wander in the middle of the Uyuni salt desert in southern Bolivia. According to biologist Sol Aguilar, of the National Direction of Biodiversity, a late nesting triggered by extreme cold weather and severe droughts could be the cause why migratory Flamingos abandoned their babies and they start to appear in cities surrounding the Uyuni salt flats. -- PHOTO: AP
A firefighter works to extinguish a fire outside the town of Novovoronezh, south of the city of Voronezh. Russia's leaders declared a state of emergency on Monday in seven provinces and ordered authorities to guard weapons storage facilities from wildfires that have killed at least 40 people.
-- PHOTO: REUTERS
Veterinarian Christiana Hensel and safari park owners Fabrizio Sepe and Giovanni Sepe (left) pose with four white tiger cubs following the first medical examination of the cubs at the 'Serengeti' Safari Park in the northern German village of Hodenhagen. --PHOTO: REUTERS
Houston Texans defensive tackle DelJuan Robinson sprays water on his face as he tries to cool down
during a NFL football training camp practice in Houston. --PHOTO: AP
The British America's Cup team, Team Origin (left), race against the holders, BMW Oracle from the USA, on the Solent on the fourth day of Cowes Week, Isle of Wight, England. Nine hundred yachts of all sizes will compete throughout the week in 34 classes, with over 100,000 visitors watching from the shore. It is the 184th time the event has been held since the first in 1826. --PHOTO: AP
View of several animal graves at the 'Asis Park cemetery' for pets, in Buin some, 25 km south of Santiago. Ninety per cent of the 3,000 pets buried in the cemetery are dogs, and the rest cats, rabbits or hens. The cost of a big dog's grave is of US$78 per year, whilst smaller dogs cost US$75 and the graves of cats or other small animals US$56, with a 6 per cent an annual adjustment. --PHOTO: AFP
A local resident passes by cut trees, with houses shrouded by heavy smog in the background, outside the town of Elektrogorsk, some 60 km east of the capital Moscow. --PHOTO: REUTERS
A panda cub sticks out its tongue while playing at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base in Chengdu, Sichuan province. --PHOTO: REUTERS
Erin Campbell dives into the pool at the start of Heat B of the women's 100m butterfly at the US National Swimming Championships in Irvine, California. --PHOTO: REUTERS
People walk along a beach on the outskirts of Havana during sunset. --PHOTO: REUTERS
Light shines through forest fire smoke near a Russian Orthodox church 30km from Moscow in Zelenaya Sloboda. The death toll from the wildfires that have ravaged Russia has risen to 48, the emergencies ministry, adding that over 400 new fires were recorded in the last 24 hours. -- PHOTO: AFP
