China ... three-year-old Yang Yang kisses a beluga whale during a publicity photo call at the Qingdao Polar Ocean World, June 2, 2007 / Reuters photo
Serbia ... soldiers practise riot control techniques at a base in the western Kosovo town of Pec on March 25, 2007 / Reuters photo
United Kingdom ... a reveller slides in the mud during the  Glastonbury music festival in Somerset, June 22, 2007 / Reuters photo
Guatemala ... a giant sinkhole that swallowed several homes in Guatemala City, February 23, 2007 / Reuters photo
Philippines ... students wearing rubber boots use chairs as a make-shift bridg e to get to a classroom in Taytay, north of Manila, July 18, 2007 / Reuters photo
USA ... boots representing Corporal Timothy D. Ross sit among more than 3400 pairs  of combat boots, one pair for every US soldier killed in the Iraq War / Reuters photo
Palestinian territories ... Hamas fighters inside the personal meeting hal l of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after they captured his headquarters in Gaza June 15, 2007 / Reuters photo
China ... a labourer in the dust at the construction site of the National Olympic Stadium,  also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing May 17, 2007 / Reuters photo
Democratic Republic of Congo ... officials look at four mountain gorillas  that were illegally killed in the Virunga National Park, July 26, 2007 / Reuters photo
Austria ... women dressed as clowns in front of a work by British artist Damien Hirst titled "Iodomethane - 13C" at the Kunsthaus in Bregenz, February 17, 2007 / Reuters photo
Australia ... Jimiyu, an 18-month-old male giraffe looks out the back of a transport truc k on his way to his new home at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, August 22, 2007 / Reuters photo
South Africa ... surfers in an attempt to break the Guinness world record for the highest number of riders on a single wave at Muizenberg in Cape Town September 2, 2007 / Reuters photo
USA ... the tiny feet of Amilia Sonja Taylor, the world's most premature living baby, after her birth at Baptist Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida / Reuters photo
Poland ... a banner of prime minister and leader of PiS (Law and Justice)  Jaroslaw Kaczynski is taken down from a building in the centre of Warsaw,  October 30, 2007 / Reuters photo
France ... an official takes the rifle of a Republican guard soldier after she fainted during Bastille Day parade in Paris, July 14, 2007 / Reuters photo
USA ... contestants compete in the WE television network's "Bridezilla-Ultimate Cake Eating Contest"  in New York's Times Square June 12, 2007 / Reuters photo
United Arab Emirates ... riders pass a chemical plant during the sixth stage of the Tour of Qatar race from Sealine Beach Resort to Doha February 2,  2007 / Reuters photo
Poland ... a combination of pictures shows two planes from  the Zelazny aerobatics team crashing at the Radom Air Show,  September 1, 2007 / Reuters photo
Colombia ... revellers perform during a parade  at the Carnaval de Barranquilla in Barranquilla, February 18, 2007 / Reuters photo
China ... a murder suspect is shot by a water cannon at a hospital in Shenyang,  April 3, 2007 / Reuters photo
South Korea ... members of the South Korean Marine Corps scrub their bodies with snow  during an annual winter season drill in Pyongchang / Reuters photo
Indonesia ... children play on a railway track in a slum area in Jakarta,  January 30, 2007 / Reuters photo
Scotland ... France's Gregory Havret is drenched in champagne after winning the Barclay's Scottish Open golf tournament, July 15, 2007 / Reuters photo
Autonomous province of Kosovo ... a Kosovo Serb priest walks through a demolished church at a graveyard in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, February 10, 2007 / Reuters photo
India ... a boy plays in the waves of the Arabian sea at a beach in Mumbai,  July 17, 2007 / Reuters photo
Taiwan ... a crocodile at a zoo in the southern city of Kaohsiung holds the forearm of a zoo veterinarian in its teeth, April 11, 2007 / Reuters photo
China ... a man walks on the handrail of a staircase at a flooded street  in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, July 17, 2007 / Reuters photo
Malaysia ... toothless kangal, or "doctor" fish, nibble the dead skin of a customer's feet at Malaysia's first fish spa in Kuala Lumpur,  November 13, 2007 / Reuters photo
Malaysia ... Diana Hadi, a staff member at the Tiara Beach Resort, in a swimming pool  with 20,000 apples in an attempt to set the national record for the most number  of apples used in spa therapy / Reuters photo
Japan ... the charred remains of a China Airlines plane  on the tarmac on the island of Okinawa, August 20, 2007 / Reuters photo
Japan ... a boy watches the beetle sumo competition of the IWBC  (Insect World Battle Championships) in a miniature ring in Tokyo,  August 26, 2007 / Reuters photo
Iraq ... male and female pilgrims are separated by a barrier at the Imam Hussein shrine in the holy city of Kerbala, March 8, 2007 / Reuters photo
Germany ... polar bear cub Knut plays during his first outing  in the Berlin Zoo on March 23, 2007 / Reuters photo
India ... a volunteer runs with a blanket to help a performer  during a dare-devil act called "The Great Fire Escape" in the city of Hyderabad,  March 25, 2007 / Reuters photo
Japan ... Austria's Gunther Weidlinger falls during the heats of the men's 3000m  steeplechase at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka,  August 26, 2007 / Reuters photo
Greece ... a firefighter watches a firefighting airplane unload water  during a forest fire raging out of control near the village of Karytena,  September 1, 2007 / Reuters photo
China ... the world's tallest living man, Bao Xishun, a 2.36m tall herdsman  meets He Pingping, who measures just a 0.73m / Reuters photo
East Timor ... a voter shows his ink-stained finger after casting the ballot in Dili  June 30, 2007 / Reuters photo
Baluchistan province ... villagers surrounded by flood water near Shahdad Kot,  July 3, 2007 / Reuters photo
Brazil ... carnival revellers of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during the second night of competition between the schools in Rio de Janeiro,  February 19, 2007 / Reuters

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  • 1.
    China ... three-year-oldYang Yang kisses a beluga whale during a publicity photo call at the Qingdao Polar Ocean World, June 2, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 2.
    Serbia ... soldierspractise riot control techniques at a base in the western Kosovo town of Pec on March 25, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 3.
    United Kingdom ...a reveller slides in the mud during the Glastonbury music festival in Somerset, June 22, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 4.
    Guatemala ... agiant sinkhole that swallowed several homes in Guatemala City, February 23, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 5.
    Philippines ... studentswearing rubber boots use chairs as a make-shift bridg e to get to a classroom in Taytay, north of Manila, July 18, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 6.
    USA ... bootsrepresenting Corporal Timothy D. Ross sit among more than 3400 pairs of combat boots, one pair for every US soldier killed in the Iraq War / Reuters photo
  • 7.
    Palestinian territories ...Hamas fighters inside the personal meeting hal l of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after they captured his headquarters in Gaza June 15, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 8.
    China ... alabourer in the dust at the construction site of the National Olympic Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing May 17, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 9.
    Democratic Republic ofCongo ... officials look at four mountain gorillas that were illegally killed in the Virunga National Park, July 26, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 10.
    Austria ... womendressed as clowns in front of a work by British artist Damien Hirst titled "Iodomethane - 13C" at the Kunsthaus in Bregenz, February 17, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 11.
    Australia ... Jimiyu,an 18-month-old male giraffe looks out the back of a transport truc k on his way to his new home at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, August 22, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 12.
    South Africa ...surfers in an attempt to break the Guinness world record for the highest number of riders on a single wave at Muizenberg in Cape Town September 2, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 13.
    USA ... thetiny feet of Amilia Sonja Taylor, the world's most premature living baby, after her birth at Baptist Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida / Reuters photo
  • 14.
    Poland ... abanner of prime minister and leader of PiS (Law and Justice) Jaroslaw Kaczynski is taken down from a building in the centre of Warsaw, October 30, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 15.
    France ... anofficial takes the rifle of a Republican guard soldier after she fainted during Bastille Day parade in Paris, July 14, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 16.
    USA ... contestantscompete in the WE television network's "Bridezilla-Ultimate Cake Eating Contest" in New York's Times Square June 12, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 17.
    United Arab Emirates... riders pass a chemical plant during the sixth stage of the Tour of Qatar race from Sealine Beach Resort to Doha February 2, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 18.
    Poland ... acombination of pictures shows two planes from the Zelazny aerobatics team crashing at the Radom Air Show, September 1, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 19.
    Colombia ... revellersperform during a parade at the Carnaval de Barranquilla in Barranquilla, February 18, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 20.
    China ... amurder suspect is shot by a water cannon at a hospital in Shenyang, April 3, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 21.
    South Korea ...members of the South Korean Marine Corps scrub their bodies with snow during an annual winter season drill in Pyongchang / Reuters photo
  • 22.
    Indonesia ... childrenplay on a railway track in a slum area in Jakarta, January 30, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 23.
    Scotland ... France'sGregory Havret is drenched in champagne after winning the Barclay's Scottish Open golf tournament, July 15, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 24.
    Autonomous province ofKosovo ... a Kosovo Serb priest walks through a demolished church at a graveyard in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, February 10, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 25.
    India ... aboy plays in the waves of the Arabian sea at a beach in Mumbai, July 17, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 26.
    Taiwan ... acrocodile at a zoo in the southern city of Kaohsiung holds the forearm of a zoo veterinarian in its teeth, April 11, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 27.
    China ... aman walks on the handrail of a staircase at a flooded street in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, July 17, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 28.
    Malaysia ... toothlesskangal, or "doctor" fish, nibble the dead skin of a customer's feet at Malaysia's first fish spa in Kuala Lumpur, November 13, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 29.
    Malaysia ... DianaHadi, a staff member at the Tiara Beach Resort, in a swimming pool with 20,000 apples in an attempt to set the national record for the most number of apples used in spa therapy / Reuters photo
  • 30.
    Japan ... thecharred remains of a China Airlines plane on the tarmac on the island of Okinawa, August 20, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 31.
    Japan ... aboy watches the beetle sumo competition of the IWBC (Insect World Battle Championships) in a miniature ring in Tokyo, August 26, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 32.
    Iraq ... maleand female pilgrims are separated by a barrier at the Imam Hussein shrine in the holy city of Kerbala, March 8, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 33.
    Germany ... polarbear cub Knut plays during his first outing in the Berlin Zoo on March 23, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 34.
    India ... avolunteer runs with a blanket to help a performer during a dare-devil act called "The Great Fire Escape" in the city of Hyderabad, March 25, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 35.
    Japan ... Austria'sGunther Weidlinger falls during the heats of the men's 3000m steeplechase at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka, August 26, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 36.
    Greece ... afirefighter watches a firefighting airplane unload water during a forest fire raging out of control near the village of Karytena, September 1, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 37.
    China ... theworld's tallest living man, Bao Xishun, a 2.36m tall herdsman meets He Pingping, who measures just a 0.73m / Reuters photo
  • 38.
    East Timor ...a voter shows his ink-stained finger after casting the ballot in Dili June 30, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 39.
    Baluchistan province ...villagers surrounded by flood water near Shahdad Kot, July 3, 2007 / Reuters photo
  • 40.
    Brazil ... carnivalrevellers of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during the second night of competition between the schools in Rio de Janeiro, February 19, 2007 / Reuters