Pictures of the Day - 02.06.2007
Indonesian Buddhist monks prey at the Mendut temple during a Vesak Day procession in Magelang, Central Java. Buddhists in Indonesia celebrated Vesak Day to honour the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha more than 2,000 years ago.
British explorer and ensurance swimmer, Lewis Gordon Pugh, will attempt to swim in freezing waters at the North Pole.
Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commanders Anil Kumar (left) and Rahul Monga (right) brief IAF chief F H Major (centre) on the German-designed, Ukraine-manufactured, single engine, two-seater CTSW microlight airplane, prior to the flag off of the IAF's 'Round the World' expedition. Here they are at Hindon Air Force base, about 30 kilometres east of New Delhi.
Taking it easy...A large male orangutan relaxes on the branch of a tree after his afternoon meal at the Semengok Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, south of Kuchnig in Sarawak, East Malaysia.
This image shows the Cassini spacecraft flying over the unlit side of Saturn rings capturing the planet's glow. This striking false-colour mosaic was created from 25 images taken by Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer over a period of 13 hours. It captures Saturn in nighttime and daytime conditions.
A Chinese Long March 3-A rocket, carrying a telecommunication satellite, blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan province.
Anti-nuclear: A series of faith-based protests are being staged outside Faslane Naval Base in Scotland, where Britain's nuclear submarine fleet is based. The Faslane base on the Clyde is home to the UK's most strategic nuclear deterrent.
The future's looking good...A Filipino vendor drinks a softdrink while selling assorted home products at a bargain market in Manila. In the Philippines stock market, share prices rose 2.09 per cent and lifted the key index to a new all-time high amid bright prospects for the local economy.
The forest burns near Prey Long in Cambodia. Senior government officials and tycoons in the Southeast Asia country, including relatives of the Prime Minister, are illegally felling some of Cambodia's last, once great forests.
A silver gull prepares to take off at Manly Beach in Sydney on the first down of winter down under.
Ballerinas from the English National Ballet practise on the Millennium Bridge in London, part of a campaign to celebrate the £20 billion raised by Lottery players for good causes.
Buddhist monks at Borobudur temple in Indonesia perform a ceremony to mark Buddha's birthday. He was born in 600 BC.
Russia's Mikhail Youzhny reaches for the ball in play against Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain at the French Open in Paris.
University students in Manila take a different approach to protesting against rising tuition fees ahead of the start of the new school year in the Philippines.
Mongolian-born sumo grand champion Hakuho (right) demonstrates a ceremonial performance to enter the sumo ring, at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.
A limousine waits for the happy couple during a wedding in Riga, Latvia.
Israeli tanks on the northern Gaza Strip. Two Palestinian boys were shot dead near the border on Friday.
Indonesian Buddhist monks prey at the Mendut temple during a Vesak Day procession in Magelang, Central Java. Buddhists in Indonesia celebrated Vesak Day to honour the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha more than 2,000 years ago.
British explorer and ensurance swimmer, Lewis Gordon Pugh, will attempt to swim in freezing waters at the North Pole.
Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commanders Anil Kumar (left) and Rahul Monga (right) brief IAF chief F H Major (centre) on the German-designed, Ukraine-manufactured, single engine, two-seater CTSW microlight airplane, prior to the flag off of the IAF's 'Round the World' expedition. Here they are at Hindon Air Force base, about 30 kilometres east of New Delhi.
Taking it easy...A large male orangutan relaxes on the branch of a tree after his afternoon meal at the Semengok Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, south of Kuchnig in Sarawak, East Malaysia.
This image shows the Cassini spacecraft flying over the unlit side of Saturn rings capturing the planet's glow. This striking false-colour mosaic was created from 25 images taken by Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer over a period of 13 hours. It captures Saturn in nighttime and daytime conditions.
A Chinese Long March 3-A rocket, carrying a telecommunication satellite, blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan province.
Anti-nuclear: A series of faith-based protests are being staged outside Faslane Naval Base in Scotland, where Britain's nuclear submarine fleet is based. The Faslane base on the Clyde is home to the UK's most strategic nuclear deterrent.
The future's looking good...A Filipino vendor drinks a softdrink while selling assorted home products at a bargain market in Manila. In the Philippines stock market, share prices rose 2.09 per cent and lifted the key index to a new all-time high amid bright prospects for the local economy.
The forest burns near Prey Long in Cambodia. Senior government officials and tycoons in the Southeast Asia country, including relatives of the Prime Minister, are illegally felling some of Cambodia's last, once great forests.
A silver gull prepares to take off at Manly Beach in Sydney on the first down of winter down under.
Ballerinas from the English National Ballet practise on the Millennium Bridge in London, part of a campaign to celebrate the £20 billion raised by Lottery players for good causes.
Buddhist monks at Borobudur temple in Indonesia perform a ceremony to mark Buddha's birthday. He was born in 600 BC.
Russia's Mikhail Youzhny reaches for the ball in play against Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain at the French Open in Paris.
University students in Manila take a different approach to protesting against rising tuition fees ahead of the start of the new school year in the Philippines.
Mongolian-born sumo grand champion Hakuho (right) demonstrates a ceremonial performance to enter the sumo ring, at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.
A limousine waits for the happy couple during a wedding in Riga, Latvia.
Israeli tanks on the northern Gaza Strip. Two Palestinian boys were shot dead near the border on Friday.
Nice Pics..Thx....
