Pictures of the day, 19th June 2007
Canadian artist Sean Rooney works on his 6-metre-tall pyramid sculpture made out of rainbow-coloured balloons for the annual Kids Fest in Sarajevo.
Thousands of Bosnian children have descended on the capital this week for the annual Kids Fest, offering some a rare chance to make friends across the country's ethnic divide.
Dancers of the Bejart Ballet Lausanne perform 'Rumi: Prayer and Dance' during a rehearsal at the Ataturk Cultural Centre in Istanbul, Turkey. The 'Rumi: Prayer and Dance' is a special choreography by France's Maurice Bejart to commemorate the 800th birthday of Sufi mystic poet Rumi.
A boy plays on boats tied on the banks of the river Ganges in the northern Indian city of Varanasi. Boat rides on the river Ganges are popular among tourists and devotees and costs around 150 to 250 rupees (about £2) for an hour's ride along the holy ghats of the river.
Pigs eat bananas discarded by farmers in an enclosure in Qionghai, south China's Hainan province. Banana growers in southern China have taken to feeding pigs their produce to clear towering stockpiles after a string of rumours about SARS and cancer risks.
Churchill Madikida's 'Status' at the 'documenta 12' international art show in Kassel, Germany. The show, which runs from June 16 to September 23, is one of the world's most important modern art exhibitions. It was first held in 1955 and runs every five years.
Zoo staff spray water on a tiger to cool him off and beat the heat caused by the recent heat wave in Lahore, Pakistan. According to local media, dozens of people have lost their lives and hundreds have been hospitalised with heat stroke and gastroenteritis.
It's a Shark's Tale...One of the original whale sharks on exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, U.S. The shark, called Norton, died early yesterday and is the second whale shark to die at the facility in five months.
A walnut is placed on a patient's eye and ignited dry moxa leaves in his ears during a traditional Chinese medical treatment for curing facial paralysis, at a hospital in Jinan, the capital of eastern China's Shandong province.
Hirst's 'Lullaby Spring' work consists of 6136 hand-cast and painted bronze pharmaceutical pills. This work features in the forthcoming Evening Side of Contemporary Art, to be held on 21 June at London's Sotherbys auction house. Photo credit: Clara Molden
A commuter talks on her mobile phone as the rickshaw puller wades through a water logged street in Calcutta, India. The first monsoon showers lashed Gangetic West Bengal, water logging large parts of Calcutta and adjoining districts and disrupting normal life.
HMS Ark Royal makes her way up the River Thames to support the National Falklands 25th Anniversary Commemorative events.
Bishops under parasols look on during Pope Benedict XVI's weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Pope Benedict XVI leaves Saint Peter's square at the Vatican after leading his weekly general audience.
This lunar eclipse of Planet Venus occurs several times a year in one or another part of the Earth, but had not been seen in south Asia for several years.
Western countries resume financial assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank as the Gaza Strip, now controlled by Hamas, remains under Israeli blockade.
Time is running out for British smokers as a ban on smoking in public places is due to come into force on 1 July.
Photos from BBC and Daily Mail
Canadian artist Sean Rooney works on his 6-metre-tall pyramid sculpture made out of rainbow-coloured balloons for the annual Kids Fest in Sarajevo.
Thousands of Bosnian children have descended on the capital this week for the annual Kids Fest, offering some a rare chance to make friends across the country's ethnic divide.
Dancers of the Bejart Ballet Lausanne perform 'Rumi: Prayer and Dance' during a rehearsal at the Ataturk Cultural Centre in Istanbul, Turkey. The 'Rumi: Prayer and Dance' is a special choreography by France's Maurice Bejart to commemorate the 800th birthday of Sufi mystic poet Rumi.
A boy plays on boats tied on the banks of the river Ganges in the northern Indian city of Varanasi. Boat rides on the river Ganges are popular among tourists and devotees and costs around 150 to 250 rupees (about £2) for an hour's ride along the holy ghats of the river.
Pigs eat bananas discarded by farmers in an enclosure in Qionghai, south China's Hainan province. Banana growers in southern China have taken to feeding pigs their produce to clear towering stockpiles after a string of rumours about SARS and cancer risks.
Churchill Madikida's 'Status' at the 'documenta 12' international art show in Kassel, Germany. The show, which runs from June 16 to September 23, is one of the world's most important modern art exhibitions. It was first held in 1955 and runs every five years.
Zoo staff spray water on a tiger to cool him off and beat the heat caused by the recent heat wave in Lahore, Pakistan. According to local media, dozens of people have lost their lives and hundreds have been hospitalised with heat stroke and gastroenteritis.
It's a Shark's Tale...One of the original whale sharks on exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, U.S. The shark, called Norton, died early yesterday and is the second whale shark to die at the facility in five months.
A walnut is placed on a patient's eye and ignited dry moxa leaves in his ears during a traditional Chinese medical treatment for curing facial paralysis, at a hospital in Jinan, the capital of eastern China's Shandong province.
Hirst's 'Lullaby Spring' work consists of 6136 hand-cast and painted bronze pharmaceutical pills. This work features in the forthcoming Evening Side of Contemporary Art, to be held on 21 June at London's Sotherbys auction house. Photo credit: Clara Molden
A commuter talks on her mobile phone as the rickshaw puller wades through a water logged street in Calcutta, India. The first monsoon showers lashed Gangetic West Bengal, water logging large parts of Calcutta and adjoining districts and disrupting normal life.
HMS Ark Royal makes her way up the River Thames to support the National Falklands 25th Anniversary Commemorative events.
Bishops under parasols look on during Pope Benedict XVI's weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Pope Benedict XVI leaves Saint Peter's square at the Vatican after leading his weekly general audience.
This lunar eclipse of Planet Venus occurs several times a year in one or another part of the Earth, but had not been seen in south Asia for several years.
Western countries resume financial assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank as the Gaza Strip, now controlled by Hamas, remains under Israeli blockade.
Time is running out for British smokers as a ban on smoking in public places is due to come into force on 1 July.
Photos from BBC and Daily Mail
