Pregnant women show colour paintings on their bellies during a body painting contest held for pregnant women at a hospital in Haikou, south China’s Hainan province August 7 2006. Picture taken August 7, 2006..(MORE PHOTOS->
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A rare and spectacular nacreous cloud (top) appears high in the stratosphere some 20km above Australia’s Mawson station in Antartica, July 2006. Australian scientists have said they were studying what rare iridescent clouds over Antarctica can reveal about global climate change.
A general view of destroyed buildings after an Israeli airstrike attacked a complex of eight residential buildings at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Aug. 13, 2006. Israeli warplanes pounded south Beirut with at least 20 missiles in a two-minute period Sunday, minutes after the Israeli government approved a U.N. cease-fire plan that was to go into effect 17 hours later.
Israeli tanks sit at a staging ground for military armored vehicles close to the northern Israel-Lebanon border. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she expected fighting in Lebanon to end within days, while UN Secretary of State Kofi Annan announced that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to cease hostilities on Monday.
An Israeli soldier hugs a fellow soldier before climbing aboard with their tank units as a column of armored vehicle prepare to cross the border from northern Israel into Lebanon Sunday Aug. 13, 2006. After a stormy debate Sunday, Israel’s Cabinet approved a Mideast cease-fire, agreeing to silence the army’s guns in less than 24 hours. The Israeli military embarked on a last-minute push to devastate Hezbollah guerrillas, rocketing south Beirut with missiles.
Palestinian gunmen, who identified themselves as members of the Islamic Jihad group, shoot a man in a public square in the West Bank town of Jenin Sunday Aug. 13, 2006. The man, who was executed in front of hundreds of people, was accused by the gunmen of giving information to Israeli authorities, helping them to kill two militants last week in a targeted attack, said witnesses and Islamic Jihad members. The victim was identified as Bassem Malah, 22, who worked in the Israeli Arab town of Umm al Fahm.
Admiring the Moon : People admire the moon as it rises over Cape Sounio, some 60 kilometers south of Athens, Greece.
After the storm : A rainbow is seen at the end of a rainstorm over Vitosha mountain near the capital Sofia.
Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2006 winner Aimee Chan (L) poses with 1st runner up Janet Chow (R) and the 2nd runner up Koni Lui at the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2006 in Hong Kong August 12, 2006.
This is one of four photographs published Sunday Aug. 13, 2006 by Cuba’s Communist Youth newspaper’s online edition Juventud Rebelde proporting to show The first photographs of Fidel Castro since his illness two weeks ago. Castro holds a copy of the Saturday Aug. 12, 2006 edition of Granma, the Communist Party newspaper. The headline reads ‘Absolved by history.’ The Associated Press cannot verify the authenticity or the date when these photographs were shot.
A couple is seen during a sunset wedding in a file photo. A Missouri couple who must get married, or move, in order to comply with a housing ordinance in Black Jack, Missouri, sued the town on Thursday, claiming rules prohibiting the unmarried couple and their children from living together are unconstitutional.
Moon rising : The moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon, at cape Sounion, some 60 kilometers south of Athens.
US President George W. Bush walks off Air Force One carrying the family pets Barney (R) and Ms. Beazley as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Bush will highlight his national security credentials this week, one month before the September 11th anniversary and three months before key legislative elections.
President Bush returns to the White House following a ten-day vacation at his Texas ranch, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006, in Washington. In a statement, he says he wants the international community to ‘turn words into action’ and bring peace to the Mideast.
U.S. President George W. Bush walks behind his dogs Miss Beazley (L) and Barney as he waves to well-wishers on his return to the White House in Washington August 13, 2006. Bush was returning from his vacation in Crawford, Texas.
President George W. Bush speaks with the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Fouad Siniora, over the telephone at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas August 12, 2006.
Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2006 winner Aimee Chan (C) poses with 1st runner up Janet Chow (L) and 2nd runner up Koni Lui at the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2006 in Hong Kong August 12, 2006.
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