Police officers search for evidence at a bomb site in Colombo March 10. 2008. One civilian was killed while four others were injured in the explosion blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo.
Police officers search for evidence at a bomb site in Colombo March 10. 2008.
Soldiers guard at the site of a bomb explosion in Colombo March 10. 2008.
Soldiers guard the site of a bomb explosion as a Buddhist monk watches in Colombo March 10. 2008.
Soldier search a building near a bomb site in Colombo March 10. 2008.
Bomb explodes in Sri Lanka capital
Storm hits Britian
Waves hit the sea wall in Porthcall, south Wales, March 10, 2008. A storm rushing in from the Atlantic lashed the south west on Monday as high winds and tides brought the risk of coastal flooding.
Waves hit the sea wall in Porthcall, south Wales March 10, 2008. A storm rushing in from the Atlantic lashed the south west on Monday as high winds and tides brought the risk of coastal flooding.
A man rides a bicycle as waves hit the sea wall in Porthcall, south Wales, March 10, 2008
Commuters struggle through heavy rain and strong winds across London Bridge to the city of London March 10, 2008. A storm rushing in from the Atlantic lashed the south west on Monday as high winds and tides brought the risk of coastal flooding.
Commuters struggle through heavy rain and strong winds across London Bridge to the city of London March 10, 2008. A storm rushing in from the Atlantic lashed the south west on Monday as high winds and tides brought the risk of coastal flooding.
Commuters struggle through heavy rain and strong winds across London Bridge to the city of London March 10, 2008. A storm rushing in from the Atlantic lashed the south west on Monday as high winds and tides brought the risk of coastal flooding.
Residents walk through the flooded village of Flushing, Cornwall, south western England March 10, 2008.
Indonesian jetliner skids off runway
An Adam Air plane, which skidded off the runway, is seen at Batam airport March 10, 2008. The Indonesian passenger plane, which was carrying 174 people, skidded off the runway in heavy rain during a landing on the island of Batam on Monday, injuring five people, an airline spokesman and a doctor said.
An Adam Air plane, which skidded off the runway, is seen at Batam airport March 10, 2008. The Indonesian passenger plane, which was carrying 174 people, skidded off the runway in heavy rain during a landing on the island of Batam on Monday, injuring five people, an airline spokesman and a doctor said .
A passenger from an Adam Air plane, which skidded off the runway, is pushed in a wheelchair at a hospital in Batam March 10, 2008. The Indonesian passenger plane, which was carrying 174 people, skidded off the runway in heavy rain during a landing on the island of Batam on Monday, injuring five people, an airline spokesman and a doctor said.
Heavy snow in U.S. Midwest
Highway and utility crews worked overtime Sunday to recover from the huge storm that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow and tore down power lines elsewhere.
Permission given to shoot wild swans
Wild swans are seen in lake Flachsee in Unterlunkhofen, Canton Aargau, Switzerland March 9, 2008. The authorities of Canton Aargau have given permission to hunters to shoot the swans because of overpopulation in the region.
Beautiful polar lights
Polar lights are seen in the sky in Longyearbyen of Norway，where China's Yellow River Station is located, on the early morning of March 10, 2008.
Ariane 5 ES-ATV launcher arrives for final launch preparations
The Ariane 5 ES-ATV launcher, on its mobile launch table, arrives for fuelling and final launch preparations at the Launch Zone (ZL-3) of Ariane Launch Complex no. 3 (ELA-3) at the Guiana Space Centre March 7, 2008. Picture taken March 7, 2008.
The Ariane 5 ES-ATV launcher, on its mobile launch table, arrives for fuelling and final launch preparations at the Launch Zone (ZL-3) of Ariane Launch Complex no. 3 (ELA-3) at the Guiana Space Centre March 7, 2008. Picture taken March 7, 2008.
An Ariane-5 rocket blasts off from French Guyana late Friday Dec. 21, 2007, from Europe's space base in Kourou on the northeast coast of South America. An Ariane-5 rocket blasted off from French Guyana on Friday putting into orbit telecommunications satellites for Africa and North America, the six Ariane mission this year.
An Ariane-5 rocket blasts off from French Guyana late Friday Dec. 21, 2007 from Europe's space base in Kourou on the northeast coast of South America. An Ariane-5 rocket blasted off from French Guyana on Friday putting into orbit telecommunications satellites for Africa and North America, the six Ariane mission this year.
Cute dogs at San Lazaro celebrations
A dog in traditional costume takes part in a mass as part of San Lazaro celebrations in the indigenous community of Monimbo in Masaya City, some 15 miles (24 km) south of Managua, March 9, 2008.
A dog rests inside church during San Lazaro celebrations in the indigenous community of Monimbo in Masaya City, some 15 miles (24 km) south of Managua, March 9, 2008.
A dog dressed as a soldier takes part in a mass in honor of San Lazaro celebrations in the indigenous community of Monimbo in Masaya City, some 15 miles (24 km) south of Managua, March 9,2008.
Two dogs take part in a mass in honor of San Lazaro celebrations in the indigenous community of Monimbo in Masaya City, some 15 miles (24 km) south of Managua, March 9,2008.
Birdman competitor: I believe I can fly
Aaron Eidelson is no Red Baron. 13 Birdman competitors plunged into the Yarra River in Australia on March 9th -- despite the river having almost double the safe level of E coli. It was won for the third year in a row by Carrum Downs amateur pilot Michael Paul. Mr Paul, 38, flew 17 meters, a metre shy of the Moomba record, in a mono-winged creation.
The Year of the Frog
An Australian Corroboree Frog sits on a zoo keeper's thumb at Taronga Zoo in Sydney March 10, 2008. Australian zoos have joined world zoos in a conservation strategy for The Year of the Frog 2008, to help avert the increase in frog extinctions across the globe. The Corroboree Frog is one of Australia's most endangered species, with fewer than 200 of the frogs existing in the wild.
Performance art against "white pollution"
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China
Performance artists wear plastic bags to raise people's awareness of the "white pollution" in Hanzhou, capital of eastern China's Zhejiang Province, March 9, 2008 .
Lisbon Fashion Week shows
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Lisbon Fashion
A model presents a creation from Portuguese designer Nuno Baltazar's Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 collection during Lisbon Fashion Week in Estoril March 9, 2008.
A model presents a creation from Portuguese designer Nuno Baltazar's Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 collection during Lisbon Fashion Week in Estoril March 9, 2008.
A model presents a creation from Serbian designer Aleksandar Protich Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 collection during Lisbon Fashion Week in Estoril March 8, 2008.
A model presents a creation from Portuguese designer Nuno Baltazar's Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 collection during Lisbon Fashion Week in Estoril March 9, 2008 .
A model presents a creation from Bosnian designer Lidija Kolovrat Autumn/Winter 2008-2009 collection during Lisbon Fashion week in Estoril March 8, 2008.
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