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Pictures of the day 06 May 2009
An impaled car, a beer Colosseum, and electrical body paint
A crowd watched in horror as this man danced on an open window on the sixth floor of a tower block in Salford, Greater Manchester. He'd earlier thrown bottles, a microwave oven, pans and a laptop out of the window, damaging cars parked 80ft below. The drama came to an end when police in riot gear entered the tower block and arrested the man
A motorist in Beijing swerved to avoid a head-on collision with another vehicle and impaled his car on a tree. His car careered off a road and smacked into a kerb, shot into the air, and wrapped itself around a tree. Picture: WENN
Three men were rushed to hospital in Hong Kong after a helicopter crashed into a bus. The pilot lost control of the helicopter near Kai Tak Airport and it crash landed into the bus. The drivers of both vehicles are being treated for injuries. Picture: WENN
A model of the Colosseum made of 1,500 bottles of Heineken is displayed at Rome's Termini Station to celebrate the final of the Champion's League. The sculpture has a diameter of 3.5 metres and a height of 1.4 metres. Picture: F3 PRESS
If you have always wanted to be part of an integrated circuit board, Bare paint will make it possible. The special paint, created at the Royal College of Art, conducts electricity.... Picture: WENN
...The non-toxic conductive ink is applied directly onto the skin, creating an electronic circuit. Picture: WENN
Elizabeth Beucher demonstrates her eco-friendly Green Warrior Shower Curtains. The spikes slowly inflate, pushing you out of the shower if you stay in there too long. Picture: WENN
A visitor walks inside a huge model of an intestine in Dresden. The model is designed to educate people about bowel cancer. Picture: AFP/GETTY
The Scarpar board uses two tank-like tracks to roar across tricky off-road surfaces which would prove impossible with wheels. With a 8hp motor operated by a hand controller, the board can hit speeds of up to 37mph. Picture: SOLENT
Cosima Scheiding runs with a horse dressed in a traditional Bavarian Dirndl costume in the village of Kirchberg im Wald. Picture: REUTERS
Brenda Massye and her six year old terrier Bella gather with motorcyclists at Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines in Dublin, to promote the 10th Annual Across Ireland Motorcycle Run. Picture: PA
A tiny moon called Epimetheus is seen above Saturn's rings and in front of the larger moon Titan, in this picture captured by NASA's robotic Cassini spacecraft. Picture: NASA
Rescue workers' lights illuminate a damaged house in Wilson County, North Carolina near the town of Sims after thunderstorms and a possible tornado. Picture: AP
Residents ride bicycles on a street during a sandstorm in Hetian, Xinjiang Ugyur Autonomous Region. Picture: REUTERS
Juan Manuel Ruiz, 25, who lives on the streets, lies on broken glass as he performs for motorists in hopes of earning tips, in Mexico City. Picture: AP
Women model incontinence pants for active seniors, at a park in Beijing. Picture: AFP/GETTY
This photo provided by the US Department of Justice shows detained suspect Sony Dong, with songbirds strapped to his legs at Los Angeles International Airport. He was charged with smuggling song birds into the US. Picture: AP
Peacocks are displayed for sale on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan. Picture: AFP/GETTY
Students dress up in costumes during graduation celebrations at al-Nahrain University in Baghdad. Other costumes included witches and prisoners. Picture: REUTERS
Qatari Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, right, is welcomed by an unidentified Saudi official as arrives to attends the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Riyadh. Picture: AP
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sits near an image of his wife Veronica Lario during the taping of the television program Porta a Porta (Door to Door) in Rome. His wife has said she plans to file for divorce. Picture: REUTERS
A rainbow is seen behind the statue of Justice outside the Brazilian Supreme Court in Brasilia. Picture: REUTERS
Nong Nat the pig answers a mathematical question from an audience of touists by picking up the correct answer at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand. Picture: EPA
A waiter serves pork next to men dressed up as pigs to promote the consumption of pork. Pork sales in Peru have registered a drop of 15 per cent following the flu outbreak. Picture: REUTERS
A masked protester who calls himself "Influenza Proxima," which translates in English as "The Next Influenza," stands outside the Secretary of Health headquarters as a police officer looks on in Mexico City. Picture: AP
Members of the Bulgarian theatre group Temp perform at the International Theatre Festival in Skopje, Macedonia. Picture: EPA
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters, wearing masks of Indian cricketer turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, take part in a rally in Amritsar. Picture: EPA
A labourer load mangoes onto a truck at a makeshift wholesale mango market in Bangalore, India. Picture: AFP/GETTY
The Queen plants a tree during a visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew for its 250th anniversary. Picture: REUTERS
Fearne Cotton, Heston Blumenthal and Gary Lineker pose with Emma Rushin, winner of the Walkers Do us a Flavour contest. Emma's Builders Breakfast crisps won her £50,000 and 1% of sales of her flavour. Picture: GETTY
Chinese women model new nappies for the active but elderly at a park in Beijing. Mobile phones with huge number pads, websites with big characters are other ways Chinese businesses are tailoring their products for a huge and lucrative niche market. China has 143 million people aged over 60
An Indian policeman stands guard during a strike in Srinagar called by Muslim separatists ahead of the latest round of national elections, which the Kashmir separatists are boycotting
Romany Bosnians in Butmir, near Sarajevo, celebrate St. George's Day, a traditional Romany holiday as well as an Orthodox Christian celebration
Farah, aged 4, shows injuries that her family says were sustained during phosphorous bomb attacks by Israel on the Gaza Strip in December 2008 and January 2009
Chinese police parade a group of drug traffickers caught with 82 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride in Yunnan. The traffickers were disguised as construction workers as they drove a bulldozer in from Burma loaded with the drugs
A mass grave of unidentified Soviet soldiers killed in the Second World War is excavated in Pochinok, about 450km north of Moscow. Russians are trying to unite remains with the soldiers' families ahead of the Victory Day holiday
Farmers from Crete block the route to the Prime Minister's office in Athens. They are demanding higher prices for their produce
A view of Lundy, one of Britain's most isolated communities, which is celebrating the 40th anniversary of a buyout by the National Trust to protect and preserve the island for the nation
A Bangladeshi boy shows injuries he sustained while working as a camel jockey in the United Arab Emirates. Hundreds of Bangladeshi children trafficked to the UAE and forced to work as child jockeys are to get thousands of dollars in compensation from the desert state
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