Gửi: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:22 pm Tiêu đề: Pictures of the Day April 16, 2009
Pictures of the Day April 16, 2009
A paramilitary policeman performs anti-terrorist drills in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. The country is to increase its development of warships, stealth submarines and long-range missiles, an admiral announced
Waiting game: a spectator has only an umbrella and the rain for company at what should have been the start of the third round match on the central court at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco
Workers from Kremikovtzi, Bulgaria's largest steelmaker, protest in Sofia, the capital, over unpaid salaries. The demonstration put extra pressure on the Government ahead of summer parliamentary elections
Back to base: Chris Duncan of the St. Louis Cardinals, scores as the Arizona Diamondbacks' Chris Snyder fails to stop him in a baseball game in Phoenix. The Cardinals won 12-7
Falling out with mum: a baby kangaroo named Tijana peers from her incubator in Belgrade zoo. Her mother ran away after being scared by an emu and Tijana fell out of her pouch. Now the baby must stay in the incubator, where the temperature remains a constant 35 degrees C. She is fed every two hours with a special milk from the US and Germany. The Australian embassy in Serbia is also expected to contribute to supplies
Jacob Zuma, the ANC President and Presidential contender in the South African elections, performs a Zulu dance during a rally in the KwaZulu-Natal town of Empangeni, South Africa. The elections take place on Wednesday
Prints by Cecil Beaton are displayed at the Chris Beetles Gallery in London. An exhibition of 70 photographs of individuals including Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, the Queen and Greta Garbo, are on show from Wednesday until May 16. Print prices range from £1,400 to £8,500
Sharp practice: a Kurdish security officer demonstrates his skills during his graduation ceremony in the city of Arbil, the Kurdish regional capital in northern Iraq
Dropping in: an Mi26 helicopter lowers a mothballed Tu134 airliner at the Emergency Situations Ministry training centre near St. Petersburg, Russia. The plane was taken out of service and carried from Pulkovo airport in the city to the centre to train ministry forces for rescue and crash operations
Digital line: an archerfish is lured by a young tourist who tempted it out of the water with bread on his finger tip at a fish farm at the Kilim Karts Geoforest Park on Langkawi island in Malaysia. Langkawi is Malaysia's first geopark
Sakura Shrimp - billions of tiny little prawns - are sun-dried in Shizuoka Prefecture, south-west of Tokyo, in front of Mount Fuji. Picture: SPLASH
The Chariot Wearable Transportation Deviceby Exmovere Holdings Inc is a self-balancing, hands-free concept vehicle, which amputees and others who struggle to stand upright can control with subtle movements of the lower torso and hips. Picture: WENN
Morris Architects have revealed plans to turn a disused oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico into a luxury, eco-friendly hotel with more than 300 individual rooms on the deck and mount wind turbines onboard to provide power. Guests to the rig resort will be able to kick back at the hotel's on-deck beach or indulge in a vast array of watersports including sailing, parasailing, windsurfing, jetskiing, waterskiing, fishing or diving. Picture: BNPS
An artist's impression of the digital cloud skyscraper Singapore officials hope will become the centrepiece of the World Expo in 2010. The My Dream, Our Vision pavilion uses permutated cubes to generate a spectacular modular sculpture that Singapore dignitaries insist "perfectly encapsulates the spirit of Singapore as an efficient, dynamic, cosmopolitan, and forward-looking nation". Picture: WENN
A Canada Goose on the Bridgewater Canal has been left with a bolt through the neck after a sickening attack. Three birds have now been shot by thugs in the last month.... Picture: MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
Another Canada Goose with an arrow through its body, on the Rochdale Canal in an earlier attack in March. Picture: MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
A dog sits in a hand-bag while modelling an outfit at the "Charly" dog fashion and grooming boutique in Moscow. Picture: AFP/GETTY
Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu unveils a samurai doll of Seattle Mariners slugger Ichiro Suzuki at the company's showroom in Tokyo. Picture: AFP/GETTY
A house sits on the island of Lofoten, Norway. Picture: BLOOMBERG
The Kazan Kremlin in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Picture: BLOOMBERG
Visitors walk on a floor reflecting the glass and titanium roof of the National Grand Theatre in Beijing. Picture: AP
A performer of the Lu Opera, a traditional Chinese folk opera, rests backstage as she prepares to perform at a village on the outskirts of Hefei. Picture: REUTERS
An Afghan Shi'ite woman demonstrates in Kabul. About 50 women protested against a new law, but were soon outnumbered and chased away by over 200 women defending the law. Picture: AFP/GETTY
Workers attach banners with large printed love letters, on the television tower in Berlin. Some 70 letters and one marriage proposal, which were picked from a nationwide competition on the internet, will be displayed as part of an advertising campaign. Picture: REUTERS
A man wears a model of a hamburger on his head, and pigs wallow in the grass in front of the European Patent Office in Munich, during a protest against patents on animal breeding. Picture: REUTERS
Tourists cover their bodies with mud on Jordan's side of the Dead Sea. Picture: REUTERS
Designer Pistol Panties has created the Swarovski crystal-coated Bling-kini, which goes on sale at Selfridges next week for £2,000, or £100 per square centimetre. Picture: PA
Fireworks burst in the sky around the Tower of the Juche Idea in Pyongyang to celebrate North Korean founder and 'Great Leader' Kim Il-sung's birthday. Picture: REUTERS
A protester leaves a doll and a sign during a "tea party" demonstration in Lafayette Park across from the White House. Picture: AFP/GETTY
A child looks a a banner made up of photographs of prisoners, who the Palestinian Prisoners Families Organisation said are jailed in Israel, during a protest outside the International Red Cross building in Jerusalem. Picture: AP
The YouTube Symphony Orchestra performs "Ride of the Valkyries" from "Die Walkure" by Richard Wagner at Carnegie Hall in New York. Picture: AFP/GETTY
People leave after painting images depicting President Barack Obama, left, and Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean on a wall at the slum of Bel Air in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Picture: AP
A labourer works at a steel market in Shenyang, in northeast China's Liaoning province. Picture: AP
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