Miss Universe 2007 Beauties

Miss Lebanon.

Miss France.

Miss Finland.

Miss Egypt.

Miss Cyprus.

Miss Canada

Miss Brazil

Miss Australia

Miss Argentina

Miss Angola

Indian President A P J Abdul Kalam addresses the gathering from Red Fort in New Delhi on Friday, May 11, during the commemoration of 1857 uprising.

A peacock taken at Leeds Castle, Kent

This picture of Mount Kilimanjaro was taken from a Tanzania Airlines plane window on the flight from Dar Es Salaam to Kilimanjaro International Airport.

This weather-sculptured rock at Yeliou in Taiwan is called 'the queen' and many Taiwanese have their photo taken standing beside it.

Iraq

US marines patrol through a field in Zaydun, an area near Fallujah in western Anbar Province.

Greece.

A fireman tries to extinguish a fire on a train carrying liquid fuel outside the village of Aspro in northern Greece.

Russia

Two Russian veterans of World War II attend the annual Victory Day in Moscow's Red Square.

USA

Tennis star Maria Sharapova, raised in the Russian city of Sochi, poses with a plaque she received as the ambassador for Sochi 2014 while backing Russia's Olympic Winter Games bid during a press conference on Wednesday, 09 May in Los Angeles, California.

Indonesia

A Red Cross activist performs in street theatre to raise awareness about climate change in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Sri Lanka

Buddhist monk Elle Gunawansa (R) carries a letter to the British High Commission in Colombo to protest against Britain's decision to halt aid to Sri Lanka.

Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin places flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow to commemorate Victory Day.

Japan

A florist displays the world's only type of blue carnation called "Moondust", developed by Japan's beverage company Suntory and Australia's bio venture Florigene, for the upcoming Mother's Day at a Tokyo flower shop on Wednesday, 09 May. Some 2 million blue carnations, produced in South America, are expected to be imported to Japan this year.

Hercules: The biggest Dog Ever According to Guiness World Records. Hercules was recently awarded the honorable distinction of worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an English Mastiff and whas a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds. With " paws the size of Softballs" (reports the boston Herald), the three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed's standard 200lb limit. Herculess owner Mr. Flynn says that hercules weight is natural and not induced bye a bizarre diet: "I fed him normal food and he just grew"... and grew. and grew.

Soth Korea

South Koreans wearing traditional costumes march during a ceremony to hold an annual royal memorial service in downtown Seoul on Sunday, 06 May. The service, called "Jongmyo Jerye" taking place on a Sunday in the first week of May every year, was proclaimed as a UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritable of Humanity in 2001.

France

A cyclist passes a damaged car after clashes near the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris on May 6. Conservative UMP party candidate Nicolas Sarkozy was elected as France's President in the runoff vote on Sunday.

Kenya

Members of the rescue team searching for the Kenya Airlines plane missing in Cameroon return after an unsuccessful search in a thick forest between Mvengue and Lolodorf in south Cameroon on Sunday, May 6. The wreckage of a Kenya Airways plane that crashed with 114 people on board was found in a swamp a short distance from Cameroon's Douala airport on Sunday, officials said, but there was no word of any survivors.

Hungary

A dancer performs at the Miss Belly-Dance contest in Budapest on Sunday, May 6. Belly dancing is very popular in Hungary where thousands of women practice it.

Turkey.

Turks wave their national flags during an anti-government rally in the western Turkish city of Manisa, May 5. Tens of thousands of flag-waving Turks demonstrated on Saturday in the third anti-government protest in a month amid a bitter conflict over the role of religion in the mostly Muslim country's politics.

Germany

Polar bear cub Knut plays with his minder Thomas Doerflein in his enclosure at Berlin's Zoologischer Garten zoo, May 05. Hundreds of visitors still flock to Berlin zoo to get a glimpse of the little bear, who has become a global sensation after surviving rejection by his mother. Six month old Knut was born 05 December 2006 and has become a media superstar

Japan

South Korea's Rhee Yoo- jung and An Da-som perform during a Duet Free Routine final of the Japan Open Synchronized Swimming Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, May 5, 2007.

Miss Universe 2007- Mexico

From left to right, Miss Estonia, Viktoria Azovskaja; Miss South Africa, Megan Coleman; Miss Egypt, Ehsan Hatem; Miss Germany, Angelina Glass; Miss Thailand, Farung Yuthithum; Miss Angola, Micaela Reis; Miss Philippines, Anna Theresa Licaros; Miss Guyana, Meleesea Payne; Miss Mauritius, Sandra Faro and Miss Panama, Sorangel Matos Arce, pose for photographers during a visit to the Xochimilco canals in Mexico City on Saturday, May 5. Mexico will host the Miss Universe 2007 pageant on May 28th.