Fishermen race against high waves to reach to safety on Bali, after a large swell combined with a higher than normal tide hit the coastlines of the island.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Gaza-Israel attacks 17-04-2007
Israel has struck a number of targets in Gaza, killing at least three people and injuring dozens more, after vowing a severe response to rocket attacks on its soil. The attacks come as efforts to end five days of fighting between rivals Hamas and Fatah - that have left up to 40 people dead - faltered again.A college and a secondary school were also hit, causing shock and distress but no reported injuries.
Jerusalem Day
People across Israel are celebrating Jerusalem Day, commemorating Israel's capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war.This year marks the 40th anniversary of the event, which changed the political landscape of the Middle East.Israel claims the whole of Jerusalem as its capital, although this is not recognised by the international community, which regards east Jerusalem as occupied territory.Control of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues separating Israel and the Palestinians.Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as the future of a Palestinian state, but many Israelis oppose ceding the sector under any final peace agreemThere are approximately 475,000 Jews in Jerusalem, compared to 245,000 Arabs, although the city's Arab population is growing more quickly, a recent report said.ent.
UK
Prince Harry graduated from Sandhurst as an army officer and joined the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals where his rank is referred to as Cornet.
Korea
The demilitarised zone, which runs the length of the border, is heavily guarded on both sides. The gates were opened briefly to allow the trains to pass.
Korea
A huge media pack gathered at South Korea's Munsan station to witness the departure of the first North Korea-bound train since 1950.
Switzerland
Cows fight in Aproz, Switzerland, where the Herens or Eringer breed of cattle lock horns in an annual event.
Germany
A boy runs through the rain on a cold day in Frankfurt, central Germany, as temperatures dropped to around 7C (44.6F).
China
Marathon runners check the route on the Great Wall of China ahead of next Saturday's gruelling race, which involves going up and down some 3,800 steps.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
India
A fleet of luxury buses in New Delhi, India are launched to promote tourism. Each bus can take a total of 19 people costing 7,095 rupees ($170) for an evening tour.
France
A red carpet is rolled out at the Elysee Palace, Paris, as outgoing French President Jacques Chirac hands over to his successor Nicolas Sarkozy.
Jordan
Tourists ride camels in front of the ancient Nabataean ruins in Petra, Jordan, as the city hosts a two-day conference on "building a better world".
Taiwan
In Taiwan, fighter jets demonstrate the island's military strength during an exercise which simulated an invasion by China.
Japan
Crown Princess Masako (R), and her daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Shinjuku Gyoen Park for the princess' kindergarten picnic in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 15.
Taiwan
Taiwan Air Force's F-16 fighter jet takes off from the closed-off section of Sun Yat-sen freeway at Chang-hua county in central Taiwan on Tuesday, May 15. Taiwan is staging a series of live-fire military exercises this week aimed at demonstrating how the island's armed forces would fight off an attack from arch rival China, the Defence Ministry said. The fighter jets were practicing for the possibility that air bases were knocked out by enemy attacks forcing jets to refuel and re-equip elsewhere.
Thailand
A pair of ethnic Hmong refugee children from Laos smile proudly as they pose for photographs at a refugee shelter in the Huay Nam Khao, Thailand on Monday, Feb. 5, 2007 file photo. More than 8,000 illegal refugees are living at the camp with more than 25 new babies being born each month.
Germany
8-year old ploar bear Yogli plays with a plastic barrel as he arrives at his new enclosure at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, southern Germany on Tuesday, 15 May. Yogli comes from a zoo in Tuscany and will bear company with 30-year old Lisa, the grandmother of world-famous polar bear cub Knut who was born in December 2006 at the Berlin zoo.
Copenhagen
Red paint is seen on The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The statue was damaged by vandals.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Palestin
A Palestinian youth stands in front of a burning vehicle during clashes between rival groups Fatah and Hamas in Gaza City
North and South Korea
A North Korean man (top) holds the hand of his South Korean relative, following their first family reunion in half a century.
Pakistan
Pakistani police arrest an opposition activist in Karachi, where political rallies have been banned as security forces try to restore order after two days of violence left 41 people dead.
India
An Indian boy cools himself by pouring water over his head in Hyderabad, where temperatures have hit 42C (108F).
Philippines
An Igorot tribal leader in the Philippines fills in his ballot paper. He is one of 45 million people eligible to vote in the national mid-term elections.
Australia
Members of the Bandidos bikie gang ride in a funeral procession along a highway in Western Sydney as they take the coffin of a colleague to a cemetery on Monday, May 14. Ken Tanti, a Bandidos gang was killed in a traffic member accident last week. Violence between rival gangs, the Nomads, Bandidos, Comancheros and Rebels has escalated in the past two months, with a series of tit for tat shootings and fire bombings of clubhouses in Sydney and Newcastle.
China
A Chinese visitor gets a feel of the blast wall at China's first nuclear weapons base, which has been declassified and opened to tourists in Haiyan, China's Qinghai province on May 12. The base was the birthplace of the country's atomic bombs, built in 1958, comprised eight large underground rooms built with reinforced concrete, stretching over 1,100 square kilometres (425 square miles), and was shut in 1987 until its resurrection as a tourist venue.
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