75
A priest uses a book to shield himself from the sun as Pope Benedict
XVI leads a solemn mass in Zagreb June 5, 2011. The Pope is on a two-day
visit to Croatia. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
76
Competitors ride with their bikes in a cable car to the start of the
Downhill at the Mountain Bike World Cup in Fort William, Scotland, June
5, 2011. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
77
Veterinary doctors take the blood of a tranquilized female Przewalski's
horse for tests, at a farm at the village of Dolni Dobrejov near the
city of Tabor June 14, 2011, before it is transported to the military
airport in Prague for its eventual return to Mongolia. Prague zoo will
transport four Przewalski's horses, a stallion and three mares, to
Mongolia's Khovd province to return them to their native environment.
Przewalski's Horse or the Dzungian Horse - is one of the last wild
horses in the world. REUTERS/Petr Josek
78
A dog barks at a formation of riot police near the Greek parliament in
Athens, June 15, 2011. Tens of thousands of grassroot activists and
unionists converged on Athens' central Syntagma (Constitution) Square
Wednesday as Prime Minister George Papandreou prepared to push through a
new five-year campaign of tax hikes, spending cuts and selloffs of
state property to continue receiving aid from the European Union and
International Monetary Fund and avoid default. REUTERS/Pascal
Rossignol
79
Children dressed up as smurfs take part in a promotional event in the
Andalusian village of Juzcar, near Malaga, southern Spain, June 16,
2011. The facades of the houses were painted blue as part of a global
promotion for the Sony Picture film The Smurfs which will premiere in
New York City June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
80
Holocaust survivor Betty Stein, 92, plays ping pong at a program for
people with Alzheimer's and dementia at the Arthur Gilbert table tennis
center in Los Angeles, California June 15, 2011. Founder Mikhail
Zaretsksky says the sport does not cure, or even slow down the disease,
but helps the 100 participants by raising their heart rate and the blood
flow to their brains, and exercising them mentally as well as
physically. He says it helps their depression, improves their balance,
and makes them more alert. Picture taken June 15. REUTERS/Lucy
Nicholson
81
Pedestrians take photographs of cyclists during the World Naked Bike
Ride in Brussels June 18, 2011. This annual manifestation is performed
to demand more respect for cyclists on the streets and to promote the
bike as an alternative non-polluting transportation vehicle.
REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
82
A Soviet WW II tank painted pink is loaded on a boat to be transported
in Prague's city center, June 20, 2011. Original Soviet Army tank Nr. 23
was on display in Prague from the war until visual artist David Cerny
painted it pink with friends in April 1991. The Czech Republic is
commemorating the 20th anniversary of the departure of Soviet troops
which invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, and the tank was brought back to
Prague from a military museum for a week for the occasion. REUTERS/Petr
Josek
83
An Afghan girl takes part in a skate boarding competition to mark the
third annual Go Skateboarding Day in Kabul June 21, 2011.
REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
84
An Emperor Penguin stands on a beach on Kapiti coast June 20, 2011. The
bird's arrival, the second ever recorded according to New Zealand's
Department of Conservation, has caught the public's attention as Emperor
Penguins usually live in Antarctica, more than 3,000 Km (1,864 miles)
away. Picture taken June 20. REUTERS/New Zealand Government-Department
of Conservation/Handout
85
Jeans are seen in Dadun village in Zengcheng near the southern Chinese
city of Guangzhou June 20, 2011, one week after militia fired tear gas
in this factory town to quell rioting over the abuse of a pregnant
street hawker who became a symbol of simmering grassroots discontent.
Picture taken June 20, 2011. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
86
Contestants stand on the stage after the annual race on high heels
during Gay Pride celebrations in the quarter of Chueca in Madrid June
30, 2011. The winner of the race receives a prize of 1000 euros.
REUTERS/Susana Vera
87
Residents lie on railway tracks in Rawa Buaya in Indonesia's West Java
province July 13, 2011. The residents believe that the electrical energy
from the tracks will cure them of various illnesses. REUTERS/Enny
Nuraheni
88
A boy swims in the algae-filled coastline of Qingdao, Shandong province
July 15, 2011. Picture taken July 15, 2011. REUTERS/China Daily
89
A coach holding a broom tries to prevent a boy from holding onto the
edge of the pool as he learns swimming during a diving training session
at a training centre in Beijing July 27, 2011. Some 15 children, aged 5
to 12 are training at the centre of China's State Physical Training
Administration as amateur divers during their summer vacation.
REUTERS/Jason Lee
90
Russian sailors take part in an evacuation drill to celebrate Navy day
in the Crimean port of Sevastopol July 31, 2011. Sevastopol is
headquater to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. REUTERS/Stringer
91
A devotee covered in motor oil takes a rest in the celebrations
honouring the patron saint of Managua, Santo Domingo de Guzman, in
Managua August 1, 2011. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
92
Boats gather around a sculpture of a mermaid at the 'Alster' lake in
Hamburg August 3, 2011. The four-meter-high sculpture made by Oliver
Voss will be in place until August 12. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen
93
Zoo owner and artist Aleksandr Pylyshenko sits inside a cage with
female African lion Katya at a private zoo situated in his yard in the
city of Vasilyevka, southeastern Ukraine August 3, 2011. Pylyshenko
decided to spend five weeks in a cage with a pair of African lions,
Katya and Samson, to get money for improving the lions' living
conditions, according to local media. He is broadcasting it on internet
to attract the public's attention to plight of wild animals in private
Ukrainian zoos, which do not get enough fundings. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
94 A sunflower field is seen in stormy weather near Donzere, southern France, August 5, 2011. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
95
Saimaiti Aishan, a 27-year-old Uighur acrobat of tightrope walking,
hangs on a 15-metre-long tightrope connected between two hot air
balloons as he fails in an attempt for setting a 100 metre height record
in Langshan, Hunan province August 6, 2011. Aishan, the nephew of Adili
Wuxor, who is known as Prince of the Tightrope, is the first person to
perform tightrope walking between two hot air balloons. He set a
national tightrope walking record at 30 metres high on Saturday, but
failed in his attempt of 100 metres, local media reported. Picture taken
August 6, 2011. REUTERS/China Daily
96
A dog catches a frisbee during the Russian dog frisbee championship in
Moscow August 7, 2011. Dogs and their owners took part in a variety of
distance and accuracy competitions during the championship to test their
frisbee skills. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
97
Army servicemen sit on the ground as they watch a woman walk past,
while waiting for instructions, during a rally near the parliament
headquarters in Bishkek August 15, 2011. April 7 party supporters
gathered to protest against the decision of local authorities to
transfer former Kyrgyz defence minister Baktybek Kalyev, who is on trial
due to April 2010 revolt, from jail to house arrest for medical
reasons, according to local media. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov
98
Zoo performer Theerapone Manolai smiles as he puts his head between the
jaws of a crocodile during a performance for tourists at the Sriracha
Tiger Zoo, about 120 km (74 miles) east of Bangkok August 16, 2011.
Kanthida Jantanct and Theerapone, both 28, from the province of
Chaiyaphum, who have been crocodile performers at the zoo for almost ten
years, earn at least 30,000 Baht (1,000 USD) per month for performing
shows for at least 2,000 tourists, three times a day, to support their
family. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang
99
Anti-riot police officers use coloured water to disperse opposition
supporters in the Kireka area on the outskirts of Kampala, August 17,
2011. Ugandan police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse
opposition supporters who had gathered in a Kampala suburb on Wednesday
to mourn people killed during demonstrations earlier this year,
witnesses said. REUTERS/James Akena
100
An Edmonton Eskimos' cheerleader flies through the air during the first
half of their Labour Day classic CFL football game against the Calgary
Stampeders in Calgary, Alberta, September 5, 2011. REUTERS/Todd Korol
101
People watch the Breitling Jet Team perform aerobatics over the
Mediterranean Sea from a beach in Tel Aviv October 19, 2011. The team,
flying seven L-39 Albatros jets, are the largest civilian aerobatic
display team in Europe and are based in Dijon, France. REUTERS/Amir
Cohen
102 Thousands of starlings flock above farmland near Eleftheroupolis in northern Greece January 3, 2011. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
103
Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association perform atop
bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in
Tokyo January 6, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
104
A man talks on his cell phone after taking part in the 10th Annual No
Pants Subway Ride in New York City January 9, 2011. The event, organised
by Improv Everywhere, involves participants who strip down to their
underwear as they go about their normal routine. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
105
Haitian soccer players of the Zaryen team (blue) and the national
amputee team (white) greet the crowd before a friendly match in
Port-au-Prince January 9, 2011. Haiti will this week mark the first
anniversary of the earthquake that killed around 250,000 people and
wrecked much of the capital Port-au-Prince on Jan 12, 2010.
REUTERS/Kena Betancur
106
A man flies a kite made of 110 Tukkal or paper lanterns for the Hindu
festival of Makar Sankranti, which marks the start of spring, in the
western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 13, 2011. REUTERS/Amit Dave
107
A skier sits in a chairlift as Switzerland's Air Force national flight
team Patrouille Suisse fly their Northrop F-5E Tiger aircraft during an
air show in front of the Eiger and over the men's Alpine skiing World
Cup downhill course at the Lauberhorn in Wengen January 13, 2011. Todays
third downhill training was cancelled. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener
108
A crane eats a fish from a tub of fish at a wholesale market at a fish
harbour in Mumbai January 14, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
109
Father Juan Villa blesses a dog outside Madrid's San Anton church
January 17, 2011. Hundreds of pet owners bring their animals to be
blessed every year on the day of San Anton, Spain's patron saint of
animals. REUTERS/Andrea Comas
110
Zukhro, an employee of the city zoo, walks with Vadik, an 18-month-old
male lion, on the territory of the zoo in the capital Dushanbe, January
20, 2011. Employees take the lion from its cage to have a promenade
along the territory two times a week while holding a piece of meat to
attract Vadik's attention so it walks nearby. REUTERS/Nozim Kalandarov
111
An opposition supporter with pieces of bread taped onto his head shouts
slogans during an anti-government protest in Sanaa February 3, 2011.
Tens of thousands of Yemenis squared off in street protests for and
against the government on Thursday during an opposition-led Day of Rage,
a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered to step down in 2013.
REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
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