Jan 7, 2009

Pictures from Around The World








A para-glider flies over Stara Planina mountain near the town of Troyan east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.







An Indian child, his face covered with red paint to resemble
blood, lies on the ground as a man dressed as a ghost ¢attacks¢ him.
They are protesting in Mumbai against Israel¢s military operations in
Gaza






A lamp made of a plastic cup floats in the Ganges during a Hindu ritual in Allahabad, India.




Devotees wait in a queue to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, the
most sacred place for Sikhs all over the world, in the northern Indian
city of Amritsar




Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann takes part in the second stage of the
Four Hills FIS ski jumping championship, (Vierschanzentournee), in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany





Siberian tigers perform for visitors during a New Year¢s Day
celebration at a zoo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China






Dancers from the Leipzig Ballet Oksana Kulchytska







Italy¢s Marco Fois dives into the Tiber River from the 18 metre, (59 feet), high Cavour Bridge in Rome to celebrate the new year'




















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