Anti-US occupation rally in Iraq

Iraqis shout anti-United States slogans during a demonstration against US military occupation, in Baghdad, capital of Iraq, April 8, 2005. The demonstrators demanded the withdrawal of the US-led forces from Iraq as soon as possible.

China receives last batch of WFP food aid

Stevedores work at Chiwan Port in Shenzhen, a city in south China's Guangdong Province April 8, 2005. Cargo ship "Blue Dream" carrying the last batch of food aid from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), worth 7.2 million US dollars, arrived at the port on Friday. The batch of 43,450 tons of wheat provided by WFP will be sent to Gansu and Shanxi provinces, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for poverty alleviation projects.

Job market for the disabled

Lin Miaoqing (1st L), a deaf-mute job-seeker, communicates in finger language with an employer at a job market in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on April 8, 2005. A special section was provided for disabled job-seekers in the market on Friday to help them integrate into the society.

Fashion show in Tokyo, Japan

A model displays a batik creation by a Japanese designer during the presentation of Autumn/Winter 2005 collections in Tokyo, capital of Japan, on April 7, 2005.

Hot weather hits Hanghzou

Space shuttle Discovery at US Kennedy Space Center

The US space shuttle Discovery is rolled to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, April 7, 2005. Discovery's launch is set between May 15 and June 3. The rollout of Discovery is one of the last major steps before NASA resumes shuttle flights that have been suspended since the Columbia tragedy in February 2003, in which all seven astronauts aboard were killed. (Xinhua/NASA photo)

Preparations for Airbus A380 test flight

The first Airbus A380, the largest passenger aircraft ever built with 555 seats, is pulled to the runway for its maiden flight in Toulouse of south France April 6, 2005. The double-deck aircraft will have its first test flight in weeks.

"The Year of The Yao" promotion

A girl passes by a poster hanging at the entrance to a meeting room for promoting "The Year of The Yao" in Los Angeles of US, April 7, 2005. The documentary film, directed by Adam Del Deo, records Chinese basketball player Yao Ming's way to success in NBA. The film is to come to screen on next Friday in Los Angeles and April 29 in America.