Sweden nails men's ice hockey title

Players of Swedish men's ice hockey team pose for photos after the awarding ceremony at Turin Olympic Winter Games in Italy, on February 26, 2006. Sweden claimed the title by beating Finland 3-2 in the final.

Invaluable orchid priced at 300,000 yuan

A three-day exposition featuring rare orchid was held in Hang Zhou, capital city of east China's Zhejiang province on Feb. 24, with some 500 pots of precious and rare orchid on display. Photo shows a visitor appreciates the orchid priced at 300,000 yuan.

43rd Agriculture Trade Show in Paris

French President Jacques Chirac tastes a hamburger during the 43rd Agriculture Trade Show in Paris Feb. 25, 2006. From Feb. 25 to March 5, some 650,000 visitors are expected to be greeted by 1,153 exhibitors on a 147,000-square meter exhibition surface.

Museveni wins Ugandan presidential election

Supporters of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni celebrate Museveni's victory in capital Kampala Feb. 25, 2006 after Museveni, who has remained in power for two decades, won in the country's first multiparty presidential election in more than 20 years.

Blast rocks mass rally site in Bangkok

A man waves the national flag of Thailand during a mass rally in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, Feb. 26, 2006. A blast rocked a mass rally site at Sanam Luang Royal Palace here at 8:00 p.m. Sunday as thousands of protesters gathered to demand the caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to step down. The explosion went off on a transmission car of iTV, sparking flames in surrounding areas.

Carnival parade in Berlin

A trumpeter is seen during the carnival parade in Berlin, capital of Germany, Feb. 26, 2006. Nearly 130 festooned vehicle teams participated in the parade on Sunday.

Car bomb injures three civilians in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Indian soldiers inspect the wreckage of a vehicle after a bomb blast in Srinagar, Kashmir, Feb. 26, 2006. Three people were injured Sunday when separatist guerrillas exploded a powerful car bomb on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway in the Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir.

Antarctic expedition team members leave for home

Photo taken Feb. 19, 2006 shows the 18 team members of China's Antarctic scientific expedition who will stay for winter study in Chinese Zhongshan scientific research station in Antarctica. The other team members leave Antarctica for China Sunday and are scheduled to arrive in Shanghai Mar. 28.

Six dead in coal mine accident in C. China province

A rescue worker fastens his belt before taking the rescue operation at Dayuan Coal Mine in Longhui County of Shaoyang City, central China's Hunan Province, on Feb. 26, 2006. A gas emission accident occurred around 17:00 on Feb. 25 when 24 miners were working at the mine, leaving six coal miners dead and 12 others missing. Six miners were rescued and the bodies of the dead have been found, according to the provincial authorities.

Standoff at Afghan prison continues

Afghan National Army soldiers get off an armoured vehicle after arriving at the Pul-e-Charkhi prison on the eastern outskirts of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2006. A riot began in this biggest jail of Afghanistan on Saturday night and five prisoners and a police got wounded. Over 1,300 people including several Arab and Pakistani nationals on charges of involvement in terrorist and criminal activities have been held in the prison over the past four years.

China reports two more human bird flu cases

A Chinese vendor waits for buyers at a market in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province February 26, 2006. A nine-year-old girl in East China's Zhejiang Province and a 26-year-old woman farmer in East China's Anhui Province were confirmed to be infected with H5N1 bird flu, reported the Ministry of Health on Saturday. (Newsphoto)

Turin Olympics concludes

China's Olympic gold medalist Han Xiaopeng greets the audience during the closing ceremony of Turin Olympic Winter Games in Italy, on February 26, 2006.

Space exhibition in Changchun

Space suit is on display at a space exhibition in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province February 26, 2006. The show features the escape capsule, rocket engine, rocket debris of China's second manned spacecraft, as well as the national flag and space food the ship carried. (newsphoto)

HK takes 1st place at "Firefighters Olympics"

Members of the Hong Kong team celebrate as they won the first place at the closure of the Ninth World Firefighters Games, in Hong Kong, Feb. 25, 2006. Firefighters from 35 countries and regions were in Hong Kong this week, tugging fire hoses, lifting ladders, dragging heavy weights and racing up stairs in the Olympics of the firefighting profession, which is held every two years.