Jolie and Maddox spent wonderful day

Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt celebrates his 5th birthday August 5! Maddox was adopted from Cambodia by Angelina Jolie when she was still with Billy Bob Thornton. After their break up, he was raised by Angelina, until she started dating Brad Pitt,then Pitt adopted Maddox in addition to baby Zahara as well. Maddox is famous for making faces to the Paparazzi & for his wicked Mohawk!

Drought hits Suining City in Sichuan Province

A farmer stands on rimose paddyfield in Guihua Town of Suining City, southwest China's Sichuan Province,Aug. 8, 2006. Nearly 1.1 million hectares of farmland of the province have been affected, and 2.39 million people as well as 3.04 million heads of livestock are facing a shortage of drinking water due to drought.

Specimens of Taiwan's macaques show in Hangzhou

Visitors view the specimens of two macaques from southeast China's Taiwan Province at the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 8, 2006.

Fashion show for environmental protection in Hangzhou

A boy is helped to put on costumes made of castoffs in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 8, 2006. In a fashion show with the theme of environmental protection, every model wore costumes made of waste stuffs including newspapers and magazines.

Exhibition and games on Beijing Olympics held in Hongkong

A boy views mascots of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games during an activity held in Hong Kong, south China, Aug. 8, 2006. Hong Kong sports groups held the activity to introduce the 2008 Beijing Olympics by means of exhibition and games on Aug. 8.

Poor students return support from society with commonweal work

Xu Yuli, an upcoming freshman of Zhejiang Industrial University, tidy up the bedroom for an old woman in a resthome in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 8, 2006. A group of poor students, who will enter college in September, carried out commonweal work in resthomes for half a month for the support from the society.

Afghanistan rebuilds Bamyan Buddha statues

Photo taken on the morning of Aug. 7, 2006 shows two holes on the cliff originally holding the two world-famous Bamyan Buddha statues in Bamyan Province, central Afghanistan. A program to collect relics of the Buddha statues, with a fund of 1.6 million US dollars offered by the UNESCO, is carried out so that the Buddha rebuilding project can be initiated as early as possible after it gets Afghan parliament's approval. The two statues, which used to be the world's tallest in a standing style, were destroyed by Taliban extremists in March 2001.

First China's A.I. technology and products exhibition

A man shows a robot arm for educational purposes during the first China artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology and products exhibition at the China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 8, 2008. The exhibition displayed the latest developments in China's A.I. field.

Celebrations for 50th anniversary of Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture

Local residents perform folk dance during a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan in Duyun, capital of the prefecture, in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 8, 2006. People of the Bouyei, Miao, Shui and other ethnic groups celebrated the50thanniversary of the establishment of Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan on Tuesday with singing and dancing.

Marking two-year countdown to 2008 Olympics

Marcus (1st R), Josef (2nd L) of the youth team of Germany's Bayern Munich, and Marco (2nd R) of the youth team of Austrilia's Sydney FC, pose under a kite carrying patterns of the emblem and mascots of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to mark the two-year countdown to the Beijing Olympics, during the 2006 China Weifang Cup International Youth Football Tournament in Weifang, a city in east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 8, 2006.

Stamp album of Olympic Sports issued

Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2006 shows a Mini-pane featuring fencing issued by the Head Office of China Philately. The stamp album entitled "The Rhythm of Sport" includes four commemorative stamps, First Day Covers, Mini-panes and so on.

Two successive roadside bombings hit Baghdad

Smoke fumes over the explosion site in central Baghdad, capital of Iraq, Aug. 8, 2006. Two successive roadside bombings rocked Baghdad's busy commercial area on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 70 others.

Japanese former PM's funeral in Tokyo

The funeral of Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is held in Tokyo Aug. 8, 2006. Hashimoto died at the age of 68 on July 1.

Civilians' life in shelter in Akko

A mother feels sad because she could not give a normal birthday party to her daughter during the special period. People live in a bomb shelter in Akko, northern Israel, Aug. 8, 2006. Akko was often hit in Hizbollah rocket attacks. Up to Aug. 7, at least 94 Israelis were killed in the Israeli-Hizbollah conflict.

Twin pandas give birth to twin cubs

A giant panda cub grovels on a mat at Wolong Giant Panda Protection Centre in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province on August 7, 2006. Qi Zhen and Qi Yuan, twin giant pandas at the giant panda research center each gave birth to twin cubs on Sunday and Monday.

Lebanon braces for more war as 1,000 killed

A wounded Lebanese civilian weeps next to the rubble of his house following an Israeli air strike on the coastal village of Ghaziyeh, three kms south of the southern Lebanese port city Sidon August 8, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)