"Pirates 3" promoted in Tokyo

Hollywood actors Johnny Depp (2nd R), Orlando Bloom (1st R) and Chow Yun-Fat (C) pose during a photocall to promote their movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" in Tokyo, Japan on May 23, 2007. The movie will be shown in Japan from May 25.

"Ocean's 13" screening at Cannes

Cast members, U.S. actors George Clooney (L), Brad Pitt (C) and Don Cheadle, pose during a photocall for U.S. director Steven Soderbergh's film "Ocean's 13" at Eden Roc in Antibes during the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 23, 2007.

Baby elephant

A baby elephant,which was three days ago,plays near its mother in a zoo of Berlin, Germany on May 23,2007. The baby elephant is the twelfth newborn baby in the zoo since 1989.

NATO stages anti-terrorist military demonstration in Taranto

A submarine travels during the anti-terrorist military demonstration staged by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in the Gulf of Taranto, south Italy, May 23, 2007. NATO staged the military demonstration on Wednesday to test the level of interoperationality between NATO naval forces and NATO's capacity of fighting international terrorism in the Mediterranean Sea.

China, U.S. conclude key economic dialogue, with specific agreements

Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (L) and US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson deliver statements at the conclusion of the second meeting of the China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue in Washington, capital of U.S., May 23, 2007. Wu Yi said the two countries reached much consensus and realized positive results and Paulson also noted two countries reached a wide variety of agreements during the dialogue.

Daishan Oil Reserve Base put into use

The first phase of the project of Daishan Oil Reserve Base has been put into use in Zhoushan, a city of east China's Zhejiang Province on May 22, 2007. It is China's second strategic oil reserve base following Zhenghai Oil Reserve Base in Ningbo, also a city of Zhejiang Province.

Cities prepare for storm wave

A huge wave batters against a vessel in Dalian, a city in Northeast China's Liaoning Province May 23, 2007. The local government has activated emergency procedures in preparation of a storm wave.

China offers gratuitous aid to Somali

Chinese ambassador to Kenya Zhang Ming (R) and Somali Foreign minister Hussein Elabe Fahiye sign an agreement in Nairobi May 23, 2007, according to which China will provide gratuitous aid of 20 million RMB to Somali for its reconstruction.

Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival in Chengdu

The Yi people perform at the opening of the International Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival in Chengdu, Sichuan May 23, 2007. More than 1,100 intangible cultural heritage items will be shown during the festival, which will close on June 10.

AC Milan wins Champions League in Athens

AC Milan's captain Paolo Maldini, center, raises the trophy aloft after his team beat Liverpool 2-1 to win the Champions League Final soccer match between AC Milan and Liverpool at the Olympic Stadium in Athens Wednesday May 23, 2007.

U.S. warships enter Gulf for training

U.S. warships carrying 17,000 personnel enter the Gulf in a show of force off Iran's coast that navy officials said was the largest daytime assembly of ships since the 2003 Iraq war in this May 22, 2007 handout photograph.

China, Hungary vow to cement economic cooperation

Wu Bangguo (L), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany in Budapest, capital of Hungary on May 23, 2007. China and Hungary vowed here Wednesday to step up their substantive cooperation in the economic and investment fields in an aim to jointly explore the European market and further enrich the bilateral relations.

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games pictograms unveiled

Photo of the Pictograms of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games released at a news conference in Beijing May 23, 2007. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) unveiled the pictograms for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games on the occasion of the Month for the Publicity of the 17th National Help-the-Disabled Day.

Chinese President meets Party members in military

Chinese President Hu Jintao,who is also chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets delegates to the Beijing Military Area Command's ninth congress of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing, capital of China.