Palestinian protest for Fatah movement in Ramallah

Palestinian supporters of the Fatah movement hold posters of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during a protest in the west Bank town of Ramallah June 13, 2007. Hundreds of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's forces are running out of ammunition and abandoning their posts, diplomats said on Wednesday, prompting one Abbas aide to tell envoys the fight against Hamas in Gaza is lost.

"Ballon pyramid" at Kids Fest

Canadian artist Sean Rooney works on his 6-metre-tall pyramid sculpture made out of rainbow-coloured balloons for the annual Kids Fest in Sarajevo June 12, 2007. Thousands of Bosnmian children have descended on the capital Sarajevo this week for the annual Kids Fest, offering some a rare chance to make friends across the country's ethnic divide. Picture taken June 12, 2007.

Victoria Secret promotes beauty products

Victoria Secret models Selita Ebanks (L) and Izabel Goulart promote the Beauty Rush Body Care line of cosmetics and the appletini scent perfume in New York June 13, 2007.

New fathers learn to nurse babies

A man watches his newborn baby swim at a hospital in Xingtai, North China's Hebei Province, June 14, 2007. Several new fathers were invited to the hospital to learn how to nurse a baby days before the Father's Day. (newsphoto)

Yang Yilin wins women's all-around

Yang Yilin from Guangdong province captured the women's all-around title here at China's national gymnastics championship on Thursday, June 14, 2007. Yang Yilin from Guangdong province captured the women's all-around title in Shanghai at China's national gymnastics championship on Thursday.

Iraqi Shi'ites protest against Samarra's Mosque bomb

Iraqi Shi'ites protest on the streets against the bombing of Samarra's Golden Mosque, in Mahmoudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad June 13, 2007. Militants blew up two minarets of a revered Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday, targeting a shrine that had already been badly damaged in a 2006 attack, Shi'ite officials said. Picture taken June 13, 2007.

Bridge collapses after being hit by boat in S China

Photo taken on June 15, 2007 shows the collapsed bridge after being hit by a sand-laden boat in Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province. The accident occurred around 5:10 a.m. Friday when a sand-laden boat was sailing through under the bridge, which connects the Jiujiang Township in Nanhai district of Foshan to the neighbouring Heshan City. The boat hit a pier of the bridge, and at least 150 meters of the bridge structure collapsed.

Stands of Bird Nest installed

The photo taken on June 14, 2007 shows the National Stadium in Beijing. The bowl-shaped stands of the National Stadium, dubbed the "Bird's Nest" have been completed recently after an eight-month installation process. The stands are composed of a total of 14,700 slabs in different size and form, with the biggest piece weighing 18 tons and being 11-meter long.

Hailstorm hits Yili

A man holds hailstones that fell from a storm in Yili, Northwest China' Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 14, 2007. The hailstorm greatly damaged crops in this region.

Abbas dissolves Palestinian unity gov't

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas chairs a crisis meeting at his offices in Ramallah. Abbas on Thursday declared a state of emergency and sack the government as Hamas appeared set to seize control of Gaza after days of ferocious gunbattles.

Europe unveils space plane for tourist market

An image of the future tourism plane-rocket made by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company Astrium branch. Getting a closer look at the stars may soon stop being the privilege of a few select billionaires, with the space arm of EADS saying Wednesday it plans to have a space tourist plane in operation by 2012.