Pictures of the Day 28th June 2007
A rainbow arches over a hot air balloon during the opening of the Hot Air Balloon World Cup in Tsarkoe Selo outside St Petersburg.
A young chinese girl holds a Beijing 2008 Olympic games mascot called 'Fuwa'.
The London Eye in darkness as part of the Lights Out London campaign to promote green issues.
One month-old calf Sunrise swimming with his mother Salty at Sea World, on the Gold Coast, Australia.
An Afghan shopkeeper fixes the wheels of a horse drawn cart in his shop in Herat, Afghanistan.
An Afghan shopkeeper fixes the wheels of a horse drawn cart in his shop in Herat, Afghanistan.
A dog undergoes acupuncture therapy for a facial spasm at a vet clinic in north China's Tianjin municipality June 22, 2007. The treatment is administered daily for six days and cost about 50 yuan ($6.50) for the whole course
Lightning illuminates the sky above the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. Thunderstorms, gale force winds, heavy rainfall and hail storms hit Hungary in the evening
A Sadhu (holy man) performs yoga on the occasion of Ambubachi festival at Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, northeast. Thousands of devotees and holy men from across the country assemble every year at the temple in Guwahati for this three day long Ambubachi festival. Free food is distributed among all devotees who come to take part in the Ambubachi festival.
Chocora, a female miniature dachshund and her adopted baby wild boar at Neo Nature Park in Nago city, Okinawa province, Japan. The baby boar was abandoned by it's mother and found by a Neo Park employee.
A fire fighting air tanker drops water onto the southwest flank of the Caribou Hills Fire, 15 miles east of Ninilchik, Alaska. The Division of Forestry estimates the fire grew to 50,000 acres
A tornado touches down near Elie, Manitoba. At least four homes were destroyed and several others damaged Friday night after tornado hit a small town west of Winnipeg. There were no reports of injuries, but a ground search was underway to make sure everyone was accounted for. Environment Canada meteorologist David Wray said the weather office received three reports of tornadoes touching down on Friday night, one west of Portage La Prairie, another in Elie, and a third in the Carman area.
Penguins dive into the water as an aquarium female employee cleans the out the Penguin habitat in Tokyo
A one-month-old female Golden Snub-nosed monkey is held in the arms of her mother at the Yokohama zoological gardens Zoorasia, south of Tokyo
Chinese women perform a traditional dance during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Cultural Festival in Beijing. The opening and closing ceremonies for next year's Beijing Olympics are proving most popular amid strong demand for tickets more than a year away from the Games, state press reported 20 June.
A Shaolin monk performs during a show in southwest China's Chongqing municipality. The Encyclopedia of China's Intangible Cultural Heritage published in April introduced many national intangible masterpieces including the Spring Festival, Peking Opera, acupuncture and Shaolin Kungfu, according to Xinhua News Agency.
An inflatable rescue boat crew powers through a wave during round four of the NSW State IRB Championships at Elizabeth Beach at Pacific Palms, Australia.
From Daily Mail
A rainbow arches over a hot air balloon during the opening of the Hot Air Balloon World Cup in Tsarkoe Selo outside St Petersburg.
A young chinese girl holds a Beijing 2008 Olympic games mascot called 'Fuwa'.
The London Eye in darkness as part of the Lights Out London campaign to promote green issues.
One month-old calf Sunrise swimming with his mother Salty at Sea World, on the Gold Coast, Australia.
An Afghan shopkeeper fixes the wheels of a horse drawn cart in his shop in Herat, Afghanistan.
An Afghan shopkeeper fixes the wheels of a horse drawn cart in his shop in Herat, Afghanistan.
A dog undergoes acupuncture therapy for a facial spasm at a vet clinic in north China's Tianjin municipality June 22, 2007. The treatment is administered daily for six days and cost about 50 yuan ($6.50) for the whole course
Lightning illuminates the sky above the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. Thunderstorms, gale force winds, heavy rainfall and hail storms hit Hungary in the evening
A Sadhu (holy man) performs yoga on the occasion of Ambubachi festival at Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, northeast. Thousands of devotees and holy men from across the country assemble every year at the temple in Guwahati for this three day long Ambubachi festival. Free food is distributed among all devotees who come to take part in the Ambubachi festival.
Chocora, a female miniature dachshund and her adopted baby wild boar at Neo Nature Park in Nago city, Okinawa province, Japan. The baby boar was abandoned by it's mother and found by a Neo Park employee.
A fire fighting air tanker drops water onto the southwest flank of the Caribou Hills Fire, 15 miles east of Ninilchik, Alaska. The Division of Forestry estimates the fire grew to 50,000 acres
A tornado touches down near Elie, Manitoba. At least four homes were destroyed and several others damaged Friday night after tornado hit a small town west of Winnipeg. There were no reports of injuries, but a ground search was underway to make sure everyone was accounted for. Environment Canada meteorologist David Wray said the weather office received three reports of tornadoes touching down on Friday night, one west of Portage La Prairie, another in Elie, and a third in the Carman area.
Penguins dive into the water as an aquarium female employee cleans the out the Penguin habitat in Tokyo
A one-month-old female Golden Snub-nosed monkey is held in the arms of her mother at the Yokohama zoological gardens Zoorasia, south of Tokyo
Chinese women perform a traditional dance during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Cultural Festival in Beijing. The opening and closing ceremonies for next year's Beijing Olympics are proving most popular amid strong demand for tickets more than a year away from the Games, state press reported 20 June.
A Shaolin monk performs during a show in southwest China's Chongqing municipality. The Encyclopedia of China's Intangible Cultural Heritage published in April introduced many national intangible masterpieces including the Spring Festival, Peking Opera, acupuncture and Shaolin Kungfu, according to Xinhua News Agency.
An inflatable rescue boat crew powers through a wave during round four of the NSW State IRB Championships at Elizabeth Beach at Pacific Palms, Australia.
From Daily Mail
