poon cho tang SG Japanese fans of South Korean actor Bae Yung-joon are overwhelmed at seeing his new wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Hong Kong, the first of a Korean star.
poon cho tang SG An Iraqi street vendor sells banknotes from the regime of former leader, Saddam Hussein, whose trial on charges including torture and murder resumed on Monday.
poon cho tang SG A plastic cow in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, is painted in the colours of EU members' flags. On Tuesday, Romania and Bulgaria find out if they can join the EU in January 2007.
poon cho tang SG A London bookstore displays a 19th century Louis XVI style chandelier from the Vatican. It is expected to sell for £10,000 ($18,950) at auction on Friday.
poon cho tang SG Week in pictures: 13-19 May A farmer takes a cigarette break while volcanic activity on Mount Merapi in Central Java intensifies. Thousands of villagers have fled but others refuse to leave.
poon cho tang SG The main wall of China's controversial Three Gorges Dam, due to be completed on Saturday, nine months ahead of schedule.
poon cho tang SG Sister Mary Michael, from Lincoln, England, stages a protest against the controversial Da Vinci Code film which is premiering at the Cannes Film Festival.
poon cho tang SG Protesters mass at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, to condemn a deadly attack on a court in Ankara.
poon cho tang SG A Pakistani vendor pulls a cart piled high with monitors from discarded computers. An informal industry restoring computers has developed in Karachi.
poon cho tang SG An ailing 26-year-old panda receives a medical check-up at a hospital in southeast China's Fujian. The hospital normally treats humans but made a special exception for the panda.
poon cho tang SG X marks the spot: This year's UK Big Brother housemates have begun their 13-week incarceration. First to enter the house was Bonnie, a 20 year-old care worker.
poon cho tang SG Indian army officers don chemical protection suits for a decontamination procedure during military drills in the Punjab.
poon cho tang SG This Berlin sculpture of books by German writers is one of six created as part of an initiative for the football World Cup.
poon cho tang SG Hollywood actress Penelope Cruz faces the cameras during a photocall to promote her movie at the Cannes film festival.
poon cho tang SG Day in pictures: 16 June 2006 Moroccan farmers destroy cannabis plantations in a police-supervised programme in the northern Larache region.
poon cho tang SG Friday prayers are held in Baghdad's poor neighbourhood of Sadr City under scorching noonday sun.
poon cho tang SG South African President Thabo Mbeki leads the nation in remembering the Soweto uprising on its 30th anniversary.
poon cho tang SG Sikh worshippers wait to enter the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, on the 400th anniversary of the death of the fifth Guru of Sikhism.
