poon cho tang SG AFP - Sun Jun 18, 7:39 PM ET Corpus Christi : A girl takes a photograph during a procession celebrating the Corpus Christi, in Zahara de la Sierra, southern Spain where the streets of the village are decorated with plants. (AFP/Jose Luis Roca)
poon cho tang SG AFP - Sun Jun 18, 7:38 PM ET Brazilian smiles : Brazilian fans smile at one another at Munich's World Cup Stadium ahead of the opening round Group F World Cup football match between Brazil and Australia. Brazil won 2-0. (AFP/Valery Hache)
poon cho tang SG AFP - Sun Jun 18, 7:38 PM ET Ghana fan : A supporter of the Ghanaian football team paints his face with the colors of his national flag at a market in Accra. The US will play against Ghana at Nuremberg 22 June 2006. (AFP/Kambou Sia)
poon cho tang SG AFP - Sun Jun 18, 7:38 PM ET Big kisses! : Brazilian fans pose ahead of the opening round Group F World Cup football match between Brazil and Australia at Munich's World Cup Stadium. Brazil won 2-0. (AFP/Vanderlei Almeida)
poon cho tang SG AFP - Sun Jun 18, 7:38 PM ET Yellow card! : Belgian referee Frank De Bleeckere gives a yellow card to Croatian defender Robert Kovac during the World Cup 2006 group F football match Japan vs Croatia, at Nuremberg stadium. The match ended 0-0. (AFP/Hrvoje Polan)
poon cho tang SG AFP - Sun Jun 18, 7:37 PM ET Yogyakarta parade : Participators, who live on the slopes of Mount Merapi volcano, wear colorful outfits and masks during a parade in Yogyakarta, Central Java. (AFP/Tarko Sudiarno)
poon cho tang SG AFP - Sun Jun 18, 7:37 PM ET Shattered glass : A US soldier is seen from the shattered glass of a car that was destroyed in a suicide bombing in the Iraqi northern city Mosul. (AFP/Mujahed Mohammed)
poon cho tang SG Day in pictures: Wednesday 21 June 2006 A Palestinian government employee in Ramallah counts his salary as many civil servants, who have been denied wages for months, start receiving pay.
poon cho tang SG Football fever reaches as far afield as India where Hindu ascetics play the beautiful game on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad.
poon cho tang SG Several thousand people watch the sun rise at Stonehenge, UK, for the summer solstice - the longest day of the year...
poon cho tang SG ..while in Bolivia, President Evo Morales takes part in the celebrations of the Aymara New Year during the winter solstice in Tiwanaku near La Paz.
poon cho tang SG Two Siberian tiger cubs born last month are shown off at Jinan zoo in eastern China's Shandong Province.
poon cho tang SG A bodybuilder pumps iron during a power blackout at a gym in Baghdad. The sport is a popular one in the war-torn city.
poon cho tang SG International relief agency Oxfam stages a protest in favour of fair trade in Vienna, Austria, during the US-EU summit.
poon cho tang SG Indonesia's Mount Merapi sends avalanches of hot gas and debris rolling down its slopes.
poon cho tang SG Day in pictures: 22 June 2006 Elephants, painted in the national flags of World Cup teams, join a game in Thailand to promote the dangers of gambling.
poon cho tang SG Australian soldiers briefly halt East Timorese demonstrators who were heading to Dili to protest against PM Mari Aktari.
poon cho tang SG Russian soldiers mark the 65th anniversary of Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union.
poon cho tang SG For the same commemorations, a woman lays flowers at the Unknown Soldier monument in western Belarus.
