poon cho tang SG Further north, in Varanasi, a boy jumps off a flood-submerged temple in the River Ganges.
poon cho tang SG In Paris, a customer enjoys a meal at the "Beurger King Muslim" - a new fast food restaurant designed for a Muslim clientele.
poon cho tang SG Artists paint the side of a truck in Pakistan, where it is customary to attract more business by decorating vehicles.
poon cho tang SG A baby giant anteater makes its first outing at London Zoo, which is admitting people with generous noses free of charge in its honour.
poon cho tang SG Mourners light candles for four Israeli Arabs killed by a teenage Israeli gunman who opened fire on a bus.
BabyLover SG PEAK FORM: Singaporean mountaineers successfully scaled three virgin peaks in Kazakhstan's Tien Shan range. -- HANDOUT PHOTO
poon cho tang SG Sixty years after the bombing of Hiroshima, Steve Withington sent this picture of the A-Bomb Dome. The former Trade Promotion Hall is one of the few buildings near the epicentre of the blast still standing.
poon cho tang SG Jim Strang: "I was out walking in the Peak District when I saw this coming towards me. It was visible for up to 10 minutes, then just broke up and disappeared."
poon cho tang SG Hiroshima in 1951 Finlay Cunningham: "During the Korean war I served on a Sunderland flying boat that operated from an Australian Air base near Hiroshima. I was a bit of a photo buff then and always carried my camera."
poon cho tang SG Tamara: "This is six-year-old Rebecca Harrison's first ever game of Poohsticks taken in Falkland, Fife."
poon cho tang SG Richard Seaman: "Thought you might like a view of what the forest fires in Sumatra are doing to the air in Kuala Lumpur."
poon cho tang SG Max Clark: "While perhaps lacking some aesthetic beauty, after a day of soul-wrenching sights visiting Terezin [Theresienstadt] camp and museum, it sure brightened my day."
poon cho tang SG Sasi Shanmugarajah took this picture of two young people at the base of the Washington monument in Washington, DC
poon cho tang SG AFP/DDP - Fri Aug 5,12:43 PM ET Say Aaaaah... : A German youth sticks his head in the mouth of a dinosaur figure in Kleinwelka 05 August 2005. AFP PHOTO DDP/NORBERT MILLAUER (AFP/DDP/Norbert Millauer)
poon cho tang SG Reuters - Thu Aug 4, 8:53 PM ET Mexican divers jump into a swimming pool at Salitre park in Bogota, Colombia, August 4, 2005. Mexican divers are in the city to show their performance during the holiday season. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte
poon cho tang SG AFP - Fri Aug 5, 1:03 PM ET Flying with flare : Croatian Air Force AN-19 planes release flares during a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the military operation 'Storm' in Knin, Croatia. (AFP/Str )
poon cho tang SG AFP - Fri Aug 5, 1:17 PM ET Zeppy dee doo... : Stephane Rousson rides the Zeppy, a small dirigible propulsed by manpower, during a test flight in preparation for his attempt to cross the Channel. (AFP/Louise Lauret)
poon cho tang SG AFP - Fri Aug 5,12:49 PM ET Raging fire : A fireman fights a wild fire near Aurons, southeastern France. (AFP/Patrick Valasseris)
