Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
-
Editor's pick
-
Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
-
CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
-
A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
-
LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
-
-
Hot off the wire
-
Competitors start the men's 50km walk race during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
-
New York Yankees' Derek Jeter gestures to the dugout after striking out in the second inning against Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Roy Halladay in their American League MLB baseball game in Toronto August 21, 2008.
-
NEW YORK - AUGUST 21: Tennis Player Andy Roddick celebrates Lacoste's 75 Anniversary at Macy's Herald Square on August 21, 2008 in New York City.
-
-
Recently starred
-
RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
-
RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama listens to his introduction at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
-
RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
-
MARTINSVILLE, VA - AUGUST 20: Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) waits to speak during a campaign event at the Patrick Henry Community College August 20, 2008 in Martinsville, Virginia. Obama is expected to announce his Vice Presidential candidate before the start of the Democratic National Convention on August 25th.
-
- « Previous
- |
- Next »
- Jump to:
- Today
- |
- Last week
- |
- Last month
- |
- Three months ago
Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia Herzegovina Haris Silajdzic, left, listens as Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, addresses him and leaders of 12 countries at a breakfast meeting in Beijing on Sunday August 10, 2008. More than one hundred state leaders and members of royalty have come to Beijing to attend the Beijing Olympics, which began August 8.
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (L) poses for a photo with Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) and his wife Liu Yongqing before a weclome banquet at the Great Hall of People in Beijing August 8, 2008. Some 80 leaders from the world invite to attend the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony which hold on August 8 in China's capital. (.
Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) poses for a photo with Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) and his wife Liu Yongqing before a welcome banquet at the Great Hall of People in Beijing August 8, 2008. Some 80 leaders from the world invite to attend the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony which hold on August 8 in China's capital.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, during their meeting in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned Friday that Georgian attack on South Ossetia will draw retaliation, and the Defense Ministry pledged to protect Russian citizens in the breakaway Georgian province. Putin, on a trip to Beijing to attend the Olympics opening, did not specify the retaliatory action but criticized Georgia for the massive military offensive it mounted Friday to take control of South Ossetia.
Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, and his wife Liu Yongqing, right, welcome French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, during their meeting in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is defending his decision to attend the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games as a step toward coaxing greater reforms from China. He's also brushing off criticism for avoiding a meeting with the Dalai Lama.
BEIJING - AUGUST 08: Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) greets Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the Great Hall of People on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. Some 80 leaders from around the world have been invited to attend the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony which is held on August 8 in China's capital Beijing.
BEIJING - AUGUST 08: Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) invites French President Nicolas Sarkozy to talk at the Great Hall of People on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. Some 80 leaders from around the world have been invited to attend the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony which is held on August 8 in China's capital Beijing.
BEIJING - AUGUST 08: Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) greets French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Great Hall of People on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. Some 80 leaders from around the world have been invited to attend the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony which is held on August 8 in China's capital Beijing.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shares a toast with US President George W. Bush during the welcome banquet at the Great Hall of people in Beijing on August 8, 2008. Chinese President Hu Jintao said August 8 his government and people had stuck to commitments made seven years ago to gain the right to host the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
- « Previous
- |
- Next »
