Saturday, August 7, 2010

Amazing Events In Pictures

A Russian couple dressed as Father Frost and a snow princess stand in a fountain in central Saint Petersburg to take people's minds off the summer heat and remind them of the coming winter


Stephane Rousson of France controls his Scubster, a pedal-powered submarine, in Villefranche sur Mer, near Nice, southeastern France. The streamlined carbon fibre Scubster, built by Rousson, can travel at 10km/h (6.2mph) speed 5 metres (16 feet) below the surface of the sea.
Miss Universe Australia 2010 Jesinta Campbell models her national costume designed by Arthur Ave's Natasha Dwyer
Booth girls wearing cosplay outfits enjoy a break between two performances during the 8th annual China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference (ChinaJoy), in Shanghai
Spectators dressed as Wally from the book series "Where's Wally?" wait for the start of the first test cricket match between England and Pakistan at Trent Bridge cricket ground in Nottingham
A part set of false teeth, made for Sir Winston Churchill which is being put up for auction at Keys' Salerooms in Aylsham, Norfolk. The son of the dental technician who made dentures for the former prime minister has decided to sell part of a spare set, said auctioneers Keys. The dentures have a guide price of £4,500 to £5,000
Russian children play in the waters of a fountain to escape from the smog and heat of Moscow
A man cools off with a Kermit the Frog stuffed toy in his inflatable boat on English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Palestinians Mohammed al Jahbir and Abdullah Inshasi flip off a wall as they perform parkour at an old cemetery in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip
Two EA300s from the Royal Jordanian Falcons, Jordan's national aerobatic demonstration team, pass each other closely at the Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose Air Day 2010 where almost 70 aircraft perform daring manoeuvres and precision flying above the skies of the Cornish Royal Navy base
US President Barack Obama appears on the ABC television show "The View" in New York. From left are Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Firefighters put out a fire during an anti-terrorism drill held at the airport in Incheon, South Korea
A rescue helicopter flies over the scattered wreckage of an Airblue plane that crashed in the heavily-wooded area of Margalla Hills near Islamabad, Pakistan. It was carrying 159 passengers

Entertainers dressed as cartoon characters perform in a water skiing performance for tourists at Qingdao Olympic Sailing Centre, eastern China's Shandong province
Paramilitary policemen take part in a training session in a river on the outskirts of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China
A Chinese man has a rather unusual party trick - 'swallowing' poisonous creatures live. Li Peng happily puts snakes, scorpions, spiders and lizards into his mouth before pulling them back out again. The 21-year-old, from Tonghua in northeast China's Jilin Province, first learnt how to carry out the trick two years ago while was working in a bar
A woman walks past an image of lips at a department store in Tokyo
An artist displays her makeup at the 2010 Taiwan International Tattoo Convention in Taipei
Students dressed as gladiators fight in the historic Roman amphitheatre in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria. The students of Regensburg University are taking part in a two-week-long experiment where they live through the daily routines of gladiators in ancient Rome
Performers dance during a military party in Beijing
Students shout "I love mother and father" in Korean as they lift logs during a two-week summer military camp for civilians at the Cheongryong Self-denial Training Camp in Ansan, South Korea
Peruvian military officers participate in a military parade marking the 189th anniversary of Peru's independence in Lima
A man stretches himself during a morning exercise session at the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing
Charlie Timmins of Australia performs an air at Mt Albert during the Freestyle Day of the World Heli Challlenge at Mount Aspiring National Park in Wanaka, New Zealand
Kent Couch (L) and John Freis (R) race over the plains of Oregon between their 70-mile journey from Bend to Paulina. Famed cluster balloonist Kent Couch is awaiting confirmation of a Guinness World Record hat trick. Fifty-year old Kent believes that he and his colleague John Freis, 59, may be the first men to compete in a cluster balloon race, as well as the first men to launch their cluster balloons simultaneously from the ground. In addition and most importantly, Kent believes that he may have broken the world altitude record of 18, 235 ft set by Englishman Mike Howard in 2001
Palestinian children attending UNRWA's (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) Summer Games attempt to smash their own world record for the number of kites flown simultaneously on the beach in Gaza City
A Chinese boy takes part in a dinosaur show in Beijing
Thorntons Chocolate launch their new Christmas range for 2010 with models dressed as Santa and elves at the Coach Makers pub in central London
A full moon rises behind the Super Shot ride on the midway of the Mount Airy volunteer fire company carnival in Mount Airy, Maryland, US.

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