Saturday, September 4, 2010

Amazing Events In Pictures

A sculptor works on a model of Marilyn Monroe at a sand sculpture festival in St Petersburg, Russia
Equipment is put down onto sea ice at 86 degrees and 55 minutes north latitude, 178 degrees and 53 minutes west longitude, where the Chinese expedition team to the Arctic has built a fixed ice station for a 15-day scientific survey on the Arctic Ocean
A giant flower carpet is created in Brussels' Grand Place. he theme of this year's piece of art is a tribute to the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union...
The design requires about 750,000 begonias to create
Performers from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival show Saucy Jack's - Lily Tello, Catherine Kolubayev and Karen Darlow - walk near the Royal Mile in Edinburgh
Sara Faruqui, 5, of Miami, dressed as Princess Leia, and Steve Carter, 58, of St. Paul, Minnesota, dressed as a stormtrooper, pose for photos underneath a model of the Death Star on the opening day of the Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, Florida
The Radio City Rockettes and Santa Claus pose for photos during the 2010 Radio City Christmas Spectacular Kick-Off at Radio City Music Hall in New York
A Pakistani Army crewman drops relief supplies to flood victims taking refuge on high grounds in Pakistan's Rajanpur district in Punjab province
Lightning strikes a tower during a thunderstorm in the region of Zurich, Switzerland
A helicopter carrying tourists passes near the giant sculpture of Chief Crazy Horse. The massive sculpture, originally the creation and idea of Polish-American artist and sculptor Korczak Ziokowski who started the undertaking in 1948, might be the largest sculpture in the world measuring when (if) completed, at 641 feet (195 m) wide and 563 feet (172 m) high.
From August 6 to September 2, two rooms at the Plaza Athenee Hotel in Paris will be redecorated with bright pink Barbie furniture, fittings and accessories. As well as the decor, the lucky people staying in the rooms will receive a gift specially designed by Barbie for the Plaza Athenee. The Barbie family package includes one Barbie room and one deluxe room for parents in an adjoining room from 1,600 euros or one Barbie room and one deluxe suite from 2,500 euros
Miss Universe 2010 contestants pose in front of the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign on Las Vegas Boulevard. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will take place on August 23
A boy dives into the Dambovita river to cool off in Bucharest, Romania
Photographer Danny Kessler gets into position as an adult pilot whale turns towards his camera in the Strait of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean.
A swimmer removes a jellyfish from the sea, on a beach in El Perellonet, south of Valencia, Spain
US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama high-five with their daughter Sasha after she scored a hole-in-one on the first hole during a round of putt putt golf at Pirate's Island Golf in Panama City Beach, Florida
Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, with the Mecca Clock lit up in the background, on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan. The giant clock on a skyscraper in Islam's holiest city Mecca began ticking on Wednesday at the start of Ramadan. Saudi Arabia hopes it will become the Muslim world's official timekeeper
Novak Djokovic of Serbia goes to get a new racquet after smashing his on the court during his match against Julien Benneteau of France at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto
An Australian aborigine casts his vote at a remote mobile polling booth in Gunbalanya, a remote Northern Territory community
People stroll on a beach in front of huge Hello Kitty balloons floating on the water, in Tokyo
Stunt pilot Sean D.Tucker flies in formation with four US Navy Blue Angels over downtown Seattle while preparing this weekend's Seafair air show over Lake Washington in Seattle
Team Ukraine competes during the synchronised swimming free combination final at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest
Paul Biedermann of Germany is seen from underwater as he swims in the men's 400m freestyle heats at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest
Alain Kohl of Luxembourg dives from the 26.5 metre platform during round four of the 2010 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Polignano a Mare, Italy
Jack McCarron, 11, stands covered in foam as Dedham firefighter Jared Blaney sprays foam onto a field at Dedham Pool in Dedham, Massachusetts, during the annual Foam Day event
Racegoers watch chariot rider Johnny Tange and his miniature ponies warm up at a race track in Berlin
Cho Eun-joo of South Korea poses after winning the 22nd World Miss University at a Seoul hotel. Thirty-six students from 36 countries participated in the annual contest that was launched in Seoul in 1986
A plane flies in front of a rainbow above the Mediterranean in Nice, the south of France
A Mona Lisa mosaic artwork made of 6,000 slices of toast on show at a shopping mall in Hong Kong

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