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Monday, November 16, 2009

News in pictures on Monday

A herd of elephants is seen at Addo Elephant National Park outside Port Elizabeth. Port Elizabeth is one of nine South African cities hosting the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. -- PHOTO: REUTERS





2- Internally displaced Somali boys line up with containers to receive therapeutic food aid at a food distribution centre run by an organization called CAACID. The agency CAACID says that it's currently feeding 74,000 adults and 5,033 children under the age of 5 in its 24 centres, which are opened 6 days a week across the capital Mogadishu. -- PHOTO: AFP




3- ActionAid organization members demonstrate in front of Rome's Colisseum, illuminated to mark world hunger on the eve of the World Food Summit. The leaders of the world's wealthiest nations will be conspicuous by their absence as more than 60 heads of state and government gather in Rome next week for a UN summit on the plight of the planet's billion hungry. -- PHOTO: AFP




4- Members of the media document as the Rotating Service Structure is rolled back from Space Shuttle Atlantis on launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. -- PHOTO: AFP




5- This aerial picture shows a portion of the 1,700 beach towels each bearing a chalk outline of a 'dead body', symbolising the annual toll of skin cancer related deaths in Australia, laid out by the Cancer Council on Bondi Beach in Sydney. The event was designed to raise awareness about the dangers of tanning in Australia where almost half of teenagers still believe a tan looks healthy. -- PHOTO: AFP





6- Pakistani Muslim volunteers carry bamboo sticks as they keep vigil at the main entrance during one of the world's largest Islamic four-day religious meetings, the Tablighi Ijtema, in Raiwind. Volunteers armed with little more than bamboo clubs and watchful eyes trained on the crowds made up the inner security cordon at Pakistan's biggest religious event. -- PHOTO: AFP




7- South Korean soldiers participate in an anti-terror exercise in Ilsan, west of Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has put its troops on high alert to cope with possible North Korean provocations following last week's naval clash that left one North Korean crew member dead and three others wounded. -- PHOTO: AP




8- Performers dressed as natives take part in a traditional folk festival in San Martin in the province of Meta. The annual festival, which has at least 270 years of history, commemorates the native people's struggle for freedom against Spanish colonisation. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




9- A harbour cruise boat for tourists is reflected on the surface of the water in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbour. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



10- Palestinian smugglers collect goods from a tunnel running between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. -- PHOTO: AP





11- Greenpeace activists display a sign saying Our survival - your decision at the Copenhagen Planetarium, where Denmark's Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard hosted a dinner prior to the Climate Pre-Conference set for Monday and Tuesday, and welcomed the Indian Environment minister Jairam Ramesh and the Indian Prime Minister's special envoy Shyam Saran on Sunday in Copenhagen. -- PHOTO: AFP




12- Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Dupont Chevrolet, races Kasey Kahne, driver of the #9 Budweiser Dodge, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. -- PHOTO: AFP




13- A statue of a US soldier is seen at the Korean War Memorial on a sunny day in Washington. Temperatures soared into the mid 70's Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius). -- PHOTO: AFP



14- Dolfan Bandits Shane Meyer, L, and Manny Lopez cheer as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Miami Dolphins at Land Shark Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Dolphins defeated the Buccaneers 25-23. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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