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The last pair of steel box girders is installed on the Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze River in China's Jiangsu province.

A waitress dressed as a Qing dynasty lady-in-waiting looks out from a window at Beijing's Jun hotel.

Protesters demonstrate at the Australian embassy in Jakarta. Indonesian governor Sutiyoso claimed that while he was on an official visit to Sydney, Australian police used a master key to enter his hotel room and issue him a subpoena for testimony about the 1975 death of an East-Timor-based Australian newsman.

A man receives laser treatment to help him stop smoking at a healing centre in northern China's Tianjin municipality.

Riot police halt a march by protesters demonstrating against the inter-Korean ministerial talks in Seoul. The protest began shortly before the North Korean delegates arrived for the four-day meeting.

Zuleyka Riveralooks (Miss Universe 2006), left, stands on stage next to Riyo Mori, Miss Japan, aas she is named Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City.

A woman admires a bronze sculpture of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong during the Art Taipei 2007 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan.

South Korean Buddhists pray during a celebration of the birthday of Buddha at the Chog temple in Seoul.

Young girls dressed in traditional Chinese costume, supported by an elaborate rig of hidden metal rods, take part in Hong Kong's annual Bun Festival parade. The festival celebrates the islanders' deliverance from famine many centuries ago.

An elderly Chinese woman protesting housing issues is forced into a van after being detained by undercover police in Shanghai.

Champion Chiyotaikai grabs the leg of grand champion Asashoryu before defeating the Mongolian sumo wrestler during their bout at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.

О китайско-американской дружбе

Women dressed in kimonos take part in a parade at the Sanja festival in Tokyo.

in Hyderabad, India.

Сотрудничество

Купание

Bangladeshis bathe an elephant in the water left by a tidal surge after a storm in the southern district of Cox's Bazar.

Residents of a private lot protest against a property developer outside parliament in Jakarta. Although the residents have documents claiming ownership of the lot where they live, the Indonesian Supreme Court ruled that the developer was the legal owner of the land.

Flares are released from U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets during a military exercise in Suao, Taiwan.

Farm worker and political activist Tran Quoc Hien leaves a court in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City after being sentenced to five years in prison. Hien is the seventh activist jailed for subversion since March.

Прозрачные выборы

Poll watchers check the contents of a ballot box in Pasay, Philippines. The number of election-related deathes in the Philippines climbed to 126 since the campaign period started 90 days ago.

A Hindu woman offers prayers on the banks of the Ganges river in Allahabad, India.

Час пик

Cricket fans crowd around a bus transporting the players in Chittagong, Bangladesh. India beat Bangladesh 2-0 in the three-match, one-day series.

Ветераны корейской войны

North Koreans wave to their South Korean relatives at Diamond Mountain in North Korea on their way home from a reunion meeting. About 440 South Koreans met with 100 North Korean relatives whom they had not seen since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.

Protesters rally in front of parliament in Tokyo against legislation paving the way for the re-writing of Japan's post-WWII pacifist constitution, a top priority for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Soldiers carry bodies of a villager killed by separatist insurgents in Yala province, Thailand.

Police Special Action Forces secure the municipal building in the Philippine province of Abra after the end of voting in the midterm election.

A Hindu devotee with a steel rod piercing his cheeks participates in a procession held to honour the Hindu goddess Maha Mariamman in Amritsar, India.

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A civilian is chased by a security person after a motorcycle packed with explosives blew up in a crowded market in Gauhati, India. Police resorted to a baton charge after angry people pelted stones at them after the blast.

Nurses take oaths during a ceremony to celebrate the upcoming International Nurses Day in Shenyang, China.

South Korean Lee Bok-soon (L), 85, bids farewell to her North Korean younger sister Lee Eun-soon, 62, after their three day temporary family reunion at a mountain resort in North Korea. About 100 South Koreans are in North Korea until Friday to reunite with their children, siblings and other relatives.

A building collapses in Surat, India. The 35-year-old building, which started to tilt a day earlier, was evacuated before the collapse.

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Visitors touch an interactive work of facial makeups in Chinese Peking Opera during the 2007 Shanghai International Science and Art Exposition in Shanghai, east China, May 10, 2007. The exposition, attracting over 70 works from 11 countries and regions, opened on Thursday.

Город

A heavy haze, caused by tons of dry stalks burning on the outskirts of Chengdu, China, obscures a view of the cityscape.

Добралась?

An asylum seeker from North Korea is transported to a detention center after being picked-up in Chiang Saen, Thailand.

Диссидент

Dissident Le Nguyen Sang bids farewell to his mother as he is led out of court after being sentenced to a 5-year-jail term in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Акробаты

Acrobats practise with bowls during training in Shenyang, China.

Великан

NBA legend Glen Rice is greeted by students at Yangpu District Xinxing Migrant School in Shanghai, China. Rice attended the ground breaking ceremony as part of NBA's Basketball without Borders' community program in Asia.

Белоснежка

Workers demolish a statue of a woman surrounded by seven dwarves at the Shijingshan Amusement Park in Beijing. The park's management denied the statue was a copy of Walt Disney characters.

Снова грязь

A Chinese couple cover themselves with black mud as they enjoy their May Day holiday China's Shanxi province.

Требуя прозрачности политики

A village woman prays for five dead elephants lying near a river bed in Buxa Tiger Reserve forest in India. The elephants were killed when they were struck by lightning.

Volunteers pull a giant kite during the annual Sagami Big Kite Flying Festival marking Children's Day in Sagamihara, Japan.

A policeman stands by a cave-in caused by rains in a street in Colombo, Sri Lanka. At least eight people were killed in flash floods and landslides caused by incessant rains in Sri Lanka over the past two days.

Фанаты

Fan enjoy the Midi Music Festival n Beijing. China's largest outdoor rock festival, the Midi attracts about 90 bands, 57 individual musicians and thousands of rock fans from around the country.