THE WORLD OF ART & CULTURE  IN PICTURES. Cont'd.

    

Photos from left to right: Models walk by a eight-metre wall, part of the separation barrier Israel is building in the Palestinian village of A-Tur, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Indian Hindus daubed in paint dance during the Hindu festival of Holi Festival of colours in Barsana, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

    

Photos from left to right: Mourners bid farewell to Shiite Muslims killed in multiple bomb explosions in Karbala in central Iraq, during a mass funeral in the holy city. A model presents a creation by British designer John Galliano for Christian Dior during the presentation of Autumn/Winter 2004-05 collections at the Paris Fashion Week.

 

 

 

THE WORLD OF ART & CULTURE  IN PICTURES. Cont'd.

       

Photos from left to right: A view of a float at the Auteuil racetrack near Paris, which will be part of the Chinese New Year parade along the Champs Elysee in Paris. A model presents a creation by French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of the Spring/Summer 2004 Haute Couture week in Paris.

 

Photos from left to right: An Iraqi woman carries a sack of items scavenged in a huge garbage dump in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City. Iraqi Shiite Muslims demonstrate in Baghdad, carrying flags and posters of various Shiite clerical leaders and calling for Saddam Hussein's execution.

 

 

 

THE WORLD OF ART & CULTURE  IN PICTURES. Cont'd.

     

Photos from left to right: Germany's Nora Subschinski and Anett Gamm front perform their first dive in the 10m Syncro Platform in the Arena Diving Champions Cup in Stockholm. Australian fans, known as the fanatics, watch a second round match between Switzerland's Patty Schnyder and France's Marion Bartoli during their second round match at the Australian Open.

   

Photos from left to right: Visitors walk inside a tunnel with reflected works by Pablo Picasso at The Oca pavilion in Sao Paulo, Brazil .Hundred of thousands of pilgrims walks in Mina during the third day of haj in Saudi Arabia.