【眼观世界】

竹桥 孟加拉国

Bamboo Bridge, Bangladesh

Makeshift bamboo bridges span small waterways all over Bangladesh. Here, in the outskirts of Dhaka City, a particularly large one helps people get from one side of the river to another.

Photograph by Jonathan Munshi

photos of the day
The Christian Science Monitor

People gather around the wreckage of a car destroyed in a car bomb explosion next to a Shiite mosque in the neighborhood of Shaab in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday. Five mosques were attacked during Friday prayers.

Karim Kadim/AP

高温 102 ℉（38.9℃）

Stephen Brashear / Getty ImagesBeating the heat
Gerard Tangalan of Seattle cools off by leaning on the International Fountain at the Seattle Center on July 29. The city recorded an all-time high of 102 degrees, breaking the previous record of 100 set on July 20, 1994. Temperatures throughout the Northwest hovered near triple digits.

罂粟
Colors of summer
Bright red poppies are silhouetted against a blue sky near Junction City, Ore., on July 21.
Kevin Clark / The Register-Guard

Racing against the clock
Eric Shanteau of the United States competes in the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the FINA Swimming World Championships, July 27 in Rome.
Mark J. Terrill / AP

Stephen Morrison / EPA

科摩罗

Hang time
A young boy hangs on a rope in the old port of Moroni, Grande Comore island, Comoros, on July 3. The Comoros gained its independence from France in 1975. Since then, it has experienced more than 20 coups or attempted coups.

A photographer took pictures of a soon-to-be married couple in Nanjing, China, Wednesday. The couple are having a military-themed wedding. It’s fashionable in China to take wedding pictures before the wedding.

July 31

HORNS LOCKED: Bulls fought in the middle of a highway in Thimphu, Bhutan, Thursday.

A participant in Northern Irelands Gay Pride parade poses for photographers at the start of the days festivities in Belfast August 1, 2009

REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Michael Phelps of the U.S. reacts after winning and setting a world record in the men's 100m butterfly swimming final at the World Championships in Rome August 1, 2009.

REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY SPORT SWIMMING IMAGES OF THE DAY)

菲律宾 前总统葬礼

Filipino Bishop Angel Lagdameo (L) offers prayers to the late Philippine President Corazon Aquino at the La Salle school gym in suburban Mandaluyong, metro Manila August 2, 2009.

REUTERS/Aaron Favila/Pool (PHILIPPINES POLITICS OBITUARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Toronto Blue Jays Kevin Millar breaks his bat on a foul ball against the Oakland Athletics during the third inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Oakland, California, July 31, 2009.

REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES SPORT BASEBALL IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Children practise ballet at an activity center in Hefei, Anhui province August 2, 2009.

REUTERS/Jianan Yu (CHINA EDUCATION SOCIETY)

A competitor jumps into the water during a cliffdiving competition near the central Bohemian village of Hrimezdice in the Czech Republic August 1, 2009.

REUTERS/David W Cerny (CZECH REPUBLIC SOCIETY SPORT DIVING IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Traditionally dressed women celebrate the 'Teej' festival in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh August 1, 2009.

REUTERS/Ajay Verma (INDIA SOCIETY RELIGION)

An old car dropped in an industrial trash bin advertising the Cash for Clunkers program at Battlefield Ford in Culpeper, Virginia, August 1, 2009.

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT POLITICS BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

JULY 31

HAULING PARTS: Two women carried a mannequin across a street to their shop in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, Friday.

美联社讯
北京时间 Aug 3, 00:58
Aug 2, 12:58 PM EDT

阿富汗
美军遭伏击 3 死
八月联军已 9 亡
(其中美军占 6 )

3 US troops killed in ambush; 9 NATO deaths in Aug

By JASON STRAZIUSO and FISNIK ABRASHI
Associated Press Writers

The deaths Sunday brought to nine the number of NATO troops killed this month, after six NATO troops died on Saturday. Six of the nine deaths were American.


U.S. soldiers from the 5th. Striker Brigades shoot their machine guns during a training session in a military base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009.
(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Laszlo Cseh of Hungary competes in the men's 200m individual medley swimming semi-finals at the World Championships in Rome July 29, 2009.

REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

The crew of The Armada de la Republica de Colombia (ARC) Gloria, a brig type sail-training ship of the Republic of Colombia, stand on the masts to greet officials of the Philippine Navy during their arrival at the south harbour port area in Manila July 30, 2009. ARC Gloria, is now on its 63rd cruise to showcase Colombian history to the foreign dignitaries who step onboard and to forge international ties with other countries. The ship arrived in the capital on Thursday and will stay until August 2, 2009.

REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Michael Phelps competes to set a world record in the men's 200m butterfly swimming final at the World Championships in Rome July 29, 2009.

REUTERS/Max Rossi