2010 Tango World Championship Stage category finals in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Leonardo Luizaga, left, and Paola Luizaga, representing Argentina, compete during the 2010 Tango World Championship Stage category finals in Buenos Aires, Argentina Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010

A couple competes during the 2010 Tango World Championship Stage category finals in Buenos Aires, Argentina Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010

David Mesa, right, and Laura Vargas, representing Colombia, compete during the 2010 Tango World Championship Stage category finals in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010.

Mundial de Tango Salon - Baile de Campeones 2010 - Sebastián Ariel Jiménez y María Inés Bogado


Mundial Tango 2010-Grupo CAVIAR- A UNA DAMA SE LE DEBE HABLAR ASÍ - "El Liso" Antonio De Vita

anime and comics...Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong (ACGHK) fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 31, 2009

Young fans of anime and comics pose in their costumes during the Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong (ACGHK) fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 31, 2009

A young fan of anime and comics poses in his costume during the Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong (ACGHK) fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 31, 2009. Cosplay, which combines costume and roleplay based on characterisations in Japanese manga, graphic novels and video games, is popular among youngsters in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.

Young fans of anime and comics pose in their costumes during the Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong (ACGHK) fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 31, 2009. Cosplay, which combines costume and roleplay based on characterisations in Japanese manga, graphic novels and video games, is popular among youngsters in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan

Thousands of young fans of anime and comics queue during the Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong (ACGHK) fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 31, 2009. Cosplay, which combines costume and roleplay based on characterisations in Japanese manga, graphic novels and video games, is popular among youngsters in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.

International balloon festival in Logoisk, some 40 km northeast of Minsk

Men hold a balloon as they fill it with hot air during an international balloon festival in Logoisk, some 40 km (25 miles) northeast of Minsk, July 3, 2009

PIcture taken on July 3, 2009 shows hot air balloons as they fly during an international balloon festival in Logoisk, some 40 km northeast of Minsk.

Hot air balloons rise to the sky during an international balloon festival in Logoisk, some 40 km (25 miles) northeast of Minsk, July 3, 2009.

Queen Nefertiti..

A computerised reconstruction of the face believed to belong to famed Egyptian beauty Queen Nefertiti is seen in this handout photo issued Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003. Built from a mummy discovered by British Egyptologist Joann Fletcher, the face is revealed as part of a Sept. 7, 2003, program on the Discovery Channel following Fletcher's work in uncovering what she believes is the tomb of Nefertiti.


A bust of ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti ... tests have shown that a mummy found in KV35, the tomb of Amenhotep II, may be Nefertiti, whose life has been shrouded in mystery for over 3,000 years.

This May 18, 1995 file photo shows the 5000-year-old bust of Nefertiti on display at the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. Zahi Hawass, director of Egypt«s Supreme Council of Antiquities, claims that the director of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin created a "disgraceful display" and could have damaged the piece when he allowed contemporary sculptors to pair Nefertiti with their bronze nude for a project that is part of the Venice Biennale, one of the world's most prestigious contemporary art festivals.

FILES) A file picture taken on August 12, 2005, shows the bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt in Berlin's Old Museum. Egypt will demand Germany return an ancient bust of Queen Nefertiti if a document suggesting it was fraudulently spirited out of the country is authentic, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on February 11, 2009


The 3.300 years-old bust of Nefertiti sits in an exhibition in the Kulturforum in Berlin on Tuesday, March 1, 2005. The bust of Nefertiti moved here last night from Berlin's Egyptian Museum before it will relocate to the "Altes Museum" on the Museumsinsel in Berlin on Aug. 8. 2005. The collection of Berlin's Egyptian Museum was divided into a West and East Berlin part at the end of World War II and will finally return from former West Berlin to its historic location on the Museumsinsel in the former eastern part of the city

Mummy believed to be Nefertiti, lying in a side chamber of royal tomb KV35 in the Valley of the Kings. Taken February 2003.

The bust of Queen Nefertiti (1340 BC) will soon be moving to a downtown Berlin museum. Here the bust is seen in the more distant museum where the Egyptian collection has been on display for many years.

The bust of Nefertiti is displayed in an exhibition room in Berlin's Altes Museum in this August 12, 2005 file photo. Nefertiti, an ancient Egyptian queen regarded as the Mona Lisa of the ancient world, may not have been such a looker after all, German scientists said on March 31, 2009. A delicately carved face in the limestone core of the famous bust of Nefertiti suggests the royal sculptor at the time may have smoothed creases around the mouth and fixed a bumpy nose to depict the "Beauty of the Nile" in a better light

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/nefertiti.htm

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2009: View from 7th Avenue

Balloons are paraded down 7th avenue during the 83rd Macy's Thanksgiving day parade in New York November 26, 2009.

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White Christmas

historical city Allianoi, in Izmir, western Turkey,

A Turkish man visits a thermal bath February 5, 2008 in the historical city Allianoi, in Izmir, western Turkey, once a healing center due to theraputic sping waters. The old thermal city, often compared to Pompei for its extraordinarily conserved state, will soon be engulfed in water of a dam reservoir to the despair of archaeologists

Workers dump sand over the Allianoi, the world’s oldest known spa settlement, which is at risk of being submerged under water following the construction of a nearby dam, on September 24, 20010 in Allianoi, Turkey. The possibility of the ancient city being destroyed by the Yortanli Dam remains a contentious issue in country. Allianoi sits inside an area that is expected to be submerged by the dam, the construction of which was recently completed. However, the dam is not yet fully operational due to the ongoing discussion regarding the preservation of Allianoi’s ruins.

This photo taken February 5, 2008 shows columns in the historical city of Allianoi, in Izmir, western Turkey, once a healing center due to therapeutic spring waters. The old thermal city, often compared to Pompei for its extraordinarily conserved state, will soon be engulfed in water of a dam reservoir to the despair of archaeologists
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new parade "Disney Easter Wonderland" at the Tokyo Disneyland

Mickey (R) and Minnie Mouse perform on the float during the press preview for the new parade "Disney Easter Wonderland" at the Tokyo Disneyland at Urayasu city, suburban Tokyo on March 31, 2010.

Mickey Mouse in clad of Mad Hatter performs on the float during the press preview for the new parade "Disney Easter Wonderland" at the Tokyo Disneyland at Urayasu city, suburban Tokyo on March 31, 2010. The Disneyl theme park will start the new attractions for the easter, featuring the Alice in Wonderland from April 1 through June 30

Mad Hatter performs on the Cheshire cat shaped float during the press preview for the new parade "Disney Easter Wonderland" at the Tokyo Disneyland at Urayasu city, suburban Tokyo on March 31, 2010. The Disneyl theme park will start the new attractions for the easter, featuring the Alice in Wonderland from April 1 through June

Guests show their mad hats during the press preview for the new parade "Easter Bonnet Party" at the Tokyo Disneyland at Urayasu city, suburban Tokyo on March 31, 2010

Guests wave their mad hats during the press preview for the new parade "Easter Bonnet Party" at the Tokyo Disneyland at Urayasu city, suburban Tokyo on March 31, 2010

Dancers in bunny costumes during the press preview for the new parade "Disney Easter Wonderland" at the Tokyo Disneyland at Urayasu city, suburban Tokyo on March 31, 2010. The Disneyl theme park will start the new attractions for the easter, featuring the Alice in Wonderland from April 1 through June 30.

Naked activists of AnimalNaturalis

Naked activists of AnimalNaturalis, with their bodies painted in red depicting blood, demonstrate against the use of fur in clothing during a protest at Madrid's central Puerta del Sol November 29, 2009

Bruno Poses Naked on GQ Magazine's July 2009 Cover

Toronto Pride 2009 - Parade ...

Indian Bhangra dancers,, perform at the inaugural Himalayan Day festival in central Sydney

An Indian Bhangra dancer performs at the inaugural Himalayan Day festival in central Sydney on May 29, 2009. The festival put on jointly by a leading Himalayan trekking company and Indian Tourism Sydney was held to celebrate the mountains and people of the Himalaya. The festival also coincides with the anniversary of the first climbing of the world's highest peak Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953.


Indian dancer Jinnie performs at the inaugural Himalayan Day festival in central Sydney on May 29, 2009.

Indian Bhangra dancers perform at the inaugural Himalayan Day festival in central Sydney on May 29, 2009.

Indian Bhangra dancers wait to perform at the inaugural Himalayan Day festival in central Sydney on May 29, 2009. The festival put on jointly by a leading Himalayan trekking company and Indian Tourism Sydney was held to celebrate the mountains and people of the Himalaya. The festival also coincides with the anniversary of the first climbing of the world's highest peak Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953.


Indian dancer Palak performs at the inaugural Himalayan Day festival in central Sydney on May 29, 2009.

Indian Bhangra dancers wait to perform at the inaugural Himalayan Day festival in central Sydney on May 29, 2009. The festival put on jointly by a leading Himalayan trekking company and Indian Tourism Sydney was held to celebrate the mountains and people of the Himalaya. The festival also coincides with the anniversary of the first climbing of the world's highest peak Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953.

An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is displayed at the National Archives in Washington,

An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2009, by conservator Morgan Zinsmeister, following a ceremony where the document was donated by Lawrence M. Cutler, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz

An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is presented to the National Archives by Lawrence M. Cutler, right, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz., Thursday, May 28, 2009, in Washington. Acting Archivist Adrienne Thomas, left, holds the long-missing document. Five days before he delivered his famous Gettysburg Address, Lincoln penned the one-page letter on Executive Mansion letterhead to Salmon P. Chase, his secretary of the Treasury

Lawrence M. Cutler, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz., talks about the original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln he presented to the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2009. Five days before he delivered his famous Gettysburg Address, Lincoln penned the one-page letter on Executive Mansion letterhead to Salmon P. Chase, his secretary of the Treasury.

An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2009, by conservator Morgan Zinsmeister, right, following a ceremony where the document was donated by Lawrence M. Cutler, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz. Five days before he delivered his famous Gettysburg Address, Lincoln penned the one-page letter on Executive Mansion letterhead to Salmon P. Chase, his secretary of the Treasury

An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2009, by conservator Morgan Zinsmeister, right, following a ceremony where the document was donated by Lawrence M. Cutler, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz. Five days before he delivered his famous Gettysburg Address, Lincoln penned the one-page letter on Executive Mansion letterhead to Salmon P. Chase, his secretary of the Treasury

An original hand-written letter by President Abraham Lincoln is returned to its original bound volume at the National Archives in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2009, after being donated by by Lawrence M. Cutler, a private collector from Scottsdale, Ariz.

Bangkok... Twenty-five million people have died of AIDS and an estimated 33 million people have HIV

Tourists look at mannequins decorated with condoms for an anti-AIDS campaign, displayed at Condom & Cabbages restaurants in Bangkok on June 30, 2009. AIDS first emerged in 1981 as a disease that destroys immune cells, exposing the body to opportunistic infections. HIV was identified as its source in 1983. Twenty-five million people have died of AIDS and an estimated 33 million people have HIV

A mannequin decorated with condoms for an anti-AIDS campaign is displayed at Condom & Cabbages restaurants in Bangkok on June 30, 2009. AIDS first emerged in 1981 as a disease that destroys immune cells, exposing the body to opportunistic infections. HIV was identified as its source in 1983.

A mannequins decorated with condoms for an anti-AIDS campaign is displayed at Condom & Cabbages restaurants in Bangkok on June 30, 2009. AIDS first emerged in 1981 as a disease that destroys immune cells, exposing the body to opportunistic infections. HIV was identified as its source in 1983.

Tourists walk past mannequins decorated with condoms for an anti-AIDS campaign, displayed at Condom & Cabbages restaurants in Bangkok on June 30, 2009. AIDS first emerged in 1981 as a disease that destroys immune cells, exposing the body to opportunistic infections. HIV was identified as its source in 1983. Twenty-five million people have died of AIDS and an estimated 33 million people have HIV