Colorful chicks

A customer holds chicks dyed in colour after buying them at a roadside market in Srinagar June 13, 2011. REUTERS

St. Anthony's Church feast

Celebrations were held to mark the final day of the annual feast at St. Anthony's Church, Kochchikade today. The picture shows devotees taking part in the annual feast.  Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Dressed for migration

lose-up of a sheep decorated with a wool bobble as some 1,200 sheeps flanked by 30 shepherds are on their way to the mountain summer pasture, on June 12, 2011 in Oust, southwestern France, during the yearly migration from Salat valley to Oust valley today and later to the Pyrenean mountains. AFP PHOTO

Marking the end of the festival

A service was held today mark the final day of the annual feast at St. Anthony's Church, Kochchikade. Pics by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Head-to-head

Miami Heat power forward Chris Bosh and Dallas Mavericks center Tyson Chandler look for a rebound in the first half during Game 6 of the NBA Finals basketball series in Miami, June 12, 2011. REUTERS

Audi R18 TDI

German's Timo Bernhard drives his Audi R18 TDI during the warm-up session before the Le Mans 24-hour sportscar race in Le Mans, central France in June, 2011. The Audi R18 TDI number 1 is also driven by France's Romain Dumas and Mike Rockenfeller of Germany. REUTERS

All about tea

In this file photograph taken on June 17, 2009, a Sri Lankan labourer removes dead tea bushes from a plantation in Kotmale. Exotic and organic teas are wooing tea drinkers and challenging traditional black tea's dominance as never before, tea industry experts say, as a tea factory in Dubai bids to become the world's largest. AFP PHOTO

Celebrating Independence

The 113th Independence Day celebration of the Philippines was held at the Consulate General of the Philippines in Colombo yesterday. The picture shows the Consul General W. J. Terrence Perera hoisting the Philippines flag at the event. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Against Moamer Kadhafi

Libyan rebels fire a machine gun at positions held by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi during fighting in Libya's western mountain region of Qalaa on June 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO

Meow- no to nuclear

A man holds his cat clad in a headband with anti-nuclear slogans during a demonstration in Tokyo on June 11, 2011. Thousands of people staged anti-nuclear rallies and demonstrations in Tokyo and elsewhere as radiation continued to leak from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, some 220 kilometres (140 miles) northeast of the capital.       AFP PHOTO

Great Hamster of Alsace

A picture taken on June 7, 2011 in Hunawihr, eastern France, in a breeding center dedicated to the reintroduction of the specimen, shows a Great Hamster of Alsace. France is failing in its duty to protect the Great Hamster of Alsace, a cute fur-ball facing extinction with fewer than 200 remaining, the advocate-general of Europe's top court said on June 7, 2011, after the European Commission brought the case, arguing that France has not applie

No to animal sacrifice

A protest calling for the legal ban on ritual animal sacrifice was held in front of the  All Ceylon Buddhist Congress, in Bauddhaloka Mawatha today the picture shows monks and protesters calling for the ban on ritual animal sacrifice. Pix by Samantha Perera

Trained

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Remembering the fallen

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Off Road

A man jumps with his quad bike during the Off Road Festival in Somogybabod, 165 km (102 miles) southwest of Budapest June 10, 2011. REUTERS

Thunderbirds

Aircraft of the US Air Force air demonstration squadron, the Thunderbirds, fly  over Kogalniceanu airport, near Constanta, 230 kms east of Bucharest, on June 8,  2011. The United States and Romania are negotiating the purchase of second-hand  F-16 combat aircraft. AFP PHOTO

E.coli bacteria

This handout image made available by the “Helmholtz-Zentrum für  Infektionsforschung (HZI)” on May 26, 2011 shows the E. coli (EHEC) bacteria.  Germany expressed hope that the “worst” of the highly virulent strain of E. coli  bacteria (EHEC) outbreak was over as national and European Union health and  consumer affairs officials met for urgent talks on the crisis. AFP PHOTO

Another day in Court

The picture shows imprisoned former army Commander Sarath Fonseka waving to bystander while being escorted Welikada prison after Court proceedings. Government parliamentarian Rajiva Wijesinha and JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake gave evidence before the Trial at bar in the White flag case today. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Being prepared

A South Korean Army's K-1 tank releases smoke bombs to hide itself during the U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise against possible attacks by North Korea, at a shooting range near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 45 km (28 miles) north of Seoul, June 8, 2011. The two Koreas are technically still at war and station about 1 million troops near their respective sides of the demilitarized zone that has divid

Thunderstorm in Belgrade

Lightning strikes over buildings during a thunderstorm in Belgrade, Serbia June 8, 2011. REUTERS

Protesting against FTZ workers death

The UNP organized a protest in front of the Maradana railway station today in protest of the killing of the Free Trade Zone worker, and several other grievances faced by the public. Pics by Pradeep Pathirana

Calling for government action

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Fire at Rixos hotel

Fire is seen at Rixos hotel where foreign journalists are staying in Tripoli June 9, 2011. About 100 people, most of them journalists, were evacuated to the parking lot just before 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) after the blaze was discovered. There were no reports of injuries and the fire was put out about an hour later.   REUTERS

After crash

Emergency workers look into a bus lying on its side after an accident near the Austrian village of Melk, about 125 kilometres (78 miles) west of Vienna, June 8, 2011. Thirty-five people were seriously injured in the accident when the bus slipped from the road and crashed, police reported. REUTERS

Endeavour Space Mission

The International Space Station is seen with the docked space shuttle Endeavour in this photo provided by NASA and taken May 23, 2011. The photo was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking and is the first-ever image of a space shuttle docked to the International Space Station. Picture taken May 23, 2011. REUTERS

Elephant rampage

An elephant attacks a calf in Mysore, a town in India's southern Karnataka state, in this still image taken from video June 8, 2011. Two elephants went on a rampage in the town, after entering from a nearby forest, killing one man and injuring two calves. Forest rangers and officials from the Mysore Zoo eventually managed to tranquilise and capture the animals, which are due to be released back into the forest later. It cannot be confirmed

Sea world

A tourist swims near corals at the Egyptian resort of Madinat Makadi near Hurgada June 8, 2011.  REUTERS

Sheep shorn farm

Sheep are shorn at Kilgram farm in Jervaulx, northern England June 8, 2011. Britain's Wool Marketing Board have reported that British wool prices are at a 25 year high. REUTERS

Euro 2012

A view shows the construction site of Poland's National Stadium, built for Euro 2012 one year before the opening match of the soccer championships, in Warsaw June 8, 2011. Poland has agreed to delay the opening of the National Stadium in Warsaw by several months, without levying a large penalty on its builders led by Alpine Bau, a unit of Spain's FCC, a source said. REUTERS

500 days and still missing

The Rights Dialogue together with the Committee for the Investigation of the Disappeared and the Free Media Movement staged a protest campaign marking 500 days after the disappearance of Lanka-E-News journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda. Seen here are protestors during the campaign. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja