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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Jurgen Melzer and Leander Paes won the men's doubles final of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament

Jurgen Melzer and his partner Leander Paes hold up their trophies after they won the men's doubles final of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Rafael Nadal defeats Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4 during Shanghai Masters tennis tournament

Rafael Nadal shakes sweat from his head after winning his match against Stanislas Wawrinka

Rafael Nadal celebrates match point to Stanislas Wawrinka

Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a shot

Rafael Nadal reacts to missing a point against Stanislas Wawrinka

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts as he defeats Stanislas Wawrinka

Rafael Nadal reacts as he defeats Stanislas Wawrinka during his round two match of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai

Thursday, September 9, 2010

A passenger jet flies past the setting sun in Shanghai

A passenger jet flies past the setting sun in Shanghai

Monday, September 6, 2010

A man pulls a cart loaded with chairs in Shanghai

A man pulls a cart loaded with chairs in Shanghai

Monday, August 9, 2010

A visitor enters the Irish pavilion at the site of the World Expo 2010

24 hours in pictures: Irish pavillion at world expo

A visitor enters the Irish pavilion at the site of the World Expo 2010
in Shanghai

Friday, July 9, 2010

Stunning and creative graffiti artworks from all over the world

A graffiti artist creates a picture of South African icon Nelson Mandela as he competes in a graffiti competition in Durban, South Africa on July 9, 2010.

A graffiti artist creates a picture of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela's graffiti

A young boy skateboards past a ramp decorated with graffiti in a skate park in Durban, South Africa on July 9, 2010.

A young boy skateboards past a ramp decorated with graffiti
A man sleeps under a bridge next to a graffiti near Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A man sleeps under a bridge next to a graffiti near Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A man sleeps under a bridge next to a graffiti near Moganshan road in Shanghai
A woman puts clothes to dry in front of a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A woman puts clothes to dry in front of a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A woman puts clothes to dry in front of a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai
A man walks past a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A man walks past a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A man walks past a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai
A man crosses at street in front of a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A man crosses at street in front of a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A man crosses at street in front of a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai
A man walks past a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai
A man walks past a wall painted with graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A graffiti artist's spray cans are pictured as he competes in a graffiti competition in Durban, South Africa on July 9, 2010.

A graffiti artist's spray cans
A graffiti artist creates a picture of South African icon Nelson Mandela as he competes in a graffiti competition in Durban, South Africa on July 9, 2010.

graffiti competition in Durban, South Africa
A young man looks at a graffiti at Santa Ursula neighbordhood, in Mexico City, on July 09, 2010.

A young man looks at a graffiti at Santa Ursula neighbordhood, in Mexico City
Two pedestrians pass by a garage door with a graffiti at Santa Ursula neighbordhood, in Mexico City, on July 09, 2010.

Two pedestrians pass by a garage door with a graffiti at Santa Ursula neighbordhood, in Mexico City, on July 09, 2010.

Two pedestrians pass by a garage door with a graffiti at Santa Ursula neighbordhood, in Mexico City
A college student walks past a wall painted with graffiti at the Fine Arts department of the Philippine's University in Quezon City, suburban Manila on July 9, 2010.

A college student walks past a wall painted with graffiti at the Fine Arts department of the Philippine's University in Quezon City, suburban Manila

A woman paints a graffiti in Shanghai on July 5, 2010.

A woman paints a graffiti in Shanghai
A wall of a derelict house in Montevideo's Old town, decorated with graffiti, March 30, 2010.

A wall of a derelict house in Montevideo's Old town, decorated with graffiti
A wall covering a construction site, decorated with graffiti, in Montevideo, March 30, 2010.

A wall covering a construction site, decorated with graffiti, in Montevideo

A woman steps out a building in an arts district in Beiijng where graffiti is spray-painted walls

Graffiti artists, including Chen Chuang (R), spray paint on a white-washed wall in central in Beijing on June 30, 2009. China has seen the emergence of a small but growing group of graffiti artists but unlike their counterparts in the West, who have sometimes used the art form to convey political messages, Chinese artists offer a message that has little to do with revolt or protest, with many having taken up graffiti as a trendy fad, discovered through the Internet, films, magazines and from friends who had travelled abroad.

Chen Chuang spray paint on a white-washed wall in central in Beijing

A young woman walks beside graffiti spray-painted on a wall in central Beijing on June 30, 2009. China has seen the emergence of a small but growing group of graffiti artists but unlike their counterparts in the West, who have sometimes used the art form to convey political messages, Chinese artists offer a message that has little to do with revolt or protest, with many having taken up graffiti as a trendy fad, discovered through the Internet, films, magazines and from friends who had travelled abroad.

A young woman walks beside graffiti spray-painted on a wall in central Beijing
A woman walks alongside electoral graffiti calling for votes for the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party in Male on October 26, 2008. The Indian Ocean atoll nation is set for a run off election on October 28, 2008 after incumbent President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom failed to win outright the October 8, 2008 vote and is facing his main challenger Mohamed 'Anni' Nasheed.

A woman walks alongside electoral graffiti calling for votes for the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party in Male

A woman walks alongside electoral graffiti reading 'a new Maldives' and calling for votes for the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party in Male
A man paints a graffiti in Denpasar, on Bali island, 11 October 2007, a day before the fifth anniversary of the 12 October 2005 bomb blasts. On 12 October 2002, bomb blasts ripped through night club in Legian Kuta, killing at least 202 people.

A man paints a graffiti in Denpasar, on Bali island, 11 October 2007, a day before the fifth anniversary of the 12 October 2005 bomb blasts. On 12 October 2002, bomb blasts ripped through night club in Legian Kuta, killing at least 202 people.

A man paints a graffiti in Denpasar, on Bali island
A woman and young girl walk past graffiti on a wall in a street in Beijing on June 30, 2009. Grafitti first penetrated the consciousness of young Chinese in the 1990's, with the arrival of hip-hop music and the fashion trends of backwards baseball caps and skateboards, and though having been accepted as an art culture, most graffiti-artists stay away from anything political.

A woman and young girl walk past graffiti on a wall in a street in Beijing on June 30, 2009. Grafitti first penetrated the consciousness of young Chinese in the 1990's, with the arrival of hip-hop music and the fashion trends of backwards baseball caps and skateboards, and though having been accepted as an art culture, most graffiti-artists stay away from anything political.

A woman and young girl walk past graffiti on a wall in a street in Beijing
A street sweeper walks past the graffiti along a street in Beijing on July 9, 2009. Leaders of the world's five biggest developing economies, including China, cranked up pressure on their counterparts from the richest nations on July 9 for more concessions on poverty relief and climate warming during G8 talks in Italy.

A street sweeper walks past the graffiti along a street in Beijing on July 9, 2009. Leaders of the world's five biggest developing economies, including China, cranked up pressure on their counterparts from the richest nations on July 9 for more concessions on poverty relief and climate warming during G8 talks in Italy.

A street sweeper walks past the graffiti along a street in Beijing
A boy looks back while walking past graffiti on a wall in a street in Beijing on June 30, 2009. Grafitti first penetrated the consciousness of young Chinese in the 1990's, with the arrival of hip-hop music and the fashion trends of backwards baseball caps and skateboards, and though having been accepted as an art culture, most graffiti-artists stay away from anything political.

A boy looks back while walking past graffiti on a wall in a street in Beijing on June 30, 2009. Grafitti first penetrated the consciousness of young Chinese in the 1990's, with the arrival of hip-hop music and the fashion trends of backwards baseball caps and skateboards, and though having been accepted as an art culture, most graffiti-artists stay away from anything political.

A boy looks back while walking past graffiti on a wall in a street in Beijing
A man walks past a graffiti at Pantitlan neighbordhood, near Mexico's International Airport, in Mexico City, on July 8, 2010.

A man walks past a graffiti at Pantitlan neighbordhood, near Mexico's International Airport, in Mexico City, on July 8, 2010.

A man walks past a graffiti at Pantitlan neighbordhood, near Mexico's International Airport
A cyclist passes by a graffiti at Pantitlan neighbordhood, near Mexico's International Airport, in Mexico City, on July 8, 2010.

A cyclist passes by a graffiti at Pantitlan neighbordhood, near Mexico's International Airport, in Mexico City, on July 8, 2010.

Two women walk past a graffiti at Pantitlan neighbordhood, near Mexico's International Airport, in Mexico City, on July 8, 2010.

A man passes by a graffiti at Pantitlan neighbordhood, near Mexico's International Airport, in Mexico City, on July 8, 2010.

A man walks along a wall painted with a graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years, it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A man walks along a wall painted with a graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai
A woman and a child walk along a wall painted with a graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A woman and a child walk along a wall painted with a graffiti on Moganshan road in Shanghai on July 8, 2010. While the area on the banks of the city's Suzhou Creek was once just factories and warehouses, with galleries of all sizes mushrooming for the past 10 years it is today known as a buzzing Chinese art scene.

A wall decorated with graffiti, in Montevideo, March 30, 2010.

A wall decorated with graffiti, in Montevideo

A graffiti on a wall around the Azteca stadium at Santa Ursula neighborhood, in Mexico City, on July 09, 2010.

A graffiti on a wall around the Azteca stadium at Santa Ursula neighborhood, in Mexico City, on July 09, 2010.

A graffiti on a wall around the Azteca stadium
A graffiti at Santa Ursula neighborhood, in Mexico City, on July 09, 2010.

A graffiti at Santa Ursula neighborhood

Thursday, February 4, 2010

A crystal tiger

A crystal tiger which was made up of 955 steel wires and 12,888 small crystal balls at a department store in Shanghai

Friday, January 8, 2010

A migrant construction worker cleans the exterior of the "Sunny Valley"

A migrant construction worker cleans the exterior of the "Sunny Valley", a structure to harness solar energy, at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo site in Shanghai January 6, 2010. The Shanghai World Expo 2010 is due to commence on May 1, 2010 as works on the site continue to meet its deadline.
Credit: REUTERS/Nir Elias

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Honorable mention, UNICEF Photo of the Year Boys hang on a bar for five minutes

Honorable mention, UNICEF Photo of the Year Boys hang on a bar for five minutes as part of a training session at the Gymnastics Hall of the Shanghai University of Sports August 7, 2007.
Credit: REUTERS/Nir Elias