A long time exposure shows some of the 15,000 runners of the 79th International Sao Silvestre street race running along a main avenue in Sao Paulo, December 31, 2003. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker PP04010004 Pictures of the month December 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003
PW/JDP 

People out for a late evening walk pass by a snow covered park bench in North Vancouver, during a winter storm December 30, 2003. Residents of this Canadian west coast city, who normally experience rainy and mild winters, were expected to see upwards of eight centimeters (3 inches) of snow. Picture taken December 30, 2003. REUTERS/Andy Clark pictures of the month december 2003 PP04010112 Pictures of the Year 2003 AC/HB 

Norway's Sigurd Pettersen bows to spectators after he won the first jump of the 52nd Four Hill Tournament in the south German town of Oberstdorf, December 29, 2003. Pettersen led the competition ahead Austria's Thomas Morgenstern and Martin Hoellwarth. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach pictures of the month december 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 KP/CRB 

A man carries two brothers who were killed when their home collapsed during an earthquake in Bam December 27, 2003. International rescue workers hacked desperately through flattened debris for survivors and cemeteries overflowed in Iran's ancient Silk Road city of Bam after an earthquake that killed more than 20,000 people. REUTERS/Caren Firouz Pictures of the month December 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 CJF/GB 

An Iranian woman weeps as her dead relatives are taken away in the trunk of a car December 26, 2003 after an earthquake which measured 6.3 on the Richter scale hit Bam, 1285 kilometres southeast of Tehran. A devastating earthquake struck the ancient Silk Road city of Bam in southeastern Iran on Friday, killing more than 5,000 people and injuring thousands of others, Iranian news agency IRNA said. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi Pictures of the month December 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 CJF/WS 

The luxury cruise liner Queen Mary 2, or QM2, cruises the Ria de Vigo, northern Spain December 23, 2003. The ship will dock in its British home port of Southampton this week after a cruise via Spain for tests and to accustom the crew to life on board. The $800 million, 150,000-ton vessel can carry 2,620 passengers and 1,253 crew members. According to her owners, Cunard, the QM2 is the largest, longest, tallest, widest and grandest ocean liner ever built. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal PP04010018 pictures of the month december 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 PH/JV 

A photo of Saddam Hussein after his capture is shown during a press conference in Baghdad, December 14, 2003. U.S. troops captured Saddam Hussein near his home town of Tikrit announced U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer on Sunday, in a major coup for Washington's beleaguered occupation force in Iraq. Pictures of the month December 2003. REUTERS/Handout Pictures of the Year 2003 FR05090005 CRB 

Brent Moffatt from Winnipeg, Canada, pierces himself with surgical needles as he sets a Guinness record for most body piercings, in Montreal, December 13, 2003. Moffatt inserted 900 needles into his legs to break his previous record of 702 piercings. PHOTO TAKEN DECEMBER 13 REUTERS/Shaun Best pictures of the month december 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 ODLY PP05080195 SB/GAC 

Hong Kong actress Sandra Ng kisses her best actress award for the film "Golden Chicken" at the 40th Golden Horse Award in southern Tainan City, Taiwan December 13, 2003. REUTERS/Richard Chung pictures of the month december 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 SK/FA 

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leaves London's King Edward VII hospital after undergoing surgery on Friday to remove skin lesions on her face and torn cartilage from her left knee, December 13, 2003. The knee operation had been announced in advance, but the removal of what Buckingham Palace described as "some minor benign skin lesions" from the Queen's face came as a surprise. REUTERS/Lee Besford Pictures of the month December 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 LB/MD/CRB 

Bangladeshi children walk through dried farm land near Dhaka on December 12, 2003. Farmlands left unirrigated after harvesting crops often dry up at the onset of winter in Bangladesh. . Pictures of the month December 2003. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman Pictures of the Year 2003 NA/CP 

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien raises his glass to toast Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during dinner in Ottawa, December 11, 2003. Chretien will retire from politics on December 12 after 40 years as a parliamentarian, including 10 years as Prime Minister. REUTERS/Shaun Best pictures of the month december 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 SB/HB 

A university student throws a rock against riot police during a protest in Managua.December 11, 2003. Students were demonstrating against proposed new government budgets for the university. Pictures of the month December 2003. REUTERS/Ariel Leon Pictures of the Year 2003 DCS 

Dead bodies lie on the pavement outside the National Hotel in central
Moscow, December 9, 2003. An explosion in central Moscow on Tuesday
killed at least five people and one Russian news agency said initial
investigations suggested a woman suicide bomber was responsible. Pictures of the Month December 2003 REUTERS/Konstantin Koutsyllo Pictures of the Year 2003
cvi/WS 

Relatives mourn for 16 year-old Palestinian teenager Jihad al-Akhras
who was shot dead in Rafah near the border with Egypt, when soldiers
opened fire at what they said was a suspicious figure crawling toward
an army outpost. His brother Yusuf told Reuters that Jihad was a
baggage handler at the Rafah-Egypt border terminal and was running to
help someone with his luggage there when he was shot. Pictures of the Month December 2003 REUTERS/Jerry Lampen Pictures of the Year 2003
JFL/CRB 

Yvonne Wairimunu Njeri, winner of Kenya's Miss AIDS Prevention contest,
cries during a candle light vigil in Nairobi November 27, 2003. Official
statistics say that in Kenya 2.5 million people are reckoned to be infected
with the AIDS virus and between 250,000 and 500,000 urgently need treatment.
Pictures of the Month November 2003 REUTERS/Radu Sigheti Pictures of the Year 2003
RS/WS 

A turkey waits in its pen at the Seven Acres Farm in the Boston suburb of
North Reading, Massachusetts, November 26, 2003. Seven Acres Farm will sell
approximately 1,800 turkeys for the November 27 Thanksgiving. REUTERS/Brian
Snyder Pictures of the month November 2003. Pictures of the year 2003.
BS/HB 

The final Concorde, Flight 216, takes off from London's Heathrow
Airport, en route to its birthplace Filton in western England, November
26, 2003. Concorde, which has made more farewell tours than Frank
Sinatra, let out its final supersonic roar on Wednesday as it hurtled
across the Bay of Biscay at twice the speed of sound before starting
its new earthbound life at a heritage centre being built in Filton.
Pictures of the year 2003.
REUTERS/Lee Besford
LB/MD/JV 

U. S. President George W. Bush attends a Bush-Cheney 2004 fundraiser at the
Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, November 25, 2003. The president
is also in Phoenix to praise the U.S. Congress in passing Medicare reform
legislation providing prescription drug coverage to senior citizens.
REUTERS/Larry Downing Pictures of the year 2003. Pictures of the month November 2003
LSD/GAC 

Illegal immigrants from Africa lie exhausted on the beach of "El Caracol" (The Snail) in Fuerteventura, one of the Spanish Canary Islands, November 23, 2003. Some 65 immigrants were detained as they arrived at the beach on two overloaded boats from Africa. Fuerteventura is the nearest of the Canary Islands to the African coast. Pictures of the year 2003. REUTERS/Juan Medina FR05070011 Pictures of the month November 2003 SV/WS 

England's Jonny Wilkinson kicks a drop goal to win the Rugby World Cup
final between Australia and England at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney
November 22, 2003. England won in extra time 20-17. Pictures of the year 2003. REUTERS/David Gray
WB 

A woman is overcome with grief as she approaches the coffin of her loved one
during a state funeral service at the Saint Paul's Basilica
outside-the-walls in Rome November 18, 2003. Thousands took to the streets
in a national day of mourning as the bodies of the 17 soldiers and two
civilians, who were killed in a deadly attack on a military base in Iraq
last week, were blessed. Pictures of the month November 2003.
REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Pictures of the Year 2003 PP03110073 TRRSM
DJM/AA 

ITALIANS STROLL IN FRONT OF THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER IN ROME TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO THE SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN IRAQ.
Italians stroll in front of the tomb of the unknow soldier in Rome to pay
tribute to the 19 soldiers died in Iraq November 17, 2003. A state funeral
will be held in St Paul's Outside-the-Walls church on Tuesday. Pictures of
the Month November 2003 REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Pictures of the Year 2003 

A young girl hugs her teddy bear, dressed in a Carabiniere uniform, as she
mourns beside the coffin of one of her loved ones during a service at the
tomb of the unknown soldier in Rome November 17, 2003. Thousands of people
queued to pay their respects as the bodies of the 19 Italians killed last
week in Iraq lie-in-state ahead of their funerals on Tuesday. Pictures of
the Month November 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Max Rossi PP03110073 IRQI
DJM/CRB 

Turkish police forensic officers inspect the site of an explosion at Neve
Shalom Synagogue in central Istanbul November 16, 2003. At least 22 people
were killed and more than 250 wounded on Saturday morning when car bombers
shattered two Istanbul Synagogues as worshippers celebrated the Sabbath.
Pictures of the Month November 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Moshe Milner-GPO/Hand out
FS/AA 

An orangutan raises his arm after knocking-out his fellow primate during a
kickboxing match at a theme park in Bangkok November 15, 2003. The privately
owned theme park bills the event as "the world's first and only orangutan
boxing show". REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND) See also GF2DWJZTZGAA 

Britain's Prince of Wales launches a guide to help local food producers at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, November 13, 2003. Pictures of the Month November 2003 HIGH QUALITY FILE REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid Pictures of the Year 2003 MA 

The first of four polluted U.S. navy ships due to be scrapped in Britain
docks at a ship yard at the northern English port of Hartlepool, November
12, 2003. The four so called "Ghost Ships", which contain asbestos and other
pollutants, are being towed across the Atlantic to be scrapped under a
contract with a British firm. Pictures of the Month November 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003
REUTERS/Darren Staples
IH/MD/JV 

A one-year-old Iraqi boy who lost one of his eyes during a bomb attack
against an Italian police station in Nassiriya, 300 km south of Baghdad,
November 12, 2003. A car bomb ripped through an Italian military police base
in the Iraqi town of Nassiriya Wednesday, killing at least 14 Italians and
eight Iraqis in what appeared to be a fresh suicide attack. Pictures of
the month November 2003. Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra PP03110055
ZB/CRB 

A woman passes the scene of Sunday's explosion at al-Muhaya expatriate
housing compound in the Wadi Laban suburb west of Riyadh in Saudi
Arabia November 11, 2003. Saudi Arabia has detained suspects in the
devastating suicide bomb attack on the housing complex after vowing to
strike back with an "iron fist." REUTERS/Sultan Al Fahed PP03110073
TRRSM Pictures of the month November 2003 Pictures of the year 2003
AJ/CRB 

An assault team member of U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division (Task Force
Ironhorse) carries a crying Iraqi child out of a house during a pre-dawn
raid in the village of Gritz, south of Baquba November 11, 2003. Looking for
members of suspected terrorist cell who attacked coalition forces in the
past, U.S. troops raided several houses in the village as Iraq's U.S.
governor Paul Bremer predicted on Monday local and foreign fighters would
step up violence to stop reconstruction. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj PP03110046
Pictures of the month November 2003 Pictures of the year 2003
DS/GB 

Five stages of a moon eclipse that had been taken with an interval of 20
minutes between each exposure are seen over the oceanographic museum of
Montevideo, November 8, 2003. The picture was taken in a multiple exposure
as the earth's shadow covered the moon. Pictures of the Year 2003
REUTERS/Andres Stapff

AS 

An elderly indian from Brazil's Surui nation looks through a traditional "Cokar," handmade with feathers from blue macaws, during the VI Indigenous Nation's Games competition in Palmas, northern Brazil, November 6, 2003. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Pictures of the month November 2003 PP03110034 Pictures of the Year 2003 BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Also refer to: GF1DURYUHKAA 

U.S. singer Christina Aguilera performs on stage at the MTV Europe Awards in
Edinburgh, November 6, 2003. Pictures of the Month November 2003
REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell PP03110025 Pictures of the year 2003
TM/MD 

A row of U.S. Army helmets are perched on M-16 rifles during a memorial at
Al Asad air base November 6, 2003 for the 15 victims of a Chinook helicopter
which was shot down by insurgents on the weekend. Against a backdrop of 15
helmets resting on M-16 rifles, American soldiers on Thursday honoured their
comrades, victims of the single deadliest incident for U.S. forces sinces
they invaded Iraq. Pictures of the Month November 2003 REUTERS/Chris
Helgren PP03110073 IRQI Pictures of the year 2003
CLH/ 

Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, the heir to the Spanish throne, and television
presenter Letizia Ortiz, 31, take a stroll through the gardens during their
formal engagement ceremony at the Pardo Palace outside Madrid November 6,
2003. The couple will marry in Madrid next summer. Pictures of the Month
November 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Sergio Perez

PH/JV 

US Air force medical personel carry a stretcher with a wounded US soldier
out of a C-17 aircraft and lift him into an ambulance bus at Ramstein
airbase in southwestern Germany, November 3, 2003. The soldier was injured
when a U.S. Chinook helicopter was shot down near Falluja in central Iraq on
Sunday. 16 soldiers were killed in the incident and 21 wounded, according to
a U.S. spokesman. Pictures of the Month November 2003 Pictures of the year 2003
REUTERS/KaiPfaffenbach
KP/THI/JV 

Indonesian Muslim women pray on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan in
Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta October 26, 2003. Muslims around the world
refrain from eating, drinking and engaging in sexual activity from sunrise
to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. Muslims
in Indonesia will begin their fasting on Monday. Pictures of the month
October 2003. REUTERS/Supri Pictures of the Year 2003
SUPRI/FA 

A man places baby turtles in the sand to be free on Ostional Beach in Santa
Cruz, 350 miles north of the capital of San Jose, October 25, 2003. More
than five million turtles are born this week and it is believed they imprint
the release location as they crawl into the sea after the hatching.
PP03100122 Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

JCU/GAC 

A baby turtle crawls toward the sea sea after being released by residents of
Ostional Beach in Santa Cruz, 350 miles north of the Costa Rican capital San
Jose, October 23, 2003. More than 5 million turtles hatched this week and it
is believed they imprint their release location to return to lay their own
eggs in the future. Only ten percent are expected to survive to become
adults. Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate
Pictures of the month October 2003

JCU/HB 

A military vehicle carries the coffin of former Bosnian Muslim leader Alija
Izetbegovic to his final resting place at the Kovaci cemetery in Sarejevo on
October 22, 2003. Some 100,000 mourners gathered in the drizzling rain and
lined the streets to pay a final tribute to Izetbegovic who died on Sunday
after a long period of heart disease. REUTERS/Danilo Krstanovic
Pictures of the month October 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003
MZ/CRB 

Members of Indonesia's elite Armed Forces (Kopasus) along with their
special-trained dogs descent from a helicopter during anti-terrorism drills
in Jakarta on October 20, 2003. The training was jointly held with the
Indonesian police ahead of next year's presidential election. REUTERS/Dadang
Tri PP03100125 ODLY Pictures of the month October 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003
DT/RCS 

INDIAN CHRISTIAN HOLDS A CRUCIFIX BESIDE THE TOMB OF MOTHER TERESA AFTER A
SPECIAL MASS INSIDSE THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY IN CALCUTTA.
An Indian Christian holds a crucifix during prayer beside the tomb of Mother
Teresa at Missionaries of Charity in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta on
October 19, 2003. Pope John Paul II will beatify Mother Teresa of Calcutta
at a Vatican ceremony on Sunday, marking the last step before sainthood in
the Roman Catholic Church for a nun already dubbed the 'Saint of the
Gutters'. Pictures of the Month October 2003 REUTERS/Sucheta Das
PP03100093 Pictures of the Year 2003 

A PUDDLE REFLECTS PRIESTS GIVING THE HOLY COMMUNION DURING THE BEATIFICATION
CEREMONY OF MOTHER TERESA LED BY POPE IN SAINT PETER'S SQUARE.
A puddle reflects St. Peter's Basilica and priests as they give holy
communion during the beatification ceremony of Mother Teresa led by Pope
John Paul II October 19, 2003. Pilgrims, tourists, Catholics and members of
other religions streamed into the Vatican on Sunday to see Pope John Paul II
put Mother Teresa of Calcutta on the road to sainthood. EDITORS NOTE:
Pictures has been rotated 180 degrees. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi PP03100093 Pictures of the Year 2003 Pictures of the Month October 2003 

Tiger Woods, wearing an oversized cap, clowns around with the kids during
the Coca-Cola/Tiger Woods Foundation Golf clinic at the Disney Magnolia golf
courses in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on October 18, 2003. The Tiger Woods
Foundation clinic included 100 gofers and took place at the Walt Disney
World Resort, for the third time. REUTERS/Charles W. Luzier PP03100097 Pictures of the Month October 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003
CWL/SV 

HERTHA BERLIN'S BOBIC AND BAYER LEVERKUSEN'S LUCIO JUMP FOR THE BALL DURING
THEIR GERMAN FIRST DIVISION SOCCER MATCH IN BERLIN.
Hertha Berlin's Fredi Bobic (R) and Bayer Leverkusen's Lucio jump for the
ball during their German Bundesliga first division soccer match in Berlin
October 18, 2003. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz PP03100097 REUTERS
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TOB/JOH Pictures of the month October 2003 Pictures of the Year 2003 

Prince Harry and Jane Woodward, wife of England coach Clive Woodward,
celebrate as the England score a try against South Africa in their crucial
World Cup Pool C match at the Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia
October 18, 2003. England won the match 25-6. Pictures of the Month October
2003 REUTERS/Mal Fairclough PP03100091 Pictures of the Year 2003 KD 

A nun prays during a mass to celebrate the silver jubilee of Pope John
Paul II in St Peters Square in the Vatican October 16, 2003.
REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini PP03100076 Pictures of the month October
2003 Pictures of the Year 2003
KC/AS 

Pope John Paul II peers between two cardinals during a ceremony to mark the
25th anniversary of his pontificate at the Vatican October 16, 2003.
Pictures of the Month October 2003 REUTERS/Max Rossi PP03100076 Pictures of the Year 2003
KC 

Pope John Paul II waves to well wishers in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican at a
signing ceremony October 16, 2003. The Pope signed a major document issued
on his silver jubilee on the role of bishops. Pictures of the Month October
2003 REUTERS/Max Rossi PP03100076 Pictures of the Year 2003
KC/THI 

Destruction to the interior of the Staten Island Ferry Andrew J. Barberi
that crashed into one of the piers on October 15, 2003, killing at least 10
passengers and injuring scores of people as it tried to dock in high winds,
is shown in this photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board
(NTSB). The ship crashed at the end of its 5.2-mile (8.3 km) run from
Manhattan on the free commuter trip that is also popular with tourists
because it passes the Statue of Liberty. Pictures of the Month October 2003
REUTERS/Mike Hvozda/POOL PP03100083 Pictures of the Year 2003
HK 

A woman is silhouetted under a giant representation of the sun on display in
the Turbine Hall of London's Tate Modern art gallery, October 15, 2003. The
work is an installation by Danish/Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson using
mirrors, lights and other special effects to recreate elements of the
weather. Pictures of the month October 2003. REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid Pictures of the Year 2003
PKM/ASA 

A demonstrator jumps over a barricade in La Paz, October 13, 2003. Bolivia's
embattled president on Monday suspended a controversial project to export
natural gas to the United States, seeking to defuse a monthlong wave of
protests as the death toll approached 40. Pictures of the Year 2003
Pictures of the month October 2003. REUTERS/Jose Luis Quintana

DM 

Germany's Nia Kuenzer (bottom of pile) is surrounded by teammates after
scoring the game winning goal in the seventh minute of overtime to beat
Sweden 2-1 while Sweden's Hanna Ljungberg (bottom R) sits dejected, at the
FIFA 2003 Women's World Cup final in Carson, California, October 12, 2003.
Pictures of the Month October 2003 REUTERS/Fred Greaves PP03100065 Pictures of the Year 2003
MR/ME 

An injured man is wheeled away for help by demostrators during a strike in
El Alto, on the outskirts of La Paz, October 12, 2003. Five people were
reported killed Sunday after Bolivia's government sent thousands of troops
backed by tanks to quell increasingly violent protests against President
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. Witnesses told local radio two protesters were
killed during pitched battles with troops in the poor industrial suburb of
El Alto. Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Carlos Barria PP03100074

DM/GN 

An Indonesian policeman checks the wreckage of a burned bus on a
coastal highway in Situbondo regency, East Java province, October 9,
2003. At least 54 people, most of them schoolgirls returning from a
holiday in Bali, were killed when their bus burst into flames after
colliding with a truck and a mini van in Indonesia's East Java
province, officials said on Thursday. Pictures of the Year 2003
REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas

BEA/DL 

Palestinians walk along the Gaza beach after Israel sealed off the coastal
road linking north and central parts of the Gaza Strip, October 5, 2003.
Israel launched air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip and cut off
main roads after a Palestinian woman suicide bomber blew herself up in Haifa
killing 19 Israelis. REUTERS/Andrea Comas Pictures of the Year 2003

AC/JV 

Boston Red Sox batter David Ortiz stands in the on-deck circle in Game 4 of
their American League Division Series against the Oakland Athletics, at
Fenway Park in Boston, October 5, 2003. Ortiz hit a game-winning double in
the eighth inning to lead the Red Sox to a 5-4 that tied the series at two
games apiece. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Pictures of the Year 2003
PP03100030

JRB/GN 

Indonesian soldiers try to save a colleague who was struck by a projectile
during a military display to mark the 58th Armed Forces Day in Makassar,
South Sulawesi on October 5, 2003. The soldier was rushed to a hospital and
his fate is unclear. PP03100026 Pictures of the Month October 2003
REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad Pictures of the Year 2003
SUPRI/FA 

Ultra-Orthodox Jews watch a white chicken being slaughtered after a prayer
in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood in Jerusalem October 5, 2003, as part of
the traditional kaparot ceremony before Judaism's holiest day of Yom Kippur,
the Day of Atonement, which begins Sunday at sundown. The ritual is
performed in order to transfer one's sins accumulated during the past year
into the bird which is then ritually slaughtered and eaten shortly before
the start of the holy day or given to the poor. Pictures of the Year 2003
REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen PP03100037

GCM/CP