[Dominick Yo]

A man browses through adult films at a shop in Taipei. Eight Japanese pornographic film producers are demanding compensation from Taiwanese cable and telecom companies they say are using their work without authorisation, a lawyer representing the producers said. -- PHOTO: AP




Mourners kneel down in front of the coffins containing the remains of the presidential couple lying in state at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw. Thousands of grieving mourners tossed flowers on a slow-moving hearse and joined an enormous viewing line at the Presidential Palace to pay their respects to Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife as their bodies lay in state. -- PHOTO: AP




An Indian Hindu devotee adjusts a metal rod pierced through his tongue during the ritual of Shiva Gajan. Devotees believe that by enduring the pain, Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, will grant their prayers. Thousands took part in the month-long festival which culminates with the worship of Shiva on the auspicious day of Chaitra Sankranti, the last day of the Bengali calendar year. -- PHOTO: AFP