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Apr 22, 2010
News in pictures on Thursday



Nubbins arrives at the premiere of 'The Back-up Plan' in Westwood, California, on April 21, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP




A woman makes her way past makeshift souvenir shops in the anti-government encampment in Bangkok, Thailand. -- PHOTO: AP




A dancer performs a traditional Sufi (Al-Tannoura Egyptian folk dance) at a theatre in Sharm el-Sheikh. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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An anti-government 'red shirt' protester sleeps on a barricade built with bamboo poles and tyres at an intersection close to the Silom Road financial district in Bangkok. Thailand's military has vowed to get tough on anti-government protesters who say they will occupy a luxury hotel and shopping district 'indefinitely', raising the risk of another violent confrontation. Attitudes have hardened on both sides since troops and protesters clashed in Bangkok on April 10, killing 25 people and wounding more than 800 during a chaotic army crackdown that has intensified a five-year political crisis. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




A worker prepares to destroy pirated CDs and DVDs during a campaign against piracy in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. Some 210,000 DVDs, CDs and soft wares and books were destroyed during the campaign, according to local media. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Three-year-old Jackson Hazlett of Portland, Ore. caresses the back of his father's head after the two were reunited at The Chiles Center at the University of Portland. Sgt. Ryan Hazlett has been serving in Iraq. Oregon Army National Guard troops with the 41st Infantry Brigade arrived to Portland for their demobilization ceremonies. In all, about 2,700 Oregon Army National Guard soldiers will be returning to home over the next week after 10 months in Iraq. -- PHOTO: AP

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An image of she-wolf with Romulus and Remus is projected on the buidings of the Piazza del Popolo in central Rome, during the performance to celebrate the anniversary of the legendary foundation of the city of Rome, on April 21, 753 B.C. -- PHOTO: AFP




A horse stands in a field as volcanic ash and steam rise from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano. The Icelandic volcano which grounded air traffic over Europe is still erupting, but it is spewing less ash, the meteorological office and experts said on Wednesday. Close monitoring of the neighbouring and potentially more dangerous Katla volcano was also taking place, but there have been no signs it has re-awakened, they added. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




African immigrants talk through a barricaded gate at the Hal Far Open Centre outside Valletta. The immigrants barricaded the entrance of the centre in protest at the squalid living conditions and because they were not allowed to install loudspeakers to relay Muslim prayers across the whole camp. -- PHOTO: REUTERS