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Caster Semenya sits before competing in her women's 800m round 1 heat at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Picture: Reuters
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First placed Alysia Johnson Montano, left, of the US and second placed Caster Semenya congratulate each other after the women's 800m round 1 heat during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Picture: Reuters
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Trucks wait to be given the go-ahead by the authorities, after heavy snowfalls closed Van Reenen's Pass on Tuesday, August 7, 2012. The pass was re-opened briefly around midday, but was closed again after the weather closed in again. Picture: Claudine Senekal/The Ladysmi ...
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A man carries a flower arrangement on his back during the annual festival of flowers in Medellin, Colombia, on Tuesday, August 7, 2012. The flower festival is one of the most important events of Medellin and has been celebrated every year since 1957. Picture: AP
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A Chinese inventor, Yang Zongfu celebrates on his six-ton ball container named Noah's Ark of China after he succeeds in a series of tests of the vessel in Yiwu, Zhejiang province. According to local media, Yang spent two years and $235 585 build this four-metre diameter ...
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An Afghan refugee reads verses of the Qur'an during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadaan in a mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad in Pakistan on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadaan. Picture: AP
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Palestine's Woroud Sawalha runs in her women's 800m round 1 heat at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Picture: Reuters
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Internally displaced Congolese families wait for aid to be distributed in Kibati, north of Goma, eastern Congo, on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Drenching rain punctuated by frightening bursts of thunder and forked lightning add to the misery of some of the 280 000 refugee ...
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Men chat as they drink beer at a sheeben in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. After years of turning a blind eye to alcohol abuse, politicians from South Africa to Kenya and Zambia are under pressure to tackle a problem that is adding to Afr ...
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Willem Coertzen competes in the men's decathlon long jump event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Picture: Reuters
