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The blades of Brazil's Alan Oliveira, right, and South Africa's Oscar Pistorius are seen after the Men's 200m T44 classification at the Olympic Stadium during the London 2012 Paralympic Games on Sunday, September 2, 2012. Pistorius complained vociferously about the lengt ...
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Brazil's Alan Oliveira, right, is congratulated by South Africa's Oscar Pistorius after winning the Men's 200m T44 classification at the Olympic Stadium during the London 2012 Paralympic Games on Sunday, September 2, 2012. Picture: Reuters
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Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Monday, September 3, 2012. Former Rupert Murdoch protege Rebekah Brooks has been formally charged with conspiring to hack into the phones of hundreds of we ...
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Britain's Prince Andrew abseils down The Shard, the tallest building in Europe, for charity in central London on Monday, September 3, 2012. The 52-year-old royal descended the Shard skyscraper in London, beginning his daredevil stunt from the 87th floor - just below the ...
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Lotus Formula One driver Romain Grosjean, right, of France crashes at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa Francorchamps on Sunday, September 2, 2012. Picture: Reuters
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A man walks past a 6.8-metre-tall and 7.7-metre-wide sofa chair at a shopping mall in Shanghai on Monday, September 3, 2012. The sofa has been approved as the biggest sofa chair in the world by the World Record Association, based in Hong Kong. Picture: Reuters
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Dancers from the Argentinian group Fuerzabruta, perform their act entitled 'Mylar' in a translucent pool suspended overhead on Saturday, September 1, 2012, in Singapore during the Night Festival which showcases international arts performances in the city-state. Picture: ...
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The Man is engulfed in flames during the Burning Man 2012 'Fertility 2.0' arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada on Saturday, September 1, 2012. More than 60 000 people from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival, which is celebrati ...
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Rabbit Marry Lou clears an obstacle during the Kaninhop (rabbit-jumping) competition in Weissenbrunn vorm Wald, southern Germany, on Sunday, September 2, 2012. Competitors take part in three different categories with an obstacle height ranging between 25 and 40 centimetr ...
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Rescuers help locals move a trapped car to safer areas after heavy rainfall hits Liangshan, Sichuan province on Sunday, September 2, 2012. China's central authorities initiated a level four emergency plan on Sunday afternoon in response to severe flooding in the southwes ...
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Competitive eater Joey Chestnut devours a chicken wing, on his way to eating a record 191 chicken wings in 12 minutes, at the National Buffalo Wing Festival on Sunday, September 2, 2012, in Buffalo, New York. Picture: AP
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A veterinarian removes Pay de Limon's (Lemon Pay) front prosthetic leg at the Milagros Caninos rescue shelter in Mexico City. Members of a drug gang in the Mexican state of Zacatecas chopped off Limon's paws to practise cutting fingers off kidnapped people, according to ...
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The atmosphere was bittersweet when servicemen gathered at Durbans Old Fort on Sunday, September 2, 2012, to commemorate fallen soldiers and to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the events hosts, the Natal Field Artillery. Two salvos were fired from these 35-pounder g ...