The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, Florida, U.S., Reuters Archive. Photo by Joe Skipper

A boy plays on a trampoline as people kitesurf on a beach near Mazotos village, Cyprus, Reuters Archive. Photo by Yiannis Kourtoglou

People ride on a merry-go-round carousel during sunset in Stockholm, Sweden. Reuters Archive. Photo by Hannibal Hanschke

Elizabeth Taylor appeals for global effort to eradicate AIDS at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters Archive. Photo by Kimimasa Mayama

American rock star Madonna (C) smiles as she hands a 500,000 French francs to Line Renaud (L), a donation for research into the killer desease AIDS at Hotel Matignon in the presence of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, U.S., Reuters Archive. Photo by Jack Dabbaghian

A Bosch employee checks a semiconductor wafer in a yellow light clean room at the company’s research and advance development centre Campus in Renningen near Stuttgart, Germany, Reuters Archive. Photo by Michaela Rehle

A Bosch employee controls a deep field robot called «BoniRob» at a field in Renningen near Stuttgart, Germany. Reuters Archive. Photo by Michaela Rehle

People take a sunbath during a heat wave called «Heat Dome» in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., Reuters Archive. Photo by Eduardo Munoz

World famous ballet star Rudolph Nureyev (L) answers reporters’ questions as he arrives at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, Russia. Reuters Archive. Photo by Dominique Dudouble

A man is pictured with his dog at the dog beach and bar in Crikvenica, Croatia, Reuters Archive. Photo by Antonio Bronic

Chinese journalists jump in front of the rings at sunset in the Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Reuters Archive. Photo by Nacho Doce

A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above medieval tombstones in Radmilje near Stolac, south of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Reuters Archive. Photo by Dado Ruvic

A man sleeps on a stone plaque inside a park in Mumbai, India. Reuters Archive. Photo by Shailesh Andrade

Idols of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, are seen at a workshop in Mumbai, India. Reuters Archive. Photo by Danish Siddiqui

A cow holds a copy of a news paper on the outskirts of Srinagar, India. Reuters Archive. Photo by Danish Ismail