As a U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk flies above, the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the San Diego channel, from Naval Air Station North Island, California, as it heads to sea under a cloud of smoke from nearby burning wildfires. Photo by Mark Rebilas/U.S. Navy-Handout

United States Marines participate in a military manouevers in the Australian bush of Shoalwater Bay training area near Rockhampton. The soldiers were taking part in a joint U.S. and Australian military exercise called «Operation Crocodile 2003» where about 10,000 troops are implementing the planning and execution of an Australian-led and U.S.-supported combined operation. Photo by Australian Defence Force/Corporal Ashley Roach

A dirigible advertising local telecommunications and cable television company StarHub flies past a haze-shrouded skyline in Singapore Photo by Jonathan Drake JD

A men dressed in bear’s fur advertises a newly opened restaurant Masha i Medved (Masha and the Bear) in the centre of St.Petersburg. Some unusual and often aggressive advertising used by many newly created companies helps them to get customers’ attention to their products

HMS Nottingham sits on the deck of the Swan, a heavy lift ship in Sydney Harbour October 22, 2002 to be prepared for shipping back to the United Kingdom. The operation to load the British destroyer onto the Swan is expected to take 12 hours when she will be towed to a nearby naval base and secured for the six week trip back to the United kingdom. The Nottingham ran aground on well chartered rocks at Lord Howe Island in July. Photo by Jon Hamlet, Royal Navy

Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko pose at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on December 2, 2002. Emperor Akihito celebrates his 69th birthday on December 23, 2002. Picture taken December 2. Photo by Imperial Household Agency/Handout

An undated hand out photograph taken by the crew of the International Space Station, shows a nigt-time view of London. The picture was taken with a digital camera as the crew raced through space at 17,000 miles per hour (27, 353 kph) and shows a clear view of some of London’s landmarks including the River Thames snaking through the city’s heart and the M25 motorway which encircles the capital

An undated recently taken British Ministry of Defence hand out photograph released on March 31, 2003 shows Royal Naval vessels continuing the recovery operation of the two 849 Naval Air Squadron Sea King Mark 7 helicopters which crashed on March 22, 2003 in the Gulf. Seven crew members including one American were killed in the crash when the two helicopters collided about five miles off Britain’s HMS Ark Royal. Photo by Jim Gibson

The remnants of the World Trade Center complex is shown in this aerial view September 15, 2001. 5,000 people stilll remain missing from the September 11 terror attack. Photo by Keith Myers

Canadian Olympic gold medalist Myriam Bedard listens to questions during a press conference in Montreal, January 14. Bedard confirmed today she is suing Wrigley Canada Inc. and an advertising agency for ads featuring a bi-athlete her lawyers say look like her. In her suit, Bedard alleges the ad for Wrigley’s Spearmint displayed in buses and subway cars throughout Quebec last fall misappropriated her image and makes a fool of her

Steam rises off the head of Manchester United’s Mikael Silvestre of France during their FA Cup soccer match against Aston Villa in Birmingham. Photo by Michael Regan

The Olympic torch is carried aboard a canoe around the island of Palau May 23. The Olympic torch is spending a day in Palau on its way to Sydney for the opening ceremony of the September Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

A mosque silhouette is reflected on the mirror glass covered facade of a skyscrape housing banking companies and holdings next to a giant bilboard advertising a clothing company in the financial district in Istanbul June 22, 2001. Turkey’s financial markets are nervously awaiting a verdict on Friday by the Constitutional Court on whether to ban the main opposition party for Islamic subversion, which may trigger polls at a time of financial crisis

A Palestinian protester uses a sling to throw stones at Israeli security forces during clashes at a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah. Photo by Darren Whiteside