Baseball fan Krystil Burney, who is recovering from cancer treatments, watches team warm-ups while painted like a baseball before the start of Game 3 between the Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox in Major League Baseball's 2005 World Series in Houston, Texas, October 25, 2005.

25 Oct 2005 REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
 

A homeless man stands on his head in a bucket in an attempt to attract donations from passersby in Edinburgh,Scotland.

10 Oct 2005 AP/ David Cheskin

 

A Russian soldier stands on a street in Nalchik October 14, 2005. Rebels who try to attack Russian targets in the future will be decisively crushed, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after his security forces killed scores of gunmen who attacked the southern town of Nalchik.

14 Oct 2005 REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev

 

A Kashmiri prays on graves damaged by the earthquake in Balakot October 13, 2005. Balakot was one of the towns worst hit by the quake, which some officials say may have killed as many as 40,000 people, and residents have complained about the slow pace of relief efforts. A steady flow of relief supplies rumbled into Pakistan's earthquake zone on Thursday but the scene remained chaotic as survivors and rescuers sought in vain for ways to distribute the material.

13 Oct 2005 REUTERS/Mian Khursheed

A man peers at the back of the "Chess Player", which is part the "Bodyworlds" exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia October 6, 2005. Gunther von Hagens from Germany uses the plastination technique to preserve human bodies for display and demonstration. "Bodyworlds" will be on display until April 23, 2006.

06 Oct 2005 REUTERS/Tim Shaffer

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Pakistani villagers displaced by Satuday�s earthquake make their way toward the town of Balakot,Where aid was beginning to arrive.

13 October 2005 WashingtonPost/Andrea Bruce

 

An Indian drummer beats drums as they dance in front of a marquee of the Durga idol in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata October 10, 2005. The annual Durga Puja festival began on October 9. In Hindu mythology, Durga symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil.

10 Oct 2005 REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw

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Whirling dervishes perform at the Binbirdirek Hall in Istanbul during Muslim observances of Ramadan.The dervishes practice Sufism,a mystical form of Islam that preaches tolerance and a search for understanding.

05 Oct 2005 WhashingtonPost
 

A passerby jumps over a puddle reflecting the Cathedral - St.petersburg , Russia

07oct 2005 WashingtonPost

 

Close-up Awards (Visions Of Science Awards)

Salt and pepper
1st prize
David McCarthy

This image of a whole peppercorn with a grain of sea salt offers a close-up glimpse of the structure of simple everyday products we use on our food.

FEI XL 20 scanning electron microscope at 5 kV. Coloured using Adobe Photoshop

Medicine and Life Award (Visions Of Science Awards)

1st Prize
Cancer cell movement
Anne Weston

Cancer cells can spread through the body in a process known as metastasis. This cancer cell is moving down a pore in a filter. The image was taken at Cancer Research UK, where the spread of cancer is studied in the hope of finding a cure.
JEOL FEG 6700 scanning electron microscope. Coloured using Adobe Photoshop.
Visions Of Science Awards

Indian dancer Sanchita Bhattacharya and her students rehearse a dance sequence depicting Hindu goddess Durga during a photo call in Kolkata September 16, 2005. Sanchita and her students will stage their performance on October 1, 2005, the eve of thye Durga Puja festival. In Hindu mythology, Durga symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil.

16 Sep 2005 REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw