Events in Pictures

A rocket carrying the world's first greenhouse-gas monitoring satellite takes off from Tanegashima Space Center, in Japan.

Storm clouds gather in Britain as new figures confirm the country is officially in recession.

Oscar-nominated rags-to-riches tale Slumdog Millionaire opens in India as daily life goes on.

Members of a re-enactment society fire muskets to commemorate the Battle of Isandlwana in the KwaZulu-Natal province, a famous clash between British and Zulus in 1879.

Bigger is obviously better as far as Thierry Mugler is concerned - a model wears his latest catwalk creation.

Besançon, France, January 20, 2009--A three-week-old crowned sifaka at the Besançon Zoo in eastern France peers at the camera.



Nairobi, Kenya, January 20, 2009--Residents of Kibera gather around a TV set to watch half-Kenyan Barack Obama inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States.



Yüanlin, Taiwan, January 20, 2009--Nurses check on newborns in Hau Sheng Hospital, which claims to be the first maternity hospital authorized to use products featuring the Japanese icon Hello Kitty.
Hospital director Tsai Tsung-chi opened the themed institution last year in the hopes that the familiar cartoon cat would help ease mothers' pain and stress of childbirth.

(BBC and NGC)




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