A police dog handler stands behind officers in riot gear blocking a road near a burning car on a street in Hackney, east London August 8, 2011. Youths hurled missiles at police in northeast London on Monday as violence broke out in the British capital for a third night. REUTERS
Sri Lanka beat Australia by 8 runs in the second T20 played at Pallekele today. Batting first Sri Lanka scored 157 for 9 in their 20 overs, Mahela Jayawardena top-scoring with 86 runs. In reply Australia scored 149 in their 20 overs, with Ajantha Mendis capturing 6 for 16 – The best bowling figures in T20 cricket. Pic by Pradeep Dilruckshana
An elephant walks past the Temple of the Tooth in ancient hill capital of Kandy today. The festival features a nightly procession of Kandyan dancers, fire twirlers, traditional musicians, acrobatic fire performers and elephants and draws thousands of tourists and spectators from around the island. AFP Photo
Indian members of the Youth Congress Party perform a prayer for the good health of Indian congress President Sonia Gandhi at a temple in Amritsar on August 7, 2011. Congress President Sonia Gandhi is recovering in the intensive care unit of a US hospital where she underwent successful surgery for an undisclosed ailment. AFP PHOTO
A young Pakistani Muslim arranges bowls of food before Iftar, the breaking of the fast, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Lahore, on August 6, 2011. Ramadan in Pakistan, the world's second most populous Muslim country, started one day after Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest shrines Mecca and Medina, because local authorities did not confirm sighting the new moon. AFP PHOTO
More than 30 passengers who were travelling in a SLTB bus from Muthugekanda to Badulla were hospitalised at the Badulla hospital after the bus they were travelling toppled due to break failure. The picture shows police personnel conducting investigations at the accident site. Pix by Pralitha Ariyawansha
Mexican Maria Jose Cristerna, known as “Vampire Woman”, poses for a picture during the opening ceremony of an exhibition of her paints in Guadalajara, on August 5, 2011. Cristerna recently showed off a new set of titanium horn implants, along with dental fangs and multiple facial piercings. AFP PHOTO
A crop of more than 2500 Kgs of gherkins which were grown in a twenty acre field by twenty families in the Killinochi area is seen here after being harvested. The fields which were prepared by the army were earlier handed over to the families for gherkins cultivation. Pix courtesy Sri Lanka Army
Former Chief Arm’s procurer of the LTTE Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP is seen here reading to a group of children at an orphanage run by the North East Rehabilitation and Development Organisation (NERDO). KP who heads NERDO called on the Tamil Diaspora to stop their campaign that provoked anger and hatred towards Sri Lanka. Pix by Manoj Rathnayaka
Dancers perform in traditional Korean costume as part of a the memorial service for Korean victims of a 1945 atomic bombing, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 5, 2011. People gathered at the memorial on the eve of the annual service to be held on August 6. AFP
This NASA handout image released August 3, 2011 shows three LEGO figurines flying aboard the Juno spacecraft are the Roman god Jupiter(R), his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei(L). Juno is set to launch toward Jupiter aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on August 5, 20115. AFP PHOTO
Eight JHU candidates who were elected from the recent local government bodies took oaths today in front of the JHU leaders. They were elected to the local bodies of, Welikanda, Embilipitiya, Harispattuwa, Kantale, Balangoda and Yatinuwara. Pix by Samantha Perera
The Patriotic National Movement distributed leaflets to the public to raise awareness on the steps taken by international powers to tarnish the image of the country and the security forces. They also urged the government to spread democracy to all parts of the country and give full authority to provincial councils and local bodies. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel
The Inter University Trade Union Federation (IUTUF) today staged a protest in front of the University Grants Commission (UGC) demanding the government to increase the salary of all the university employees and to stop the privatisation of the universities. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja
The Biggest Parachute Passing Out in the history of 60 years of the Sri Lanka Air Force was held today at the Katunayake SLAF base. 95 personnel including four airwomen passed out by completing the 22nd and 23rd Basic Airborne Course as well as the No.4 Basic Rigger Course. The passing out parade was held under the patronage of Air Force Commander Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
A Hindu devotee pours milk over a cobra during a Nag-Panchami ritual at the Shiva Temple in Amritsar on August 4, 2011. The Hindu festival of Nag-Panchami, observed during the monsoon and sees prayers and tributes to snakes, is observed by many as the day of victory of Hindu God Lord Krishna over the Kaliya snake leading to Krishna also being known as 'Kaliya Mardan'. AFP
South Korean women pull a parachute during a training camp for civilians at a military base for the Special Warfare Command in Seoul on August 4, 2011. The army organised the camp for 1,034 civilians, including 271 women, who have volunteered to experience hard military training. AFP
Alexander Pylyshenko pets African lioness Katya in his private Zoo in his yard in the small Ukrainian city of Vasylivka some 500 km from Kiev on August 3, 2011. Pylyshenko is going to live together with the couple of African lions Katya and Samson in their open-air cage during the next 35 days and the nights to collect money for the Zoo keeping and to attract attention of the public to bad conditions of the wild animals husbandry in Ukrainians
Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith speaks people fromlow income families in Mutuwal, whose houses are demolished under the relocation of underserved settlements project by the UDA. Cardinal Ranjith assured them that no harm would come to them or to the church. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
The famous Millangoda tusker with the longest pair of tusks ever seen in Asia died yesterday afternoon. The owner of the tusker M.R.A. Millangoda said he brought it from Nawagathegama in 1945 when it as just a small calf and when grown up used in Pereheras including Kandy Perahera. He said a mummy of the tusker would be conserved for display. The funeral rites of the tusker were held amid a large gathering. Pix by Rohan Kumara - Kegalle
The renovated statue of the last king of the Jaffna Kingdom, King-Sangiliyan, who reigned in the then capital of Nallur, was declared open at Muthirai Santhi, Nallur this morning. The event was presided by the Jaffna Mayor Yogeswari Patkunarajah, while Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Jaffna District Douglas Devananda placed the garland on the statue and declared it open. (Pix by Krishna, Kavisuki and Thaas)
A special training workshop was conducted for senior police officers today on prosecutions, practical application of the law and the implementation of anti human trafficking laws in the country. It was conducted at the Grand Oriental Hotel under the patronage of former Director of the Royal Scottish Police College, Bruce Milon and senior DIG Administration Gamini Navaratne. Pix by Indrarathne Balasuriya
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