A student of Sociedad Balear Hairdressing Academy works on the hair of a woman sitting on a park bench in Havana June 29, 2010. Students of the hairdressing academy give free hairdos to volunteers walking past during their practical lessons. Show moreShow less
A boy dances in the rain during a heavy tropical shower in a street of Havana July 19, 2010.Show moreShow less
Ahmed Almaktoum of the UAE unloads his shotgun during the qualifying round of the men's trap competition of the shooting event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 10, 2008. Show moreShow less
A street entertainer waits for tourists in Havana August 25, 2009. Show moreShow less
Dead fish lie decomposing May 2 in the marsh on the boundaries of the "Donana" nature reserve a week after 5 million cubic metres of acid toxic fluid spilled from a nearby mine burning vegetation and killing vegetation in the area. The authorities are still debating on how and when they will clean and contain the pollution from spreading in the area.Show moreShow less
US President Bill Clinton (R) walks behind the coffin with the body of late King Hassan II of Morocco during his burial ceremony in Rabat July 25. The monarch died of a heart attack aged 70 and thousands of people took to the streets of the capital of Morocco, Rabat, to grieve the death of their king after 38 years on the throne.Show moreShow less
A labourer cools down under water from a supply pump in a truck on the outskirts of Havana, September 5, 2013. Show moreShow less
A man comes out of his shoe repair shop in Havana April 12, 2010. Show moreShow less
A man looks at a creation by Cuban artist Fabelo Hung while walking his dog along Havana's seafront boulevard 'El Malecon' during the 11th Biennial contemporary art exhibition May 14, 2012. The creation, a panoramic picture of the 'Malecon' with inserted images of icebergs floating near, is titled 'Fresh Air'. The Havana Biennial is a major event for contemporary art, attracting artists and curators from all over the world and runs from May 11 to June 11, 2012. Show moreShow less
A fuel oil stained bird flaps its wings on the devastated coast of the Cies Islands natural reserve in the Spanish northwestern region of Galicia, December 12, 2002. Smit International, the Dutch shipping and salvage firm that helped raise Russia's Kursk submarine, said on Wednesday it wants to propose a plan to salvage oil from the wreck of the tanker Prestige. Slicks of toxic fuel oil from the Prestige - which split off the northwestern Spanish coast on November 13, then snapped in two and sank six days later - have devastated the region and what is left in the ship's hold remains an environmental hazard.Show moreShow less
THIRD COMMANDO BRIGADE BRITISH ROYAL MARINES ARRIVE WITH DISPLACED IRAQI CITIZENS IN THE PORT OF UMM-QASR IN SOUTHERN IRAQ.Show moreShow less
A Palestinian woman looks from her house hit by heavy machine gunfire from Israeli troops in Al Azza refugee camp opposite the Paradise Hotel in Bethlehem on October 28, 2001. Former U.S. senator George Mitchell said the numbers of people killed in the latest escalation of Israeli-Palestinian violence were "shockingly high" and urged the international community to take urgent steps to persuade the two sides to return to peace talks.Show moreShow less
Brazil's Ronaldo walks past French players as they celebrate their World Cup victory after the final whistle of the final July 12. France won the match 3-0 to become world champions.Show moreShow less
Voters stand in a queue outside a polling station to cast their ballot in Thimpu in this March 24, 2008 file photo. Respect for authority is inculcated from an early age in the secluded Himalayan kingdom, where the king is revered as a Buddha and democracy seemed almost an experiment too far. Yet democracy came to Bhutan in March 2008 on the insistence of its much-loved fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who decided people should choose their leaders, whether they wanted to or not. Show moreShow less
A woman and her dog look out of a window in Havana January 15, 2013.Show moreShow less
Lena Schoneborn of Germany crosses the finish line to win the women's running 3000m event of the modern pentathlon competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 22, 2008. Show moreShow less
Youths compete for the highest splash as they jump into the water at Havana's port July 2, 2009. Show moreShow less
A Libyan boy stands inside the Moulay Mohammed Mosque in the Libyan capital Tripoli on February 2, 2001 during Friday prayers. Libyan leader Gaddafi said on Thursday he had evidence that a Libyan secret agent jailed for life for the Lockerbie airliner bombing was innocent."I have proven evidence that he is innocent and I'll reveal the evidence on Monday," he told reporters at his official residence. Show moreShow less
FILE PHOTO 17OCT98 - Cuban President takes a glass during a ceremony in the Oporto Bourse where he and other Ibero-American leaders were made members of the Port Wine Brotherhood October 17 ahead of the start of the VIII Ibero-American summit. Heads of state and government from Latin America, Spain and Portugal held their annual meeting in the picturesque city of Oporto October 17-18.Show moreShow less
Brazilian midfielder Rivaldo lies near the corner flag in the closing moments of the World Cup Finals match between Brazil and Turkey June 3, 2002. Former World Player of the Year Rivaldo will learn on Wednesday whether he will be punished for his theatrics in Brazil's opening World Cup match against Turkey on Monday. The World Cup disciplinary committee had been scheduled to study Rivaldo's actions, which outraged the Turkish team, on Tuesday to see if the Brazilian was guilty of simulating a foul. FIFA had announced before the tournament that they would clamp down on any player guilty of simulation.Show moreShow less
A rainbow is seen at dawn as clouds form a tropical storm over Havana, November 20, 2009. Show moreShow less
Tourists sit in front of their Daiquiris beside a life-size bronze statue of U.S. writer Ernest Hemingway at his regular spot at The Floridita bar in Havana, July 1, 2010. The Daiquiri was the Noble-prize winning writer's usual drink when he lived in Cuba between 1940 and shortly before his death in 1961. Show moreShow less
Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sanchez, stands at the emigration control at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport February 17, 2013. Sanchez says she plans to make good use of "my victory" when she leaves on an 80-day-tour of more than a dozen countries on Sunday. Sanchez, considered Cuba's pioneer in social networking, told Reuters on Thursday that she would visit the headquarters of Google, Twitter and Facebook, and travel to Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Mexico, the United States, Spain, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic and other nations. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan Image used for illustrative purpose.Show moreShow less
A boxer rests as a Dachshund pup approaches it in Sagua La Grande, province of Santa Clara in central Cuba, July 18, 2009. Show moreShow less
A Marines of the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Fox Company "Raiders" mans a machine gun and takes cover from Iraqi fire as British artillery rounds explode during the early stage of the push into southern Iraq take control over the main port of Umm Qasr in Southern Iraq on March 21, 2003. U.S. Marines briefly raised the Stars and Stripes flag over the new port area of Umm Qasr on Friday after facing tougher than expected resistance in and around the southern Iraq port. Show moreShow less
IRAQI CHILD WEARS A HELMET FROM A MEMBER OF 15TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT (MEU) FOX COMPANY 'RAIDERS' IN NASSIRIYA.Show moreShow less
Smoke rises over the Danube river in the northern Serbian town of Novi Sad May 4, while an oil refinery burns after being repeatedly targeted by NATO air raids. Yugoslavia accused NATO of an ecology catastrophe over Serbia as the town lives under a black smoke umbrella in past week. Show moreShow less
A hotel guest looks out from a broken window of the besieged Trident-Oberoi Hotel in in Mumbai November 28, 2008. Guests trapped by Islamist militants in a luxury hotel were being evacuated room by room on Friday as the end of a siege appeared imminent, while commandos stormed a nearby Jewish centre where Israeli hostages were held. Show moreShow less
A fighting bull attack a wooden barrier as it charges through central Pamplona during the fifth bull run of the San Fermin festival on July 11, 2002. A pack of six fighting bulls runs through the centre of the town to the bullring every morning during the week long festival made popular by US writer Ernest Hemingway. Show moreShow less
An Indian soldier walks in front a government building on fire after an attack in Srinagar April 6, 2005. Militants attacked and set on fire on Wednesday the heavily guarded complex housing passengers due to take a historic bus across divided Kashmir, witnesses said. Show moreShow less
A dog rests under a Soviet Sau-100 tank, used by former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in 1961, displayed in Havana August 24, 2009. Show moreShow less
A building receives tank fire from U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) tanks beside the port of Umm-Qasr in southern Iraq on March 23, 2003 as pockets of Republican Guard resistance remain in a residential area beside the port. Some U.S. soldiers are missing in the fighting in Iraq and possibly being held as prisoners, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday. Show moreShow less
A U.S. Marine from the Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) sleeps under a painting of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the VIP lounge of the port of Umm-Qasr in Southern Iraq on March 24, 2003. A defiant President Saddam Hussein said on Monday invaders sent to topple him were trapped in Iraq after five days of war, but the U.S. commander of the invasion said his forces were closing in fast on Baghdad. Show moreShow less
Tibetan exiles hold the "Tibetan Olympics 2008" torch during a symbolic relay in the northern hill town of Dharamsala May 22, 2008. A handful of exiled Tibetans in India began competing on Thursday in what they said were the "Tibetan Olympics", an event high on symbolism meant to mock China, the host of the real Summer Games in August. Show moreShow less
A street entertainer waits for tourists in Havana October 10, 2009. Show moreShow less
A Ukrainian girl, Olga, 2, victim of the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster in Chernobyl, walks with a Cuban physiotherapist at the Pediatric Hospital in Tarara, outside Havana, March 23, 2010. For the past 20 years, Cuba has been providing free health treatment to around 24,000 child victims of the Chernobyl explosion in Ukraine. Image used for illustrative purposesShow moreShow less
Festival revelers engage in the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight August 23, 2000 in Bunyol in eastern Spain. Some 12 tonnes of tomatoes are used in this fight which attracts thousands of visitors to the village of Bunyol.Show moreShow less
A vintage car drives by a mural showing Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro (R), national hero Jose Marti and revolution leader Che Guevara (L) in Havana August 13, 2009. Castro marked his 83rd birthday on Thursday with a gloomy warning about the global economic crisis, which is hitting his country hard, and a vow to "carry on." Show moreShow less
Indian army soldiers take position during a gun battle at the Taj Mahal hotel (seen in the background) in Mumbai November 29, 2008. Operations by Indian commandos to dislodge Islamist militants at Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel ended on Saturday, Indian television channels quoted officials as saying. The hotel came under heavy gunfire and flames leaped out of the building shortly before the announcement. Show moreShow less
A Fatah supporter attends a rally marKing the 36th anniversary of its foundation in Gaza December 31, 2000. The separate killings of the son of anti-Arab rabbi Meir Kahane and a senior official of the Palestinian Fatah faction on Sunday raised fears of revenge attacks that could seal the fate of a last-gasp U.S. peace bid. Show moreShow less
Libyan President Muamar Gaddafi (2R) speaks to reporters beside the acquitted man of the Lockerbie airliner bombing trial, Al-Amin Khalifa Fahima (2R) in Tripoli, February 1, 2001. Gaddafi said on Thursday he had evidence that a Libyan secret agent jailed for life for the Lockerbie airliner bombing was innocent. A special Scottish court set up in the Netherlands sentenced Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, 49, to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering 270 people in the Lockerbie airliner bombing over Scotland in 1988.Show moreShow less
British troops with the 6 Supply Regiment Royal Logistic Corps remain in their positions wearing respirators during a nerve gas attack simulation in Camp Fox in the desert in Kuwait on February 28, 2003. The 6 Regiment is a multifunctional group that provides all logistical support to the British force deployed in Kuwait. Show moreShow less
Iraqi civilians caught in crossfire are attended by a medic from the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit Fox Company "Raiders" as they push into southern Iraq to take control of the main port of Umm Qasr on March 21, 2003. US and British ground forces launched assaults into Iraq in a bid to topple Saddam Hussein. Show moreShow less
A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE WOMAN CARRIES A WATER CONTAINER ON HER HEAD IN KHAN YOUNIS REFUGEE CAMP IN THE GAZA STRIP. A Palestinian refugee woman carries a water container on her head in the Khan Younis refugee camp near the Kefar Yam Jewish settlement on the Meditterranean sea in the south of the Gaza strip November 12, 2001. Israeli troops killed a Palestinian militant in a raid on a West Bank village on Monday, a day after Israel said it was delaying withdrawal from two Palestinian towns reoccupied last month. At least 702 Palestinians and 188 Israelis have been killed in more than a year of violence.Show moreShow less
Lightning is seen during a storm over Havana June 17, 2013. The storm was caused by Tropical Depression 2 which formed on Monday in the western Caribbean Sea, off Belize, according to NASA weather reports.Show moreShow less
School children play with their teacher during recess at Martires de Tarara primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. Show moreShow less
Tribute to Desmond Boylan
A selection of images taken by former Reuters photographer Desmond Boylan, who passed away this week.