The Day in Photos

Terrorists? she said. You should check upstairs. And by the way guys, you're doing a great job here. Can I just say that?

Marv and Dave just weren't sure what to make of these people any more.




‘The superglued dentures smile. Works every time,’ thought Mc Cain.




‘One clap and he winks. Two claps and he invades Iraq. Let’s crank it up,’ thought Dick Cheney. ‘Let’s see what happens with three claps.’



Initially, it had been the kiss of life for the McCain campaign.




'Don’t get me started on Air Force One. I'm going bring so much change with that baby.'

With that, the Illinois Senator made a whoosing noise to illustrate the speed and sound of change.



Designer Natasha Glazkova embraces burka chic, empowering women in the process.




The Celtic Tiger awoke, startled. Three months had passed since it could remember anything. Where am I? it thought.

Rifle seized by Americans in Iraq

After months of talks, US and Iraqi officials had reached agreement on a pact that would require US forces to withdraw from Iraq by 2011. But all this could now change with the discovery of a rifle (pictured above) in Mosul, 390 km north of Baghdad.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is considering a draft deal with Iraq that would provide a new legal basis to keep American forces there after a UN mandate expires on December 31st, the Pentagon has said.

The rifle ‘goes a long way to showing that the threat to the United States is far from neutralised,’ Lt. Gen. David Petraeus told the Senate Armed Services Committee today. The situation in Iraq is still dire,’ he said.