Sunday, July 5, 2009

THE WEEK THAT WAS IN PICTURES



A couple stands amid breaking waves along the seafront promenade as monsoon season arrives in Mumbai


Brazilian midfielder Kaka waves to over 50,000 Real Madrid supporters during his official presentation at the Santiago Bernabeu


Competitors above Chabre hill during the 17th FAI World Hang Gliding Championships in Laragne-Monteglin, France.


Swimmers take part in the annual Black Sheep Henley Swim in Henley-on-Thames. The annual event started 7 years ago when a couple of ex-rowers decided that it would be nice to swim up the Henley Royal Regatta course (2.2km) during the Sunday before the regatta starts. Since then the event has grown in size. An unusual feature of the race is the early start, contestants walk to the head of the course in darkness at 4.00am with a start time as the sun rises at 4.30am


Supporters of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya protest against the coup d'etat in the surroundings of the presidential house in Tegucigalpa. Zelaya was arrested on Sunday by troops who surrounded his home ahead of a controversial constitutional referendum, Zelaya's private secretary Enrique Reina said


An aerial view displaying wreckage following a collision between two passenger trains at Chenzhou railway station in Hunan Province, China. Reports state that 3 people are believed to have died with sixty left injured.


18-meter 'Gundam' is being installed at Shiohama Park in Tokyo. The hero robot of the popular animation series 'Gundam' is being built to mark the 30th anniversary of TV broadcasting and to support Tokyo's 2016 Olympic bid


Music fans start to leave the Glastonbury Festival. After four days of live music at what has become one of Europe's largest festival, the majority of the 137,000 festival goers have the site in Somerset.


Tennis fans sunbathe beside a television screen showing action on Centre Court featuring Serena Williams of the US against and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus during a Womens Quarter Final match on the eighth day of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Photo: Getty Images

Tennis fans sunbathe beside a television screen showing action on Centre Court featuring Serena Williams of the US against and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus during a Womens Quarter Final match on the eighth day of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


France's Amelie Mauresmo (Foreground) plays against Russia's Dinara Safina under a closed roof on Centre Court on the seventh day of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Photo: Getty Images

France's Amelie Mauresmo (Foreground) plays against Russia's Dinara Safina under a closed roof on Centre Court on the seventh day of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


Cheng Peng Hsieh of Chinese Taipei serves during the boy's singles first round match against Johannes Robert van Overbeek of USA on Day Seven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships. Photo: Getty Images

Cheng Peng Hsieh of Chinese Taipei serves during the boy's singles first round match against Johannes Robert van Overbeek of USA on Day Seven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships.



Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro jumps over the net as he over-runs for a ball against Australia's Lleyton Hewitt











2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Ocho-Onda,

Lovely pics as usual - thanks! Wonder if you read an article in THE GUARDIAN called "Keep on eyes on the balls and not the belles" which was about the warped state of photography during the Wimbledon?

Take care...I am trying to cope with cold turkey reaction with the death of my laptop...*sighs*

Have a nice day.

ocho-onda said...

It could also be " Keep eyes on the balls and not on the beaus " ha, ha.
You will feel better - just go out and buy a better laptop, to console yourself, lol.
Cheers