The new Justice Minister Rachida Dati answers journalists questions after the official handover ceremony, 18 May 2007 at the ministry in Paris, the day the government of French newly appointed Prime minister Francois Fillon was named. By Dominique Faget.
A transvestite smokes as she waits to catch a train at a station in Jakarta, 15 May 2007. Some three million transvestites roam around the capital of Jakarta where only five percent of them have jobs in formal sectors as the major part earn their livelihood by entertaining people in the streets. By Adek Berry/AFP/Getty.
Update: I take the photo descriptions for the Face of the Day from the captions attached to them from Getty Images. As a few readers have gamely pointed out, it seems unlikely that Jakarta has three million trannies "roaming" Jakarta. That would be one of three Jakartans (?). Or maybe it’s just that kind of place.
A Palestinian peace activist shows his fist to an Israeli soldier as he and other Israeli and foreign activists protest against the building of the controversial Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank village of Umm Salamuna south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem 11 May 2007. By Musa Al-Shaer/AFP/Getty.
Chancellor of the Exchequor Gordon Brown leaves the Houses of Parliament on May 9, 2007 in London. He’ll be prime minister by July. By Bruno Vincent/Getty.
A woman receives Umo Inc.’s "Gold Facial Treatment" as she is covered with sheets of 24-carat gold, said to be effective for anti-aging care, during the Beautyworld Japan Exhibition on May 8, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. The exhibition will run for 3 days, from May 7, focussing on the beauty and spa industries. By Junko Kimura/Getty Images.
A young boy from the ancient Samaritan sect alongside his father during moonlit prayers before dawn on the last day of their Passover celebrations on top of Mount Gerizim May 7, 2007 near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The Samaritan religion is based on four principles of faith, One God – the God of Israel, One Prophet – Moses Ben Amram, belief in the Torah – the first five books of the Hebrew bible and One Holy Place – Mount Gerizim. Despite its similarity to Judaism, the Samaritan community which numbers less than 720 people, half living at Mount Gerizim in the West Bank and the others in Holon near Tel Aviv in Israel, are not recognized as being Jewish. By David Silverman/Getty Images.
A British Soldier from the Grenadier Guards Regiment plays with the poles of a mosquito net, a location in the desert in the Garmsir District on May 6, 2007 in Southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan. British troops are in the front line of the effort to suppress the efforts of Taliban insurgents to regain control of southern Afghanistan, with the threat of a reinvigorated spring offensive from the militants looming large on the horizon. By Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images.
A participant smokes a joint during the Freedom March in central Kiev, 05 May 2007. The marchers call for the legalization of the use of marijuana and the stopping of repressions against narco-dependents in Ukraine. By Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty.
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Comey testifies during a hearing before the House Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee May 3, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to continue investigation into the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. By Alex Wong/Getty Images.
Young Indian Buddhist monks pray as they celebrate the Buddha Jayanti Festival at the Maha Bodhi Society in Bangalore, 02 May 2007. Buddha Jayanti also known as Buddha Purnima is the most sacred Buddhist festival. The Buddha Purnima Festival commemorates the 2551st birth anniversary of Buddha. Buddhists who constitute merely one percent in the predominantly Hindu India observed the day amid religious enthusiasm. By Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty.
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