Wednesday / March 21, 2007

Foto 8 de 42 | 21/03/2007 | Crédito : AP / Edición: C. Edwards

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Foto 14 de 42 | 21/03/2007 | Crédito : AFP / Edición: C. Edwards

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A portrait of Jesus Christ, found with red fluid trickling down it by Eric Nathaniel, a police radio operator, is displayed by Nathaniel at his house in Port Blair, India´s remote Andaman Islands, March 16, 2007. Thousands of people are flocking to Nathaniel´s house to pray in front of two portraits of Jesus Christ, which are said to have been "bleeding" for the past two weeks, police and witnesses said.

Frenchman Alain Robert, who scaled the landmark Petronas Twin Towers yesterday in a daredevil stunt, smiles to photographers as he is brought to a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian police today freed "Spiderman" Alain Robert after the Frenchman was detained in his second attempt to scale the nation´s Petrona Twin Towers, a top security official said.

An oracle slashes his forehead with a curved sword as a symbol of devotion while performing the "Kavu theendal" ritual during the Bharani Festival in Kodungaloor, about 25km (16 miles) from Trichur, in the southern Indian state of Kerala. "Kavu theendal", or polluting the temple, is the climax of the festival, when hundred of devotees storm the temple complex, brandishing ceremonial swords. The festival commemorates goddess Bradrakaali´s victory over the demon Daarika.