World News in Pictures

[Mr Lick]

FA Cup - Stoke v West ham





Robert Huth heads home from a Rory Delap throw to put Stoke one up



Frederic Piquionne examines the ball with almost the full length of his arm before scrambling it over the line for the equaliser



The ref's not permitted to see a replay of events so the cheating londoners goal stands



Payback immediately after the break when former hammer, Etherington is felled by the invisible man. Penalty! Rob Green saves cheating Etherington's spot kick so plenty of payback in this game.



Danny Higginbottom (you can get RSI typing his name) takes a free kick and much to his and everyones surprise the ball crosses the line in the 63rd minute to give Stoke City a 2-1 lead.



Our Danny's a lovely boy when he's got his teeth in! His first ever goal in the FA Cup. No more score so Stoke to meet Bolton in the semi's at Wembley.

[Mr Lick]

More pics from Japan








A victim of the disaster lies on the stairs of a destroyed house in Sendai, Japan, March 13.



In a picture released by the Japanese Defense Agency on March 13, sixty-year-old survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa, right, is shown as crew members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Aegis vessel Choukai sail to rescue him, about 9.3 miles (15 km) off Fukushima prefecture. The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer rescued Shinkawa after discovering him floating on a piece of roof in waters off Fukushima Prefecture two days after the disaster struck. The man, from the city of Minamisoma which has been virtually obliterated, was swept out along with his house after the massive tsunami tore into Japan's northeast following a 8.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday.

[Mr Lick]

6 Nations Rugby - England 22 Scotland the brave 16



Croft goes over for England





Mike Tindall lifts the Calcutta Cup following it's presentation by his future Mother-in-Law, Anne, Queen of Scotland

One more match against the paddy's to come. First grand Slam since 2003?

Scotland did well against the english and maybe we should expect more of the same when we meet the Irish.

[Mr Lick]

Ky. restaurant gone adrift to head back to shore




The Waterfront restaurant is held by a tugboat, March 12, in Covington, Ky. The Waterfront, a floating restaurant, broke free from its dockside mooring on the rain-swollen Ohio River, and drifted about 85 to 100 yards downriver to a towering bridge nearby but a rear mooring line held it firmly as 83 nervous dinner patrons awaited rescue

[Mr Lick]

Rain-swollen East Coast waterways slowly recede




TRENTON, N.J. — Hundreds of northern New Jersey residents faced the prospect of evacuations due to rising flood waters early Sunday, while rain-swollen waterways were slowly receding elsewhere along the East Coast, allowing dozens of other flood-weary residents to return home.

[Mr Lick]

David, Victoria Beckham expecting a baby girl




Isn't it just thrilling? With a Romeo in the family is their first girl going to become a Juliet i wonder? Mind you, with Becks currently training with Spurs it could be named Harriet after Harry Redknap. I just can't wait for July to come around, can you?

[Mr Lick]

Mel Gibson pleads no contest in battery case




In a plea deal, he was sentenced to 36 months of probation and ordered to attend 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling.

Gibson said little during the brief hearing, except to acknowledge he understood the charge and plea. He left court without talking to reporters.

Gibson, 55, was accused of striking then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva during a fight in January 2010 at the actors Malibu home. He was charged after a lengthy investigation by authorities

[Mr Lick]

More from Japan



A woman searches for her missing husband



310,000 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters

[sunsetter]

simply astonishing to look at those pictures.........

[Mr Lick]

Nick Watney wins WGC Cadillac Championship at Doral




Nick Watney overhauled fellow American Dustin Johnson to win the WGC Cadillac Championship in Florida.


Final leaderboard: -16 N Watney (US) -14 D Johnson (US) -13 A Hansen (Den), F Molinari (Ita) -12 M Kuchar (US) -11 A Scott (Aus), L Donald (Eng) -10 R Fowler (US)
Selected others: -8 T Woods (US), P Harrington (Ire), M Laird (Sco), R McIlroy (NI) -6 L Westwood (Eng), P Casey (Eng) -4 M Kaymer (Ger) +1 J Rose (Eng), G McDowell (NI) +2 I Poulter (Eng) +7 R Davies (Wal), R Fisher (Eng)

[Mr Lick]

More pics from Japan





















Another Tsunami warning is sounded in Natori City

[Mr Lick]

Supporters of Gaddafi



A shell is fired in an area which connects Russia to South Ossetia to dislodge a buildup of snow



Visitors to Lisbon fashion week pose for a photo



The cricket match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe looks a bit of a washout

[Mr Lick]

Back in Japan





A mother tries to talk to her daughter who has been isolated for signs of radiation after evacuating from the vicinity of Fukushima's nuclear plants, at a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse and isolate people with high radiation levels in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan, March 14, 2011, after a massive earthquake and tsunami that are feared to have killed more than 10,000 people.



A destroyed landscape is pictured in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 13, 2011.






Rescue workers recover a victim's body from the rubble after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck Rikuzentakata, northern Japan March 13, 2011.












A boy looks at an award certificate that he found among debris









A Japanese woman breaks down in tears after her relative died in a Japanese Red Cross hospital after being evacuated from the area

[Mr Lick]

A destroyed landscape is pictured in Otsuchi town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 14, 2011.

[Mr Lick]

Baku, Azerbaijan: A policeman detains an opposition activist during a rally



Manama, Bahrain: An anti-government protester is overcome by teargas during the continuing demonstrations



St Moritz, Switzerland: Cross-country skiers race during the Engadin ski marathon



Melbourne, Australia: Dennis Wolf, of Germany, poses during the IFBB Australian Pro Grand Prix XI pro bodybuilding show at Plenary Hall



Kolkata, India : Local youths play cricket at dusk



Havana, Cuba: People take pictures of a bride on a car on El Malecon



Itamar, West Bank: Israeli medics and Zaka volunteers at the scene where five members of an Israeli family were murdered in their West Bank settlement



Onagawa, Japan



Brega, Libya: Rebels brew tea near the frontline of their battle with government forces loyal to the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi

[Mr Lick]

Sana'a, Yemen: Anti-government protesters chew qat while taking a break from demonstrating



Manama, Bahrain: An anti-government protester flashes the victory sign at a military helicopter hovering over demonstrations



Jerusalem: Israeli mourners at the funeral of the five members of the Fogel family who were stabbed to death at their home in the West Bank settlement of Itamar



Benghazi, Libya: A boy stands next to men praying in the rebel-held town



Garmser, Afghanistan: A woman returns home following a meeting with US marine servicewomen



Ras Jdir, Tunisia: The United Nations displacement camp for people fleeing unrest in Libya



Abobo, Ivory Coast : The body of a man who was killed during a rampage by troops loyal to rogue Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo against supporters of his presidential rival Alassane Ouattara

[Mr Lick]

Crufts: the best of the show






Winner of the award for 'Most Relaxed Pose Ever' goes to this sleepy-faced Chihuahua







After the fifth can of L'Oreal Elnett was applied, Rover was starting to feel less Cheryl Cole, more Cher



OMG, matching shoes



You're kiddng, right



They also come in black



If your wrist gets too tired to hold the lead, don't worry, there's a handy metal scaffold to help you out



Jet, a Flatcoated Retriever dog and handler Jim Irvine celebrate after winning 'Best in Show'

[Mr Lick]

A member of the Japanese Self-Defence Force rescues a four-month-old girl in Ishinomaki



An aerial view of Higashimatsushima







Survivors in Ishinomaki sit around a fire waiting to be rescued



Rescue workers search for bodies below an upturned house in Natori



Rescuers run through rubble to high ground in Rikuzentakata after hearing a tsunami warning



Oil leaks from ships toppled by the tsunami in Fudai







An emergency worker spreads disinfectant powder in Miyako



Japanese medical personnel check a mother and son for radiation exposure in Kawamata

[Mr Lick]

Damilola Taylor killer returned to prison

One of two brothers convicted of killing Damilola Taylor has been returned to prison after breaching licence conditions




One of two brothers convicted of killing Damilola Taylor has been returned to prison after breaching licence conditions that were applied to him after he was released last year.
Ricky Preddie, who was jailed at the same time as his brother Danny in 2006 for the manslaughter of 10-year-old Damilola, was released in September after serving two thirds of his eight-year sentence.
He was arrested on Friday evening after he failed to conform to a curfew on a number of occasions.

Damilola, who had moved to Britain from Nigeria a few months before his death, was stabbed with a broken bottle in November 2000 as he walked to his family's home in Peckham, south London, and was found bleeding from a leg wound in a stairwell on a housing estate.

[Mr Lick]

Officers look at a Mitsubishi F-2 fighter aircraft of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force which was swept by the tsunami into a building at Matsushima base in Higashimatsushima, Iwate prefecture on Monday



A man comforts a woman as she cries in front of her damaged home in the town of Watari in Miyagi prefecture on Monday.



A joint team from the U.S. Air Force and the Marines conduct a search and rescue flight over Sendai airport on March 13 in this photo released on Monday. The team is part of the American disaster relief force in Japan



Debris covers part of a fishing port on Izushima island in Onagawacho, northern Japan on Monday






Relatives react as they reunite at each other at a shelter in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Monday.





City lights and billboards are turned off at Tokyo's Shibuya fashion district on Monday. The shutdown of several nuclear reactors has led to a shortfall in electricity supply and has made power outages necessary.



People walk along a flooded street in Ishimaki City, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan on Sunday.











A woman calls out the names of her family in the city of Soma in Miyagi prefecture on March 14.

[Mr Lick]

People carry the coffin of Ali Hassan al-Jaber during his funeral in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, March 14. The Al-Jazeera cameraman was killed in an ambush near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on March 12 while covering the fighting in Libya



Suspected government-hired mercenaries, center, are detained by rebels in Benghazi on March 13



People mourn at the funeral of a rebel killed in clashes with forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, in Bin Jawad, Benghazi, on March 13



A rebel fires a rocket-propelled grenade at pro-Gadhafi warplanes at a desert road between Agela and Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, on March 12



Libyan rebels board a bus to take them away from the front line near Brega on March 12. Opposition forces have been losing ground as government troops loyal to Gadhafi press a counter-offensive to the east



A Libyan man looks out onto a garden area from inside a destroyed palace owned by Gadhafi in the eastern town of Bayda on March 12





Certainly no flies on her

[bobo746]

quality again mr.lkeep it up

[Davis Knowlton]

Simply amazing shots, Lick. Depressing as hell, but fabulous. I don't know where you find them, or the time to caption many of them, but keep up the great work!

[misskit]

Yes, thanks, Lick. Photos from Japan are great but tend to make me tear up a bit.

[sunsetter]

anyone want to chip in for a crane and some bulldozers and go and do some work in japan? where do you start with devastation like that?

the boat on the house is well, erm how do you you sort that out?

nice work lick, yet again im parked here looking at your pics, thanks!!!