The week through the water #004

This Week Trough The Water is particularly rich. Obviously the Beijing Olympics gets the lion's share. Enjoy last seven days Reuters pictures related to water


Michael Phelps of the U.S. competes in the men's 400m individual medley swimming final at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 10, 2008.
REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay


A boy swims in the river Drim near the city of Struga, Macedonia, August 09, 2008 as temperatures soared to 38 degrees Celsius (100 degree Fahrenheit).
REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski


Members of Spain's synchronised swimming team attend practice at the National Aquatics Centre, also known as the Water Cube, ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 7, 2008. Picture taken with a fisheye lens underwater.
REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay


A gondolier cools off in 32 degree Celsius (90 degree Fahrenheit) temperature by sitting in a garden chair in the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, August 5, 2008.
REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri


People sunbath at a beach near a port in Berdyansk at the Azov Sea, Ukraine, August 6, 2008.
REUTERS/Valery Belokryl


A boy cools off in the Dambovita river during a hot day in Bucharest August 5, 2008. Temperatures reached 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) in Romania's capital, local media reported.
REUTERS/Mihai Barbu


A man braves strong winds and heavy rains under a tropical typhoon attack in front of Olympics decoration on the Hong Kong waterfront August 6, 2008. Hong Kong will hold the equestrian events of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games which start on August 8.
REUTERS/Bobby Yip


Laure Manaudou of France swims during practice at the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube, ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 5, 2008.
REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach


U.S. President George W. Bush is reflected in a rain puddle during a refuel stop at Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska, before continuing on for a three-nation tour of Asia, August 4, 2008.
REUTERS/Larry Downing


Farmers take water from a tanker during a rally to protest against the anti-farmer policies by the Indian government and demanded total waiver of agricultural loans in New Delhi, August 4, 2008.
REUTERS/Parth Sanyal


A boy takes cover as waves splash against a breakwater in Navotas City in Manila August 4, 2008. A tropical depression dubbed locally as "Julian" was located an estimated 75 miles northwest of the northern Philippine province of Cagayan with maximum winds of 55 kph near the center, dumping rains and causing flash floods in most northern provinces of the country and in the capital Manila.
REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco


Revellers play in the mud during the Woodstock Festival in Kostrzyn-upon-Odra River, close to the Polish and German border, August 3, 2008.
REUTERS/Kacper Pempel


Anti-government demonstrators throw water at supporters of President Evo Morales during a campaign rally in Santa Cruz, August 3, 2008. Morales and a group of opposition governors will face a recall vote on August 10 that the leftist leader proposed last year in a bid to undermine right-wing opponents who have challenged his economic and constitutional reforms.
REUTERS/Carlos Hugo Vaca


Hugo Parisi of Brazil dives from the 10m platform during a practice session for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 4, 2008.
REUTERS/Sergio Moraes


Athletes paddle during a training session for the Beijing 2008 Olympics on a hazy day in Beijing August 4, 2008.
REUTERS/Darren Whiteside


A competitor falls from an obstacle bridge during the 56th annual 'Teichfahren' (pond-cycling) event in the former eastern German village of Bischdorf, some 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of Berlin, August 3, 2008. Around 40 people took part in the traditional Bischdorf fun race on Sunday, which was hosted by the local youth association.
REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz


A woman cooks inside her flooded house in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad August 9, 2008. India's June-September monsoon rains have revived across the country and are expected to be normal, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters on Friday. The weather office had forecast a normal monsoon but some areas in western and southern regions have faced dry spells while others saw excess rains.
REUTERS/Stringer/india


Brazil's Cesar Castro prepares to dive during a training session at the National Aquatics Centre ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 3, 2008.
REUTERS/Sergio Perez

The week through the water #003

Another Week through the water. Last seven days through Reuters "wet" pictures:


Local residents crowd a swimming pool during hot weather in Suining, Sichuan province, China, July 27, 2008. The local temperature reached 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday, local media reported.
REUTERS/Stringer


Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (3rd L) visits a settlement affected by floods in the Ivano-Frankivsk region July 27, 2008. Floods described by a senior government official as the worst in a century have killed 13 people in western Ukraine and four in neighboring Romania, officials said on Sunday.
REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/pool


Canada's Geoff Kabush sprays water on his face after the men's UCI Mountain Bike World Cup cross-country competition at Mount Ste-Anne in Beaupre, Canada, July 27, 2008.
REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger


A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur, Bangladesh, July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
REUTERS/Andrew Biraj


Soldiers from South Korea's Special Warfare Command participate in an exercise before their colleagues' infiltration operation drill during a photo call on a beach in Boryeong, about 118 miles southwest of Seoul, July 29, 2008.
REUTERS/Lee Jae Won


A woman and her children take shelter from floodwaters in the attic of their house in the village of Siretu, about 200 miles north of Bucharest, Romania, July 28, 2008.
REUTERS/Mihai Barbu


A man carries a child through a flooded street in the village of Siretu, about 200 miles north of Bucharest, Romania, July 28, 2008.
REUTERS/Mihai Barbu


Paramilitary policemen help a child escape danger as Typhoon Fung-Wong hits a levee in Wenling, Zhejiang province, July 28, 2008. Typhoon Fung-Wong had weakened into a tropical storm by Tuesday after it struck the east coast of China overnight, forcing mass evacuations and threatening the region with torrential rains and landslides.
REUTERS/China Daily


Ducks walk near the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, at the Olympic Green in Beijing, July 30, 2008.
REUTERS/Joe Chan


A view of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, with colourful lights is seen at the Olympic Green in Beijing July 29, 2008. The Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, athletics and football final will be staged at the National Stadium during the Beijing Olympic Games.
REUTERS/Claro Cortes Iv

The week through the water #002

After a long break I start again with The week through the water presenting you just a bunch of photograph from Reuters desribing the last seven days with images somehow related to water:


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A tourist uses his binoculars at Bagdad beach, some 38 km (23.6 miles) from the border city of Matamoros, prior to predicted arrival of Tropical storm Dolly July 21, 2008. Tropical Storm Dolly churned toward southern Texas on Monday, and forecasters said they expected it to grow into a hurricane before hitting land near the Mexican border later this week.
REUTERS/Tomas Bravo


A man tries to extinguish a fire at an industrial packaging company in Lagos, Nigeria, July 22, 2008.
REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye


The National Olympic Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, is lit by coloured lights at the Olympic Green in Beijing July 23, 2008.
REUTERS/Jason Lee


Strong winds caused by Hurricane Dolly strike palm trees and cars in Matamoros July 23, 2008.
REUTERS/Tomas Bravo


Center court is seen photographed through a window covered in water droplets during a rain delay at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto, July 23, 2008.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch


A family make their way on a flooded street during a rainstorm in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province July 23, 2008.
REUTERS/China Daily


Anthony Tashnick of the U.S. gets airborne during the 2008 Big Wave Africa surfing event held at Dungeons Reef off Cape Town's Hout Bay, July 26, 2008. The event features 24 international and local big wave surfers taking on the reef's 7 metre swells. South Africa's Twiggy Baker won the event. (SOUTH AFRICA)
REUTERS/ Mike Hutchings / Reuters

The week through the water #001

Pedestrians walk past a waterfall cascading down a pane of glass at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas

In my continuous research of everything is happening in the world related to water, I check pictures from the news agencies many times a day, so, from now on, I'll post every monday (well, don't take this periodicity too seriously...) a pictorial journey through what has happened in our world in the last week. Through the eyes of excellent photographers and with the common thread of water(or its lack). This is the first issue, hope you like it, if so say thanks to REUTERS and to the credited photographers.
Enjoy.


People enjoy the sun in the futuristically designed 'Badeschiff' (Pool ship) on the Spree river in Berlin June 1, 2008. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele



Police use a water cannon to disperse protesters from the Gujjar community in New Delhi June 1, 2008. Hundreds of protesters from the Gujjar community on Sunday protested to press their demand for Scheduled Tribe status, which will entitle them to government jobs and college seats. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi



A blindfolded Palestinian, detained during an Israeli military operation in Gaza, spits out water given to him by an Israeli soldier near Kibbutz Kissufim June 1, 2008. REUTERS/Yehuda Lahiani




Members of the dance company "Sasha Waltz & Guests" of Germany perform underwater during a rehearsal for their production of Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas", at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen



A sign pointing to a residential garage is reflected in flood waters after the nearby river Gobela burst its banks on Sunday morning during torrential rainfall in Getxo, about 10 km (6 miles) from Bilbao, June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Vincent West



A man steers a makeshift raft through a flooded street at a village in Kalenimulla, Colombo, June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi



A boy jumps from the 10 meters platform in a public swimming pool in Berlin June 3, 2008. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele



Garden designer Marney Hall is reflected in a puddle as she takes delivery of an oak carved figure of the lion from the Disney film "Chronicles of Narnia" in Birmingham, central England June 3, 2008. This image has been rotated 180 degrees. REUTERS/Darren Staples



Horses hooves are seen in the muddy track of Belmont Park during morning workouts in Elmont, New York, June 4, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton



Italian fishing boats lie moored during a protest against the price of fuel in Venice June 4, 2008. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri



A giant fork sculpture, created in 1995 by Swiss artists Jean-Pierre Zaugg and Georges Favre, is pictured on the shores of Lake Leman in front of the Alimentarium, the Food Museum, in Vevey June 4, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse



A wholesaler checks the quality of yellowfin tuna laid out in rows during an auction at Katsuura Fishing Port in Nachi-Katsuura Town, central Japan June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato



Pedicab drivers push their pedicabs through a flooded street near the coastal area in north Jakarta early June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi



Refugees from Sudan's western Darfur region gather water from a well at Djabal camp near Gos Beida in eastern Chad, June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Finbarr O'reilly



Children run on a dried lakebed in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer/india



A man wades through flood waters after heavy rains in Hong Kong's Sheung Wan district June 7, 2008. REUTERS/Victor Fraile



Residents stand near protected support columns of a Chengdu-Baoji Railway bridge, which spans over the Fujiang River, which is connected to the Tangjiashan quake lake, in Fucheng district of Mianyang, Sichuan Province June 7, 2008. Chinese troops began easing pressure on the dangerously swollen "quake lake" on Saturday, with water gushing into a man-made sluice in an operation monitored by satellite. REUTERS/Jason Lee



A train moves through a flooded track after heavy rains in India's financial capital Mumbai June 7, 2008. The monsoon usually covers the entire country by mid-July, and provides the main source of water for agriculture, which contributes around 17 percent to India's GDP. Good rains have helped Asia's third-largest economy to grow 9 percent in the past three years. REUTERS/© Punit Paranjpe / Reuters



People are hit by waves from the Arabian Sea crashing on a seawall in Mumbai June 7, 2008. REUTERS/© Arko Datta / Reuters