AFP April 2011

Close-up of two gold bars

Close-up of two gold bars

Close-up of 100 euro and 100 dollar bills

Close-up of 100 euro and 100 dollar bills

Close-up of 100 euro and 100 dollar bills

Close-up of 100 euro and 100 dollar bills

Close-up of 100 euro and 100 dollar bills

France, Paris, tops of buildings

France, Paris, building fa?ades

Ukraine, Kiev, soldiers wearing Soviet Army uniform marching during Victory Day military parade rehearsal

France, Burgundy, Charolles, Charolais cattle

France, Burgundy, Charolles, Charolais cattle

France, Burgundy, Charolles, Charolais cattle

France, Bourg en Bresse prison, corridor

France, Bourg en Bresse prison, detainees in corridor

France, Bourg en Bresse prison, detainee sitting in his holding cell

France, Bourg en Bresse prison, detainees walking in courtyard

Man carrying rubber rings on the beach, view from above

France, Bourg en Bresse prison, detainee doing sport

France, Bourg en Bresse prison, detainee doing sport

France, French Riviera, Nice, stormy sea

France, Paris, general view with Pantheon mausoleum and Eiffel Tower in background

Northern France, Boulogne-sur-Mer, a worker sets up scaffolding to display a 800 m2 portrait of French football player Franck Ribery

Bulgaria, Patalenitsa, man preparing a fire to roast lambs on spits, a traditional activity on St George?'s day

Romania, Bucharest, worker fixing communications cables on a pole

Greece, Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon temple, tourist reading a book

Greece, Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon temple, tourist reading a book

South Africa, Cape Town, general view of the Hout Bay harbour covered in mist

South Africa, Cape Town, general view of the Hout Bay harbour covered in mist

A girl gathering flowers of rapeseed (brassica napus) in a field

Georgia, Tbilisi, downtown

Georgia, Tbilisi, downtown

South Africa, Port Elizabeth beach, couple walking on an abandoned pier

Greek flag on cloudy sky

Greece, Athens, Acropolis at sunset

Greece, Athens, temple of Parthenon atop the Acropolis hill

Burundi, Nyanza Lac, young traditional drummer

Burundi, Nyanza Lac, traditional dancers

Burundi, Nyanza Lac, dancer wearing a traditional head dress

South Africa, children of the Alexandra township of Johannesburg celebrating winning their football match

French national football team during a training session

France, French Riviera, Nice, patch of mist covering the city

Austria, Tyrol, Seefeld, rainbow over church

Ethiopia, man reading the bible before a mass at the St. Raphael Coptic Orthodox church in Entoto

Portugal football players in a training session

Silhouettes of two photographers with long lenses

Boy flying a kite

Close-up of dog?'s face

Italy, Rome, Vatican, view of the dome of Saint Peter Basilica

Central France, Burgundy, Nuits-Saint-Georges, man checking his blackcurrant field (intended for production of a new spice Poivre de Cassis)