World in Pictures
图话世界
Photo source:ImagineChina

	Artist lives in a nest 布鲁塞尔艺术家搭建鸟巢安居 Artist Benjamin Verdonck will spend one week in a giant bird's nest attached to the administrative center of Brussels, May 4.
	Robot soccer competition 大阪举行机器人足球公开赛 The Robot Cup Japan Open 2004 Osaka, a robot soccer competition, opened in Osaka May 1. About 170 teams from universities and businesses joined the four-day event aimed at promoting robot technology.
	HiFly parade carnival 新加坡水上狂欢节开锣 Giant inflatable balloons of cartoon characters parade along the Singapore waterfront during the HiFly parade carnival May 8 in Singapore. Giant balloons from the Hollywood Christmas Parade, Denver Parade of Lights and Holiday Bowl Parade have flown into Singapore for the Inaugural HiFly carnival, which will be displayed along the Singapore river till May 16.
	France celebrates World War II victory 法国庆祝反法西斯战争胜利59周年 Soldiers take position at the Arc de Triumph before ceremonies marking the end of World War II, May 8 in Paris.
	Chinese terracota on show in Barcelona 秦始皇兵马俑巴塞罗那展出 Chinese terracota warriors from Xi'an stand in an exhibition space in Barcelona, May 3. The warriors from the Qin and Han Dynasties are in Barcelona as a temporary exhibition to coincide with the Barcelona Forum 2004.
	Blast in Chechen 车臣首都体育馆发生爆炸车臣总统遇难 A television grab from Russian NTV shows people run after a blast rocked a Grozny stadium, May 9 during celebrations for Victory Day. At least 32 people were killed in the blast that rocked a packed stadium in the Chechen capital Grozny, ITAR-TASS news agency quoted local officials as saying so. Officials told Russian news agencies and AFP that the blast killed Akhmad Kadyrov, the Chechen pro-Moscow leader.

World in Words
话外音

"I'm also sorry because people are then able to say, look how terrible America is. But this isn't America, that's not - Americans are appalled at what happened. We're a generous people. I don't think a lot of people understand that. "
US President George Bush apologizes for the torture of Iraqi prisoners in an interview with Al-Ahram Weekly.
"我也感到很抱歉,因为人们就会说,瞧,美国多恐怖啊. 但是,这并不是美国. 美国人民也对所发生的事情感到震惊. 我们是一个慷慨的民族. 我认为很多人都不理解这点. "
- 美国总统乔治·布什在接受埃及<Al-Ahram周刊>采访时,对伊拉克战俘受到虐待一事件表示道歉.

"The work is a means of stimulating thought and discussion since each of us can see whatever he wants in it, but anyone is free to turn his head if he does not want to look at art or reality."
Said Cattelan, a 44-year-old artist from Italy, who designed an artwork of lifelike plastic dummies of three children hanged in nooses on a tree in Milan. A man who thought it was "aesthetic torture" tried to cut down the dummies, but fell from the tree and was in hospital.
"这件作品能够引起人们思考和讨论,因为每个人都可以从中看到他想要的. 但是,无论是谁,如果他不想欣赏艺术或是正视现实,他都可以扭头不看. "
- 44岁的意大利艺术家卡泰兰设计了一件奇特的作品,三个逼真的塑料假人头套绳索吊在米兰市的一棵树上. 一男子认为该作品是"艺术折磨",于是爬上树上将作品取下,但不慎从树上摔下来而进了医院.

"We are thrilled with the sales. As we saw in the sale on Thursday, bidders were aggressive and ready to buy at every level."
Picasso's masterpiece "Boy With a Pipe" (1905), became the most expensive painting ever sold and shattered the world record for an artwork at auction, selling for 104.2 million dollars.
"我们对该作品的销售情况也感到震惊. 从周四的情况看来,拍卖很激烈,竞拍者不管价格如何都愿意购买. "
- 毕加索的杰作<拿烟斗的男孩>(1905年)以1.042亿美元的天价拍卖成功,创下了油画拍卖史新高.