World in Pictures
Photo source: ImagineChina

	Singapore Youth Festival 新加坡欢庆该国青年节 A marching band percussioner's face is reflected in her cymbals Saturday, July 3, in Singapore where 60,000 school children gathered to celebrate the Singapore Youth Festival.
	Star Festival greeting 日本上演米老鼠版的牛郎织女 Mickey and Minnie Mouse, who play Altair the Cowherd and Vega the Weaver, wave to spectators from the float to celebrate Tanabata or the Star Festival at the Tokyo Disneyland July 1 for the special event "Star Festival Greeting", which will be carried on through July 7. In Japanese legend the two lovers, the star Altair and Vega, who are separated by the Milky Way on most days of the year, meet just once a year on July 7.
	Greece won Euro 2004 欧锦赛希腊创造神话 Theodoros Zagorakis of Greece raises the trophy after Greece beat Portugal 1-0 in the Euro 2004 soccer championship final match at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Sunday, July 4.
	American Independence Day 布什发表独立日演讲 US President George W. Bush addresses an Independence Day celebration in front of the State Capitol July 4 in Charleston, West Virginia. Bush marked American Independence Day with a speech in West Virginia, a state with a strong military history but considered a toss-up with his Democratic rival John Kerry.
	Animal arts 俄罗斯"动物作画"展 A pig called Malevich paints in downtown Moscow July 1 as a group of Moscow artists present "Animal Arts" demonstrating animal's painting skills. A pig, a crow and snails took part in the performance.
	World record for tattooing non－stop 澳大利亚一文身大师打破世界纪录 Melbourne tattooist Greg Hine (L) inspects his work on Damien Ovchynik (R) July 1 after breaking a world record by tattooing non-stop for 40 hours finishing June 27 in Melbourne. Hine beat the last record by more than seven hours set in London last year.
	Librie electronic book 索尼推出电子书 引领便携阅读新潮流 Sony Corp. employee Yuka Komatsu reads the Japanese novel "Botchan" on the Librie electronic book at a Sony office in Tokyo. The 190 gram Librie, which measures 19 centimeters by 13 centimeters, looks so surprisingly close to real easy-on-the-eyes paper that it has potential to grow into a handy option for portable reading if the device ever catches on enough to generate a satisfying selection of things to read.

World in Words
Collected and translated by Beverly

"I look up from my desk out my window. It was filled with the World Trade Center, and now the sky is empty."
A design by Frederic Schwartz that features two stainless-steel walls and beams of light, has won the competition for New Jersey's Sept. 11 memorial. The name of the design is "Empty Sky".
"以前我从窗户望出去可以看到世贸大厦,但是现在天空只剩下一片空旷. "
-曼哈顿建筑师弗雷德里克·施瓦兹的作品在新泽西州的9.11纪念碑设计大赛中拔得头筹. 该作品主要由两堵不锈钢墙配以两柱光束构成,作品的名称为"空旷的天空".
"This carriage can be considered a precursor of mobile automations and perhaps, indeed, the first computer, in fact, ever built in Western civilization."
In a museum in Florence, scientists have unveiled what they consider to be the first definitive version of a vehicle designed by Leonardo da Vinci more than 500 years ago.
"这辆车可以被看作是现代汽车的先驱,或者-事实上也的确是-第一台电脑也是西方文明社会所建造的. "
-意大利佛罗伦萨的博物馆里展示着一款依据500多年前达·芬奇的设计而建造的木制车,科学家们认为这是现代交通工具最早的雏形.
"They're [the games] cute and nice, and people will send them to each other, but they're not going to capture their imagination because that populace will recognize that the culture that's creating these games isn't a natural Net culture. It's a typical political machine using it to showcase itself."
US Democrats and Republicans are arming themselves with a new campaign tool: the online video game.
"这些游戏很可爱也很好玩,将会广泛流行开来,但它们不可能剥夺人们的想像力,因为大家都清楚这些游戏的出现并不是源于单纯的网络文化. 这是典型的政治机器,是用来作秀的. "
-美国总统大选临近,民主党人和共和党人再出新招:线上游戏.
"The French are eager to come to Iran. It is the only major place in the Middle East to invest because the other countries are more or less in a revolutionary or pre-revolutionary situation."
Undeterred by the shortcomings of the country's commercial climate, French companies have been increasing their presence in the country in the last few years.
"伊朗现在成了法国人的投资热土,因为它是中东地区惟一值得投资的大地方,而其他国家要么正是战乱,要么处于战前状态. "
-虽然伊朗的经济并不十分景气,但近年来,法国公司纷纷加大对该国的投资.