Red Shirt supporters of deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra taking a rest in the early morning in Bangkok.

Visitors riding the rollercoaster on the opening day of Southeast Asia's first Universal Studios theme park, part of the US$4.4bn Resorts World Sentosa complex in Singapore.

An asthma sufferer resting at the Khewra salt mine in Khewra, some 160km southeast of Islamabad, Pakistan.

Elephants from the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus stopping near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, as they parade through the town.

Designed by WAM Architect, the Inntel Hotel Amsterdam Zaandam in Zaandam, the Netherlands, has a facade appearing to consist of traditional Dutch houses.

People renting power assisted bicycles at a "solar parking lot," a new initiative set up by Setagaya ward with Sanyo, near the railway station in Setagaya ward, Tokyo.

The Angels Flight Railway, for the first time in more than nine years, resumes ferrying passengers up and down Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles, California.

Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia plays against Kenichi Tago of Japan in the final of the men's singles during the All England Open Badminton Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, central England, on March 14, 2010.

Hot air balloons fly in the sky in Keila on March 12, 2010 during the hot air balloon competition Up Viser Cup which runs from March 11 to March 14.

Detail of the water bed of the lake at the Las Canoas dam in Las Canoas community, some 50 km northwest of Managua - a region affected by a severe drought that is ravaging parts of Nicaragua, on March 11, 2010.