<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/09/kayakers_bow_river.jpg"><h2>Kayakers on the Bow River in Calgary</h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday 21 August 2010</span><br><br>Crowds watch from the banks as kayakers escort hundreds of illuminated spheres released as part of a celebration on the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta.<br><br>Photo credit: Canadian Press/Larry MacDougal<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/09/canine_lifeguards.jpg"><h2>Canine lifeguards</h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday 23 August 2010</span><br><br>Dogs from the Italian School of Canine Lifeguards perform a makeshift rescue operation at an international lifeguard meeting in Winterbach, Germany. Unlike their human counterparts, these lifedogs can easily jump from helicopters and speeding boats to reach swimmers in need of a rescue. <br><br>Photo credit: AP Photo/Courtesy of Italian School of Canine Lifeguards<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/09/Vladimir_Putin.jpg"><h2>Vladimir Putin</h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday 24 August 2010</span><br><br>Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second from left, drives a boat while on a trip around Siberia and the Far East. He has been trying a little bit too hard to show he's a 'man's man' by shooting whales with a dart gun as part of an effort to collect skin samples for scientific research. <br><br>Photo credit: AP Photo/Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/09/US_customs_speedboat.jpg"><h2>US customs speedboat.</h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday 25 August 2010</span><br><br>US border agents patrol from a speedboat off the coast of San Diego. The 400-square-mile ocean expanse, stretching from a bullring on the shores of Tijuana, Mexico, to suburban Los Angeles, is the new frontier for illegal immigrants entering the United States.<br><br>Photo credit: AP Photo/Chris Carlson<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2011/09/burning_dragon_boat.jpg"><h2>Burning dragon boat</h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday 25 August 2010</span><br><br>A burning dragon-shape boat, loaded with firecrackers and fireworks, is ignited for dedication to the spirits of ancestors on the Kitakami river. <br><br>Photo credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images<br>
