A boy takes a break from shoveling mud as he cleans his house swamped with mud from flash floods triggered by Typhoon Washi in Iligan city, southern Philippines. (Reuters)

Residents shelter in an evacuation center following Friday's flash flooding brought about by Tropical storm Washi in Iligan city, southern Philippines. (AP)

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with a Soyuz TMA-03M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off from the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. (AP)

A photo provided by the National Forensic Science Institute shows a giant metallic ball of 1,1 metre in diameter weighing some 6 kilograms that fell out of the sky on a remote grassland in Namibia, prompting baffled authorities to contact NASA and the European space agency. (AFP)

A beggar is wrapped in a blanket in Milan, Italy. (AP)

Romanian honor guard soldiers are reflected in a puddle during a religious service at the Hero's Cemetery in Bucharest. (AP)

Filipino cadets dance during the 76th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in suburban Quezon city, Metro Manila. (AP)

A general view of the Aspire Zone hall during the men's final handball game between Qatar and Egypt at the Arab Games 2011 in Doha. (Reuters)

A seven month old female baby koala, as yet unnamed, holds onto a toy koala as she is weighed at Duisburg Zoo, Germany. (AP)

A day-old white lion cub lies next to his mother Sumba in their enclosure at Belgrade's Zoo. (Reuters)