Statue's missing ear

This photo taken after March 23, 2008, and released by Chilean Investigative Police, shows one of the massive Moai statues, center, whose right earlobe was stolen by a Finnish tourist in Easter Island, Sunday, March 23, 2008.

Antarctic ice breaks apart

This image from March 6, 2008, released by the British Antarctic Survey, shows part of the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Southwest Antarctic Peninsula as it began to break apart. The ice shelf, about seven times the size of Manhattan began collapsing on Feb. 28, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk, scientists said Tuesday. (AP Photo/British Antarctic Survey, Jim Elliott)

Top gear underwater

The Rinspeed sQuba is claimed to be the world's first real submersible car and will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

Football of the future

CGI image of holographic viewing of a football match.

Rome gets a splash of colour

ROME - Municipal cleaners remove colored balls from the Spanish Steps after a man identified as Graziano Cecchini dumped 500,000 of them down the famous steps. Cecchini is known for having colored with red dye Rome's world famous Trevi Fountain last year.

New Year lanterns

A South Korean worker attaches the name tag of a Buddhist who made donation to a lantern in preparation of New Year celebrations at the Chogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. PHOTO: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

Probe's 1.6 billion mile journey

NASA probe Deep Impact starts its new mission today heading for a flyby rendezvous with the comet, Hartley 2.

A bear treat for Christmas

A kodiak bear named Bethel licks up a fruit pie as Christmas came early to residents of Sydney's Taronga Zoo Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007. Special treats were left out for the chimpanzees, giraffes, bears and lions to stimulate the animals' curiosity and display the natural abilities.

Queen Victoria takes to the sea

The new Cunard cruise liner the Queen Victoria arrives in Southampton Docks. The Duchess of Cornwall will officially name Cunard's new luxury liner, the Queen Victoria, in a lavish ceremony in Southampton today. Picture: PA

Mickey Mouse of the desert

An endangered Mongolian rodent, the Long-ear jerboa described as "the Mickey Mouse of the desert" has been thrust into the spotlight in a bid to ensure its survival. Picture: Zoological Society of London/PA

Allosaurus on display

An Allosaurus on display at the "Dinosaurs in Their Time" exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Picture: AP Photo/Andrew Rush

Flying the flag

Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wave a national flag during a rally in support to the constitutional reforms proposed by Chavez in Caracas, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007.Picture: AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd