Images Dated 23rd June 2009

An Afghan youth prepares to ride a skateboard in a disused fountain in a Kabul park

An Afghan youth prepares to ride a skateboard in a disused fountain in a Kabul park June 21, 2009. It was an unlikely scene in the Afghan capital on Sunday as tens of boys and girls, armed only with skateboards, took to the streets, weaving in and out of the city's chaotic traffic to celebrate world "Go Skateboarding Day". REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN SOCIETY) - GM1E56N196C01

Male Giant / Mammoth wasp (Megascolia flavifrons) close-up of face showing long antennae

Male Giant / Mammoth wasp (Megascolia flavifrons) close-up of face showing long antennae and small jaws, Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

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David Maitland, Europe, Hymenoptera, Insects, Invertebrates, Macedonia, Males, Megascolia Flavifrons, Np, Portraits, Reserve, Wasps, Wwe

GR9 Harrier at Kandahar Airfield

A Harrier GR9 aircraft from 1(F) Squadron takes off from Kandahar Airfield, Helmand, Afghanistan.
1 (F) Squadron marked the end of Harrier air operations in Afghanistan in 2009, five years after RAF and Royal Navy pilots first engaged the Taliban in Operation Herrick.
This 97 year old Squadron the oldest fighter squadron in the RAF returned home on 1 July 2009 and was replaced by 12 Squadrons Tornado GR4s, based at RAF Lossiemouth