Frankfurt, Germany: Karel Byloos of the Dutch company iRex reads "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" on an e-book at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The fair's guest of honour this year is Catalan culture.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Two schoolchildren take a snapshot with a mobile of the Columbus Memorial Lighthouse in Santo Domingo, during the activities held in commemoration of the 515th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.

Tokyo, Japan: An employee from Japan's electronics giant Sanyo displays the world's smallest and lightest 720p high- definition digital camcorder "Xacti DMX-HD700", equipped with a 7.1 mega-pixel CCD and a 6.3 - 31.7mm/F3.5 - 4.7 zoom lens to store 3- hour high high-definition movie on a card sized SD memory card.

Taipei, - TAIWAN : A woman staff of Asustek Computer Inc, a leading Taiwan computer maker displays a low-cost laptop computer after the company launches the model "Eee PC" in Taipei. The model, mainly targeting children, elderly people, and low-income users in the developing world is powered by an Intel central processing unit and installed with a

Johannesburg, South Africa: A Soweto TV technician and a producer work in a mobile studio in the Soweto TV backyard in the Johannesburg township of Soweto. Broadcasting in 11 of the Rainbow Nation's different languages, the channel currently airs for five hours a night to a potential audience of around two million who live both in Soweto and outlying