Images Dated 6th January 2010

Childs brain, MRI scan

Child's brain. Coloured magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of an coronal (vertical) section through the head and brain of a healthy 3-year-old child, passing through the ears. Seen here is the cerebrum, the largest part of the brain. It is divided into two hemispheres and is responsible for conscious thought, emotion and voluntary movement. Below centre is the cerebellum, a part of the brain that controls voluntary muscular movement and maintains posture and balance. The spine is seen at lower centre, with the shoulders at right and left

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A Scene from the Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio, c.1492 (woodcut)

XJF359049 A Scene from the Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio, c.1492 (woodcut) by Italian School, (15th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) published his collection of stories in 1353; the image relates to the story of a group of young people who fled the plague in Florence and lived in the garden of a villa, each day a different member of the group was made King or Queen;)

© Bridgeman Images

Snow falls around The Houses of Parliament in central London

Snow falls around The Houses of Parliament in central London January 6, 2010. Former British cabinet ministers Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon called on Wednesday for a secret ballot of MPs to decide if Prime Minister Gordon Brown should lead the Labour Party into an election due by June. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E61705TK01