The year in flames.

PositionTALKING PICTURES - Pictures of famous people and politicians burned - Brief article - Calendar - List

Selected effigy burnings in 2007:

George Bush, Delhi, India, 12 January

Wong Kan Seng, Bangkok, Thailand, 29 January

Tony Blair, Delhi, India, 31 January

Lady Maslenitsa, Suzdal, Russia, 18 February

Kim Jong-il, Seoul, South Korea, 28 February

Uncle Sam, Manila, Philippines, 8 March

Pakistan national cricket team, Lahore, Pakistan, 18 March

India national cricket team, Jammu, India, 24 March

Dick Cheney, Kerbala, Iraq, 9 May

Elba Esther Gordillo, Mexico City, Mexico, 15 May

Queen Elizabeth II, Lahore, Pakistan, 22 June

Grim Reaper, Lismore, Australia, 24 June

Salman Rushdie, Hyderabad, India, 26 June

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Quezon City, Philippines, 23 July

Wal-Mart, Delhi, India, 9 August

Manmohan Singh, Delhi, India, 23 August

Fredrik Reinfeldt, Karachi, Pakistan, 31 August

Two newspaper editors, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21 September

Than Shwe, Manila, Philippines, 1 October

Ehud Olmert, Kabul, Afghanistan, 5 October

Pervez Musharraf, Multan, Pakistan, 6 October

Hindu character Ravana, Srinigar, Kashmir, 21 October

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Kolkata, India, 12 November

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Clockwise from upper left:

* Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, burned during her State of the Nation address...

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