The day in pictures

1 of 12 A Turkish schoolgirl puts her arm around a picture of former classmate Anette Rubinstein Talu - a Turkish Jewish girl killed in Saturday's suicide bombings in two Istanbul synagogues.

2 of 12 Film actor and father-to-be Russell Crowe listens intently to Britain's Prince Charles at the premiere of his new film Master and Commander in London.

3 of 12 Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger [left] is sworn into his newest role - that of governor of California

4 of 12 In Seoul, South Korea, thousands of people crowded the streets in protest at the country's decision to send troops to Iraq and the continued US military presence in the country.

5 of 12 The 19 Italians killed in a bomb attack in Nasiriya, southern Iraq, are lying in state in Rome ahead of Tuesday's funeral.

6 of 12 In Baghdad, US soldiers raided the upper class Azamiyah neighbourhood - they were looking for weapons.

7 of 12 Contestants of the 53rd Miss World Competition went on a high-profile sightseeing trip in Shanghai, ahead of next month's competition to be held in China.

8 of 12 British skipper Ellen MacArthur was greeted in Brazil - she came ninth in the Transat Jacques Vabre in-pair sailing race.

9 of 12 In Indonesia, Abu Rusdan who is accused of taking over the spiritual leadership of the radical Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah waited to go on trial.

10 of 12 Hundreds of farmers burned tobacco leaves in front of the EU headquarters in Brussels, protesting against a planned cut in subsidies.

11 of 12 Shia Muslims in Karachi offered afternoon prayers at a rally to observe the Martyr Day of Hazrat Ali, cousin of Prophet Mohammed.

12 of 12 South Koreans demonstrated outside the Defence Ministry in Seoul to oppose a visit by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.