Day in pictures

1 of 10 Palestinian youths protest in Gaza City to demand the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails.

2 of 10 Michael Jackson supporter Sherie Wilkins protests the singer's innocence outside a hearing before his trial on molestation charges.

3 of 10 A man rides his bicycle through an unusually empty Via dei Fori Imperiali street in Rome.

4 of 10 Chinese and Spanish competitors stretch for the ball in a preliminary women's basketball match at the Olympic Games.

5 of 10 Tourists pass over the recently rebuilt bridge in Mostar in Bosnia-Hercegovina. It is thought some 150,000 people have visited the 400-year-old bridge since it was reopened two months ago.

6 of 10 Local residents and business people in east London prepare to bring back the Shoreditch Parade after a 20-year absence.

7 of 10 Afghan soldiers arrive in the west of the country, where they have been sent to quell a burst of factional violence.

8 of 10 Members of Sri Lanka's National Christian Fellowship protest against a bill banning religious conversion.

9 of 10 Members of the Venezuelan opposition sit disappointed at the result of the referendum to oust President Hugo Chavez.

10 of 10 Shia militiamen take position in Najaf during fresh clashes with US-backed Iraqi forces.