The day in pictures

1 of 10 The grieving aunt of 10-year-old Mahmoud Kayed, shot dead near Gaza City - Palestinians said Israeli troops opened fire as he was setting nets to catch birds.

2 of 10 Prince Charles continues his tour of Oman - as officials at home deny allegations that he was involved in a serious incident witnessed by a servant.

3 of 10 The French rugby team trains in Melbourne, Australia, ahead of Sunday's quarter-final against Ireland in the World Cup.

4 of 10 Singer Beyonce Knowles performs at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 in Edinburgh - she won the Best R&B award.

5 of 10 A camel trader with his livestock at a water hole at the Pushkar Camel Fair in Rajasthan, India - the largest market of its kind in the world.

6 of 10 Women queue at a polling station to vote in Mauritania's presidential elections.

7 of 10 Troops of the US 82nd Airborne division search for a weapons cache in volatile Falluja, west of Baghdad.

8 of 10 A state holiday in Belarus as people remember the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in the ex-Soviet republic.

9 of 10 A rider in Afghanistan plays the national sport Buzkashi, which literally means "goat grabbing".

10 of 10 Showing their allegiances: Sri Lanka's prime minister is welcomed home following days of political turmoil in the country.