Day in pictures

1 of 11 A Palestinian wears chains during a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike over jail conditions.

2 of 11 Muslim women join a march in Paris pleading for the release of two French journalists in Iraq. Their captors have demanded France revoke a law banning headscarves in school.

3 of 11 The crew of Swiss yacht Alinghi trains in the Mediterranean off Marseilles before the 32nd America's Cup begins next week. Alinghi is the cup holder.

4 of 11 Pro-Bush protesters make a sarcastic point in a demonstration to counter anti-Bush rallies near the Republican National Convention taking place in New York.

5 of 11 Crystal Swanson, a wannabe superstar, sleeps in New Orleans as she and thousands of other hopefuls wait for auditions for the new series of the American Idol TV talent show.

6 of 11 Sikh devotees walk by the illuminated Golden Temple in Amritsar, India.

7 of 11 A resident wades through floods in a province north of the Filipino capital, Manila.

8 of 11 Children play near homes adorned with posters of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad, Iraq.

9 of 11 A competitor in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales emerges from the water.

10 of 11 A displaced Sudanese child is immunised against measles at Abu Shouk camp, in northern Darfur, Sudan.

11 of 11 A man walks past official propaganda featuring Chinese soldiers, in the city of Shanghai.