Day in pictures

1 of 7 A South Korean protester (left) is detained by a police officer during an anti-Japan rally in Seoul.

2 of 7 An Iraqi man assesses damage caused to his house in Baghdad by a car bomb that exploded outside a nearby police station.

3 of 7 A man rows a boat along a flooded street in Fuzhou, eastern China. Torrential rains have swept the region.

4 of 7 Kuwait's first female minister, Maasouma al-Mubarak gives the thumbs-up during her first parliament session.

5 of 7 In Kyrgyzstan, mounted police officers guard the government house in Bishkek, scene of clashes last month between police and protesters.

6 of 7 Protesters in the Philippines call for the resignation of President Gloria Arroyo, accusing her of election fraud.

7 of 7 In London, campaigners call for the term "couch potato" to be taken out of the dictionary, saying it is harming the potato's image.