Day in pictures

1 of 6 Guy McLean works through his routine before the State of Origin International Rodeo in Melbourne, Australia.

2 of 6 Indonesians chat as volcanic clouds spew from the crater of Mount Talang, West Sumatra, which has forced 20,000 people from their homes.

3 of 6 Former South Korean intelligence agents prepare to shoot burning arrows at the Japanese diplomatic buildings in Seoul, in a protest over a territorial dispute.

4 of 6 Czech Jiri Drazdak comes off his Yamaha during qualifying rounds for the Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race.

5 of 6 A smoke trail from the Russian Soyuz booster rocket, after taking off from Kazakhstan with the Soyuz-TMA 6 spaceship attached.

6 of 6 Kintana, a four-day-old aye-aye, is revealed by Bristol Zoo Gardens in the UK. Aye-ayes, from Madagascar, are the world's largest nocturnal primates.