Day in pictures

1 of 8 Belugas watch from a giant aquarium as a Japanese couple are married at a marine centre near Tokyo.

2 of 8 A statue of Albert Einstein adorns an exhibition in South Korea to commemorate 100 years since the publication of his Theory of Relativity.

3 of 8 US soldiers play football outside a palace once used by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Baghdad.

4 of 8 Costumed marchers parade in Hong Kong to mark eight years since the British returned it to Chinese rule.

5 of 8 Greek gymnast Eleni Andriola competes at an event in southern Spain.

6 of 8 Boeing's new Worldliner - said to be the world's longest-range aircraft - sits in a hangar at a Taiwan airport.

7 of 8 An activist dressed as a clown protests on the eve of the G8 summit in Edinburgh, Scotland...

8 of 8 ... While workers in France make final preparations for one of several concerts organised by anti-poverty campaigners to coincide with the summit.