Day in pictures

Monsoon rains threaten in north-eastern India, which has been bearing the brunt of a sweltering heatwave.

Filipina women stage a protest in the capital, Manila, in favour of breastfeeding, as fewer women breastfeed across Asia and opt to feed formula to their babies.

This lunar eclipse of Planet Venus occurs several times a year in one or another part of the Earth, but had not been seen in south Asia for several years.

At least one person died and four people were injured after a boiler exploded at a popular women-only bathhouse in central Tokyo.

Western countries resume financial assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank as the Gaza Strip, now controlled by Hamas, remains under Israeli blockade.

Time is running out for English smokers as a ban on smoking in public places is due to come into force on 1 July.

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