Day in pictures

Dulsori Drummers from South Korea perform their Edinburgh festival show on Calton Hill, Scotland.

Three girls sit in the boot of a car during a wedding in Herat, Afghanistan.

A hippopotamus yawns as he lies in his enclosure at a zoo in New Delhi, India.

A girl looks on as a soldier keeps watch during a search operation in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir, home to several Islamic rebel groups.

A dress shop is demolished in Shanghai to make way for a new development. Disputes over property regularly cause arguments in Chinese cities.

Palestinian inmates sit in a cell in Saraya jail in Gaza, where prison officials say conditions have improved under Hamas.

At Stonehenge, England, hundreds of scouts gather to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the movement's founding.

Bangladeshi rickshaw drivers navigate a flooded street in the capital, Dhaka. More than one million people have been left marooned or homeless by floods from monsoon rains.

Children cool off by a fountain in Tokyo's Akatsuka Park, as the Meteorological Agency announces that the rainy season is finally over.

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