Day in pictures

Police in coloured turbans join rehearsals for the 60th anniversary of independence from British rule in Secunderabad, India.

A girl who fled fighting on the restive Philippine island of Jolo with her family stands near a policeman at an evacuation centre in Parang.

A polar bear chews through an ice block containing food at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo as Japan sweats through a heatwave.

A demonstrator urges further price cuts by Zimbabwe's government on Heroes' Day in Harare, as Zimbabwe faces inflation of up to 5,000%.

A Lebanese army tank patrols the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

Firefighters in South Korea rescue a student from a ferris wheel at the World Carnival in Busan after two carriages of the ride crashed, killing up to five people.

Taiwanese people hold paper lotus lanterns with candles to release on the first night of ghost month, as an offering to help guide lost ghosts and spirits.

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