Day in pictures

Indian police prepare to march past the Red Fort in the capital, Delhi, to mark 60 years of independence from the UK.

A Japanese boy visits the Yasukuni Shrine war shrine in commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stayed away.

Journalists wearing gags march silently through Kenya's capital, Nairobi, to protest against a proposed law that would allow courts to compel reporters to reveal their sources.

The bow section of the cargo ship Napoli, which broke up off the English coast, is moored in Belfast Lough before heading to the Harland and Wolff shipyard to be recycled.

Bulgarian Orthodox mark the Feast of the Dormition at Troyan monastery, near Sofia. The festival commemorates the death, resurrection, and glorification of Christ's mother, Mary.

Swiss rider Pius Schwizer clears a jump during the FEI European Jumping Championships in Mannheim, Germany.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attempts to catch a fish during a visit to the Republic of Tuva.

Holidaymakers have been keeping a stiff upper lip as the British summer turns out once again to be a wet and windy disappointment

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