Day in pictures

Children run through a tide of rubbish washed up by the sea underneath traditional stilt houses in Papua New Guinea.

A stockbroker in Mumbai (Bombay), India, reacts as Indian shares follow world markets downwards.

A protester chained to the gates of a UK airport has a protective mask placed on his head before police cut him free.

A man prays in front of the debris of buildings in Japan that were destroyed in a powerful earthquake on 16 July.

Chinese soldiers welcome the US Coast Guard ship Boutwell to Shanghai.

An Amur tiger cub plays with its mother's tail at Philadelphia Zoo in the US. Three tiger cubs made their public debut.

A German rider and her horse clear an obstacle during a competition in Mannheim, Germany.

Japanese badminton player Miyuki Maeda is backed up by Setoko Suetsuna at the world championships in Malaysia.

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