Day in pictures

Iraqi army recruits parade during a graduation ceremony near Baghdad. This week is the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion, which toppled Saddam Hussein.

Tibetan exiles in Switzerland hold a rally outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, in solidarity with protesters inside Tibet.

A 12-day strike by Greek municipal workers has left thousands of tons of uncollected rubbish on the streets.

An Iraqi woman walks to her makeshift home inside the former Iraqi army air defence headquarters in Baghdad, where she lives in the ruins with her family.

Two women cross a river using a toll rope-bridge near Rawalpindi in northern Pakistan.

Bodies of turtles are strewn on a beach in India's Orissa state - thousands are killed every year because of illegal fishing.

A Cuban soldier walks past the Russian tall ship Pallada in Havana. The vessel is used for training naval cadets.

Visitors admire the art, architecture and flora at the new Caixaforum cultural centre in the Spanish capital, Madrid. The centre is located in a former power station.

Tia, a six-week-old gorilla, is being reared by keepers in an animal park in England, after her mother showed no sign of any maternal instinct.

Dr Rachel Herz, author of Scent of Desire, uses tongs to handle a pair of shoes entered in the annual "Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest" in Montpelier, Vermont.

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