Day in pictures

A sand sculpture exhibition in northern France is expected to draw big crowds when it officially opens on Saturday.

Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts after winning a point during a semi-final match at a tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida.

Sunrise over the Alqueva Dam and lake near Reguengos in southern Portugal.

In the polluted waters of the River Yamuna in New Delhi, India, a boy searches for coins.

Supporters of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, father of assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, commemorate the 29th anniversary of his death next to his ancestral grave.

Palestinian youths face Israeli soldiers during a demonstration marking Land Day at a village near the West Bank town of Bethlehem.

Buddhists gather at a monastery in China's Gansu province.

A policeman at a quarantine checkpoint near a chicken farm in Gimje, South Korea, where more than 300,000 birds are being destroyed after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu.

A woman clutches bags of rice in Manila, Philippines, where armed soldiers are guarding distribution amid concerns the soaring price could trigger unrest.

A sumo wrestler limbers up during a tournament in Tokyo, Japan.

London's Madame Tussauds has added a wedding veil to its waxwork of American singer Beyonce Knowles amid speculation that she is to wed her partner, the hip-hop artist Jay-Z.

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