David Hockney stands in front of his oil painting "Bigger Trees Near Warter". The painting has been donated to London's Tate Britain gallery by the artist.
Four-month-old polar bear cub Flocke romps in the pool during her second outdoor trip at Nuremberg Zoo, southern Germany.
Madness singer Suggs performs live on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama gestures towards photographers ahead of Iraq hearings on Capitol Hill.
As Gen Petraeus and his colleague, Ambassador Ryan Crocker, delivered their report on the Iraq troop "surge" to Congress, a demonstrator was removed after he began yelling "Bring them home".
Like their counterparts in Paris and London, demonstrators rallied in San Francisco on Wednesday along the scheduled route of the Olympic torch relay to denounce Beijing's treatment of Tibet...
... However, there were also a number of pro-China supporters lining the streets.
An Iraqi army soldier looks on as a woman picks up rice at a checkpoint in Sadr City, Baghdad. The Shia suburb is suffering food shortages as troops clash with the Mehdi Army militia.
A car blazes in the southern port of Karachi, Pakistan, amid clashes between rival groups of lawyers.
Prince William has been awarded his RAF pilot's wings - by his father. He was one of 25 graduates to receive the award from the Prince of Wales at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire.
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