Day in pictures

Smoke from massive brush fires shrouds Buenos Aires as people cross Corrientes Avenue, with the 9 July Obelisk in the background.

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (in suit and tie) visits Morocco on a trip sealing the sale of a warship.

Members of the Taoist Tai Jin Men spiritual group cheer colleagues backstage during an annual prayer ceremony in Taipei.

A girl attends a 'burning of the last bread' ceremony being celebrated by Orthodox Jews in Mea Sharim, Jerusalem.

In the West Bank, a Palestinian man waits for the start of the marathon for peace from Bethlehem to Jerusalem.

Tibetan protesters are chased by Nepalese policemen during an anti-Chinese demonstration at the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu.

In Beijing, athletes from Japan and China compete in the men's team foil semi-finals at the 2008 FIE World Championships ahead of the Olympics in August.

Rain stopped the qualifying session at the Bridgestone Indy Japan 300 mile race in Motegi, near Tokyo, but it gave autograph hunters a chance to meet drivers.

A woman begs at the roadside in Jakarta, Indonesia, where about 50% of the country's population lives on less than $2 (£1) a day, according to the World Bank.

Strikes by unions have halted public transport in Budapest, where police were also investigating the release of a Molotov cocktail at a tram station.

A farmer works on a rice field next to the Satellite Control and Operation Centre in Vietnam ahead of the weekend launch of Vietnam's first satellite in Guiana.

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