Day in pictures

A blacksmith in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar makes shoes for a donkey.

A farmer attends a protest in Salto, Argentina. The farmers are striking for a second time in as many months against tax increases on food exports.

A boy makes a splash in early summer sun in Stuttgart, Germany.

The artwork Selective Memory by Cathy Wilkes, who has been named as one of four nominees for this year's Turner Prize, the British award that annually sparks a debate about what is art.

Rice terraces are prepared for planting in Niigata, one of the Japan's best rice-growing areas.

A sun halo, caused by light refracting through ice crystals within thin cirrus clouds, is seen from the harbour in Boston, Massachusetts.

Militants of Lebanon's Hezbollah group in Beirut mourn a colleague killed in sectarian clashes.

The ancient hilltop fortress of Masada in the Judean desert, which will host US President George W Bush on his visit to Israel this week.

China is trying to come to terms with the devastating earthquake that has left thousands dead in Sichuan province.

Rangoon's Mahar Wizeya pagoda is reflected in rain 10 days after the devastating Cyclone Nargis struck Burma.

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