Day in pictures

A bee prepares to land on a poppy in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The country's bee population has fallen by 25%, an international biodiversity conference in Bonn heard this week.

Georgia's Diana Gurtskaya rehearses for the final of Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Belgrade, Serbia, on Saturday.

Sculptor Jeff Koons' work Balloon Flower (Magenta), 1995-2000, is to go on display in central London before being sold at auction in June, its owners in Dallas say.

Chinese authorities move several pandas from the famous Wolong breeding centre because of food shortages and damage from the 12 May earthquake in the region.

US Navy midshipmen watch as their fellows graduate from the naval academy in Annapolis, in the US state of Maryland.

Calmer winds and heavy fog help fire-fighters working to contain a wildfire that has destroyed a dozen buildings in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California.

Indigenous people in Brazil protest against the proposed construction of a hydroelectric dam, to be built in the Xingu River. They claim it would kill fish stocks, displace 15,000 people and destroy rainforest.

Indonesian taxi drivers face higher fuel costs after the government announced that heavily subsidised prices would have to rise in response to soaring oil prices.

A giant Palestinian flag is displayed near Damascus during a ceremony attended by Syria-based Palestinians. They hope the 232m-long flag will make the Guinness Book of Records.

Athletes take part in the last test event to be held at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games.

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