Day in pictures

In the Indian state of Punjab, farmers plant rice seedlings ahead of the summer monsoon rains, which are expected at the end of June.

Two Buddhist nuns walk past their damaged shrine in Nyaung Wai village, Burma. Much of the building was destroyed by Cyclone Nargis which hit Burma on 2 May, leaving 78,000 people dead.

In New Delhi anti-child labour activists have rescued 62 children from embroidery workshops where they were forced to work long hours for low wages.

Women crowd outside a bread shop in a village outside Cairo. Food costs have risen sharply in Egypt in recent months, in line with rising global commodity prices.

An Israeli army jeep drives through a fire in southern Israel started by Palestinian mortars launched from the nearby Gaza Strip.

In Dublin an Australian street performer attempts to swallow 27 swords decorated with the flags of each of the countries in the EU.

An 18-year-old polar bear catches a live fish at Singapore Zoo. Inuka the bear became famous as the first and only polar bear to be born in the tropics.

Visitors look round a Bridget Riley exhibition in Paris. The British artist is famous for her so-called Op-art paintings, which make use of optical illusions.

Meishan piglets snuggle up at a zoo in Berlin, where they were born in May. These domestic pigs originally come from China.

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