Day in pictures

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - even in July as Santa Clauses from around the world gather in Denmark.

Sailing ships gather on the River Mersey as part of the annual Liverpool Tall Ships' Races. A fleet of 60 sailing ships are taking part in the five-week race.

Romanians, like this man fishing on lake near Bucharest, have been trying to stay cool during a week-long heatwave which has seen temperatures rise above 30C.

The French resort of Deauville is hosting the festival of American Film later this year.

It took the owner of this VW beetle a year to cover it in oakwood and make it driveable. Now Momir Boji draws a crowd everytime he takes his car into the Bosnian city of Banja Luka.

Chinese paramilitary police rehearse a parade outside the "Bird's Nest" Olympic stadium in Beijing ahead of the 8 August opening ceremony.

Indonesian activists at an anti-World Trade Organisation protest in Jakarta. Trade ministers are trying to salvage an agreement from stalled talks which have dragged on for eight years.

An investor watches the share index at a private stock market gallery in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Share prices remained lower at the end of the morning as investors sold their holdings.

Filipinos douse their homes with water in the capital, Manila. A fire razed a slum area to the ground and several people were injured.

Police wait to screen guests at a hotel hosting the three-day meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Singapore. Ministers are expected to discuss a joint disaster-relief exercise.

Staff pose as Star Wars characters at an exhibition in Japan. The event celebrates three decades of Star Wars movies.

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