Day in pictures

One of the world's biggest collections of matchbox toys is being auctioned in the English city of Middlesbrough. The toys - owned by an American collector - are expected to raise about $2m (£1m).

Surgeons in Bangladesh say they are preparing to separate conjoined babies Banya (L) and Barsha Kibria - seen here with their father, Golam. The twins are joined at the chest and the stomach.

This feathered family in north-east England is guided back to the safety of a nearby lake, after it got lost and wandered into a local car park.

Indian communist party activists demonstrate against an Indo-American nuclear co-operation deal, on the day the Indian government faces a no-confidence vote in parliament.

A pair of orangutans limber up as part of a publicity event in South Korea to generate support for the South Korean Olympic team.

A Serbian official holds up a photograph of the major war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, who has been arrested in Belgrade. He had been practising alternative medicine in the city.

People living in the northern Indian city of Haldwani will have to find another route across the river Gaula, after this bridge was partly washed away by flood waters.

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