Day in pictures

Max, a Galapagos tortoise, opens wide for a bite of a watermelon during feeding time at Oklahoma City Zoo.

Colombian golfer Camilo Villegas lines up a putt during the second round of the 90th US PGA Championship - the last "major" tournament of 2008 - at Oakland Hills Country Club in Michigan.

A boy swims alongside a family enjoying a ride in a boat on Kargah Lake on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Singer Liela Moss of The Duke Spirit strikes a similar pose to that of the Statue of Liberty while performing on stage at the 2008 All Points West Music and Arts Festival in Jersey City, New Jersey.

A burner is used to inflate a hot air balloon taking part in the annual Bristol balloon fiesta in southern England.

An indigenous Amazonian man attends a ceremony in Cochabamba, Bolivia, marking the 183rd anniversary of Bolivia's army.

A flamingo feeds its chick in their enclosure at Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, southern Germany.

A Tibetan exile is detained by Nepalese police during continuing protests in Kathmandu against China's actions in Tibet.

Piano parts await expert attention at the Steinway restoration centre in central London, which has been repairing pianos since 1875.

The head nurse at a hospital in Beijing holds one of the first babies born on the opening day of the Olympic Games. Her parents say they will call her Ao Yun, meaning Olympics.

A policeman sits on the bed in his quarters in Allahabad, India, which have been flooded by heavy rain.

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