Day in pictures

A Palestinian youth holds a homemade firework after breaking his fast at the end of the second day of Ramadan.

A rainbow appears during heavy rain and showers in Devon on England's south-west coast.

Two fishing figurines sit in high waters a day after Hurricane Gustav tore through the US state of Louisiana.

Brazil's Maurren Higa Maggi competes in the long jump at an athletics event in Switzerland.

A Pakistani man prepares food for needy people to break their fast at a mosque in Karachi during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month.

Villagers try to keep their belongings dry as they wade through floodwaters in northern India. Authorities fear outbreaks of disease among the hundreds of thousands of victims crowding relief camps.

An athlete tests his tricycle with Beijing's Olympic National Stadium - the Bird's Nest - looming in the background. The Paralympic Games begin in China's capital on Saturday.

Clear blue skies above Beijing's National Aquatics Centre - the Water Cube - support arguments the city is enjoying its best air quality in a decade thanks to anti-pollution steps before the Olympic Games.

Argentina's Carlos Tevez manages a back-flick during training with his national team in Buenos Aires ahead of Saturday's World Cup 2010 qualifying match against Paraguay.

A Bulgarian woman inspects grapes during the first week of the grape harvest east of the capital Sofia - 2008 is expected to be a good years for vine-growers in the Balkan country.

Nepalese Hindu women dance after paying homage to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, in Kathmandu. During the three-day Teej festival, married women pray for long lives for their husbands.

An estuarine crocodile - Australia's largest and most dangerous reptile, which can grow to more than six metres in length - in the Adelaide river near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.

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