Day in pictures

Sara the walrus and her Russian trainer, Sergiy, perform during a show at the newly-opened Istanbul Dolphinarium in Istanbul, Turkey.

A woman practises with a sword during her morning exercises in a residential compound in Beijing, China.

Stunt motorcycle rider Cam Sinclair performs a double back flip over Sydney Harbour - the first Australian to complete the trick.

Old fridges never die... they are recycled at this plant in Teesside, England, which handles 400,000 refrigerators and 800,000 televisions and computer monitors every year.

Sri Lankans mark World Aids Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to raise awareness of the disease.

While children with HIV and Aids play at an orphanage in Aizawl, in north-east India.

This woman with the flag of the Papuan independence movement painted on her face takes part in a protest in Jakarta calling for independence from Indonesia.

South Koreans sing carols at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in front of the city hall in Seoul.

Water in the Zimbabwean capital Harare has been cut due to a shortage of purification chemicals as the country battles a cholera outbreak that has left at least 425 people dead.

Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art, designed by famous American architect I M Pei, opened to the public as the tiny Gulf state pursues its quest to be a "cultural capital" of the Middle East.

Brazilian actor Romulo Augusto performs inside a plastic bubble, representing Aids-infected people isolated from society, in front of Planalto Palace in Brasilia.

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