10 best photographs of the day

A bewildered resident is evacuated from Cangnan in Zhejiang province, in eastern China, after typhoon Fitow struck in the early hours of Monday, forcing about 500,000 people from their homes. Photograph: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

The photographer has been right in the thick of this protest in the Mohandeseen district of Cairo, where people were marking the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Egyptian war with Israel. At least 51 people were killed as violence broke out between rival political factions. Photograph: Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua/Photoshot

People surf the Mascaret, a tidal wave on the Dordogne river at Saint-Pardon-de-Vayres in France. Pity the poor surfer, legs waving, who didn't quite make the wave! Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images

A rainbow is visible as the sun shines through spray from Bridalveil Fall, at Yosemite national park in California. Beautiful! Photograph: Caters News Agency

The former sumo wrestler Takamisakari, now stablemaster Furiwake, has his hair arranged after his topknot-cutting ceremony in Tokyo, Japan (when sumo wrestlers retire, they are shorn of their topknots). He qualifies for today's top 10 for having the most infectious expression. Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images

Here's something you don't see every day: half-time oranges being served by butlers. Prince William, as president of the Football Association, hosted a reception and football match to celebrate the FA's 150 grassroots heroes at Buckingham Palace. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Goats in coats: wearing eyecatching printed covers, these goats are for sale by the roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, in Pakistan, before the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

An equally eyecatching President Vladimir Putin of Russia listens to Vietnam's president, Truong Tan Sang, as they wait for a family photo before a gala dinner hosted for the leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Photograph: Mast Irham/AFP/Getty Images

Emotions run high in the Sephardic community in Jerusalem as police try to stop people from reaching the vehicle carrying the body of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. The religious scholar and spiritual leader of Israel's Sephardic Jews has died aged 93. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

A great example of a portrait with context: the French artist JR is photographed with his public installation at Somerset House, in London. The piece invites people to become part of the project by incorporating each participant's picture into the communal work. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA