Tongyong, South Korea: A flock of seagulls hang fluttering over their nests on a remote island. Tongyong is one of the most famous hatching places for seagulls on the southern coast of the Korean peninsula. Photograph: LEE HOON-KOO/AFPGhazni Province, Afghanistan: An Afghan boy peers from behind the gate of his house as unseen US soldiers search for Taliban insurgents. Photograph: Nicolas ASFOURI/AFPJenin, West Bank: Photographs of Palestinians held in Israeli jails are collected on a wall as part of a protest calling for their release. Photograph: Mohammed Ballas/AP
Kassel, Germany: Rice plants are planted at Wilhelmshoehe Palace. The rice terraces were made by Thai artist Sakarin Krue-on for the documenta 12 art exhibition running from June 16 to September 23.Photograph: Boris Roessler/EPABrasilia, Brazil: Children of MST (Landless Workers Movement) members attend a class at a school, in a provisional camp. Around 18,000 peasants are expected to take part in the Fifth National Congress to discuss a new programme of agrarian reform which prioritises the production of food for the domestic market, combined with an economic model with good income distribution, education to all levels, good housing and jobs for young people. Photograph: Evaristo SA /AFPLondon, England: A man walks past a reproduction of the George Stubbs painting Whistlejacket. The Grand Tour is an exhibition on the streets of Soho, consisting of 30 full sized recreations of paintings in the National Gallery.Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/GettyHomesh settlement, West Bank: Young Israeli rightwingers sits on a water tank painted orange, the colour symbolising the movement opposing Israel's withdrawal from the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. Thousands of Israeli settlers and rightwing activists returned to the abandoned West Bank settlement of Homesh, calling for the reconstruction of the site that Israel evacuated in 2005. Photograph: MENAHEM KAHANA /AFPManila, Philippines: Filipino workers are seen behind a fiberglass replica of the great white shark being dismantled at the Baywalk mini dinosaur park.Photograph: DENNIS M. SABANGAN/EPABangkok, Thailand: A small bird feeds from Thai flower garlands made of marigolds and limes at a market. Photograph: BARBARA WALTON/EPAGlasgow, UK: Sanave Thomas lines up his serve on the way to winning - with partner Rupesh Kumar - against Daniel Shirley and John Gordon of New Zealand at the world team badminton championships. Photograph: Kieran Dodds/AFPGreat Falls, USA: Trakker Koon, 6, stands on a rock as he casts into the Missouri river. Photograph: Robin Loznak/APFreital, Germany: Workers do some weeding on electric mobiles on the sage fields of Bombastus. Bombastus is considered Europe's biggest ecological sage producer. Photograph: MATTHIAS HIEKEL/EPAKokalta, India: Indian commuters make their way along a flooded street.Photograph: Deshakalyan CHOWDHURY/AFPGaza City, Gaza Strip: Palestinian men help an elderly woman to take cover as security members clash with Hamas militants. Photograph: MAHMUD HAMS/AFPHavana, Cuba: A worker takes a dinner break in a snack bar on Obispo Street.Photograph: Javier Galeano/APBremen, Germany: A photographer takes a picture of one of the works by Japanese-born artist Yoko Ono presented alongside Dutch oil paintings during the presentation of her exhibition Window for Germany. Photograph: DAVID HECKER /AFP
Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.