Florida, US: The space shuttle Endeavour sits on the runway after landing at the Kennedy Space Centre Photograph: Stan Honda/AFPRehburg-Loccum, Germany: An employee of the Bernd Wolter design company works on a mock-up of an Indricotherium dinosaurPhotograph: Nigel Treblin/AFPManagua, Nicaragua: A boy searches for recyclable items at the municipal rubbish dump. The Spanish writing on the mannequin reads: "Hello dummy, what are you looking at?"Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP
Miama, US: A model prepares backstage for the Sweetface by Jennifer Lopez fashion show Photograph: Carlo Allegri/APJakarta, Indonesia: Fishermen with painted faces attend a protest against large trawling netsPhotograph: Mast Irham/EPAWindsor Castle, UK: Queen Elizabeth II delivers a speech at the start of a state banquet with the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy Photograph: Christophe Ena/GettyJammu, India: A rag picker uses his bare hands to collect lubricant oil for recycling at an automobile yard Photograph: Channi Anand/APMunich, Germany: A taxidermy exhibit of the brown bear Bruno, killed in the Alps, at a nature museumPhotograph: Chistof Stache/APSydney, Australia: Caitlin Sinclair practices maintaining her balance with a cup while doing backstroke ahead of the Australian swimming championships Photograph: Mark Nolan /GettyLas Guasimas, Cuba: Ana Magdalena Melian, 91, uses her microwave oven. About 3,000 households got microwaves in December as part of a state-run pilot programmePhotograph: Javier Galeano/APManchester, UK: Acrobats at the opening ceremony of the UCI track cycling world championshipsPhotograph: John Walton/EmpicsParis, France: A crane is used to install a giant turtle designed by Belgian artist Jan Fabre and called Searching for Utopia outside the Grand Palais as part of the 10th ArtParis contemporary art fair Photograph: Stephane De Sakutin/AFPTokyo, Japan: Visitors to the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008 look at cartoon figures on a display Photograph: Katsumi Kasahara/APGlasgow, UK: Ceramic heads by the artist Johann, on display at the 13th Glasgow art fair Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
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