Dakar, Senegal: Models change outfits backstage during Dakar fashion weekPhotograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/ReutersOviedo, Spain: Boots hang in a changing room in the partially abandoned and closed Santiago mine. Strikes, road blockades and mine sit-ins continue as 8,000 mineworkers at over 40 coal mines in northern Spain carry on their protests against government action to cut coal subsidiesPhotograph: Emilio Morenatti/APShanghai, China: Two chickens stand among the carcasses of dead birds killed after heavy rainfall sent water from a nearby river rushing through the chicken farm Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
Cairo, Egypt: Egyptian election workers count votes at a polling station after the second round of the presidential electionPhotograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty ImagesLos Cabos, Mexico: A federal police officer stands guard as a man walks past the international press centre of the G20 summitPhotograph: Bertrand Langlois/AFP/Getty ImagesSydney, Australia: Lady Gaga is mobbed by her fans at her hotel during the Born This Way Ball tourPhotograph: Tracey Nearmy/EPAMadrid, Spain: Mexican divers Iván García and Germán Sánchez compete at the FINA diving grand prix Photograph: Juan Carlos Hidalgo/EPACairo, Egypt: A voter checks her name before casting her vote in the second round of the presidential electionPhotograph: Ahmed Jadallah/ReutersDublin, Ireland: Catholic nuns share a laugh as they attend the closing ceremony of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress at Croke Park, with around 80,000 pilgrimsPhotograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty ImagesEgham, UK: Members of the Royal Cavalry of Oman perform at the Cartier Queen's Cup Polo DayPhotograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty ImagesBeijing, China: Staff from a North Korean restaurant walk along a footpath in traditional costumesPhotograph: David Gray/ReutersKathmandu, Nepal: Nepalese police launch a baton charge against students at a torch rally to demand the resignation of the prime minister, Baburam BhattaraiPhotograph: Niranjan Shrestha/APIslamabad, Pakistan: A Pakistani vendor sleeps in a cart among bags of tomatoesPhotograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
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