Yaan, China: A keeper holds a giant panda cub in an incubator at the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Centre Photograph: China Photos/GettyCape Town, South Africa: Children from the Khayelitsha township watch as giant kites take to the skies during the annual Cape Town International Kite Festival Photograph: Mike Hutchings/ReutersArkalyk, Kazakhstan: A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko and US space tourist Richard Garriott lands in the Kazakh countryside Photograph: Dmitry Kostyukov/Reuters
Rome, Italy: Students protest against Italy's education minister Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/ReutersNew Delhi, India: Passengers in a crowded train bound for Bihar wait to departPhotograph: Mustafa Quraishi/APKarbala, Iraq: A Shia woman grieves over the coffin of a relative during the funeral of people found in a mass grave Photograph: Ahmed Alhussainey/APLahore, Pakistan: Cooks prepare dinner for supporters of Pakistan's largest Islamic group, Jamat-e-Islami, before their arrival for an annual meeting Photograph: K.M. Chaudary/APCaracas, Venezuela: A journalist talks on the phone before a news conference at the Ministry of Communication and Information Photograph: Jorge Silva/ReutersBogota, Colombia: A demostrator photographs himself insulting riot police during a nationwide day of protests against the government Photograph: Guillermo Legaria /EPATongcheng, China: A shopkeeper checks the damages to her shop after police killed one of three wild boars that went on a rampage in the town Photograph: AFPBaku, Azerbaijan: Ilham Aliyev is sworn in as the country's president during an inauguration ceremony Photograph: Irakly Gedenidze/ReutersShiyan, China: A rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the third World Traditional Wushu Championship Photograph: ReutersDamcherra, India: Labourers manouvre a pontoon of bamboo to market using the current of a river Photograph: Bapi Roy Choudhury/AFPBucharest, Romania: A broken gravestone is seen after a Jewish cemetery was vandalised Photograph: Mihai Barbu /Reuters
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