Jerusalem, Israel: A Palestinian man steps onto the roof of a building in front of the Dome of the Rock mosquePhotograph: Dan Balilty/APSobradinho, Brazil: Fishermen on the Sao Francisco river. A prominent Catholic bishop has gone on hunger strike in protest at government plans to divert the nation's fourth largest river for use in irrigationPhotograph: Eraldo Peres/APApfeltrang, Germany: A plant covered with ice crystals. Night frosts and sunshine determine the weather in the higher regions of southern GermanyPhotograph: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/EPA
Makati City, Philippines: Soldiers in position by the hotel that armed rebels took over earlier today in an attempt to oust the Philippine president Gloria ArroyoPhotograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPALahore, Pakistan: Police try to prevent lawyers from protesting against the inauguration of Pervez Musharraf as civilian presidentPhotograph: Rahat Dar/EPALondon, UK: Conrad Black signs a copy of his new book, The Invincible Quest: The Life of Richard Milhous Nixon, using Long Pen technology by video link to a bookshopPhotograph: Daniel Berehulak/GettySantander, Spain: Italian Soprano Giuseppina Piunti performs during the dress rehearsal of Jacques Offennbach's opera 'Hoffman Tales'Photograph: Esteban Cobo/EPASanta Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia: A man takes a nap in front of a closed market during a strike which was called in protest at the government of Bolivia's President Evo MoralesPhotograph: Dado Galdieri/APZivinice, Bosnia: A family of Bosnian Romany people rests in their makeshift home at a settlement in the village of CiljugePhotograph: Amel Emric/APCordero, Venezuela: Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez waves to his followers during a rally supporting the 'yes' vote for a referendum on his proposed constitutional reformsPhotograph: Comando Zamora /EPAVilliers Le Bel, France: French anti-riot police are on patrol inside the building of a social housing project after four nights of unrest in the suburbs of ParisPhotograph: Lucas Dolega/EPANew Britain Island, Papua New Guinea: A betel nut chewer near Kimbe BayPhotograph: David Longstreath/APStedman, USA: Appearing as a dome-shaped jellyfish, Comet Holmes appears above the bright star Mirfak, below leftPhotograph: Johnny Horne/APFrankfurt, Germany: A woman walks past the painting 'Das goldene Zeitalter' (The Golden Age, around 1530) by German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder at the Staedel museumPhotograph: Thomas Lohnes/AFPPristina, Kosovo: Kosovo's capital city covered by fogPhotograph: Ermal Meta/AFP
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