Photo highlights of the day

A Palestinian child, wounded in an Israeli strike on a compound housing a UN school in Gaza receives treatment at a hospital. Israeli bombardments early today killed at least 19 at a UN school. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

An Israeli woman and a soldier hug during the funeral of Sgt. Barkay Shor, who was killed in fighting in Gaza

Israelis hug during the funeral of Sergeant Barkay Shor, who was killed in fighting in Gaza, at the Mount Herzel military cemetery in Jerusalem. Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP

Young people cool themselves in the pool of famous

Hot in the city: people cool themselves off at the Druzhba narodov fountain in central Moscow during a heatwave. Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

Miners pose for a photograph at the coal face inside a mine in Choa Saidan Shah, Punjab province

Miners at the coal face at the Choa Saidan Shah mine, Punjab province, India. Workers at this mine dig coal with pick axes, break it up and load it onto donkeys to be transported to the surface for which they earn around £6 a day to be split between them. Photograph: Sara Farid/Reuters

Clowns pose during a parade in the historical centre of Guatemala City

Stuck in the middle with you: clowns pose during a parade in Guatemala City during the framework of the VI Latin American Clown Congress. Photograph: Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images

The Parade of Clowns as part of the sixth annual Latin American Clown Congress in Guatemala City

All that clowning around has made Uriel Cifuentes, dressed as Charlie Chaplin, a bit late for the Parade of Clowns. Photograph: Moises Castillo/AP

Floating away: scientists have discovered that the real Milky Way, the galaxy containing the Sun and its family of planets, is lighter than was previously thought. The Milky Way is seen here above the dome of the Danish 1.54m telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Photograph: Z. Bardon/ESO/PA

Boys jump from a bridge into the waterfall in Vilnius trying to refresh themselves as it is one of the hottest days this summer in Lithuania. Photograph: Petras Malukas/AFP/Getty Images

Jamaica's Usain Bolt watches the netball match between Jamaica and New Zealand

Usain Bolt shows that he’s having a great time at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as he watches the netball match between Jamaica and New Zealand. Bolt has denied that he told a Times reporter that the games were ‘a bit shit’. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

A hotter than expected day on Eastbourne beach as the victorian pier is engulfed in a devastating fire. Photograph: EPA

Topsy Turvey: People enjoy a ride during the Eid al-Fitr holiday at a park in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Photograph: B.K. Bangash/AP

On manoeuvres: A Ukrainian tank convoy drive towards the eastern city of Debaltceve, in the region of Donetsk. Ukrainian troops retook the city of Debaltceve in eastern Ukraine yesterday, as they pressed on with their offensive to stamp out a pro-Russian rebellion. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images

Canada's Michael Mason competes in the final of the men's high jump athletics event at the Commonwealth Games.

Photographer Adrian Dennis’s superb photograph creates the illusion of a cradle of light supporting Canada’s Michael Mason as he competes in the final of the men’s high jump athletics event at the Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images