Photo highlights of the day

Fireworks during the closing ceremony of the Nanjing Youth Olympics in Jiangsu province, China. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Digging for gold - 30 individual pieces of gold have been buried under the sand of the beach in Folkestone harbour by artist Michael Sailstorfer. As the tide came out on the outer harbour beach today the digging started... Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian

Men are balancing on steel beams to build the frame of a billboard on the coast of Cavite city, south of Manila, Philippines. Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

A metal board shaped like a gunman sits on an old bunker at an observation point on Mt Bental in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, overlooking the border with Syria. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Yiannis Boutaris, re-elected mayor of Thessaloniki, wears a Jewish star at his swearing-in ceremony – in protest at the election of a member of the neo-fascist Golden Dawn party to the council. Photograph: Giannis Papanikos/Demotix/Corbis

A rider falls off a horse as he plays the traditional sport of Buzkashi – or goat bashing – in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images

A body surfer gets a rough start on a big wave, caused by tropical storm Marie, at The Wedge in Newport Beach, California. Se our gallery of more images here. Photograph: Zuma/Rex

Rescue workers search the site of a landslide in Fuquan, China, where at least seven people were killed and 20 remain missing. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

A young tiger in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, was born with pseudo-melanism – a condition that makes his fur black with barely visible light-grey stripes. Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images

Paratroopers of the Korean people’s army during a trill in North Korea. Photograph: Xinhua News Agency/Rex

India’s central reserve police force perform a stunt during the passing out parade in Humhama, Srinagar. Photograph: Danish Ismail/Reuters

Volunteers practise for the upcoming independence day celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters

A Thai elephant rider holds a polo mallet as he prepares for competition at the King’s cup elephant polo tournament near Bangkok. Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA

An aerial view during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters

Sophie Christiansen repeats her Olympic gold winning performance at the World Equestrian Championships by taking the gold medal in the individual competition grade in Normandy, France. Photograph: HippoFoto/Rex