Photo highlights of the day

One Direction have had a summer make-over: fans pose for 'selfies' with the British boyband at Madame Tussaud's

One Direction get a summer make-over as fans pose for selfies with the boyband at Madame Tussaud’s, London. Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

Gridlock in China: thousands of tourists clogged a river causing a slightly unusual traffic jam in Henan province, China, as they attempted to go rafting at the scenic spot. Photograph: Imaginechina/Rex Features

A woman and child watch a helicopter land near rows of tents housing earthquake survivors at Longtoushan, in China's Yunnan province

A woman and child watch a helicopter land near rows of tents where earthquake survivors are living at Longtoushan, China. At least 589 people have died in the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck on 3 August. Photograph: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images

An oxygen mask is placed on a baby injured in the earthquake in Kunming, China. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex Features

Gene Simmons of Kiss spots the photographer as he performs on stage at Saratoga Springs, New York. Photograph: Rex Features

Prayers are offered in the rain at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan. This year marks the 69th anniversary of the first atomic bomb, dropped at Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images

Christ The Redeemer is lit green, yellow and blue two years ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Photograph: Buda Mendes/Getty Images

Boys play with football beside the war-ravaged Dar-ul-Aman palace, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Photograph: Hedayatullah Amid/EPA

Palestinians relax on a beach in Gaza City during a 72-hour ceasefire that started on Tuesday. Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip during the break in the fighting. More images in our gallery. Photograph: Majdi Fathi/Nur Photo/Corbis

Children release paper lanterns on the Motoyasu river in remembrance of atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima, Japan. Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

A man became trapped in the gap at a Perth train station on Wednesday morning after he stepped awkwardly onto the carriage. Have a look at the video of his fellow passengers pushing the train to help release him here. Photograph: Nicolas Taylor

Photographer Ricardo Cases has put together a book about the Spaniards who paint their pigeons in Day-Glo colours, have a look at our online gallery here. Photograph: Ricardo Cases

Could Turkey’s Prime Minister and presidential candidate Tayyip Erdogan be touting for the woman’s funny-bone vote when he posed with nomadic turkish groups in a photocall in Ankara. Photograph: Reuters

Sheep are handled by their owners before being inspected by the judge in the judging ring at the North Devon Show, near Barnstaple.

Sheep stand with their handlers before being inspected in the judging ring at the North Devon Show, near Barnstaple. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA