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Roger Tooth

Photo highlights of the day

It's really hot in Australia: A tennis fan cools down in the fountain in the scorching heat at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne.
It's really hot in Australia: A tennis fan cools down in a fountain during the scorching heat at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne. See gallery here. Photograph: Aijaz Rahi/AP
Here beads of the sweat drop off from the nose of Rafael Nadal during his second round match against Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Australian Open.
Here beads of the sweat drop from the nose of Rafael Nadal during his second round match against Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Australian Open. Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP
The anti-government protests continue in central Bangkok. A man uses a pair of binoculars to keep an eye on the police.
The anti-government protests continue in central Bangkok. A man uses a pair of binoculars to keep an eye on the police. Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters
Plenty of red carpet is in evidence as India's President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (wearing the blue turban) wait to receive South Korean President Park Geun-Hye at the forecourt of India's presidential palace in New Delhi.
Plenty of red carpet is in evidence as India's President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (wearing the blue turban) wait to receive South Korean President Park Geun-Hye in the forecourt of India's presidential palace in New Delhi. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
A Palestinian man holds his daughter in front of a damaged building following overnight Israeli air strikes in Gaza City.
A Palestinian man holds his daughter in front of a damaged building following overnight Israeli air strikes in Gaza City. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images
There's been a bit of a fracas in the Ukrainian parliament. A deputy of the pro-Russian majority with blood on his face following an argument with a pro-EU opposition MP during a session to debate the 2014 state budget.
There's been a bit of a fracas in the Ukrainian parliament. A deputy of the pro-Russian majority with blood on his face following an argument with a pro-EU opposition MP during a session to debate the 2014 state budget. See more pictures here. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
Over the rainbow: A Red Kite and a Buzzard in flight over the Red Kite centre, Rhayader, Wales earlier this month. Photographer Drew Buckley captured this image while hosting a photography workshop.
Over the rainbow: A Red Kite and a Buzzard in flight over the Red Kite centre, Rhayader, Wales earlier this month. Photographer Drew Buckley captured this image while hosting a photography workshop. Photograph: Drew Buckley/REX
A Hindu devotee takes a ritual shower before he starts his pilgrimage to the sacred Batu Caves Temple during Thaipusam festival outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A Hindu devotee takes a ritual shower before he starts his pilgrimage to the sacred Batu Caves Temple during Thaipusam festival outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photograph: Samsul Said/Reuters
Models present shoes by Japanese designer Yusuke Takahashi for Issey Miyake's men's fall-winter 2014-2015 fashion collection on show in Paris.
Models present shoes by Japanese designer Yusuke Takahashi for Issey Miyake's men's fall-winter 2014-2015 fashion collection on show in Paris. Photograph: Jacques Brinon/AP
Coronation Street actor William Roache (2nd Right) arrives at Preston Crown Court with his children James, Linus and Verity for the third day of his trial in Lancashire.
Coronation Street actor William Roache (2nd Right) arrives at Preston Crown Court, Lancashire with his children James, Linus and Verity for the third day of his trial. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/Getty Images
A baby turtle injured by a car being cared by staff at Reef HQ in Townsville, Australia. He is the latest in a string of hatchlings injured since November along a busy seaside strip known as the the Strand.
A baby turtle injured by a car being cared by staff at Reef HQ in Townsville, Australia. He is the latest in a string of hatchlings injured since November along a busy seaside strip known as the the Strand. Photograph: Fiona Harding/Newspix/REX
Hi-vis: PM David Cameron and Mayor of London Boris Johnson during a visit to a Crossrail construction site underneath Tottenham Court Road in central London.
Hi-vis: PM David Cameron and Mayor of London Boris Johnson during a visit to a Crossrail construction site underneath Tottenham Court Road in central London. Photograph: Ben Stanshall/AFP/Getty Images
A Koala called Mullaya keeps on munching during the annual inventory at Dresden zoo, Germany.
A Koala called Mullaya keeps on munching during the annual inventory at Dresden zoo, Germany. Photograph: Arno Burgi/dpa/Corbis
It's Kate Moss's 40th and here she and Jamie Hince arrive at 34 in London to celebrate.
It's Kate Moss's 40th and here she and Jamie Hince arrive at 34 in London to celebrate. Photograph: Neil P. Mockford/FilmMagic
The sun creates a halo over skiers at Fellhorn in Oberstdorf, Germany. Also called a nimbus or icebow, a sun halo is a natural phenomenon created by refractions from ice crystals suspended in the air.
The sun creates a halo over skiers at Fellhorn in Oberstdorf, Germany. Also called a nimbus or icebow, a sun halo is a natural phenomenon created by refractions from ice crystals suspended in the air. Photograph: Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images
Afghanistan's first-ever female district police chief, Col. Jamila Bayaz, talks on the phone at her office in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's first-ever female district police chief, Col. Jamila Bayaz, talks on the phone at her office in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AP
Students pour water on each other as they take a holy bath on the occasion of Magh Purnima in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Students pour water on each other as they take a holy bath on the occasion of Magh Purnima in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
Behind bars: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Justice Minister Chris Grayling visit the Cookham Wood Young Offenders Institution in Rochester, Kent.
Behind bars: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Justice Minister Chris Grayling visit the Cookham Wood Young Offenders Institution in Rochester, Kent. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
James Avery, manager at the Works in Folkestone, Kent, an innovative business centre, checks his tablet computer as he travels between the floors of the offices using a slide which was installed for staff last summer.
James Avery, manager at the Works in Folkestone, Kent, an innovative business centre, checks his tablet computer as he travels between the floors of the offices using a slide which was installed for staff last summer. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Yakov Godorozha of Ukraine performs his short programme in the Men's competition of the European Figure Skating Championships in Syma Hall in Budapest, Hungary.
Yakov Godorozha of Ukraine performs his short programme in the Men's competition of the European Figure Skating Championships in Syma Hall in Budapest, Hungary. Photograph: Tibor Ilyes/EPA
A helicopter drops water over a wildfire burning out of control near homes in the dangerously dry foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains , California.
A helicopter drops water over a wildfire burning out of control near homes in the dangerously dry foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains , California. Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP
A pronghorn peers out of the back of a trailer as it is released onto Forest Service land outside of Fort Stanton, near Capitan, New Mexico.
A pronghorn peers out of the back of a trailer as it is released onto Forest Service land outside of Fort Stanton, near Capitan, New Mexico. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish officials captured and relocated dozens of prohorns in an effort to rebuild dwindling herds in remote parts of New Mexico and Arizona. Photograph: Jeremy Wade Shockley/AP
Villagers from nearby Jraya village, in North Sumatra, Indonesia, watch Mount Sinabung spewing lava and ash into the night sky.
Villagers from nearby Jraya village, in North Sumatra, Indonesia, watch Mount Sinabung spewing lava and ash into the night sky. Photograph: Ade Sinuhaji/Barcroft Media
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