Photo highlights of the day

How better to begin today’s pictures than with a group of tiger cubs in a bath? The hot tigers were attempting to escape the summer in Yangzhou, China, but also made a perfect photocall moment too. Photograph: Reuters

Glorious Goodwood just got a bit more fabulous with the arrival of actor Tom Cruise. He was quickly mobbed by a group of women taking ‘selfies’ with him. Today is Ladies Day at the prestigious Goodwood Races. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Eastbourne Pier this morning after a huge fire engulfed the 19th century pier yesterday. Up to 20 firefighters continued to damp down and reach remaining hotspots. You can see more images in our gallery. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

A married couple walk past an art installation showing an unexploded bomb in the centre of Lviv, Ukraine, which is 1200 kilometres from the conflict in the east of the country. The art charity is raising awareness about the conflict as well as funds for equipment and medicine for Ukraine’s soldiers. Photograph: Yurko Dyachyshyn/AFP/Getty Images

Filipino children frolic in strong waves along the seawall in the Tondo slum area in Manila. A monsoon was headed to Luzon island brought by Tropical Cyclone Nakri. Photograph: Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA

As the spent shells pile up, an Israeli soldier carries a tank round as he and his comrades prepare their Merkava tanks stationed at an army deployment area along the border with Gaza. Israel has mobilised 16,000 additional reservists today. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images

Two Palestinian children, wounded in the attack on the UN school in Gaza yesterday, leave the Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahia. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Be prepared: Brownies arrive for a reception hosted by David Cameron to celebrate the centenary of the movement at 10, Downing Street, London. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

Belly flop? A Libyan man jumps in the water to go swimming at a beach in the eastern city of Benghazi. Photograph: Abdullah Doma/AFP/Getty Images

Inflatable dolls’ heads at the French company Domax. It is the only company in Europe that offers inflatable dolls made from natural latex and they cost €200-300 per doll. Photograph: Isopix/Rex

Hot winter sun: children enjoy an unseasonable day out on the beach as both Sydney and Melbourne are currently experiencing some of the hottest winter days on record. Photograph: Renee McKay/Getty Images

North Korean women who work at the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile factory spend their free time in a sauna at their dormitory in Pyongyang. This is the country’s largest textile factory with 8,500 workers, where 80 percent of them are women. Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Paddling on the school run: Indian schoolgirls wade through a waterlogged street in Mumbai, India, as heavy rainfall in the city causes flooding in several areas. Photograph: Rajanish Kakade/AP

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Datin Sri Rosmah Mansor, lay flowers among other floral tributes, outside the military barracks where forensic experts are working to identify bodies and human remains recovered from the wreckage of Flight MH17, in the central city of Hilversum, Netherlands. Photograph: Phil Nijhuis/AP

England’s David Weir celebrates winning the final of the men’s 1500m T54 athletics event at Hampden Park during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Members of the audience watch Back to the Future high up on a Ferris Wheel when they attended a screening in London organised by Secret Cinema. Laura Little